A30570:773
The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs
The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, This is a base subjection and slavery of the souls of men under Antichrist, in that he takes upon him to make Articles of Faith: that they are bound in conscience, upon pain of Damnation to believe, whatsoever he shall say in his Chair is infallible: what a base ⟨p. 202⟩bondage is this? When as we know what most Abominable, Sodomitical, Horrible Monsters have been in that Chair, and yet they shall be bound upon pain of damnation, to believe, whatsoever they say is infallible.
First, This is a base subjection and slavery of the souls of men under Antichrist, in that he takes upon him to make Articles of Faith: that they are bound in conscience, upon paine of Damnation to beleive, whatsoever he shal say in his Chaire is infallible: what a base ⟨p. 202⟩bondage is this? When as we know what most Abominable, Sodomitical, Horrible Monsters have been in that Chaire, and yet they shall be bound upon paine of damnation, to beleeve, whatsoever they say is infallible.
Secondly, Whatsoever his decrees are (though having no footing in the word) they are bound in conscience to obey upon pain of damnation: So that if it were possible to obey all Gods Commandments, they may be damned for want of obedience, to some one of Antichrists commands, which must needs be a miserable bondage for any man to make a new command, that is not under the command of God, and to make damnation to be the punishment of disobedience to it, then men are in danger of Damnation a hundred of ways more then for sinning against Gods Law.
Secondly, Whatsoever his decrees are (though having no footing in the word) they are bound in conscience to obey upon paine of damnation: So that if it were possible to obey all Gods Commandements, they may be damned for want of obedience, to some one of Antichrists comands, which must needs be a miserable bondage for any man to make a new command, that is not under the command of God, and to make damnation to be the punishment of disobedience to it, then men are in danger of Damnation a hundred of waies more then for sinning against Gods Law.