Antinomians adenying holiness to be now fashioned by the Law of outward Commandment, but by the preaching of Faith, will not have us to borrow so much as light and direction from the Law; because 1. The Law is the beam, the light in the first day of Creation, the candle the Sream, and the Word is made flesh and dwells amongst us; and he the Sun, the true light, the day light, the fountain, and Christ will not be beholding to any of the light on Moses his face. But the place 2 Cor. 3. that Saltmarsh alludeth to, is the light of a convinced conscience, 2by which a man seeth himself condemned by the Law-ministration of wrath; this light and glory is done away, where the Spirit of Jesus is; but the light of teaching direction to know our duty, and how we are to order our walking in Gospel-holiness, which the Spirit borroweth from the ten Commandments delivered by Moses, is established and taught by Christ, and not removed; for if Gospel-grace extirpate this light of the Moral Law, either out of our heart, or out of the written Commandments and writings of Moses; then surely Christ is come to dissolve the Law, and to teach men neither to do, nor obey Law-commandments, seeing it is ⟨p. 118⟩essential to the Law, as a Sun shining, whether hell, and Antinomians will or not, till Christs second coming, to give light, and show what is our duty, Psal. 19.7, 8.9. Math. 5.1, 2, 3, &c. 19.20. And 2. if the light of direction that the Law yieldeth be removed, and lay no obliging power on us, more then a candle serveth to give us light in day-light; or the light created the first day of the creation, which is gone now, when Sun and Moon are created, I see not, how we sin not in worshipping God, in abstaining from Idol-worship, blasphemy, swearing, in loving, and honouring our Parents, and in loving our neighbour as our self; for we have no warranting light to do these, but that Law of Moses, which Christ expressly said, he came not to destroy in the personal practise of his Saints; yea these beams in all their smallest titles, must stand firmer then heaven or earth, Math. 5.17, 18, 19, 20. and therefore the spirit of Satan devised a combat and contrariety between the directing light of the Law and the Gospel, and between Moses and Christ, in this sense;
ANtinomians adenying holynesse to bee now fashioned by the Law of outward Commandement, but by the preaching of Faith, will not have us to borrow so much as light and direction from the Law; because 1. The Law is the beame, the light in the first day of Creation, the candle the Sream, and the Word is made flesh and dwells amongst us; and he the Sunne, the true light, the day light, the fountaine, and Christ will not be beholding to any of the light on Moses his face. But the place 2 Cor. 3. that Saltmarsh alludeth to, is the light of a convinced conscience, 2by which a man seeth himselfe condemned by the Law-ministration of wrath; this light and glory is done away, where the Spirit of Jesus is; but the light of teaching direction to know our dutie, and how we are to order our walking in Gospel-holinesse, which the Spirit borroweth from the ten Commandements delivered by Moses, is established and taught by Christ, and not removed; for if Gospel-grace extirpate this light of the Morall Law, either out of our heart, or out of the written Commandements and writings of Moses; then surely Christ is come to dissolve the Law, and to teach men neither to doe, nor obey Law-commandements, seeing it is ⟨p. 118⟩essentiall to the Law, as a Sunne shining, whether hell, and Antinomians will or not, till Christs second comming, to give light, and shew what is our dutie, Psal. 19.7, 8.9. Math. 5.1, 2, 3, &c. 19.20. And 2. if the light of direction that the Law yeeldeth be removed, and lay no obliging power on us, more then a candle serveth to give us light in day-light; or the light created the first day of the creation, which is gone now, when Sunne and Moone are created, I see not, how we sinne not in worshipping God, in abstaining from Idol-worship, blasphemie, swearing, in loving, and honouring our Parents, and in loving our neighbour as our selfe; for wee have no warranting light to doe these, but that Law of Moses, which Christ expresly said, he came not to destroy in the personall practise of his Saints; yea these beames in all their smallest titles, must stand firmer then heaven or earth, Math. 5.17, 18, 19, 20. and therefore the spirit of Satan devised a combate and contrariety between the directing light of the Law and the Gospel, and betweene Moses and Christ, in this sense;
- aSaltmarsh Free grace. pag. 146▪ 147
- 2We need Law-light to teach us our duty, whether Antinomians will or no.We need Law-light to teach us our duty, whether Antinomians wi•l or no.
