A survey of the spiritual antichrist opening the secrets of familism and antinomianism in…A survey of the spirituall antichrist opening the secrets of familisme and antinomianisme in…

¹Paul Hobson, who speaketh more congruously to Scripture then any of this way: I read (saith he, speaking of our joy) It is one thing to rejoice in an act, and another thing to draw our joy from an act. It is one thing to rejoice in our suitable walking up to a Rule, another thing to draw our joy and refreshing from the apprehension of a suitableness betwixt the Act and the Rule. Men may pray and mourn for sin▪ or perform any other particular duty, and have much joy in that opportunity▪ and yet not draw their joy from it, but only their joy is distilled from a secret in-come of Christ, which carries them above it, while they are acted in it; but these poor souls, they only are joyful when they see they act suitable to a Rule, and they draw their joy from that suitableness, which appears in this, that if their suitableness flag, their joy is destroyed. I do not say, but that every sin e•ought to produce sorrow in us; but it is one thing to mourn for sin, •n•oying faith with peace; and another thing to mourn for sin to confirm faith, and to beget peace.

¹Paul Hobson, who speaketh more congruously to Scripture then any of this way: I read (saith he, speaking of our joy) It is one thing to rejoyce in an act, and another thing to draw our joy from an act. It is one thing to rejoyce in our sutable walking up to a Rule, another thing to draw our joy and refreshing from the apprehension of a sutablenesse betwixt the Act and the Rule. Men may pray and mourne for sinne▪ or perform any other particular duty, and have much joy in that opportunity▪ and yet not draw their joy from it, but onely their joy is distilled from a s•cret in-come of Christ, which carries them above it, while they are acted in it; but these poore soules, they onely are joyfull when they see they act suitable to a Rule, and they draw their joy from that suitablenesse, which appeares in this, that if their suitablenesse flagge, their joy is destroyed. I doe not say, but that every sin e•ought to produce sorrow in us; but it is one thing to mourn for sinne, noying faith with peace; and another thing to mourn for sin to confirm faith, and to beget peace.