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Chapter 21: 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 Rigour and (a.) Curse of the Law; and in their being delivered from this present evil (b.) World, Bondage to (c.) Satan, and Dominion (d.) of Sin; from the (e.) Evil of Afflictions; the Fear, and Sting (f.) of Death, the Victory of the Grave, and (g.) Everlasting Damnation; as also in their (h.) free access to God; and their yielding Obedience unto him not out of a slavish fear, (i.) but a Child-like love, and willing mind. All which were common also to Believers under the Law (k.) for the substance of them; 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 (l.) Free Spirit of God, then Believers under the Law did ordinarily partake of.
a. Galatians 3:13
b. Galatians 1:4
c. Acts 26:18
d. Romans 8:3
e. Romans 8:28
f. 1 Corinthians 15:54-57
g. 2 Thessalonians 1:10
h. Romans 8:15
i. Luke 1:74-75; 1 John 4:18
k. Galatians 3:9, 14
l. John 7:38-39; Hebrews 10:19-21 - God alone is (m.) Lord of the Conscience, and hath left it free from the Doctrines and Commandments of men, (n.) which are in any thing contrary to his Word, or not contained in it. So that to Believe such Doctrines, or obey such Commands out of Conscience, (o.) is to betray true liberty of Conscience; and the requiring of an (p.) implicit Faith, and absolute and blind Obedience, is to destroy Liberty of Conscience, and Reason also.
m. James 4:12; Romans 14:4
n. Acts 4:19, 5:29; 1 Corinthians 7:23; Matthew 15:9
o. Colossians 2:20, 22-23
p. 1 Corinthians 3:5; 2 Corinthians 1:24 - They who upon pretence of Christian Liberty do practice any sin, or cherish any sinfull lust; as they do thereby pervert the main design of the Grace of the Gospel, (q.) to their own Destruction; so they wholy destroy (r.) the end of Christian Liberty, which is, that being delivered out of the hands of all our Enemies we might serve the Lord without fear in Holiness, and Righteousness before him, all the days of our Life.
q. Romans 6:1-2
r. Galatians 5:13; 2 Peter 2:18-21
_ Preface & Preamble
1. Of the Holy Scriptures
2. Of God and of the Holy Trinity
3. Of God's Decrees
4. Of Creation
5. Of Divine Providence
6. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and the Punishment Thereof
7. Of God's Covenant
8. Of Christ the Mediator
9. Of Free Will
10. Of Effectual Calling
11. Of Justification
12. Of Adoption
13. Of Sanctification
14. Of Saving Faith
15. Of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation
16. Of Good Works
17. Of the Perseverance of the Saints
18. Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
19. Of the Law of God
20. Of the Gospel, and of the Extent of the Grace Thereof
21. Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
22. Of Religous Worship and the Sabbath Day
23. Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
24. Of the Civil Magistrate
25. Of Marriage
26. Of the Church
27. Of the Communion of Saints
28. Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
29. Of Baptism
30. Of the Lord's Supper
31. Of the State of Man After Death and of the Resurrection of the Dead
32. Of the Last Judgement
_ An Appendix
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