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The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now by authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster, concerning a confession of faith, presented by them lately to both houses of Parliament. A certain number of copies are ordered to be printed only for the use of the members of both houses and of the Assembly of Divines, to the end that they may advise thereupon.
London: printed for Company of Stationers, 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.
CHAP. XX. Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience.
The Liberty which Christ hath purchased for Believers, under the Gospel, consists, in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning Wrath of God, the Curse of the Moral Law; and, in their being delivered from this present evil World, bondage to Satan, and Dominion of sin; from the evil of afflictions, the sting of death, the victory of the grave, and everlasting damnation; as also, in their free access to God, and their yielding obedience unto him, not out of slavish fear, but a Child-like love and willing mind. All which, were common also to Believers under the Law. But, under the New Testament, the liberty of Christians is further enlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of the Ceremonial Law, to which the Jewish Church was subjected; and in greater boldness of access to the Throne of Grace, and in fuller communications of the free Spirit of God, than Believers, under the Law, did ordinarily partake of.
THe Liberty which Christ hath purchased for Beleevers, under the Gospel, consists, in their freedome from the guilt of sin, the condemning Wrath of God, the Curse of the Moral Law; and, in their being delivered from this present evil World, bondage to Satan, and Dominion of sin; from the evil of afflictions, the sting of death, the victory of the grave, and everlasting damnation; as also, in their free accesse to God, and their yeelding obedience unto him, not out of slavish fear, but a Childe-like love and willing minde. All which, were common also to Beleevers under the Law. But, under the New Testament, the liberty of Christians is further inlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of the Ceremonial Law, to which the Jewish Church was subjected; and in greater boldnesse of accesse to the Throne of Grace, and in fuller communications of the free Spirit of God, than Beleevers, under the Law, did ordinarily partake of.