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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
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Alexander Alensis who lived Anno Dom. 1230. resolving that Question, Whether the Observance of the Old or New Law be the most burdensome? says,b That the Precepts of the Gospel, simply and absolutely, are more difficult, and of a greater Burden than the Precepts of the Mosaical Law.
Alexander Alensis who liv'd Anno Dom. 1230. resolving that Question, Whether the Observance of the Old or New Law be the most burdensome? says,b That the Precepts of the Gospel, simply and absolutely, are more difficult, and of a greater Burden than the Precepts of the Mosaical Law.
- bTametsi Evangelii praecepta simpliciter difficiliora sint, majorisque oneris praeceptis Mosaicae Legis, &c. Alex. Alens. Sum. Theol. par. 3. Quaest. 28. Memb. 4. Art. 1. pag. 193. Col. Agr. 1622.
Gulielmus Altissiodorensis, who flourished Anno Dom. 1240. resolves the same Question, with this Distinction;c The Difficulty or Weight is twofold, ⟨p. 70⟩one Carnal, the other Spiritual. As to the Carnal Burdensomness, the old Law was heavier than the Gospel; but as to the Spiritual Difficulty, the new Law is more difficult.
Gulielmus Altissiodorensis, who flourish'd Anno Dom. 1240. resolves the same Question, with this Distinction;c The Difficulty or Weight is twofold, ⟨p. 70⟩