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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.
This is a curious Crotchet 1wherein they might please themselves imagining that they can turn; and wind, the whole Scripture, as they list, that so they may be Lux mundi ▪ But S. Paul must, and shall be that light, Rom. 1. These men see not how the Apostle teacheth that which is directly opposite to their tenets, denouncing first the wrath of God from Heaven, and making all the world to be sinners and guilty before God; When he hath made them so, then he teacheth further, how they may obtain Grace, and be justified, and this the 3 first Chapters mightily and clearly evince. But is it not a singular blindness & folly of theirs, to conceit that the manifestation of wrath must be something else, beside the law, which cannot possibly be. For the manifestation of wrath is nothing else, but the Law, where it is acknowledged and felt, according to that of the Apostle, Lex iram operatur. And have they not now bravely hit it, when in abrogating the Law, they teach it again, by teaching the Revelation of wrath? But thus they preposterously put the Cart before the Horse▪ teaching the Law after the Gospel, and wrath after grace. But what foul errors the Devil drives at by those juggling Gypsies, I discern (in part) well enough, but cannot now stand to discuss them. And because I hope they will proceed no further, it shall not need. It hath been a special piece of pride and presumption in those men,2 that they would bring something to light, that is new and singular, that the people might say, He•r's a brave fellow indeed! Here's another Paul! Have they of Wittenberg engrossed all knowledge? have not I also a good head? Yes truly, thou hast a head, but it is such a head, that ••ekes its own glory, and be••ummers it self in his own wisdom. For you resolve to cashier the Law, and yet would preach wrath which only the law must do. Thus you do no more in effect, but throw away the poor letters L.A.W. but ratify the wrath of God which is pointed at, and signified by those ⟨p. 77⟩