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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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3. When men would quite overthrow it, or deny it. Thus the Marcionites 1and Manichees of old, and others of late, though upon other grounds. Now the ground of their error, are the many ⟨p. 19⟩places of Scripture that seem to deny the Law; and, I do acknowledge, it is hard to get the true sense of those places without diligence: and therefore Austin said well (as to that purpose, if I mistake not) They are not so much the simple, as the negligent, that are deceived herein: and, as Chrysostom saith, A friend that is acquainted with his friend, will get out the meaning of a letter or phrase, which another could not that is a stranger: so it is here in the Scripture. Now, two things let such consider: 1. That as there are places that seem to overthrow it, so there are also many places that do confirm it; yea, the Apostle makes objections against himself, as if he did disannul it, and then answers with an absit, as if it were an horrid thing to do so. 2. That they must take the Apostle in the particular sense he intends it. It is a good rule, Quaelibet res eâ capienda est parte, quâ capi debet: You do not take a sword by the edge, but the handle; nor a vessel by the body, but the ear: and so this doctrine of the Law, not in every part, but where the Apostle would have you take it.
3. When men would quite overthrow it, or deny it. Thus the Marcionites 1and Manichees of old, and others of late, though upon other grounds. Now the ground of their errour, are the many ⟨p. 19⟩places of Scripture that seeme to deny the Law; and, I doe acknowledge, it is hard to get the true sense of those places without diligence: and therefore Austin said well (as to that purpose, if I mistake not) They are not so much the simple, as the negligent, that are deceived herein: and, as Chrysostome saith, A friend that is acquainted with his friend, will get out the meaning of a letter or phrase, which another could not that is a stranger: so it is here in the Scripture. Now, two things let such consider: 1. That as there are places that seem to overthrow it, so there are also many places that doe confirme it; yea, the Apostle makes objections against himself, as if he did disanull it, and then answers with an absit, as if it were an horrid thing to doe so. 2. That they must take the Apostle in the particular sense he intends it. It is a good rule, Quaelibet res eâ capienda est parte, quâ capi debet: You doe not take a sword by the edge, but the handle; nor a vessell by the body, but the eare: and so this doctrine of the Law, not in every part, but where the Apostle would have you take it.