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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.
eSay not, I am perfect, I cannot fall, but be humble and fear, thou▪ that stands to day, mayst fall to morrow. fLuther So is the life of a Christian, that he who hath begun, may seem to have nothing; therefore Paul saith, I believe not that I have apprehended, Phil. 3. because nothing is more pernicious to a faithful man, then that presumption as if he had apprehended it, and there were no need to seek; so many make defection, and whether through security and negligence. So Bernard, to stand in the way of God is to go back, then to him that is be-back, ⟨p. 144⟩then to him that is begun to be a Christian, this remaineth, to esteem himself, not a Christian, but to seek to be a Christian. A Christian is not at his end, but in his way, that he may glory with Paul, I am not, but I desire to be, and as many of us as are perfect, let us remain in this rule, — then he that is a Christian, is no Christian, that is, he that believeth he is made a Christian▪ when he is to be made a Christian — we endeavour toward heaven, we are not in heaven: so he is already in heaven who endeavours toward heaven, because God counts him to be in heaven. — woe to him that is wholly renewed that is, who believeth he is renewed. Then woe to Town, Saltm•rsh, for these, that are as free from sin as Christ, must be perfect. gLuther, The mind of man, when it is in temptation and danger, with difficulty rests on this consolation, for thus it doth perpetually complain: What shall be done? when shall it be done? where shall it be done? I answer then, wait on, wait on, if it be longer deferred, and the mind ask again, when shall it be? say thou, I have no other advice, but that thou endure and wait on longer, one, two, three years, he that cometh will come, and will not •arry. eLuther. Ne dicas ego perfectus sum, non possum labi, sed humiliare, et time: ne hodie stans, cras cadas.