The Assumption is manifest to those that will see, by the grounds of Libertines, because to every man, that is the word of God which he fancieth to be the Word of God; for otherwise, the truth should be monopolized to •ut, or some few persons, and this is the sense of the word of God, and so the very Gospel and truth which this man believeth, and of you punish him for it, the man suffers for the […] for the word of God; and if his neighbour believe the contrary, that is to him the Word of God, and if you punish him for it, the man suffers for the word of God also, and there be two contrary Gospels,1 and sundry truths, and if there be two, there may be two and twenty Bibles, and contrary truths, and so we have not the Old, and New Testament, but the letters of it, and as many senses, by this, there be of Scriptures, as many Bibles, and as many sundry heads and various opinions of men. Hence liberty of prophesying is lawful, and so liberty of Faiths, of contrary Bibles; and from this it is, that which tendeth to unity of faith, as one Confession of faith, or uniformity of belief is mocked by these men, and every one that suffereth for his supposed truth, is persecuted for the Word of God, and so blessed, because persecuted for the Truth, and if blessed, as our Saviour meaneth, Matth. •. v. 11, 12. They have a great reward in Heaven, for so they expound the place, Matth. 5. 11, 12. All men then, are saved in their own Religion, and to be rooted and grounded in the truth, is common to all Sect• and Heretics, and i• is to be rooted and grounded in op••ions such as every man shall fancy to be truth, and not to be moved from the truth, is not to be moved from opinions, and not to be carried about with every wind of doctrine, is to adhere with pertinacie to opinions ⟨p. 410⟩were it Arianism, Manichaeism, and if so, all Religions are alike safe, and all Sects, Saints, and all Heretics because they follow their erroneous consciences are innocent, godly, grounded on Truth.
The Ass•mption is manifest to those that will see, by the grounds of Libertines, because to every man, that is the word of God which he phansieth to be the Word of God; for otherwise, the truth should be monopolized to •ut, or some few persons, and this is the sense of the word of God, and so the very Gospel and truth which this man beleeveth, and of you punish him for it, the man suffers for the 〈…〉 for the word of God; and if his neighbour beleeve the contrary, that is to him the Word of God, and if you punish him for it, the man suffers for the word of God also, and there bee two contrary Gospels,1 and sundry truths, and if there be two, there may be two and twentie Bibles, and contrary truths, and so we have not the Old, and New Testament, but the letters of it, and as many senses, by this, there be of Scriptures, as many Bibles, and as many sundry heads and various opinions of men. Hence libertie of prophecying is lawfull, and so libertie of Faiths, of contrary Bibles; and from this it is, that which tendeth to unitie of faith, as one Confession of faith, or uniformitie of beleef is mocked by these men, and every one that suffereth for his supposed truth, is persecuted for the Word of God, and so blessed, because persecuted for the Truth, and if blessed, as our Saviour meaneth, Matth. •. v. 11, 12. They have a great reward in Heaven, for so they expound the place, Matth. 5. 11, 12. All men then, are saved in their own Religion, and to be rooted and grounded in the truth, is common to all Sect• and Hereticks, and i• is to bee rooted and grounded in op••ions such as every man shall fansie to be truth, and not to be moved from the truth, is not to bee moved from opinions, and not to be carried about with every winde of doctrine, is to adhere with pertinacie to opinions ⟨p. 410⟩were it Arrianisme, Manichisme, and if so, all Religions are alike safe, and all Sects, Saints, and all Hereticks because they follow their erronious consciences are innocent, godly, grounded on Truth.
- 1All Heretics are in a safe way of salvation, according to the way of Libertines.All Hereticks are in a safe way of salvation, according to the way of Libertines.
