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title: 'Thornwell on the Two Thieves Which Rob the Gospel'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-08-02
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-thornwell-on-the-two-thieves-which-rob-the-gospel
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# Thornwell on the Two Thieves Which Rob the Gospel

“The Gospel, like its blessed Master, is always crucified between two thieves — legalists of all sorts on the one hand and Antinomians on the other; the former robbing the Saviour of the glory of his work *for* us, and the other robbing him of the glory of his work *within* us.” — [**James H. Thornwell**](/authors/james-henley-thornwell), Antinomianism in *Collected Writings* 2:385