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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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It is disputed, Whether Christ had a command laid upon him by the Father strictly so called: and howsoever the Arians, from the grant of this, did infer Christs absolute inferiority to the Father; yet our orthodox Divines do conclude it, because of the many places of Scripture which prove it, Acts 7. 37. John 14. 31. As my Father hath commanded me, so I you. John 15. 10. (If you keep my commandments, and abide in love, &c.) And, indeed, if it were not a commandment, it could not be called an obedience of Christ; for, that doth relate to a command: Now this I infer hence, that, to do a thing out of obedience to a command, because a command, doth not infer want of love; although I grant, that the commandment was not laid upon Christ, as on us, either to direct him, or quicken him. Besides, all the people of God ⟨p. 13⟩have divers relations, upon which their obedience lieth; they are Gods servants, and that doth imply obedientiam servi, though not obedientiam servilem.
It is disputed, Whether Christ had a command laid upon him by the Father strictly so called: and howsoever the Arrians, from the grant of this, did inferre Christs absolute inferiority to the Father; yet our orthodox Divines doe conclude it, because of the many places of Scripture which prove it, Acts 7. 37. John 14. 31. As my Father hath commanded me, so I you. John 15. 10. (If you keep my commandements, and abide in love, &c.) And, indeed, if it were not a commandement, it could not be called an obedience of Christ; for, that doth relate to a command: Now this I inferre hence, that, to doe a thing out of obedience to a command, because a command, doth not inferre want of love; although I grant, that the commandement was not laid upon Christ, as on us, either to direct him, or quicken him. Besides, all the people of God ⟨p. 13⟩