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Survey of the Spiritual Antichrist

Published: 1648
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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 ...

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Plea for Pauls Presbytery in Scotland

1642

London Printed by J.D. & R.I. for Andrew Crooke, and are to be sold at his shop ... 1648.

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LetterA brotherly and free Epistle to the patrons and friends of pretended Liberty of Conscience.
Table of contentsContents of the first Treatise,
Errata 1Errata.
Errata 2Errata in the II. Part.
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Part 1THE DISCENT OF ANTINOMIANS and FAMILISTS.
Chapter 1CHAP. I. The Originall of Antinomians and of other unclean Sects who have taught the same things, not…
Chapter 2CHAP. II. Of Libertines.

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Chapter 3CHAP. III. Of Anabaptists, N. Stork. Th. Muncer, Jo. Becold, &c. and their Tenets.
Chapter 4CHAP. IIII. Of David George.
Chapter 5CHAP. V. Of Casper Swenckfield his Tenets complying with Antinomians.
Chapter 6CHAP. VI. How the Word converteth.
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. Of Revelations and Inspirations.
Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. Of Humane Industry, Arts, Sciences, Tongues, and if they be lawfull and necessary to the…
Chapter 9CHAP. IX. Of Henry Nicholas, and older Familists and Antinomians.
Chapter 10CHAP. X. Of Ioannes Agricola Eislebius the first father of the Antinomians. The first rise of Antinomians…
Chapter 11CHAP. XI. A Treatise against Antinomians written in an Epistolary way, by D. Martin Luther, translated out…

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Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647Towne, Robert, 1592 or 3-1663Crisp, Tobias, 1600-1643Eaton, John, 1574 or 5-1641Dell, William, d. 1664Denne, Henry, 1606 or 7-1660?Luther, Martin, 1483-1546FamilistsAntinomianism

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Author: Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661)
Imprint: London Printed by J.D. & R.I. for Andrew Crooke, and are to be sold at his shop ... 1648.
Extent: [48], 354 [i.e. 344], 239 p.
Language: English
Catalogue: Wing R2394 · ESTC R22462
Source: TCP A57980
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

Chapter 12CHAP. XII. Of Christian Liberty, and of sense, true and false.

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Chapter 13CHAP. XIII. Of good works according to Luther.

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Chapter 14CHAP. XIV. Of other Fountains and springs of Familists, and Antinomians, and of the Treatise called, The…

Chapter 15CHAP. XV. Of the Familists and Antinomians of New England.

Chapter 16CHAP. XVI Of the first sowers of the tares of Antinomianisme and Familisme in New England.

Chapter 17CHAP. XVII. Of the late Familists banished out of New England in Massachusets and now inhabitants of…

Chapter 18CHAP. XVIII. Saltmarsh cleareth his minde touching personall mortification faintly, and holdeth many other…

Chapter 19CHAP. XIX. Saltmarsh with Familists phancyeth divers new administrations, of the Law, of John Baptist, of…

Chapter 20CHAP. XX. Of the ceasing of Ordinances since the Apostles dyed as Saltmarsh teacheth.

Chapter 21CHAP. XXI. The Doctrine of Saltmarsh and Familists touching Magistracy, and Spirituall discerning of Saints…

Chapter 22CHAP. XXII. The highest discovery Familists have of Christ, to wit, that he is a man only figuratively not…

Chapter 23CHAP. XXIII. Praying a Law-bondage, the letter of the word no obliging Rule to those that are in the…

Chapter 24CHAP. XXIV. Of the Indulgence of sinning under Law and Gospel, granted by the Familists.

Chapter 25CHAP. XXV. Familists will have us to be very Christ or Christed and Godded.

Chapter 26CHAP. XXVI. The Familists fansie of our passing from one ministration to another of higher glory in this…

Chapter 27CHAP. XXVII. How Ordinances and the letter of the Word are Instruments of conveying of Christ and his grace…

Chapter 28CHAP. XXVIII. Of our assurance and comfort from Acts of free Grace

Chapter 29CHAP. XXIX. The scope of Saltmarsh his Book called Sparkles of Glory, and of his denying Christ to be any…

Chapter 30CHAP. XXX. Familists will have all externals indifferent.

Chapter 31CHAP. XXXI. Saltmarsh and Familists teach that there is salvation in all Religions.

Chapter 32CHAP. XXXII. What certainty of faith the Saints may attaine to beyond the Familists fluctuation of faith:…

Chapter 33CHAP. XXXIII. Saltmarsh Sparkles, pag. 22…. Familists minde touching Prayer.

Chapter 34CHAP. XXXIV. A tast of the wild allegorick interpretations of Scripture that are in this peece of…

Chapter 35CHAP. XXXV. Of communion with God, and serving him in the Spirit.

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Part 2A MODEST SVRVEY of the secrets of Antinomianisme; with a briefe refutation of them from the word of truth.

Chapter 1CHAP. I. Antinomians unjustly aceuse us.

Chapter 2CHAP. II. Antinomians are Pelagians.

Chapter 3CHAP. III. We hold no morall preparations with Pelagians, Papists, and Arminians going before conversion.

Chapter 4CHAP. IV. How we teach a desire of grace to be grace.

Chapter 5CHAP. V. How we are freed from the Law, how not.

Chapter 6CHAP. VI. How the command of the Law layeth an obleiging …and on us.

Chapter 7CHAP. VII. How the Law and the Gospel require the same obedience.

Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. Of the promissorie part of the Law; the differences between the two covenants mistaken by…

Chapter 9CHAP. IX. Of the threatnings of the Law and Gospel.

Chapter 10CHAP. X. Of Gospel feare.

Chapter 11CHAP. XI. Law-feare and Gospel-faith consistent.

Chapter 12CHAP. XII. Antinomians deny actuall pardon of sinnes to the Jewes.

Chapter 13CHAP. XIII. Of the nonage of the Jewes, what it was.

Chapter 14CHAP. XIV, The old m…n, or the flesh to Antinomians is under the Law, the new Man freed from all Law.

Chapter 15CHAP. XV. Antinomians hold the justified to sinne before men, and as touching their conversation, not…

Chapter 16CHAP. XVI. Justification is close mistaken by Antinomians, when they judge it to be an extirpation of…

Chapter 17CHAP. XVII. Christ not formally the sinner, as Antinomians dreame.

Chapter 18CHAP. XVIII. That we are not justified untill we beleeve.

Chapter 19CHAP. XIX. Gods love of good will, and of good liking, a warrantable distinction.

Chapter 20CHAP. XX. There is a reall change of our state in justification,

Chapter 21CHAP. XXI. We mixe not workes and grace in the matter of Justification.

Chapter 22CHAP. XXII. Antinomians deny sinne to be in the justified.

Chapter 23CHAP. XXIII. Antinomians say, to faith there is no sinne.

Chapter 24CHAP. XXIV. The raigne of Faith not absolute, as Antinomians say.

Chapter 25CHAP. XXV. The Antinomians ground, that God seeth no sinne in the justified, refuted.

Chapter 26CHAP. XXVI. Confession required in the beleever.

Chapter 27CHAP. XXVII. The Law is yet to be preached to beleevers.

Chapter 28CHAP. XXVIII. Strict and precise walking, a necessarie and commanded Gospel-dutie.

Chapter 29CHAP. XXIX. God is truely angry with the sinnes of elect, and beleevers.

Chapter 30CHAP. XXX. The justified countable to God for sinne.

Chapter 31CHAP. XXXI. God punisheth sinne in beleevers.

Chapter 32CHAP. XXXII. Beleevers are to mourne for sinne.

Chapter 33CHAP. XXXIII. To crave pardon for sinne, or to have any sense of sinne denyed to beleevers by Antinomians.

Chapter 34CHAP. XXXIV. Antinomians hold, wee are in the boyling of our lusts, without any foregoing humiliation,…

Chapter 35CHAP. XXXV. Of spirituall poverty and how its mistaken by Antinomians.

Chapter 36CHAP XXXVI. Repentance mistaken by Antinomians.

Chapter 37CHAP. XXXVII. How good works are necessary.

Chapter 38CHAP. XXXVIII. The Gospel is conditionall,

Chapter 39CHAP. XXXIX. Of Mortification.

Chapter 40CHAP. XL. Antinomians, the perfectists of our time, say, wee and our works are compleatly perfect.

Chapter 41CHAP. XLI. Antinomians say, we are compleatly saved in this life as in heaven.

Chapter 42CHAP. XLII. Our happinesse is in sanctification, as well as in justification.

Chapter 43CHAP. XXLIII. Sanctification crushed by Antinomians.

Chapter 44CHAP. XLIV. Antinomians say, all doubtings is inconsistent with Faith.

Chapter 45CHAP. XLV. Antinomians, not Protestants, Merit-mongers.

Chapter 46CHAP. XLVI. That there is grace inherent in the Saints, beside that free favour and good will that is in God.

Chapter 47CHAP. XLVII. That we are not meere patients in the acting of the Spirit of Sanctification.

Chapter 48CHAP. XLVIII. Antinomians hold that the beleever cannot sinne against God, but against men, in his…

Chapter 49CHAP. XLVIX· Antinomians free us from any obligation to Evangelike commandements, and exhortations to…

Chapter 50CHAP. L. How we are freed from the Law in regard of Sanctification, as of Justification.

Chapter 51CHAP. LI. Antinomians ignorant of Jewish Law-service, and of Gospel-obedience.

Chapter 52CHAP. LII. That we are not freed from outward Ordinances, nor is it Legall to be under them, as Antinomians…

Chapter 53CHAP. LIII. Necessity of ordinances, and of written and preached Scripture to the most perfect.

Chapter 54CHAP. LIV. What peace we may fetch from gracious performances.

Chapter 55CHAP. LV. How farre inherent qualifications, and actions of grace can prove we are in the state of grace.

Chapter 56CHAP. LVI. How duties and delight in them, take us not off Christ.

Chapter 57CHAP. LVII. Of the liberty which Christ hath purchased to us by his death.

Chapter 58CHAP. LVIII. Antinomians teach, beleevers must not walke in their conversation, as in the sight of God, but…

Chapter 59CHAP. LIX. How Justification is one indivisible act, not successive, as Sanctification, and yet God dayly…

Chapter 60CHAP. LX. How sinnes are remitted before they bee committed, how not, and the Antinomian error in this point.

Chapter 61CHAP. LXI. How Faith justifieth, and the Antinomian errour discovered in this point.

Chapter 62CHAP. LXII. The Antinomians way and Method of a sinners comming to Christ, confuted.

Chapter 63CHAP. LXIII. We need Law-directions, the Law and the Spirit are subordinate, not contrary.

Chapter 64CHAP. LXIV. Antinomian differences between the Law and the Gospel, confuted.

Chapter 65CHAP. LXV. The Gospel is a rare Covenant of grace.

Chapter 66CHAP. LXVI. Antinomians errors touching the covenant of grace.

Chapter 67CHAP. LXVII. Of Legall and Evangelicall conversion.

Chapter 68CHAP. LXVIII. How the Spirit worketh freely in the Antinomian way.

Chapter 69CHAP. LXIX. The dead and bastard faith of Antinomians.

Chapter 70CHAP. LXX. Faith not the onely worke of the Gospel, as Antinomians say.

Chapter 71CHAP. LXXI. The Justified obey not God, by necessitie of nature, as the fire burneth, as Antinomians fancie.

Chapter 72CHAP. LXXII. Glorifying of God in sanctification needfull.

Chapter 73CHAP. LXXIII. Sanctification concurs as well as Justification to make Saints.

Chapter 74CHAP. LXXIIII. The harmonious compliance of old Libertines, Familists, and Antinomians.

Chapter 75CHAP. LXXV. Libertines, Familists, and Antinomians free us from all Law, and that we neither sinne, nor are…

Chapter 76CHAP. LXXVI. Libertines and Antinomians destroy Scripture, and make the Spirit all, and some.

Chapter 77CHAP. LXXVII. Antinomians and Libertines foule opinions touching God and the Author of sinne.

Chapter 78CHAP. LXXVIII. Libertines and Antinomians take away all sense, or remorse of conscience for sinne.

Chapter 79CHAP. LXXIX. Libertines and Antinomians Parallel beleevers with Christ incarnate.

Chapter 80CHAP. LXXX. To follow sense as a Law is our rule, say Libertines and Antinomians.

Chapter 81CHAP. LXXXI. Sundry Antinomians say, Irish Papists ought to have liberty of conscience, and to injoy their…

Chapter 82CHAP. LXXXII. Libertines and Antinomians doubt of the Resurrection, and life to come.

Chapter 83CHAP. LXXXIII. Familists, Libertines, Anabaptists, goe before Antinomians in denying all externall worship…

Chapter 84CHAP. LXXXIV. Master Dell, and Saltmarsh deny all outward reformation, all Scripture seales, Ordinances,…

Chapter 85CHAP. LXXXV. Libertines and Antinomians come nigh to other, in making God the author of sinne.

Chapter 86CHAP. LXXXVI. Libertines and Antinomians would have us doe nothing, because God doth all.

Chapter 87CHAP. LXXXVII. Antinomians answered, in that they say, wee make the actings of the Spirit, like to the acts…

Chapter 88CHAP. LXXXVIII. That we are both righteous in the sight of God being justified, and yet sinners in our…

Chapter 89CHAP. LXXXIX. Antinomians are ignorant of Faith, to dreame that its Faith to beleeve against sense, that…

Chapter 90CHAP. XC. Antinomians free all converted, or non-converted from obligation of obedience, or practise of…

Chapter 91CHAP. XCI. How, and for whom, Christ intercedeth in Heaven.

Chapter 92CHAP. XCII. Antinomians contend for the faith of assurance, and reject the faith of Dependance.

Chapter 93CHAP. XCIII. Antinomians deny the Law to bee any instrument at all of our Sanctification.

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