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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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And the first rank of Arguments shall be taken from those places of Scripture where the godly do aggravate their sin, under this notion, that it was in Gods sight, that he especially beheld it, 1and was offended with it: and this aggravation the Prophet Nathan doth set home upon David, 2 Sam. 12.9. why hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do this evil in his sight? 2Now this would be a falsehood, by the adversaries Doctrine, and not fit to be confessed by the justified; but rather to be looked upon as robbing God of his glory. Let us observe the places, Psal. 51.4. Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight; Observe that, in thy sight; Therefore God did see and take notice, so as to be displeased with David, and of all considerations this did most wound and break his heart; so that indeed the Antinomian Doctrine doth properly overthrow that which is the choicest ingredient in godly sorrow, viz. because God is angry. For what is Davids meaning but this, Although men do not know how wicked I was in the matter of Uriah and Bathsheba, yet thou doest, and although the world would flatter me, yet as long as thou art angry, I can have no peace. Haec regula tenenda est, si vero paenitentiae sensu imbui velimus, saith Calvin upon the place, that is, this rule is to be observed, when at any time we would be truly affected in a way of repentance. This Argument seemeth to be Cogent, but see what an answer the Antinomian giveth, whereby you may see that true of Tertullian, that besides the poëtica, and pictoria, tertia jam est, eaque haeretica licentia, besides the boldness of Poets and Painters to invent any thing, there is a third, and that is of Heretics.
And the first rank of Arguments shall be taken from those places of Scripture where the godly do aggravate their sin, under this notion, that it was in Gods sight, that he especially beheld it, 1and was offended with it: and this aggravation the Prophet Nathan doth set home upon David,