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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 66: Antinomians errors touching the covenant of grace.
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CHAP. LXVI. Antinomians errors touching the covenant of grace.
Antinomians agrossly mistake the conditions of the Covenant of works, and of grace: they would hold forth, That we were taken into the Covenant of works, upon some condition in us before. But in the New Covenant (saith Saltmarsh) we are not his people, before he be our God first. But I know none who ever wrote, or spoke of free grace, d•d draw the covenant of grace in such a proportion,2 as that Christ should first woe and sue us to a condition, in which by some preparing grace, we might earn, and as hirelings, work our selves into a meriting condition, and make our selves first Gods people, and first choose Christ, and provoke free grace; so as, in all reason, and congruity, God must, if he be rational, join in league, and article himself to be our God. Why? We have first articled our selves, by the condition of honest hirelings, to be his people.
ANtinomians agrossely mistake the conditions of the Covenant of works, and of grace: they would hold forth, That wee were taken into the Covenant of works, upon some condition in us before. But in the New Covenant (saith Saltmarsh) we are not his people, before he be our God first. But I know none who ever wrot, or spoke of free grace, d•d draw the covenant of grace in such a proportion,2 as that Christ should first woe and sue us to a condition, in which by some preparing grace, we might earne, and as hirelings, worke our selves into a meriting condition, and make our selves first Gods people, and first chuse Christ, and provoke free grace; so as, in all reason, and congruitie, God must, if he be rationall, joyne in league, and article himselfe to be our God. Why? We have first articled our selves, by the condition of honest hirelings, to be his people.