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…

I am not against a sitting of an Assembly of Divines at Westminster, that are so persuaded, because this is but to allow such liberty to others consciences as we desire our selves: And surely, if they would propound such things only as they have received, or they are in conscience persuaded of to all the kingdom, and so leave it to the Spirit of God, and their Ministry, to persuade and convince, and not desire power from others to compel: this were but to minister as they had received.

I am not against a sitting of an Assembly of Divines at Westminster, that are so perswaded, because this is but to allow such liberty to others consciences as we desire our selves: And surely, if they would propound such things onely as they have received, or they are in conscience perswaded of to all the kingdome, and so leave it to the Spirit of God, and their Ministery, to perswade and convince, and not desire power from others to compell: this were but to minister as they had received.

Answ. If the scope of a Book be taken as it ought to be, from ⟨p. 243⟩the subject matter contained in it, then the scope of this book is a far other thing, then the truth that is in Jesus and in Spirit: but to deny that Christ is come in the flesh, as I here evidence, which is the mystery of Antichrist, is the scope of his book, 1 Joh. 4.3. For every Spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God, and this is that (Spirit) of Antichrist whereof you have heard that he is come and even now already is in the world.¹ But Saltmarsh confesseth not, but denieth, that Christ is come in the flesh, or is true man, or hath any other body that he suffered in, but the mystical body, the Saints, Sparkles of glory, p. 13. The Son of God did not only fulfil this bringing home this first creation or man to God according to his first excellency and communion with God, but in this appearance of the flesh, he was a figure of God whose design is to make his Saints his Temple, his tabernacle, his body, his new creation, his habitation or house; and God thus manifested in the flesh was a figure of that mystery of godliness in us, or God becoming Immanuel, or God with us. He hath a large description of the second Adam, pag. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. he never once saith, Christ the Son of God was made true and very man in all things like unto us, sin excepted, or the second person of the Trinity assumed the nature of man in the unity of his person, or Christ was the true Son of David, borne of a woman, &c. as Scripture and Divines speak, but by the contrary only in this appearance of flesh he was a figure of God, whose design it is to make his Saints his temple, his tabernacle, his body—and God thus manifested in the flesh; that is, God by his Spirit giving us faith and a new birth to be the Sons of God, in whom he dwells by faith, is the Immanuel God with us; that is, all the God-man, or God incarnate, which this spirit of the Antichrist will yield to us, is nothing but, every Saint anointed is Christ and Immanuel: now the Father and Spirit, both make the Saints the Temple of God, the new creation, the body of Christ thus; and so the Son is no more God incarnate then the Father: