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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
so ought we to do in our affections about heavenly things: many times the Bee is drowned in its own honey. Hence we have but one Petition for earthly things, and two for spiritual things, belonging to our selves; this, and the Petition following; In this we pray for remission of sin; in the following for sanctification; which are the sum of the new Covenant. Besides this order doth well teach us, That although we have all bodily necessaries, yet if our sins are not forgiven we cannot take any delight in any worldly advantage whatsoever. I shall begin with the Object of the Petition, which is in the Text Debts. Sins are so called to aggravate the nature of them,1 ⟨p. 104⟩and make us more fearful and cautelous how we run into them. As Solomon speaks of Suretyship for another, Deliver thy self like the swift Roe; the same is much more to be applied to our sins, which are debts of a more terrible nature. Now when sins are called Debts, or said to be forgiven, its a Metaphor from pecuniary Debts, as the Debtor was said luere when he did pay his money; and it is generally used of any that are obnoxious to punishment; so the Grecians say, [Greek or Hebrew], and the Latins, Poenas debere. So the Hebrew word [Greek or Hebrew] is used both for Debts and Guilt, Dan. 1.10. Ezech. 18.7. as also for Sin, Exod. 32. and [Greek or Hebrew] which is applied to a Sinner, Jam. 2.20. is also frequently used of Punishments, as Mat. 5.21, 22.
so ought we to do in our affections about heavenly things: many times the Bee is drowned in its own honey. Hence we have but one Petition for earthly things, and two for spritual things, belonging to our selves; this, and the Petition following; In this we pray for remission of sin; in the fol•owing for sanctification; which are the sum of the new Covenant. Besides this order doth well teach us, That although we have all bodily necessaries, yet if our sins are not forgiven we cannot take any delight in any worldly advantage whatsoever. I shall begin with the Object of the Petition, which is in the Text Debts. Sins are so called to aggravate the nature of them,