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…

CHAP. II. Of Libertines.

¹IF we come a little lower, about the year, 1525. arose the Libertines, which are a kind of men that come near to the Antinomians, and Familists, and all of them savour strongly of the Manichaeans, Valentinians, and Cerdonites. Calvin advers. lib. c. 2. observeth that Libertines under pretence of Christian Liberty, trampled under-foot all godliness, so do Antinomians. Before them C•rdo, the Disciple of Heracleon as Epiphanius in Anaceph▪ stood for his two principles, one good, another evil, as Tertull. also saith, de praescript. He said, that Christ suffered imagi••rily,² as Tertull. relateth, so Familists and finer Antinomians deny the Incarnation, and say, Every believer is Christ incarnate, and is Godded and Christed, with the holy anointing; Cerdo denied the Resurrection, so do Antinomians and Familists. Marci•n his Disciple taught the like. With Manichaeans, they are not far from rejecting all the Old Testament, for Antinomians will have no actual Remission of sin in the Old Testament so saith Den•e, Doctrine J•h. Baptist, p. 51.52. Del. serm. p. 3, 4. no inward conversion of sinners to God, no holy Spirit given, no Covenant of Grace then, as Crispe and Mr. Del say. The first man of the Libertines was an unlearned rude fellow,³ Coppinus a Flanders man; after him arose one Quintus a Taylor in Piecardi•, a drunken proud man and to him was joined one Bertrandus who dyed soon, and one Claudinus persevalus: But a chief man among them was Antonius Pocquius a Priest, who still said Mass, though Papists shamelessly call them Calvinists,