We disown the law in respect of justification, yet we establish it as a rule of Christian living.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
Samuel Bolton
The Spirit of Power and Love – Samuel Bolton
In the Gospel, the Spirit is not a Spirit of bondage and fear, but a Spirit of power and of love.
(see Romans 8:15, 2 Timothy 1:7)
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
The Ways of Holiness and Sin – Samuel Bolton
As there is peace and good in the ways of holiness, so there is evil and trouble in the ways of sin. They are never separated. Trouble is the natural and proper fruit of sin, the fruit which it naturally bears.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom , 1645
The Way of Satan – Samuel Bolton
Such is Satan’s way; he is first the tempter to draw us to sin, and then an accuser to accuse us to God for sinning.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
The Gospel Changes – Samuel Bolton
The law may chain up the wolf, but it is the Gospel that changes the wolfish nature.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645
February 22, 2015
Fear may suppress sin, though faith alone conquers and overcomes sin.
– Samuel Bolton –
from The True Bounds of Christian Freedom, 1645