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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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2. And may we not desire Christ, and obey God, and follow after him in the ways of holiness with respects to the enjoyment of Christ? Indeed not to purchase him by our obedience; but to journey to him in our obedience: yea, and to walk in ways of service with respects to the enjoyment of him; not as the merit of our service, but the end in our serving.
2. And may we not desire Christ, and obey God, and follow after him in the waies of holinesse with respects to the injoyment of Christ? Indeed not to purchase him by our obedience; but to iourney to him in our obedience: yea, and to walk in wayes of service with respects to the inioyment of him; not as the merit of our service, but the end in our serving.
3. And thirdly, may we not desire the Spirit, who is the only Comforter; yea, and serve God with respects to the enjoyment of him, who is the comforting, who is the sanctifying Spirit, who is now in us; but we shall hereafter be in him: As it was said of John, which was the preoccupation of glory, he was in the Spirit on the Lord day, Revel. 1.
3. And thirdly, may we not desire the Spirit, who is the onely Comforter; yea, and serve God with respects to the injoyment of him, who is the comforting, who is the sanctifying Spirit, who is now in us; but we shall hereafter be in him: As it was said of Iohn, which was the preoccupation of glory, he was in the Spirit on the Lord day, Revel. 1.
4. And may we not obey God, and serve him with respect to perfection and fullness of Grace. May we here serve