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Vindiciæ legis
Vindiciæ legis: or, A vindication of the moral law and the covenants, from the errors of papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians. In XXIX. lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London. / By Anthony Burgess, preacher of Gods Word.Vindiciæ legis: or, A vindication of the morall law and the covenants, from the errours of papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially, Antinomians. In XXIX. lectures, preached at Laurence-Jury, London. / By Anthony Burgess, preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by James Young for Thomas Underhill, 1646
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This Epistle to Timothy may be called, Paul's 1Directory for the Church of God: and, in the first place, he enjoineth Timothy, to preserve the Truth against all false teachers, as he himself doth in all his Epistles. Though he derived much hatred upon his person thereby, yet this was his comfort and glory, as Hierome wrote to Austin, when he had vindicated the Truth against Pelagians, Quod signum majoris gloriae est, omnes haeretici te detestantur. His injunction to Timothy begins ver. 3. Charge them, not [Greek or Hebrew] Erasmus translates it, not to follow another doctrine, as if it did belong to the followers: but the words afterwards [Teachers of the Law] do plainly refute that. Now the word may be extended both to the matter (as some) to teach no other thing; or to the manner (as ⟨p. 2⟩others) not to teach in another way: Not to teach nova; no, nor yet novè. The rule is, Qui fingit nova verba, nova gignit dogmata: And it was Melanchthon's wish, that men did not only teach the same things, but in iisdem verbis, in iisdem syllabis.
THis Epistle to Timothy may be called, Paul's 1Directory for the Church of God: and, in the first place, he enjoyneth Timothy, to preserve the Truth against all false teachers, as he himselfe doth in all his Epistles. Though he derived much hatred upon his person thereby, yet this was his comfort and glory, as Hierome wrote to Austin, when he had vindicated the Truth against Pelagians, Quod signum majoris gloriae est, omnes haeretici te detestantur. His injunction to Timothy begins ver. 3. Charge them, not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Erasmus translates it, not to follow another doctrine, as if it did belong to the followers: but the words afterwards [Teachers of the Law] doe plainly refute that. Now the word may be extended both to the matter (as some) to teach no other thing; or to the manner (as ⟨p. 2⟩others) not to teach in another way: Not to teach nova; no, nor yet novè. The rule is, Qui fingit nova verba, nova gignit dogmata: And it was Melancthons wish, that men did not onely teach the same things, but in iisdem verbis, in iisdem syllabis.