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…

2 This is but the imaginary and Metaphorical Saviour of H. Nich. and unclean Familists; for if flesh and blood be but Metaphors, that is, the weakness and nothingness of man, and blood be Metaphorically only the power of the divine nature, and if the blood and water that issued from Christs side was not material blood and water, and if Christs being crucified according to the flesh, and his living according to the Spirit, be but fair Metaphors, as we say, the Meadows laugh, when they are but ⟨p. 187⟩vigorous, green and flourishing, and are not capable of material laughter, more then of a reasonable soul, then surely Christ was not true man borne of the virgin Mary, but a Metaphorical man, that is, weak in us who alone are his Image by creation.

2 This is but the imaginary and Metaphoricall Saviour of H. Nich. and unclean Familists; for if flesh and blood be but Metaphors, that is, the weakenesse and nothingnesse of man, and blood be Metaphorically only the power of the divine nature, and if the blood and water that issued from Christs side was not materiall blood and water, and if Christs being crucified according to the flesh, and his living according to the Spirit, be but faire Metaphors, as we say, the Medows laugh, when they are but ⟨p. 187⟩vigorous, greene and flourishing, and are not capable of materiall laughter, more then of a reasonable soule, then surely Christ was not true man borne of the virgine Mary, but a Metaphoricall man, that is, weake in us who alone are his Image by creation.

3 Then dyed he but in fantasy and Metaphorically, for his fl•sh that he was crucified in, is not true flesh; nor the true manhood assumed in the unity of his person, but only it is Metaphorically the weakness that is in us. And John saith, He saw the water and the blood that came out of his side, and did bear record, and his record is true, yea, they heard Christ with their ears, they saw him with their bodily eyes, and looked on him, and their hands handled the Lord of life, John leaned on his bosom, they pierced his hands and his feet, they parted his garments among them, they took down his body off the Cross, folded it in clean linen, laid him in a new Tomb, he truly rose again, eat with his Disciples, when they doubted if it was he, he called to them to make their senses and fingers witnesses, a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see I have,