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.

THE CONTENTS.

• 1 IN what respects the Law may be said to be good. page 3.
• 2 Of what use the Law is to the ungodly. p. 7.
• 3 Of what use the Law is to beleevers. p. 8.
• 4 How many waies the Law may be abused. p. 16.
• 5 What are the consequences of trusting in the Law. p. 20.
• 6 What is required to the essence of a godly man in reference to obe∣dience. p. 38.
• 7 Wherein are good works necessary. p. 39.
• 8 Whether the Law have a directive regulating and informing power over a godly man. p. 53.
• 9 How the Law is said to be written in mans heart. p. 58.
• 10 Wherein the Law of Nature doth consist. p. 60.
• 11 Of what use is the light of Nature. p. 66.
• 12 Whether the light of Nature be sufficient to judge in matters of faith, or to prescribe divine worship. p. 71.
• 13 Whether a man can by the light of Nature, and by the considera∣tion of the creatures come to know there is a God. p. 74.
• 14 Whether the mysterie of the Trinity, and of the incarnation of Christ can be found out as a truth by the light of Nature. p. 77.
• 15 Whether the light of Nature be sufficient to salvation. p. 77.
• 16 Whether that be true of the Papists, which hold, that the sacrifices the Patriarchs offered to God were by the meere light of Nature. p. 79.
• 17 Whether originall sin can be found out by the meere light of Na∣ture, or whether it is onely a meere matter of faith, that we are thus polluted. p. 79.
• 18 What is the meaning of that grand rule of Nature which our Sa∣viour repeateth, That which you would not have other men doe to you, doe not you to them. p. 80.
• 19 Whether the practice of the Apostles, making all their goods com∣mon, was according to the precept of Nature, and so binding all to such a practice. p. 80.
• 20 What a man cannot doe by the power of Nature. p. 83, 84.
• 21 Whether there are any antecedaneous works upon the heart before grace. p. 86.

• 22 Whether a man by the power of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be able to work any good thing. page 84.
• 23 Why God would give a positive law to Adam, beside the naturall law in his heart. p. 103.
• 24 Whether the positive law to Adam would have obliged all his po∣sterity. p. 105.
• 25 How the threatning was fulfilled upon him, when he did eat of the forbidden fruit. p. 106.
• 26 Whether Adam was mortall before the eating of the forbidden fruit. p. 107.
• 27 Whether upon this threatning, Thou shalt die, can be fixed that cursed opinion of the mortality of the whole man in soule as well as body. p. 108.
• 28 Whether Image or Likenesse doe signifie the same thing. p. 110.
• 29 Wherein doth this Image consist. p. 112.
• 30 What are the properties of that righteousnesse and holinesse that was fixed in Adams heart. p. 115.
• 31 Whether this righteousnesse was naturall to Adam, or no. p. 117.
• 32 Whether justifying faith was then in Adam, or whether faith and repentance are now parts of that Image. p. 117.
• 33 Whether the Image of God shal be restored to us in this life. p. 118
• 34 Whether God did enter into covenant with Adam. p. 119.
• 35 How God can be said to covenant, or enter into a promise with man. p. 123.
• 36 Why God will deale with man in a covenant may, rather th••n in a meere absolute supreme way. p. 124.
• 37 Whether there can be any such distinction made of Adam while innocent, so as to be considered either in his naturalls or supernatu∣ralls. p. 129.
• 38 Whether Christ did intervens in his help to Adam, so that hee needed Christ in that estate. p. 129.
• 39 Whether the tree of Life was a sacrament of Christ to Adam, or no. p. 132.
• 40 Whether there was any revelation unto Adam of a Christ. p. 133.
• 41 Whether the state of reparation be more excellent then that in in∣nocency. p. 133.
• 42 Whether we may be now by Christ said to be more righteous then Adam. p. 134.

• 43 Whether that which God requireth of us be greater then that de∣manded of Adam in the state of innocency. p. 135.
• 44 Whether Adams immortality in the estate of innocency be not dif∣ferent from that which shall be in heaven. p. 136.
• 45 What Law this delivered in Mount Sinai is, and what kind of lawes there are, and why it's called the Morall Law. p. 140.
• 46 Whether this Law repeated by Moses, be the same with the law of nature implanted in us. p. 140.
• 47 Why God did then, and not sooner give this Law unto his people. p. 141.
• 48 Whether this Law was not before in the Church of God. p. 142.
• 49 Why God gave the Morall Law. p. 143.
• 50 Whether the ten Commandements, as given by Moses, doe belong to, and bind us Christians, or no. p. 156.
• 51 Whether Christ did adde any thing unto the Law. p. 169.
• 52 Whether Christ did forbid all swearing. p. 177.
• 53 Whether under the Gospel death or any capitall punishment may be inflicted for some offences. p. 180.
• 54 Whether the Law be an instrument of true sanctification. p. 187.
• 55 Whether Christ have abrogated the Morall Law. p. 199.
• 56 Whether the Law was a Covenant that God made with his people of Israel. p. 220.
• 57 Whether the Law be a Covenant of grace. p. 224.
• 58 Wherein the Law and Gospel doe oppose or differ from each other; under which is handled the false differences between the Law and Gospel made by Anabaptists, Papists, and Antinomians. p. 229.
• 59 Why God appointed such various and different administrations. p. 246.
• 60 Whether the Gospel preach repentance, or no. p. 250.
• 61 Whether the Law command faith. p. 252.
• 62 How Christ is the end of the Law. p. 256.