A41521:111
A discourse of the true nature of the Gospel demonstrating that it is no…
A discourse of the true nature of the Gospel demonstrating that it is no new law, but a pure doctrine of grace : in answer to the Reverend Mr. Lorimer's Apology / by Tho. Goodwin ...
London: printed by J. Darby, 1695
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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 Rodolphus Gualther, explaining what the Apostle means when he calls the Gospel a Law:d After the manner of the Jews (says he) he speaking of a Doctrine, useth the word Law; and he calls the Law of Works that Doctrine which asserts that we are justified by Works, but the Law of Faith that Doctrine, which shows Righteousness in the Merit of Christ, who is apprehended by Faith alone.
And Rodolphus Gualther, explaining what the Apostle means when he calls the Gospel a Law:d After the manner of the Jews (says he) he speaking of a Doctrine, useth the word Law; and he calls the Law of Works that Doctrine which asserts that we are justified by Works, but the Law of Faith that Doctrine, which shews Righteousness in the Merit of Christ, who is apprehended by Faith alone.
- dUtitur autem Legis vocabulo pro Judaeorum more, de Doctrina loquens, & Legem operum dicit eam Doctrinam, quae nos operibus justificari tradit. Legem vero Fidei eam, quae justitiam monstrat in Merito Christi, qui solâ Fide apprehenditur. Gualtherus Homil. 19. in Epist. ad Roman. Fol. 44. pag. 1. Tiguri 1566.
When the Holy Ghost himself, who inspired the Minds, and guided the Pens both of the Prophets and Apostles; and not only suggested things to their Thoughts, but the fittest Words too by which to express them: If this holy infallible Spirit, calling the Gospel a Law, means no other than a Doctrine of Grace; any one would think, that we could not be at a loss how to understand the Word. I need not therefore multiply Instances, a few more may suffice.
When the Holy Ghost himself, who inspir'd the Minds, and guided the Pens both of the Prophets and Apostles; and not only suggested things to their Thoughts, but the fittest Words too by which to express them: If this holy infallible Spirit, calling the Gospel a Law, means no other than a Doctrine of Grace; any one would think, that we could not be at a loss how to understand the Word. I need not therefore multiply Instances, a few more may suffice.