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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.
3. There is the efficient cause of this in the Hebrew [Greek or Hebrew] 1[Greek or Hebrew]. This word is used in the plural, as some of the Learned observe, defectively; and is to be supplied thus, [Greek or Hebrew], to denote the excellency of God, as they say the word [Greek or Hebrew] is used for [Greek or Hebrew], for excellentissima fera. By the Septuagint its translated [Greek or Hebrew], and not [Greek or Hebrew] because (saith a learned man) they interpreting this for the Grecians, and the wise men amongst them attributing the name [Greek or Hebrew] to those that are called [Greek or Hebrew], therefore they would use a word, to show, that he who gave the Law, was Lord even over all those. Now God is here described to be the author of these Laws, that so the greater authority may be procured to them. Hence all Law-givers have endeavoured to persuade the people, that they had their Laws from God.
3. There is the efficient cause of this in the Hebrew 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 1〈non-Latin alphabet〉. This word is used in the plurall, as some of the Learned observe, defectively; and is to be supplied thus, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, to denote the excellency of God, as they say the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is used for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, for excellentissima fera. By the Septuagint its translated 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 because (saith a learned man) they interpreting this for the Grecians, and the wise men amongst them attributing the name 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 to those that are called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, therefore they would use a word, to shew, that he who gave the Law, was Lord even over all those. Now God is here described to be the author of these Laws, that so the greater authority may be procured to them. Hence all Law-givers have endeavoured to perswade the people, that they had their Laws from God.