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 ye speak, in sensu composito, only and merely,¹ external and literal working is hypocritical, when there is no heart-work, and it is as if a painted man should speak, no heat, no warmness of breath cometh out of his mouth, this acting, is no Ordinance of God, but an act of hypocrisy, so we do not plead for external reformation in concreto, nor for the reading, hearing, meditating, and preaching on the Scriptures with this positive act of doing these hypocritically, if we speak again in sensu divi•o, of the word in the letter, and Scriptures, in themselves not including the Spirit, or any influence thereof in, or with the word, we judge these two, the word and the Spirit to be subordinate, not contrary, and see not but we are to stand for, and defend all Ordinances in themselves, Scripture, reading, hearing, praying, Sacraments, as in, or of themselves Ordinances of God, and of divine institution, though as they are such the Spirit join not with them, nor doth the word of God make any such opposition between them, as that some Christians should be under these external Ordinances as being more legal and less spiritual, and others beyond & above all Ordinances external, and taught of God immediately, because they are (forsooth) under all-spirit▪ and purely spiritual, and so taught of God, as ⟨p. 302⟩they have no more need of Ordinances, then learned Doctors have to read the horn-book, as Waldesso saith. But how the word and Spirit are particularly united, happily, is more then the learned and godly can define.

But if yee speake, in sensu composito, only and meerly,¹ externall and literall working is hypocriticall, when there is no heart-worke, and it is as if a painted man should speake, no heat, no warmnesse of breath commeth out of his mouth, this acting, is no Ordinance of God, but an act of hypocrisie, so we doe not plead for externall reformation in concreto, nor for the reading, hearing, meditating, and preaching on the Scriptures with this positive act of doing these hypocritically, if we speake againe in sensu divi•o, of the word in the letter, and Scriptures, in themselves not including the Spirit, or any influence thereof in, or with the word, we judge these two, the word and the Spirit to be subordinate, not contrary, and see not but we are to stand for, and defend all Ordinances in themselves, Scripture, reading, hearing, praying, Sacraments, as in, or of themselves Ordinances of God, and of divine institution, though as they are such the Spirit joyn not with them, nor doth the word of God make any such opposition between them, as that some Christians should bee under these externall Ordinances as being more legall and lesse spirituall, and others beyond & above all Ordinances externall, and taught of God immediately, because they are (forsooth) nder all-spirit and purely spirituall, and so taught of God, as