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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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That the free-man of Christ, Conclusion. 1 or those that are made free by Christ, shall never sin themselves into the first bondage again; they shall never sin themselves into that universal and state-bondage; he that is once Christs freeman, shall never again become Satan's bond-slave. 1. He shall never more be a servant to sin, the promise is, Rom. 6.14. You are not under the law, but under grace; therefore sin shall have no more dominion over you. Sin may have a tyranny, but never a sovereignty: you may be carried captive, as the Apostle saith, Rom. 7.23. — leading me captive — but you shall not be willing captives; you may fall into sin, but you shall never be servants to sin more; your ears shall never be bored in token of willing and voluntary subjection to sin.
That the free-man of Christ, Conclusion. 1 or those that are made free by Christ, shall never sinne themselves into the first bondage againe; they shall never sinne themselves into that universall and state-bondage; he that is once Christs freeman, shall never againe become Satans bond-slave. 1. He shall never more be a servant to sinne, the promise is, Rom. 6.14. You are not under the law, but under grace; therefore sin shall have no more dominion over you. Sin may have a tyranny, but never a soveraigntie: you may be carried captive, as the Apostle saith, Rom. 7.23. — leading me captive — but you shall not be willing captives; you may fall into sinne, but you shall never be servants to sinne more; your eares shall never be boared in token of willing and voluntary subiection to sinne.
2. Again, he shall never be a slave to Satan more, Satan may get the advantage ⟨p. 227⟩