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…

And thus it is not necessary, when Prophets reveal visions that in that act of revelation, they see them to be true ⟨p. 300⟩revelations, with only a Prophetical light. And because the Prophetical light is not perfect, but infused ad modum recipientis as we are capable to receive, the species of things may be objected to the Prophets understanding, and they see them as things, but not in the spiritual signification they stand under; so John saw seven stars, and seven golden Candlesticks, but knew not that the one noted the seven Angels of the Church, and the other the seven Churches.

And thus it is not necessary, when Prophets reveale visions that in that act of revelation, they see them to be true ⟨p. 300⟩revelations, with only a Propheticall light. And because the Propheticall light is not perfect, but infused ad modum recipientis as we are capable to receive, the speces of things may be objected to the Prophets understanding, and they see them as things, but not in the spirituall signification they stand under; so Iohn saw seven starres, and seven golden Candlestickes, but knew not that the one noted the seven Angels of the Church, and the other the seven Churches.

¹The way God offers the species to the understanding is not known to us, but it is suitable and congruous to the nature of Spirits. Yet doth not God let the Prophets see the things themselves, but only the intellectual species for 1 King. 22.17.19, 20. compared with v. 28. cleareth that Israel was not really scattered, nor Ahab really killed at Ramoth-Gilead, but only visionally, for Ahab then should really both be dead and alive, & Israel scattered, & not scattered, at the same time, which involveth a contradiction, yet Micajah said he had seen the one and the other: then he saw the visional images printed in the revealed decree of God, or some other way offered to his imagination. Now this Prophetical Spirit doth not act the Saints in believing and praying, or the like, as Antinomians would have all to be Prophets but the Spirit of grace and supplication, of which these considerations may serve to clear truth between us and Antinomians, who run the way of Enthusiasts.