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…

^hExtra locum justificationis debemus cum Paulo reverenter sentire de lege & eam summis laudibus evehere, appellare sanctam, bonam, justam, spiritualem, divinam, •ebemus extra conscientiam facere ex ea Deum, in conscientia verò est verè Diabolus. ²A man (a believer) terrified in conscience, and under the despairing apprehensions of wrath doth never sin more horribly, then in that article of time, when he beginneth to feel and understand the Law (in its condemning power.) ³Its unpossible that Christ and the Law can dwell together in one ⟨p. 109⟩soul; for either must the Law or Christ yield the one to the other. ^aLuther, Let us learn to distinguish these two righteousnesses,⁵ that we may know how far we are to obey the Law, for we said that the Law ought not to exceed its limits, but only have dominion over the flesh of a Christian (to show that he is a sinner, Saltmarsh saith free gr. 145. he is but a seeming sinner)—say thou to the law, stay within thy limits, and exercise dominion over the flesh, but come not near my conscience (to condemn me, otherwise to oblige as a rule of obedience it doth) where there is no Law. Its the great skill and wisdom of Christians to be ignorant of the Law and works,^b and of all active righteousness, especially when the conscience wrestleth with the justice of God, as without the Church of God, it is the great wisdom of God to know, consider, and press the law, works and active righteousness. ^cTo the Devil accusing; thou art a sinner, and therefore damned, we may answer; because thou callest me a sinner, therefore I shall be just and saved: yea thou shall de damned: no, for I fly to Christ, who gave himself for my sins. ⟨p. 110⟩