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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.
CHAP. XXI. The Doctrine of Saltmarsh and Familists touching Magistracy, and Spiritual discerning of Saints amongst themselves.
CHAP. XXI. The Doctrine of Saltmarsh and Familists touching Magistracy, and Spirituall discerning of Saints amongst themselves.
Magistracy (saith he, p. 135.) is a power ordained of God, an Image of the power and judgement committed to Christ; Scripture and the gift of wisdom, justice and righteousness, are his unction now. Page 138. They are set up more specially to minister peace and judgement to Gods people in the flesh.
MAgistracie (saith he, p. 135.) is a power ordained of God, an Image of the power and judgement committed to Christ; Scripture and the gift of wisdome, justice and righteousnesse, are his unction now. Page 138. They are set up more specially to minister peace and judgement to Gods people in the flesh.
Then Nero, the great Turk, the Indian Kings, being ordained of God, Rom. 3.1. as the image of Christ, must be his submediators and under Deputies, little spiritual Kings, and Prophets, ⟨p. 216⟩and Priests under Chr••t as Mediator. And who gave the Scriptures, the Law, written Gospel, and such an unction to the Indian Kings? for they are Magistrates. The man cannot speak of Christian Magistrates; for Rom. 13. which he citeth, speaketh of Nero, whose head was dry from all unction of the Gospel, or new Testament. If the Magistrate be an Image of Christs power, and that power committed to him; they may under the Mediator Christ, ministerially judge of the doctrine preached by Ministers, if true or false. And if they be set up to minister justice more specially to Gods people in the flesh; then the people of God in the Spirit, and in all Spirit, as Saltmarsh saith most of them all are, shall be under no Magistrate; but this he saith of all, page 288, 293, 200, 201, 202, &c. And by this every Magistrate must be a Christian f an image of the Mediators power; or then no Christian, or spiritual man can be a Magistrate.