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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.
The first shall be taken from the relation of the Covenanters; 1God on one part, and the Israelites on the other: God did not deal at this time, as absolutely considered, but as their God and Father. Hence God saith, he is their God; and when Christ quoteth the commanders, Argum. 1 he brings the preface, Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God is one. And, Rom. 9. 4. To the Israelites belong adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the promises. Now, unless this were a Covenant of grace, how could God be their God, who were sinners? Thus also if you consider the people of Israel into what relation they are taken, this will much confirm the point. Exod. 19. 5, 6. If ye will obey my voice, you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me, and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of Priests, and an holy Nation; which is applied by Peter to the people of God under the Gospel. If therefore the Law had been a Covenant of works, how could such an agreement come between them?
The first shall be taken from the relation of the Covenanters; 1God on one part, and the Israelites on the other: God did not deale at this time, as absolutely considered, but as their God and Father. Hence God saith, hee is their God; and when Christ quoteth the commanders, Argum. 1 hee brings the preface, Heare O Israel, the Lord thy God is one. And, Rom. 9. 4. To the Israelites belong adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the Law, and the promises. Now, unlesse this were a Covenant of grace, how could God be their God, who were sinners? Thus also if you consider the people of Israel into what relation they are taken, this will much confirme the point. Exod. 19. 5, 6. If yee will obey my voice, you shall be a peculiar treasure unto mee, and yee shall be unto me a kingdome of Priests, and an holy Nation; which is applied by Peter to the people of God under the Gospel. If therefore the Law had been a Covenant of workes, how could such an agreement come between them?