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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 2 › Chapter 51: Antinomians ignorant of Jewish Law-service, and of Gospel-obedience.
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. LI. Antinomians ignorant of Jewish Law-service, and of Gospel-obedience.
Antinomians speak evil of that they know not. Saltmarsh saith, 1All Gospel-ordinances are only ways and means for God, to reveal his love and grace by the Spirit of adoption, not any ways or means of ours, for getting some love from God, which Christ himself hath not gotten for us. So there is not now (saith he) Gospel-teaching and obeying, but men now run in a Legal strain, and would work God down into his old and former way of revealing himself. as under the Law, when he seemed to be only in the way to reconciliation and peace, rather then pacified, and thus in prayer and fasting, and other acts of obedience, they deal with God, as under the Old Testament, not considering the glorious love revealed in Christ crucified.
ANtinomians speake evill of that they know not. Saltmarsh saith, 1All Gospel-ordinances are onely wayes and meanes for God, to reveale his love and grace by the Spirit of adoption, not any wayes or meanes of ours, for getting some love from God, which Christ himselfe hath not gotten for us. So there is not now (saith he) Gospel-teaching and obeying, but men now runne in a Legall straine, and would worke God downe into his old and former way of revealing himselfe. as under the Law, when he seemed to be onely in the way to reconciliation and peace, rather then pacified, and thus in prayer and fasting, and other acts of obedience, they deale with God, as under the Old Testament, not considering the glorious love revealed in Christ crucified.
- 1Saltmarsh Free gracc, 168, 169.