13 These Anabaptists called Libertines deny all Scripture as a dead Letter, all preaching, Sacraments, church assemblies, singing of Psalms, praying, all ordinances, and say the Spirit, the inward anointing, and the internal word that proceeds immediately out of the mouth of God, as Gideons sword is the only means of Gospel-reformation;1 so Antinomians reject all Ordinances as legal and say the spirit is all, and some as Del. serm. Beacon. Catechism. tit. say the joyful knowledge of God and man (and all things else that relate to either) is alone in the Spirit by Jesus Christ, he counts all ordinances and external duties and worship trivial and indifferent. O therefore (preface) if distempered Christian Nations, (he excepteth not Papists, Arminians, Socinians &c.) were once wise to forbear this clashing and dashing themselves in pieces, one against another, for matters external, trivial, and circumstantial in religion, and would content themselves with that which is alone saving &c. To the Antinomian Beacon, Idolatry, Angel-worship, preaching, praying, scriptures, duties of the Law, precepts of the Gospel, of nature, of grace, opinions &c. all controversies in Religion, these in which the distempered nations, now controvert, yea Church-government, sacraments, ministers are matters external, trivial, and circumstantial in religion, 2not things in which salvation consisteth,f. not to be contended for on either side.
13 These Anabaptists called Libertines deny all Scripture as a dead Letter, all preaching, Sacraments, church assemblies, singing of Psalmes, praying, all ordinances, and say the Spirit, the inward anoynting, and the internall word that proceeds immediately out of the mouth of God, as Gideons sword is the onely meanes of Gospell-reformation;1 so Antinomians reject all Ordinances as legall and say the spirit is all, and some as Del. serm. Beacon. Catechism. tit. say the joyfull knowledge of God and man (and all things else that relate to either) is alone in the Spirit by Iesus Christ, he counts all ordinances and externall duties and worship triviall and indifferent. O therefore (preface) if distempered Christian Nations, (he excepteth not Papists, Arminians, Socinians &c.) were once wise to forbeare this clashing and dashing themselves in pieces, one against another, for matters externall, triviall, and circumstantiall in religion, and would content themselves with that which is alone saving &c. To the Antinomian Beacon, Idolatry, Angell-worship, preaching, praying, scriptures, duties of the Law, precepts of the Gospell, of nature, of grace, opinions &c. all controversies in Religion, these in which the distempered nations, now contravert, yea Church-government, sacraments, ministers are matters externall, triviall, and circumstantiall in religion, 2not things in which salvation consisteth,f. not to be contended for on either side.
- 11. clases of Anabaptists. Divers classes of Anabaptists, all which hold something common with the Antinomians, and Spiritualists. Beacon saith, all external worship in the New Test. is indifferent.1. clases of Anabaptists. Divers classes of Anabaptists, all which hold somthing common with the Antinomians, and Spirituallists. Beacon saith, all externall worship in the New Test. is indifferent.
- 22. ••nke of Anabaptests.
- f.Bullinger ad. Anabap. l. c. 8.
