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Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the…Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the…
Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...Vindiciae legis, or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians in XXX lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1647
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2. There is some kind of Analogical relation between them and 1heaven, comparatively with evil works. So those places, where it's said, If we confess our sins, he is not only faithful, but also just, to forgive us our iniquities: So 2 Tim. 4. 8. a Crown of righteousness, which the righteous Judge, &c. These words do not imply any condignity, or efficiency in the good things we do; but an ordinability of them to eternal life: so that evil and wicked works, they cannot be ordained to everlasting life, but these may. Hence some Divines say, That though godliness be not meritorious, nor causal of salvation, yet it may be a motive: as they instance; If a King should give great preferment to one that should salute him in a morning, this salutation were neither meritorious, nor causal of that preferment, but a mere motive arising from the good pleasure of the King: And thus much they think that particle, for I was an hungry, doth imply. So that God, having appointed holiness the way, and salvation the end, hence there ariseth a relation between one and the other.
2. There is some kind of Analogicall relation between them and 1heaven, comparatively with evill works. So those places, where it's said, If wee confesse our sins, he is not onely faithfull, but also just, to forgive us our iniquities: So 2 Tim. 4. 8. a Crowne of righteousnesse, which the righteous Judge, &c. These words doe not imply any condignity, or efficiency in the good things wee doe; but an ordinability of them to eternall life: so that evill and wicked workes, they cannot be ordained to everlasting life, but these may. Hence some Divines say, That though godlinesse be not meritorious, nor causall of salvation, yet it may be a motive: as they instance; If a King should give great preferment to one that should salute him in a morning, this salutation were neither meritorious, nor causall of that preferment, but a meer motive arising from the good pleasure of the King: And thus much they think that particle, for I was an hungry, doth imply. So that God, having appointed holinesse the way, and salvation the end, hence there ariseth a relation between one and the other.