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…

14 H. Nich. In his Epistle to the daughters of Warwick sect. 4 saith The being of Christ in love, ¹is received through the power of the Holy Ghost, not by any ceremonial Christ which one man speaketh to another, and sect. 5.7.10. He condemneth all scripture, as literal, fleshly, Elementish, ceremonial, all preaching of the word, seals, sacraments, ordinances, as literal and indifferent ▪ and all regeneration that way as unlawful, and extolleth a spiritual regeneration of the Family of Love, done by the Spirit, without the preaching of man, so doth the Antinomian De• pag. 6, 7, 8, &c. in his sermon extol inward reformation, but withal cries down all external reformation, that is done by laws, synods, the power of men, yea or of Angels, as carnal, antichristian hypocritical and false.

14 H. Nich. In his Epistle to the daughters of Warwicke sect. 4 saith The beeing of Christ in love, ¹is received through the power of the Holy Ghost, not by any ceremoniall Christ which one man speaketh to another, and sect. 5.7.10. He condemneth all scripture, as literall, fleshly, Elementish, ceremoniall, all preaching of the word, seales, sacraments, ordinances, as literall and indifferent ▪ and all regeneration that way as unlawfull, and extolleth a spirituall regeneration of the Family of Love, done by the Spirit, without the preaching of man, so doth the Antinomian De• pag. 6, 7, 8, &c. in his sermon extoll inward reformation, but withall cryes downe all externall reformation, that is done by lawes, synods, the power of men, yea or of Angells, as carnall, antichristian hypocriticall and false.

1. 1H. Nicholas, with Antinomians, M. Del. M. Beacon, reject all ordinances and repute all external worship and confessing of Christ before men all controversies in religion indifferent▪ this wicked opinion is re•uted by 8 arguments.