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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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Distinguish then between a peace that doth oppose the hatred of God to a sinner as an enemy, and a peace which doth oppose only the frowns of a father; and this objection is answered. I will acknowledge the people of God are apt under his sore displeasure not to discern between a father and an enemy. They have much ado to keep up this in their hearts; God he smites, he frowns, he chides▪ yet he is a father still: but this is their temptation and weakness, and we are apt to endeavour some kind of compensation to God in our troubles for sin: therefore it was a most blessed thing when God at the Reformation out of Popery, ⟨p. 36⟩caused this truth to break out, That punishments for sin were not satisfactory to God, but fatherly chastisements. Thus you have this answered, and as for that which followeth, we glory in tribulations, the Apostle must be limited to those which fall upon us for professing of Christ and his truth. In these we may glory, as the soldier doth of his marks and wounds he hath received in the wars for a good cause, and to this purpose we told you in one Proposition, That there was a great difference between those troubles that fell upon us, because of the good in us; and those which come upon us, because of the evil in us. What glory is it, saith Peter, 1 Pet. 2.20. if ye be buffeted for your faults? Now who can deny but that even a godly man may fall into some heinous crime, for which he may receive a sentence of death? This man though he may rejoice in God, who doth pardon the sin to him, yet he can no more glory of this tribulation, then a child doth of whipping for his faults.
Distinguish then between a peace that doth oppose the hatred of God to a sinner as an enemy, and a peace which doth oppose only the frowns of a father; and this objection is answered. I will acknowledge the people of God are apt under his sore displeasure not to discern between a father and an enemy. They have much adoe to keep up this in their hearts; God he smites, he frowns, he chides▪ yet he is a father still: but this is their temptation and weaknesse, and we are apt to endeavour some kinde of compensation to God in our troubles for sin: therefore it was a most blessed thing when God at the Reformation out of Popery, ⟨p. 36⟩