Notes: Query 1. Gospel Precepts
Notes: Query 1. Gospel Precepts
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That is, interchangeable.
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Richard Baxter was the chief proponent of “neo-nomianism”. He held that Christ instituted a new law, which if a sinner obeyed, would result in salvation. In dealing with this very issue, John Owen says he will not “inmix” himself “in any needless disputations”, but in his catechism he contends that Christ endorsed laws existing at the Creation and that were codified on Mt. Horeb. Owen therefore would not endorse neo-nomianism.
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Mat 22:37 Jesus said to him, “`You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind1.’ 38 “This is the first and great commandment. 39 “And the second is like it:`You shall love your neighbor as yourself1.’ 40 “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”