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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.
2. This which is left in us is not able to perform natural actions, 1without the general help of God. That which we have acknowledged to be in a man naturally, must still be limited to his proper sphere, to natural, and civill actions, or some externally religious duties: but even then we must acknowledge a general help, or assistance of God, without which we could not do any natural thing; so that place in the Acts, In him we live, and move, and have our being: by which we prove, that God doth not ⟨p. 86⟩only give us the principles of being and moving, but we move in him, i. e. by him. Therefore Hierome did well reprove the Pelagians, that thought, without the general aide of God, a man might move his finger, or write, and speak. There have been some who have thought, that all which God doth for us in our natural actions, is only to give the principles and power o• actions; and then afterwards we need no further aide, then mee• preservation of our being, no concourse or aide of God helping us in the action: Thus Durand of old, and one Dodo of late, who hath written a Book only to that purpose: but the place abovesaid doth evidently convince it; and we see, that God did hinder the fire from burning the three Worthies, though he did preserve the fire at the same time in the power of burning, which could not be otherwise, then by denying his actual aide to the working of the fire: For, to say that the reason was because of Gods doing something upon their bodies, were to make the miracle there, where the Scripture doth not lay it. If you ask then, why this may not be called a special help of God, as well as that whereby we are enabled to believe, or repent; I answer, there is a great deal of difference:
2. This which is left in us is not able to performe naturall actions, 1without the generall help of God. That which we have acknowledged to be in a man naturally, must still be limited to his proper sphere, to naturall, and civill actions, or some externally religious duties: but even then we must acknowledge a generall help, or assistance of God, without which we could not doe any naturall thing; so that place in the Acts, In him we live, and move, and have our being: by which we prove, that God doth not