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…

But if conscience ought to be the ruling principle in all we do in acts of the second, as well as the first Table of the Law; yea in eating and drinking, 1 Cor. 10.31. the sword hath no place at all over Christians, or any at least professing Christ: these that marry many wives at once, and sacrifice their children to devils, and thrust men out of their possessions, and take them to themselves, because they, being Saints, are the only just owners of the earth, and the meek shall inherit the earth, these that swear a Covenant when they are low, as Familists do profess they may, and deny their Religion before men, as H. Nich. taught and divers Anabaptists and Nicodemits in Calvins time, and then unswear and perjure and break their Covenant with God and men, when they have the sword in their hand, will swear and suffer for it, that they do all these from mere conscience, and upon Religious grounds in the mind, and the Magistrate is as much obliged to believe that conscience leads them in all these, as he is to believe all Religions are to be suffered, and the justified man cannot sin, cannot steal, murder, swear, whore, blaspheme, cozen, and he ought not to compel with the sword, godly men in some things of the mind, and not in all things, except he be partial in the Law.

But if conscience ought to bee the ruling principle in all we doe in acts of the second, as well as the first Table of the Law; yea in eating and drinking, 1 Cor. 10.31. the sword hath no place at all over Christians, or any at least professing Christ: these that marry many wives at once, and sacrifice their children to devills, and thrust men out of their possessions, and take them to themselves, because they, being Saints, are the only just owners of the earth, and the meeke shall inherit the earth, these that sweare a Covenant when they are low, as Familists doe professe they may, and deny their Religion before men, as H. Nich. taught and divers Anabaptists and Nicodemits in Calvins time, and then unsweare and perjure and breake their Covenant with God and men, when they have the sword in their hand, will sweare and suffer for it, that they doe all these from meere conscience, and upon Religious grounds in the minde, and the Magistrate is as much obliged to beleeve that conscience leads them in all these, as he is to beleeve all Religions are to be suffered, and the justified man cannot sinne, cannot steale, murther, swear, whore, blaspheme, cosen, and he ought not to compel with the sword, godly men in some things of the minde, and not in all things, except he be partiall in the Law.