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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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CERTAIN THESES, or, Positions of the Learned JOHN CAMERON, Concerni… › Thesis 9: 9. Thesis.
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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.
3. 1They differ in the Quality and manner of the Persons Covenanting; for in the Covenant of Nature, God the Creator doth require his due, or right, of man pure and perfect; but in the Covenant of Grace, God as a merciful Father doth offer himself to a sinner, wounded ⟨p. 358⟩with the conscience of sin.
3. 1They differ in the Qualitie and manner of the Persons Covenanting; for in the Covenant of Nature, God the Creator doth require his due, or right, of man pure and perfect; but in the Covenant of Grace, God as a mercifull Father doth offer himselfe to a sinner, wounded ⟨p. 358⟩with the conscience of sinne.
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