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…

CHAP. LXIII. We need Law-directions, the Law and the Spirit are subordinate, not contrary.

Antinomians ^adenying holiness to be now fashioned by the Law of outward Commandment, but by the preaching of Faith, will not have us to borrow so much as light and direction from the Law; because 1. The Law is the beam, the light in the first day of Creation, the candle the Sream, and the Word is made flesh and dwells amongst us; and he the Sun, the true light, the day light, the fountain, and Christ will not be beholding to any of the light on Moses his face. But the place 2 Cor. 3. that Saltmarsh alludeth to, is the light of a convinced conscience, ²by which a man seeth himself condemned by the Law-ministration of wrath; this light and glory is done away, where the Spirit of Jesus is; but the light of teaching direction to know our duty, and how we are to order our walking in Gospel-holiness, which the Spirit borroweth from the ten Commandments delivered by Moses, is established and taught by Christ, and not removed; for if Gospel-grace extirpate this light of the Moral Law, either out of our heart, or out of the written Commandments and writings of Moses; then surely Christ is come to dissolve the Law, and to teach men neither to do, nor obey Law-commandments, seeing it is ⟨p. 118⟩essential to the Law, as a Sun shining, whether hell, and Antinomians will or not, till Christs second coming, to give light, and show what is our duty, Psal. 19.7, 8.9. Math. 5.1, 2, 3, &c. 19.20. And 2. if the light of direction that the Law yieldeth be removed, and lay no obliging power on us, more then a candle serveth to give us light in day-light; or the light created the first day of the creation, which is gone now, when Sun and Moon are created, I see not, how we sin not in worshipping God, in abstaining from Idol-worship, blasphemy, swearing, in loving, and honouring our Parents, and in loving our neighbour as our self; for we have no warranting light to do these, but that Law of Moses, which Christ expressly said, he came not to destroy in the personal practise of his Saints; yea these beams in all their smallest titles, must stand firmer then heaven or earth,