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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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10. They are necessary by way of comfort to our selves. And this 1opposeth many Antinomian passages, who forbid us to take any peace by our holiness. Now it's true, to take them so as to put confidence in them, to take comfort from them, as a cause, that cannot be; for, who can look upon any thing he doth with that boldness? It was a desperate speech of Panigarola a Papist (as Rivet relates) who called it folly to put confidence only in Christs blood. We know no godly man satisfieth his own heart in any thing he doth, much less can he the will of God. We cannot at the same time say, Lord, forgive me, and, Pay me what thou owest; yet these good works, though imperfect, may be a great comfort unto us, as the testimony of Gods eternal love to us. Thus did Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20. 3. Hezekiah is not there a proud Pharisee, but a thankful acknowledger of what is in him: and some consider, that this temptation might fall upon Hezekiah, that when he had laboured to demolish all those superstitions, and now became dangerously sick that he had not done well; therefore he comforts himself in his heart, that he did those things with, not that he meant an absolute perfect heart, but a sincere, and comparatively perfect. Hence it's observed, the word I have walked, is in Hiphil, I have made my self to walk; implying the dullness, and sluggishness, and averseness he found in his heart to that duty: so that prayer being, as one calls it well, Speculum animi, the souls glass, you may gather what was a comfort to him. Thus Paul, 2 Tim. 4. I have fought a good fight, &c. It is true, those words, A crown of Righteousness, The just Judge, and Render, do not prove any merits in Paul, as the Papists plead; but yet Paul declareth this, to keep up his heart against all discouragements. We are not therefore to ⟨p. 46⟩take comfort from them, so as to rest in them; but so as to praise God thereby. It's a good way, nesciendo scire, that so we may praise God for them; and, sciendo nescire, that so we may be humble in our selves.
10. They are necessary by way of comfort to our selves. And this 1