A76991:910
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.
CERTAIN THESES, or, Positions of the Learned JOHN CAMERON, Concerni… › Thesis 9: 9. Thesis.
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9. Thesis.
They differ, 1. In the special end; 1for the end of the Covenant of Nature, is the declaration of Gods justice, but the end of the Covenant of grace, is the declaration of his mercy.
They differ, 1. In the speciall end; 1for the end of the Covenant of Nature, is the declaration of Gods justice, but the end of the Covenant of grace, is the declaration of his mercy.
- 1The difference.
2. They differ in the foundation; for the foundation of the Covenant of Nature, is the Creation of Man, and integrity of mans nature; but the foundation of the Covenant of Grace, is the redemption of man by Christ.
2. They differ in the foundation; for the foundation of the Covenant of Nature, is the Creation of Man, and integritie of mans nature; but the foundation of the Covenant of Grace, is the redemption of man by Christ.