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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
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.
4. They are Testimonies whereby our election is made sure. 2 Pet. 11. ver. 10. Make your calling and election sure. The Vulgar Translator interposeth those words [per bona opera,] and complaineth of Luther, as putting this out of the Text, because it made against him, but it's no part of Scripture. Now observe the emphasis of the Apostle, [Greek or Hebrew] first they must be very diligent, and the rather (which is spoken ex abundanti) [to make their calling and election sure] What God doth in time, or what he hath decreed from eternity to us in love: [to make sure, [Greek or Hebrew].] Estius and other Papists strive for firm, and not sure; and so indeed the word is sometimes used: but here the Apostle speaketh not of what it is in it self, but what it is to us, and the certainty thereof. And observe the Apostles motives for making our election sure; 1. Ye shall never fail: the word is used sometimes of grievous, and sometimes of lesser sins; but here he meaneth such a failing, that a man shall not recover again. 2. An entrance shall be abundantly ministered into heaven. It's true, these are not testimonies without the Spirit of God.
4. They are Testimonies whereby our election is made sure. 2 Pet. 11. ver. 10. Make your calling and election sure. The Vulgar Translator interposeth those words [per bona opera,] and complaineth of Luther, as putting this out of the Text, because it made against him, but it's no part of Scripture. Now observe the emphasis of the Apostle, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 first they must be very diligent, and the rather (which is spoken ex abundanti) [to make their calling and election sure] What God doth in time, or what he hath decreed from eternity to us in love: [to make sure, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.] Estius and other Papists strive for firme, and not sure; and so indeed the word is sometimes used: but here the Apostle speaketh not of what it is in it selfe, but what it is to us, and the certainty thereof. And observe the Apostles motives for making our election sure; 1. Ye shall never faile: the word is used sometimes of grievous, and sometimes of lesser sins; but here hee meaneth such a failing, that a man shall not recover again. 2. An entrance shall be abundantly ministred into heaven. It's true, these are not testimonies without the Spirit of God.