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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
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.
1. For the first: What is meant by this word Lawa?
- aLegis nomen est [Greek or Hebrew], et variae sunt legis species. Beza. Vide Minsh. in verb: Decalogue.Legis nomen est 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, et variae sunt legis species. Beza. Vide Minsh. in verb: Decalog.
Passing by others; the word which is of frequent use for the Law, in the Old Testament is bTorah; which is derived of another word, which signifies to throw darts; and in a second signification to ⟨p. 69⟩teach, to instruct, to admonish; 2and so it is used for any doctrine or instruction which doth teach, inform, direct us; as in Prov. 13.14. cThe law of the wise is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death. Here law is taken in a large sense for any doctrine or direction, which proceeds from the wise. So Pro. 3.1. & 4.2.
Passing by others; the word which is of frequent use for the Law, in the Old Testament is b