And in the following words, he would not be against an Assembly or Synod at Westminster (though he deny there is any such Ordinance of God) now, as Synod, or Ministers or Church) if they would minister as they have received; that is, propound to all the Kingdom (he saith not,1 all the Churches) what they are persuaded of in their conscience, and leave it without compulsion to the Spirit of God to persuade; for this were true liberty, where we see, to minister as we receive, 1 Pet. 4.10. to Saltmarsh, is to teach and propound to others, and walk themselves, and accordingly believe as they have received, that is according as they are persuaded in their conscience; then if the Assembly of Divines were persuaded in their consciences that to one man to have fifteen wives at once, as John of Leiden, and his, believed, and that the Alcoran were the truth of God, he should think they minister as they received, all the Familists and Antinomians in England, if they should sit down in a Synod, and all the Papists in another Synod, all the Socinians, in third Synod, all the Arians in a fourth, all the Prelatic all Reconcilers in a fifth, all the Anabaptists in a sixth, and propound such things only as they have received ⟨p. 273⟩or they are in conscience persuaded of, to all the Kingdom, they should then all minister as they had received, and should be good stewards of the manifold grace of God; for so Peter speaketh, 1 Pet. 4.11. for sure Saltmarsh cannot say, the commandment of the Parliament must be required to make a Synod, if men speak their own drunken persuasions, to M. Saltmarsh they fulfil the Apostle Peters rule, Let every one minister as he hath received. Now, by this, to minister as we receive, is not to minister, as we receive from the Lord, 1 Cor. 11.23. nor according as Ministers, Hear the word at the mouth of G•d, Ezeck. 2.8. ch. 2.10. or as the anointing teacheth us, 1 Joh. 2.••. Joh 6.45, 46. because the Lord or his Spirit, or the anointing cannot teach men lies, contrary to the word of truth; but the persuasions of men often are lies, errors, mistakes, then shall every mans erroneous conscience, and his own dreaming spirit be the rule of his own faith, and his teaching of others.
And in the following words, he would not be against an Assembly or Synod at Westminster (though he deny there is any such Ordinance of God) now, as Synod, or Ministers or Church) if they would minister as they have received; that is, propound to all the Kingdome (he saith not,1 all the Churches) what they are perswaded of in their conscience, and leave it without compulsion to the Spirit of God to perswade; for this were true liberty, where we see, to minister as we receive, 1 Pet. 4.10. to Saltmarsh, is to teach and propound to others, and walke themselves, and accordingly beleeve as they have received, that is according as they are perswaded in their conscience; then if the Assembly of Divines were perswaded in their consciences that to one man to have fifteen wives at once, as John of Leyden, and his, beleeved, and that the Alcaron were the truth of God, he should thinke they minister as they received, all the Familists and Antinomians in England, if they should sit down in a Synod, and all the Papists in another Synod, all the Socinians, in third Synod, all the Arrians in a fourth, all the Prelatic all Reconcilers in a fifth, all the Anabaptists in a sixt, and propound such things only as they have received ⟨p. 273⟩or they are in conscience perswaded of, to all the Kingdome, they should then all minister as they had received, and should be good stewards of the manifold grace of God; for so Peter speaketh, 1 Pet. 4.11. for sure Saltmarsh cannot say, the commandement of the Parliament must be required to make a Synod, if men speake their owne drunken perswasions, to M. Saltmarsh they fulfill the Apostle Peters rule, Let every one minister as he hath received. Now, by this, to minister as we receive, is not to minister, as we receive from the Lord, 1 Cor. 11.23. nor according as Ministers, Heare the word at the mouth of G•d, Ezeck. 2.8. ch. 2.10. or as the anointing teacheth us, 1 Joh. 2.••. Joh 6.45, 46. because the Lord or his Spirit, or the anointing cannot teach men lyes, contrary to the word of truth; but the perswasions of men often are lyes, errors, mistakes, then shall every mans erroneous conscience, and his owne dreaming spirit be the rule of his owne faith, and his teaching of others.
- 1Every mans own conscience, and own spirit is his only Bible and obliging rule in all Religions to Mr. Saltm. and Familists.Every mans owne conscience, and owne spirit is his only Bible and obliging rule in all Religions to Mr. Saltm. and Familists.
