1The first Authors of these wicked opinion• were N. Wheelright some adherents to M. Wheelright, and Mistress Hutchison. This woman is called the American Jezebel, she was the wife of M. William Hutchison of Boston, the daughter of M. Marbury, sometime preacher in London: She was haughty, bold, active in wit, eloquent, vain, and self-conceited, would not stick to lye, and brought these opinions from old England and so was holden for a time out of Church communion, yet admitted, deceived many with extolling of Christ as working all in the souls of believers, as in dead and passive Organs and depressed sanctification and all qualifications of inherent graces as nothing held union with Christ and justification without faith, she drew to her way many godly people ⟨p. 177⟩and many loose and profane by a weekly lecture she held in her house, under pretence of repeating sermons, took on her to sit in a chair and to teach men. All these foresaid errors were condemned by a general assembly of the Churches of New England, at New-town August 30. 1637. They learned by sad experience of these seducers from that time, as I am informed to remove farther from M. Robinsons democracy and popular government, and come a little nearer to Presbyterial Government, and while they embrace that Apostolic Government, they shall ever be infested with heresies, as now they are this day with new Be-hives of Anabaptists, Seekers Enthusiasts, Familists, and Antinomians: they come, blessed be the Lord, a little nearer to it then they did, M. Cotton in his Treatise of the keys of the kingdom of heaven, set out by M. T. Goodwin and M. Philip Nigh, is well sound in our way, if he had given some more power to assemblies, as is clear Act. 15. and in some lesser points, Though Independents in England oppose that Godly and learned Divine, and as we hear have suppressed his judgement touching constitution of visible Churches, and are not willing that Antinomians, Familists, Socinians, Anabaptists, or other abominable sectaries be brought to the trial of a lawful Church assembly, but plead for a toleration to them, which the Churches of New England deservedly abhor as Atheistical and destructive to the truth, peace and unity of the Church of Christ.
1THe first Authors of these wicked opinion• were N. Wheelright some adherents to M. Wheelright, and Mistris Hutchison. This woman is called the American Jesabel, she was the wife of M. William Hutchison of Boston, the daughter of M. Marbury, sometime preacher in London: She was hauty, bold, active in wit, eloquent, vaine, and selfe-conceited, would not stick to lye, and brought these opinions from old England and so was holden for a time out of Church communion, yet admitted, deceived many with extolling of Christ as working all in the soules of beleevers, as in dead and passive Organs and depressed sanctification and all qualifications of inherent graces as nothing held union with Christ and justifica•ion without faith, shee drew to her way many godly people ⟨p. 177⟩and many loose and prophane by a weekly lecture she held in her house, under pretence of repeating sermons, tooke on her to sit in a chaire and to teach men. All these foresaid errours were condemned by a generall assembly of the Churches of New England, at New-towne August 30. 1637. They learned by sad experience of these seducers from that time, as I am informed to remove farther from M. Robinsons democracie and popular government, and come a little nearer to Presbyteriall Government, and while they imbrace that Apostolicke Government, they shall ever be infested with heresies, as now they are this day with new Bee-hives of Anabaptists, Seekers Enthusiasts, Familists, and Antinomians: they come, blessed bee the Lord, a little nearer to it then they did, M. Cotton in his Treatise of the keyes of the kingdome of heaven, set out by M. T. Goodwin and M. Philip Nye, is well sound in our way, if hee had given some more power to assemblies, as is clear Act. 15. and in some lesser points, Though Independents in England oppose that Godly and learned Divine, and as wee heare have suppressed his judgement touching constitution of visible Churches, and are not willing that Antinomians, Familists, Socinians, Anabaptists, or other abominable sectaries be brought to the tryall of a lawfull Church assembly, but plead for a toleration to them, which the Churches of New England deservedly abhor as Atheistical and distructive to the truth, peace and unity of the Church of Christ.
- 1Of Mistress Hutchison and her tenets.Of Mistris Hutchison and her tenets.
