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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.
Now the Church is his mystical body, but Christ had and yet hath another true, real, natural body besides his body the Church. This seemeth to me to be the doctrine of M. Saltmarsh, who in his latest piece (that I cannot now examine this work being printed, but it is the very picture of the spirit of Henry Nicholas) giveth hints that Christ is not true man, Sparkles of glory▪ p. 39. The baptism of Jesus Christ is that whereby we are baptized into his body. Now his body is a spiritual one, and fashioning like his glorious one, that place, Phil. 3.20, 21, that speaks of Christs natural body, Saltmarsh expoundeth of his mystical body the Church, as if Christ had not another body then his Church his mystical body; Now Christs mystical body suffered not on the Cross for our sins. And pag. 43. When Jesus (saith he) went out of flesh into spirit, or ascended, he confirmed this ministration &c. Then Christs ascension to heaven in his manhood is not local and visible, though the scripture say Act. 1. His Disciples saw him locally and visibly ascend, and the Angels said these men of Galilee should see him after the same manner come to judgement, but his ascension is but his leaving of his flesh or mystical body on earth, and being turned into a spirit, or his entering in a more spiritual and glorious being into heaven, and if this be true that his ascension is but his going out of flesh into spirit, then hath not Christ taken our nature and flesh and a mans heart to heaven with him that he may be touched with our infirmities. Contrary to these Scriptures Eph. 2. ver. 6. Phi. 3.20.21. Heb. 4.14, 15. Heb. 7.24, 25, 26. Heb. 10.20, 21.
Now the Church is his mysticall body, but Christ had and yet hath another true, real, naturall body besides his body the Church. This seemeth to mee to bee the doctrine of M. Saltmarsh, who in his latest peece (that I cannot now examine this worke being printed, but it is the very picture of the spirit of Henry Nicholas) giveth hints that Christ is not true man, Sparkles of glory p. 39. The baptisme of Jesus Christ is that whereby wee are baptized into his body. Now his body is a spirituall one, and fashioning like his gloryous one, that place,