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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
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.
3 Conseq. Davids heart was right, and Peters also in the main, when the one committed adultery and treacherous murder, and the other denied his Lord, then shall murder and denial of Christ before men, be things indifferent; for Gospel-reformation minds only the reforming of the heart, and when the heart is right with God, as was Davids, whose heart was according to the heart of God, long ere he fell in these sins, 1 Sam. 13.14. and Peters heart Mat. 16.17. the outward form cannot be amiss: then outward practises of adultery, and treacherous murder, and denying of Christ with oaths, were not amiss. Old Anabaptists, called Fratres liberi, and Nicodemites, come and learn at M. Del, to keep the heart right, and violate all the ten Commandments, ⟨p. 32⟩your false worships, your lying, whoring, cozening &c. cannot be amiss, your Gospel needs not busy it self with these forms ▪ For saith he, What Christ speaks not one word of in the N. Testament worship Joh. 4 that hath nothing to do with Gospel-reformation: I Assume. But Christ speaks not one word of forms, of right external worship, not adding Idol worship: bowing to Baal, not one word of speaking or preaching as the Oracles of God as it is 1 Pet. 4.11. nor of consenting to the wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine, that is according to Godliness, 1 Tim. 6.3, nor speaketh Christ one word Jo. 4. to hold fast the form of sound words. 2 Tim. 1.13. Nor to obey from the heart that form of sound doctrine once delivered, Rom. 6.17. yea many say Christ speaks in that place Joh. 4. not one word of faith, love, fear, hope, of preaching, hearing, praying, praising, or of any worship either external or internal, but only of the manner and sincerity of worship, then by Dells arguing there should be no external worship under the Gospel: yea more, Reformation in worship, is but the half of reformation. Christ there speaks not one word of the other half of reformation of the duties of the second table; of love, mercy, righteousness, sobriety; not killing, not whoring, not cozening, and oppressing, the widow, the Orphan, as Antinomians do, then Gospel-reformation, aiming only at the heart cares nothing for any of these.