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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.
And by this you may see, why it is such an hard thing to believe; why the people of God are so hardly persuaded, when loaden with guilt, to roll their souls upon Christ. The reason is, there is nothing in his natural conscience to further him in this duty. Press a man against murder, theft, adultery; here is natural conscience joining for this duty: but urge him to believe, this is altogether above nature. Hence it is also, that naturally we seek to be justified by the works we do; so that ⟨p. 258⟩to be justified by faith is another way, then corrupted nature in us, or right nature in Adam would have inclined unto, Therefore let not the people of God be so discouraged in their agonies and combats about their unbelief: Let them know, that a little degree of faith is of great consequence. And if he said, that Christi anity was perpetua naturae violentia, a perpetual violence offered to nature, this is most sure in a matter of faith. We are as froward in rejecting of a promise, as stubborn in refusing of a command.
And by this you may see, why it is such an hard thing to beleeve; why the people of God are so hardly perswaded, when loaden with guilt, to roule their soules upon Christ. The reasorris, there is nothing in his natural conscience to further him in this duty. Press a man against murder, theft, adultery; here is naturall conscience joyning for this duty: but urge him to beleeve, this is altogether above nature. Hence it is also, that naturally we seek to be justified by the works we do; so that ⟨p. 258⟩to be justified by faith is another way, then corrupted nature in us, or right nature in Adam would have inclined unto, Therefore let not the people of God be so discouraged in their agonies and combats about their unbeliefe: Let them know, that a little degree of faith is of great consequence. And if he said, that Christi anity was perpetua naturae violentia, a perpetuall violence offered to nature, this is most sure in a matter of faith. We are as froward in rejecting of a promise, as stubborn in refusing of a command.