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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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A second Cavil is this. Cavil. 2 But you will say we confound things, and set down that ⟨p. 178⟩for a cause which is but an occasion, God may take occasion from sin to chastise his people, when yet their sin is not the cause wherefore they are chastised. For instance; Davids sin of numbering the people, upon which God did bring a pestilence upon Israel; Davids sin was not the cause of it, Israels sin was the cause; Davids sin was but the occasion; It is said, in 2 Sam. 24.1. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, to say, Go number the people; God had displeasure against Israel, and Davids sin was not the cause of procuring, but the occasion God took of inflicting this judgement on them.
A second Cavill is this. Cavil. 2 But you will say we confound things, and set down that ⟨p. 178⟩for a cause which is but an occasion, God may take occasion from sinne to chastise his people, when yet their sinne is not the cause wherefore they are chastised. For instance; Davids sinne of numbring the people, upon which God did bring a pestilence upon Israel; Davids sinne was not the cause of it, Israels sinne was the cause; Davids sinne was but the occasion; It is said, in 2 Sam. 24.1. The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, to say, Go number the people; God had displeasure against Israel, and Davids sinne was not the cause of procuring, but the occasion God tooke of inflicting this judgement on them.