A77854:436
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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And in the answering of this Question, I will lay down some Propositions by way of Preface, and then bring arguments for the affirmative.1
- 1The doctrine of the Antinomians heterodox, though the Law, as given by Moses, did not bind Christians.The doctrine of the Antinomians heterodoxe, though the Law, as given by Moses, did not binde Christians.
First therefore, Though it should be granted, that the Moral Law, as given by Moses, doth not belong to us Christians; yet the doctrine of the Antinomians would not hold: for there are some learned and solid Divines, as Zanchy and Rivet; and many Papists, as ⟨p. 157⟩Suarez and Medina, which hold the Law, as delivered by Moses, not to belong to us, and yet are expressly against Antinomists: for they say, that howsoever the Law doth not bind under that notion, as Mosaical; yet it binds, because it is confirmed by Christ: so that although the first obligation ceaseth, and we have nothing to do with Moses now; yet the second obligation, which cometh by Christ, is still upon us. And this is enough to overthrow the Antinomian, who pleadeth for the total abrogation of the Law.
First therefore, Though it should be granted, that the Morall Law, as given by Moses, doth not belong to us Christians; yet the doctrine of the Antinomians would not hold: for there are some learned and solid Divines, as Zanchy and Rivet; and many Papists, as ⟨p. 157⟩Suarez and Medina, which hold the Law, as delivered by Moses, not to belong to us, and yet are expresly against Antinomists: for they say, that howsoever the Law doth not binde under that notion, as Mosaicall; yet it binds, because it is confirmed by Christ: so that although the first obligation ceaseth, and we have nothing to doe with Moses now; yet the second obligation, which cometh by Christ, is still upon us. And this is enough to overthrow the Antinomian, who pleadeth for the totall abrogation of the Law.