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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 69: The dead and bastard faith of Antinomians.
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Nor can Christ as God, or Law-giver, command believing, for the notion of Law, or Law-giving under penalty of sin, and curses, is contrary to Christs Gospel-love; so Christ must renounce his office of Law-giving, and his authority, as God to command faith and forbid unbelief; and must only as Mediator put on love and counsel; and advise us to believe: as one friend doth another, so as we have no command obliging us (except we would sin) to believe, for a command of love, being contra-divided from a command of Law, to Antinomians obligeth neither to sin nor to wrath, if it be disobeyed.
Nor can Christ as God, or Law-giver, command beleeving, for the notion of Law, or Law-giving under penalty of sinne, and curses, is contrarie to Christs Gospel-love; so Christ must renounce his office of Law-giving, and his authoritie, as God to command faith and forbid unbeliefe; and must onely as Mediator put on love and counsell; and advise us to beleeve: as one friend doth another, so as wee have no command obliging us (except wee would sin) to beleeve, for a command of love, being contra-devided from a command of Law, to Antinomians obligeth neither to sinne nor to wrath, if it be disobeyed.
3. If believing void of all working, and such an empty faith be the only commanded work in the Gospel; it is like John the Apostle, so often commanding love to the brethren, and forbidding hating of our brother, doth not act an Evangelist, or Apostle; but speaketh as a Moses, and a Law-giver; and that amongst the Lords Apostles, who wrote canonic Scripture, in the New Testament; some were more legal preachers, and leaned more to a covenant of works as hPeter ⟨p. 143⟩(the Familists of New England should take in John and James, for Saltmarsh saith, they speak more for marks, and signs) then Paul, who stood most for free grace: yet is Paul as much to command some other works then Faith, as Peter, James or John.