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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.
3. That nothing can be added to the Law, appeareth by that Commandment of loving God with all our heart and soul: Now there can be nothing greater then this; and this command ⟨p. 170⟩is not only indicative of an end which we are to aim at, but also preceptive of all the means which tend thereunto.
3. That nothing can be added to the Law, appeareth by that Commandement of loving God with all our heart and soule: Now there can be nothing greater then this; and this command ⟨p. 170⟩is not only indicative of an end which we are to aime at, but also preceptive of all the meanes which tend thereunto.
And lastly, our Saviour saith not, Except your righteousness exceed that of Moses his Law, or which was delivered by him, but that of the Scribes and Pharisees; implying by that plainly, his intent was to detect and discover those formal and hypocritical ways which they pleased themselves in, when indeed they never understood the marrow, and excellency of the Law.
And lastly, our Saviour saith not, Except your righteousnesse exceed that of Moses his Law, or which was delivered by him, but that of the Scribes and Pharisees; implying by that plainly, his intent was to detect and discover those formall and hypocriticall waies which they pleased themselves in, when indeed they never understood the marrow, and excellency of the Law.
Question 4. What was the opinion received among the Pharisees 1