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The True Bounds of Christian Freedom
The true bounds of Christian freedom or a treatise wherein the rights of the law are vindicated, the liberties of grace maintained, and the several late opinions against the law are examined and confuted. Whereunto is annexed a discourse of the learned John Cameron's, touching the threefold covenant of God with man, / faithfully translated, by Samuel Bolton minister of the word of God at Saviours-Southwark.The true bounds of Christian freedome or a treatise wherein the rights of the law are vindicated, the liberties of grace maintained, and the severall late opinions against the law are examined and confuted. Whereunto is annexed a discourse of the learned Iohn Camerons, touching the threefold covenant of God with man, / faithfully translated, by Samuel Bolton minister of the word of God at Saviours-Southwark.
London: printed by J.L. for Philemon Stephens, 1645
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There is the indictment, and the accusation of the Law: and in ver. 19. you have the sentence, or judgement upon it; and there the Apostle tells you the reason, why the Law saith this; it is that every mouth might be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Now when the law hath accused, when it hath sentenced us; stopped our mouths, and we become guilty; now comes the sinner to make his appeal from the law as a Covenant, to Christ as a Saviour: he looks for nothing from Justice, but all from mercy.
There is the indictment, and the accusation of the Law: and in ver. 19. you have the sentence, or iudgement upon it; and there the Apostle tels you the reason, why the Law saith this; it is that every mouth might be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Now when the law hath accused, when it hath sentenced us; stopt our mouthes, and we become guilty; now comes the sinner to make his appeale from the law as a Covenant, to Christ as a Saviour: he lookes for nothing from Iustice, but all from mercy.
And having thus appealed, the Law hath no more to do with him; he is not ⟨p. 34⟩[…] ⟨p. 35⟩[…] ⟨p. 36⟩under the sentence, the penalties of the law: he is out of the reach of it. The law can take no hold of him for condemnation: he is fled to Christ, he hath taken sanctuary in him.
And having thus appealed, the Law hath no more to doe with him; he is not ⟨p. 34⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 35⟩〈…〉