Casper Swenckefield was borne about the year 1499 spread his errors in & about an. 1520 as he died in Sweden 1561. he was a Knight of Ossing in Silesia, he was so grave, civill,1 fervent in prayer, that it was said of him he wanted not a good heart, but a solid head and wit, he allured to his way Valentinus Krantwald, a simple religious man, and Joan. Sigismundus werner, pastors and professors of Lunenburgh. Schlusserburgins catalo. hereticorum. l. 10. p. 27. saith that Luther and Melanchthon gave him the name S•enckfeldius from the noisome smell of his doctrine; he was eloquent, unlearned, ignorant of the Latin tongue, wrote all in Germans, ignorant of arts, once a hater of Romish Idolatry, but seeing God honoured Luther, being a proud man, he sought a name, pretended that he stumbled much at the bad conversation of the Churches, turned from popery, pretended the spirit, and Enthusiastical dreams, as Antinomians and Familists do, he was a Sceptic and a Neutral between papists and Lutherans, through occasion of Anabaptists risen then he cried down a literal carnal church framed by Luther (as he said) and called for a new and perfect Church, as Antinomians do. Rise, reign. er. 79, 80, 81. In Silesia he seduced many with his eloquence and new speculations, he calls for spiritualness and the spirit, and the internal word, that we must not depend on the external word. Just as M. Del doth. But (ye may say) 2Del. pag. 7. ser. calls for an outward change, such as flows from an inward change in his Gospel Reformation. So did Swen•ckfeldius say the Scriptures must be read that the external man may be instructed, & so said Saltmarsh. Scriptures were given by divine inspiration and profitable, but (if I mistake not Antinomians) neither law, nor any letter of the word is needful to their regenerate persons, he adhered to somewhat of Anabaptists, somewhat of Calvins way, to somewhat of the papists, he was banished ⟨p. 16⟩out of Silesia by the prince of Lignice Fredricke, wandering through Germany, came to Luther and revealed his fancies, was sharply rebuked by h•m, but to no purpose, pertinacie cleaves to the plague of Heresy, he went through Sweden, Nornburg, Ulms, Tubinga, in private houses, accuses the Pastors, that no man was the better of their preaching, extols the spirit that does all.
CAsper Swenckefield was borne about the yeare 1499 spread his errors in & about an. 1520 as he died in Sweden 1561. he was a Knight of Ossing in Silesia, he was so grave, civill,1 fervent in prayer, that it was said of him he wanted not a good heart, but a solid head and wit, he allured to his way Valentinus Krantwald, a simple religious man, and Ioan. Sigismundus werner, pastors and professors of Lunenburgh. Schlusserburgins catalo. hereticorum. l. 10. p. 27. saith that Luther and Melancthon gave him the name S•enckfeldius from the noysome smell of his doctrine; he was eloquent, unlearned, ignorant of the Latine tongue, wrote all in Germans, ignorant of arts, once a hater of Romish Idolatry, but seeing God honoured Luther, being a proud man, he sought a name, pretended that he stumbled much at the bad conversation of the Churches, turned from popery, pretended the spirit, and Enthysiasticall dreames, as Antinomians and Familists doe, he was a Sceptick and a Neutrall betweene papists and Lutherans, through occasion of Anabaptists risen then he cryed downe a litterall carnall church framed by Luther (as he said) and called for a new and perfect Church, as Antinomians doe. Rise, reigne. er. 79, 80, 81. In Silesia he seduced many with his eloquence and new speculations, he calls for spirituallnesse and the spirit, and the internall word, that we must not depend on the externall word. Iust as M. Del doth. But (yee may say) 2Del. pag. 7. ser. calls for an outward change, such as flownes from an inward change in his Gospell Reformation. So did Swen•ckfeldius say the Scriptures must be read that the externall man may be instructed, & so said Saltmarsh. Scriptures were given by divine inspiration and profitable, but (if I mistake not Antinomians) neither law, nor any letter of the word is needfull to their regenerate persons, he adhered to somewhat of Anabaptists, somewhat of Calvins way, to somewhat of the papists, he was banished ⟨p. 16⟩out of Silesia by the prince of Lignice Fredricke, wandring through Germanie, came to Luther and revealed his phancies, was sharply rebuked by h•m, but to no purpose, pertinacie cleaves to the plague of Heresie, hee went through Sweden, Nornburg, Vlms, Tubinga, in private houses, accuses the Pastors, that no man was the better of their preaching, extolls the spirit that does all.
- 1Casper Swenckfeeld his rise, tenets and the compliance between him and Antinomians.Casper Swenckfeeld his rise, tenets and the compliance betweene him and Antinomians.
- 2Schlusserburgius data. hereticor. l. 10 p. 32. Swenckfeldius ait preces faciendas, ut deus interiorem illuminationem largiatur, nihil omnius legenda esse Biblica scripta, quibus externus homo crudiaturSchlusserburgius •ata. hereticor. l. 10 p. 32. Swenckfeldius ait preces faciendas, ut deus interiorem illuminationem largiatur, nihil omnius legenda esse Biblica scripta, quibus externus homo crudiatur
