I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

If the Law, and Light, and Spirit, that is in me, be my Rule; then I may do any thing without Sin; I may whore, be drunk, steal, or any thing without Sin; for it's no sin to do what the Rule commands me: and if the Spirit, Light, and Law within, do command me to do it, it is no sin to me, because my Rule commands me to do it, and Sin is a transgression of a Rule: but the Law, Light, and Spirit, may command me to do such things as these, if it be my Rule; for it may command any thing but Sin; but it cannot be Sin if the Spirit do command; for the very commanding of the Spirit, takes off the sin of the Action, because the Rule commands it. O! what abominable Practices will this Doctrine lead a man into, viz. That the Law, Light, and Spirit within, is his Rule.

If the Law, and Light, and Spirit, that is in me, be my Rule; then I may do any thing without Sin; I may whore, be drunk, steal, or any thing without Sin; for it's no sin to do what the Rule commands me: and if the Spirit, Light, and Law within, do command me to do it, it is no sin to me, because my Rule commands me to do it, and Sin is a transgression of a Rule: but the Law, Light, and Spirit, may command me to do such things as these, if it be my Rule; for it may command any thing but Sin; but it cannot be Sin if the Spirit do command; for the very commanding of the Spirit, takes off the sin of the Action, because the Rule commands it. O! what abominable Practices wil this Doctrine lead a man into, viz. That the Law, Light, and Spirit within, is his Rule.

Yea, Thirdly: If the Law, and Light, and Spirit that is in me, be my Rule, then am I my own Rule, and so I am God; for he that is his own Rule, is God: But if the Law, and Light, and Spirit within me, be my Rule, then am I my own Rule: And what is all this, but horrid blasphemy? Surely therefore the Law, and the Word without me, is not my Rule. Though the Law, and Light, and Spirit in me, be my Principle; yet it is not my Rule, that is the Word and Scripture only.

Yea, Thirdly: If the Law, and Light, and Spirit that is in me, be my Rule, then am I my own Rule, and so I am God; for he that is his own Rule, is God: But if the Law, and Light, and Spirit within me, be my Rule, then am I my own Rule: And what is al this, but horrid blasphemy? Surely therefore the Law, and the Word without me, is not my Rule. Though the Law, and Light, and Spirit in me, be my Principle; yet it is not my Rule, that is the Word and Scripture only.