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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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Lastly, that to put to death men for faults, is not repugnant to the spirit of the Gospel, appeareth by the judgement upon Ananias and Sapphira. You cannot read of a-more severe expression under the Law, then that was of the Gospel; so that as we are indeed to labour for the meekness and patience of a Christian, yet we are not to forget zeal for God's glory, and the public good, it being cruelty to the good to spare the bad: and if we would pity such a man offending, we must much more pity the common-wealth.
Lastly, that to put to death men for faults, is not repugnant to the spirit of the Gospel, appeareth by the judgement upon Ananias and Sapphira. You cannot reade of a-more severe expression under the Law, then that was of the Gospel; so that as we are indeed to labour for the meeknes and patience of a Christian, yet we are not to forget zeale for Godsglory, and the publick good, it being cruelty to the good to spare the bad: and if we would pity such a man offending, we must much more pity the common-wealth.
That which is objected to this is, 1. The rebuke that our Saviour 1gave to his Disciples, when they would have had fire come down from heaven: They are reproved upon this ground, because they knew not what spirit they were of. Now, say they, this spirit is the spirit of the New Testament, which is opposed to the Spirit of Elijah in the Old. The answer is obvious that Christ doth not there oppose the Spirit of the New Testament & the Old together, 2but their spirit, and Elijah his spirit. What Elijah did, he was moved unto by the Spirit of God, not for any private revenge, but that the glory of God might be illustrated. Now this fire of theirs was rash and vindicative: It was not elementary fire, but culinary; nourished by low and unworthy considerations.
That which is objected to this is, 1. The rebuke that our Saviour 1