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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…
A survey of the spiritual antichrist opening the secrets of familism and antinomianism in the antichristian doctrine of John Saltmarsh and Will. Del, the present preachers of the army now in England, and of Robert Town, by Samuel Rutherfurd ...A survey of the spirituall antichrist opening the secrets of familisme and antinomianisme in the antichristian doctrine of John Saltmarsh and Will. Del, the present preachers of the army now in England, and of Robert Town, by Samuel Rutherfurd ...
London: printed by J.D. & R.I. for Andrew Crooke, 1648
Part 1 › Chapter 31: Saltmarsh and Familists teach that there is salvation in all Religions.
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3. If the Scripture be not the judge of controversies, by setting letter to letter, Scripture to Scripture (understood according to the natural, and genuine grammatical sense, which the words yield without constraint) then is the Scripture, as Scripture, and in its native sense, a nose of wax, and hath no native sense, but we are to expect a higher, spiritual allegoric sense, then the letter can bear, & that from the Spirit. We have by this way then no certain rule of faith the un••able then may lawfully wrest the scripture to their own destruction▪ Paul proveth Jesus to be the true Messiah, and that convincingly, he confounded the Jews, [Greek or Hebrew], confuting them, that they were confounded in their mind, and strongly proved, with violence and strength of Scripture light, that this is the Christ, [Greek or Hebrew] Act. 9.22. and Christ remitteth the Jews to the Scriptures as the judging rule, Act. 5.39. If the Scriptures be so dark, uncertain, doubt some to natural men, void of the Spirit, ye shall not convince Cain by the 6. Commandment that he is a murderer▪ nor Achan by the 8 Command, that he is a thief nor Ananias that he is a liar. All may say the Spirit hath the contrary sense, & that truly by this way.
3. If the Scripture be not the judge of controversies, by setting letter to letter, Scripture to Scripture (understood according to the naturall, and genuine grammaticall sense, which the words yeeld without constraint) then is the Scripture, as Scripture, and in its native sense, a nose of wax, and hath no native sense, but wee are to expect a higher, spirituall allegorick sense, then the letter can beare, & that from the Spirit. We have by this way then no certain rule of faith the un••able then may lawfully wrest the scripture to their own des•ruction▪ Paul proveth Jesus to be the true Messiah, and that convincingly, he confounded the Jewes, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, confuting them, that they were confounded in their mind, and strongly proved, with violence and strength of Scripture light, that this is the Christ,