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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.
Having proved it is a Covenant, all the difficulty remaineth 1in declaring what Covenant it is; for here is much difference of judgements, even with the Learned and Orthodox: and this doth arise from the different places of Scripture, which, although they be not contrary one to another, yet the weakness of our understandings is many times overmastered by some places: Some (as you have heard) make it a Covenant of works, others a mixed Covenant, some a subservient Covenant; but I am persuaded to go with those who hold it to be a Covenant of grace: and, indeed, it is very easy to bring strong arguments for the affirmative; but then there will be some difficulty to answer such places as are brought for the negative; and if the affirmative prove true, the dignity and excellency of the Law will appear the more. Now, before I come to the arguments, which induce me hereunto, consider in what sense it 2may be explained that it is a Covenant of grace.
Having proved it is a Covenant, all the difficulty remaineth 1in declaring what Covenant it is; for here is much difference of judgements, even with the Learned and Orthodoxe: and this doth arise from the different places of Scripture, which, although they be not contrary one to another, yet the weaknesse of our understandings is many times overmastered by some places: Some (as you have heard) make it a Covenant of workes, others a mixt Covenant, some a subservient Covenant; but I am perswaded to goe with those who hold it to be a Covenant of grace: and, indeed, it is very easie to bring strong arguments for the affirmative; but then there will be some difficulty to answer such places as are brought for the negative; and if the affirmative prove true, the dignity and excellency of the Law will appeare the more. Now, before I come to the arguments, which induce me hereunto, consider in what sense it 2may be explained that it is a Covenant of grace.
- 1The judgements of the Learned different in declaring what Covenant is here meant.