The Whole Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Thomas Boston, Minister of the Gospel at Etterick (Volume 7) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850. Excerpt: ... loved us." And "if ye love me, keep my commandments," John xiv. 15. And "if they break my statues, and keep not my commandments, then will I visit their transgression with a rod, and their iniquity with stripes; nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take away from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail," Psal. lxxxix. 31--23. Thus, you see, that both these laws agree in saying, " Do this." But here is the difference; the one saith, " Do this, and live and the other saith, " Live, and do this;" the one saith, Do this for life; the other saith, Do this from life: the one saith, "If thou do it not, thou shalt die;" the other saith, " If thou do it not, I will chastise thee with the rod."p The one is to be delivered by God as he is Creator out of Christ, only to such as are out of Christ; the other is to be delivered by God, as he is a Redeemer in Christ, only to such as are in Christ. q Wherefore, neighbour p See pages 250, 251, notes$, -.--Of this penalty of the Iaw of Christ, the author t reata afterwards. q To direct the believer bow to receive the law of the ten commandments with application to himself, he assigns this difference bet wixt the law of works and the law of Christ. The one, namely, the law of works, is the law of the ten commandments, but supposed to be delivered by God as he is Creator out of Christ; and so standing in relation to man, only as Creator, not as Redeemer; the other, namely, the law of Christ, is the same law of the ten commandments, but supposed to be delivered by God, as he is not only Creator but Redeemer in Christ. And although the notion of Creator doth not imply that of Redeemer, yet the latter implies the former; as he is Redeemer he is Sovereign Lord Creator, else we are yet in our sins, for none of i...