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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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Though all this be true, yet if the Gospel be taken strictly, it 1is not a doctrine of repentance, or holy works; but a mere gracious promise of Christ to the broken heart for sin; and doth comprehend no more then the glad tidings of a Saviour. It is true, learned men do sometimes speak otherwise, calling Faith and repentance the two Evangelical commands, but then they use the word more largely, for the doctrine of Christ and the Apostles, but in a strict sense its only a promise of Christ, and his benefits: And in this sense we may say, the Gospel doth not terrify, or accuse. Indeed there are woeful threatenings to him that rejecteth Christ; yea more severe then to him that refused Moses, but this ariseth from the Law joined in practical use with the Gospel. And in this sense also it is said to be the savour of death unto many. This ariseth not from the nature of the Gospel, but from the Law, that is enlightened by the Gospel: so that he being already condemned by the Law, for not ⟨p. 263⟩believing in Christ, he needeth to be condemned again by the Gospel.
Though all this be true, yet if the Gospel be taken strictly, it 1is not a doctrine of repentance, or holy works; but a meere gracious promise of Christ to the broken heart for sin; and doth comprehend no more then the glad tydings of a Saviour. It is true, learned men do sometimes speak otherwise, calling Faith and repentance the two Evangelicall commands, but then they use the word more largely, for the doctrine of Christ and the Apostles, but in a strict sense its only a promise of Christ, and his benefits: And in this sense we may say, the Gospel doth not terrifie, or accuse. Indeed there are wofull threatnings to him that rejecteth Christ; yea more severe then to him that refused Moses, but this ariseth from the Law joyned in practicall use with the Gospel. And in this sense also it is said to be the savour of death unto many. This ariseth not from the nature of the Gospel, but from the Law, that is enlightened by the Gospel: so that he being already condemned by the Law, for not ⟨p. 263⟩beleeving in Christ, he needeth to be condemned again by the Gospel.