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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. XXIV. The reign of Faith not absolute, as Antinomians say.
CHAP. XXIV. The raigne of Faith not absolute, as Antinomians say.
Antinomians awill have the reign of faith so absolute, that in faiths kingdom of grace, there is no sin, which were more then a golden heaven on earth: for so 1. Faith were perfectly strong, and in the highest pitch of fullness of perfection in all the justified. 2. If, withal, the whole moral acts of a justified person, should flow from no other spring, but this strong faith, ever acting us to good. But we cannot yield to either Libertines, or Antinomians, that Faith is so absolute a Prince, as that all sin, rout, and branch, not only ⟨p. 26⟩in its fullest dominion, but also in its being, and simply indwelling must be banished out of Faiths dominions, so as once believing, we could no more, as sinful men, but must act as believers for ever; but we think under faiths reign, sin dwelleth as an underling, as of old the Gibeonites dwelt, under conquering Joshua, and victorious Israel, as hewers of wood, and drawers of water. Yet these Canaanites were said to be spued out of that good land. 1. Jure bell•, by the Law of conquest, and of victorious inheritors, as sometime they were. 2. They make the state of justification, a state of sinless and absolute perfection, and of complete sanctification, to which nothing can be added, which is not possible in this life, and then we should yield a sceptre of highest royalty to faith. 3. If the Law of Faith did free us from the Law, as a rule of righteousness, good works were not our convoy and friends to accompany us to heaven.