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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
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4. The sad breaking of this Law by the people of Israel. As the 1Law given by God to Adam was immediately broken; so this Law given in such a powerful manner to keep the Israelites in an holy fear, and reverence; yet how soon was it forgotten by them: For, upon Moses his delay, they presently fell into idolatry. Some think, they thought Moses was dead, and therefore they desired some visible god among them, as the Egyptians had: and because they worshipped Apis, an Ox, hence they made a Calf, wherein their wickedness was exceeding great (though, against the truth, some Rabbins excuse them from idolatry) because they did immediately upon the promulgation of the Law, when they had so solemnly promised obedience, fall into this sin; and not only so, but worshipped it, and gave the glory of all the benefits they enjoyed unto this: not as if they were so simple, as to think this a god, but to worship the true God by ⟨p. 151⟩this. And this confuteth all those distinctions that Idolaters use, especially Papists, about their false worship. We are not to follow our own hearts, but the Word. As the child in the womb liveth by fetching nourishment by the navel only from the mother, so doth the Church by fetching instruction and direction from Christ.
4. The sad breaking of this Law by the people of Israel. As the 1Law given by God to Adam was immediately broken; so this Law given in such a powerfull manner to keep the Israelites in an holy fear, and reverence; yet how soon was it forgotten by them: For, upon Moses his delay, they presently fell into idolatry. Some think, they thought Moses was dead, and therefore they desired some visible god among them, as the Egyptians had: and because they worship'd Apis, an Oxe, hence they made a Calfe, wherein their wickednesse was exceeding great (though, against the truth, some Rabbins excuse them from idolatry) because they did immediately upon the promulgation of the Law, when they had so solemnely promised obedience, fall into this sinne; and not only so, but worshipp'd it, and gave the glory of all the benefits they injoyed unto this: not as if they were so simple, as to think this a god, but to worship the true God by ⟨p. 151⟩