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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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6. They are in their own nature a defence against sin and corruption. 1If we do but consider the nature of these graces, though imperfect, yet that will plead for the necessity of them. Eph. 6. 14, 16. There you have some graces a shield, and some a breastplate: now every soldier knoweth the necessity of these in time of war. It's true, the Apostle speaks of the might of the Lord, and prayer must be joined to these; but yet the principal doth not oppose the instrumental. Hence Rom. 13. they are called the weapons of the Light. It's Luther's observation, He doth not call the works of darkness, the weapons of darkness; but good works he doth call weapons, because we ought to use good works as weapons, quia bonis operibus debemus uti tanquam armis, to resist Satan: and he calls them weapons of light, because they are from God, the fountain of light; and because they are, according to Scripture, the true light; although Drusius thinketh light is here used for victory, as Jud. 5. 31. Psal. 132. 17, 18. and so the word is used by Homer: and Marcellinus speaks of an ancient custom, when, at supper time, the children brought in the candles, they cried, [Greek or Hebrew].
6. They are in their owne nature a defence against sinne and corruption. 1If we doe but consider the nature of these graces, though imperfect, yet that will pleade for the necessity of them. Eph. 6. 14, 16. There you have some graces a shield, and some a breastplate: now every souldier knoweth the necessity of these in time of war. It's true, the Apostle speaks of the might of the Lord, and prayer must be joyned to these; but yet the principall doth not oppose the instrumentall. Hence Rom. 13. they are called the weapons of the Light. It's Luthers observation, He doth not call the works of darknesse, the weapons of darknesse; but good works he doth call weapons, because we ought to use good works as weapons, quia bonis operibus debemus uti tanquam armis, to resist Satan: and he calls them weapons of light, because they are from God, the fountaine of light; and because they are, according to Scripture, the true light; although Drusius thinketh light is here used for victory, as Jud. 5. 31.