Vindicating the doctrine of the gospel

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Hugh Binning (Practical Sermons), Works, pp. 600-601:

1 Tim. 1:5. – “Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith unfeigned.” … Paul almost in all his epistles, sets himself against legal preachers, and false teachers. It was a common error in the primitive times, to confound the law and grace, in the point of righteousness, or to make free justification inconsistent with the moral law. Therefore our apostle makes it his chief study to vindicate the doctrine of the gospel. He preaches the gospel, and yet is not Antinomian. He preaches the law, and yet is no legal preacher. He exalts Christ more than the Antinomian can do, and yet he presses holiness more than the mere legalist can do. He excludes the law in the point of justification and pardon, and then brings it in again to the justified man’s hand. If these words were rightly understood, and made use of, it would put an end to the many useless controversies of the present time, and reform many of our practices.
 
Amen. I was just discussing the importance of law/gospel distinction in regards to legal preachers (ahem, Paul Washer).
 
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