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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.
IT is my intent, after the clear proof of Justification by the grace of God, and not of works, to show how corrupt the Antinomian is in his inferences hence from; and, this being done, I shall show you the necessity of holy and good works notwithstanding.
IT is my intent, after the cleare proofe of Justification by the grace of God, and not of workes, to shew how corrupt the Antinomian is in his inferences hence from; and, this being done, I shall shew you the necessity of holy and good workes notwithstanding.
But before I come to handle some of their dangerous errors in this point, let me premise something, As,
But before I come to handle some of their dangerous errours in this point, let me premise something, As,
1. How cautelous and wary the Ministers of God ought to be in this 1matter, so to set forth grace, as not to give just exception to the popish caviller; and so to defend holy works, as not to give the Antinomian cause of insultation. While our Protestant authors were diligent in digging out that precious gold of justification by free-grace, out of the mine of the Scripture; see what Canons the Council of Trent made against them, as Antinomian: Can. 19. If any man shall say, Decem praecepta nihil ad Christianos pertinere, anathema sit. Again, Can. 20. Si quis dixerit hominem justificatum non teneri ad observantiam mandatorum, sed tantùm ad credendum, anathema sit. Again, Can. 21. Si quis dixerit Christum Jesum datum fuisse hominibus ut redemptorem cui fidant, non autem ut legislatorem cui obediant, anathema sit. You may gather by these their Canons, that we hold such opinions as, indeed, the Antinomian doth: but our Writers answer, Here they grossly mistake us; and, if this were all the controversy, we should quickly agree. It is no wonder then if it be so hard to preach free-grace, and not provoke the Papist; or, on the other side, to preach good works of the Law, and not offend the Antinomian.