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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.
Lastly observe, these two things in the general, about the 1time of the delivery of the Law: First, God did not give them his Law, till he had deeply humbled them; and it may be now, Christ will not settle his ordinance with us, till he hath brought us low: And secondly, Before they come unto the Land of promise, God settleth his worship and laws. When he hath done this, then he bids them, Deut. 2. 1. Go towards Canaan. This showeth, A people cannot have Canaan, till the things of God be settled.
Lastly observe, these two things in the generall, about the 1time of the delivery of the Law: First, God did not give them his Law, till he had deeply humbled them; and it may be now, Christ will not settle his ordinance with us, till he hath brought us low: And secondly, Before they come unto the Land of promise, God setleth his worship and lawes. When he hath done this, then he bids them, Deut. 2. 1. Goe towards Canaan. This sheweth, A people cannot have Canaan, till the things of God be setled.
- 1God humbled the Israelites before he gave them his Law.
But we come to the remarkable parts of the history of the 1promulgation of this Law; and first, you may consider the great and diligent preparation of the people to hear it. Exod. 19. for, first, They were to sanctify themselves, and to wash their clothes. This indeed, was peculiar unto those times, yet God did hereby require the cleansing & sanctification of their hearts. The superstitious