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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 40: 40. Thesis.
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40. Thesis.
3. §3And certainly, before that day, the Doctrine of faith was such, as men did seem rather to be called to the Kingdom of God which should come, then to be commanded to rest satisfied in the present state of things: That we ascend ⟨p. 380⟩no higher (for the thing is clearly without all controversy) aJohn the Baptist sends his hearers unto Christ, bChrist invites men unto the Kingdom of heaven (that is, the Evangelical administration of his Church,) as being that, that was even now at hand, and should shortly be, but as yet was not present; yea verily, seeing he was even now raised from the dead, although you hear him openly professing to his Apostles, cThat all power was given him both in heaven and in earth, and commanding them to preach the Gospel unto every creature, yet he doth so command this, das he biddeth them to expect at Jerusalem, the fulfilling of the promise concerning the solemn Mission of the holy Ghost [unto them] as being indeed designed already, but then at length to be installed and publicly received with extraordinary signs, whilst many should both hear it, and stand lookers on.
3. §3And certainely, before that day, the Doctrine of faith was such, as men did seeme rather to be called to the Kingdome of God which should come, then to be commanded to rest satisfied in the present state of things: That we ascend