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…

The fourth reason why God saw sin in them, war, Because they were not made perfect according to the conscience, Heb. 9. 13, 14. Who would not think that the author were some Papist, or Socinians? for if the text prove any thing to his purpose, it will evince that the godly then were made partakers of no more then a legal bodily cleansing. But as for the place, that is miserably arrested; for the Apostle, his intent is to show, that the godly then could not obtain righteousness by any of those sacrifices, and therefore the good they enjoyed was from Christ the true sacrifice: so that unless he will deny Christs blood to be effectual and operative in the Old Testament, this reason must fall to the ground. Other reasons he brings, which are to the same purpose, and therefore may easily be overthrown; as, that God saw no sin in them, because their preachers did not open the kingdom of heaven, but he seeth none in us, because the least of our Ministers do bring us, into this Kingdom. Every-one may see the weakness here; for it supposeth that God did not so fully pardon and forgive, because the doctrine of these things ⟨p. 246⟩was not so clearly preached. If the Authors arguments had been, that Christ died not so fully for them, or that Christ his righteousness was not so fully imputed unto them, then there had been some probability. Thus you see this false difference also. I do not meddle with that opinion, Of seeing sin in the believers, because it is not the proper place.

The fourth reason why God saw sin in them, war, Because they were not made perfect according to the conscience, Heb. 9. 13, 14. Who would not think that the author were some Papist, or Socinians? for if the text prove any thing to his purpose, it will evince that the godly then were made partakers of no more then a legall bodily cleansing. But as for the place, that is miserably arrested; for the Apostle, his intent is to shew, that the godly then could not obtain righteousness by any of those sacrifices, and therefore the good they enjoyed was from Christ the true sacrifice: so that unless he will deny Christs blood to be effectuall and operative in the Old Testament, this reason must fall to the ground. Other reasons he brings, which are to the same purpose, and therefore may easily be overthrown; as, that God saw no sin in them, because their preachers did not open the kingdome of heaven, but he seeth none in us, because the least of our Ministers do bring us, into this Kingdome. Every-one may see the weakness here; for it supposeth that God did not so fully pardon and forgive, because the doctrine of these things