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A96714	Antinomians and familists condemned by the synod of elders in Nevv-England: with the proceedings of the magistrates against them, and their apology for the same. Together with a memorable example of Gods iudgments upon some of those persons so proceeded against.	Winthrop, John, 1588-1649,; Weld, Thomas, 1590?-1662,	1644 (1644)	Wing W3094; Thomason E251_10; ESTC R212499	69,974	70

The due search and knowledge of the holy Scripture is not a safe and sure way of searching and finding Christ Confutation 39. This is contrary to expresse words of Scripture John 5.39 Search the Scriptures for they testifie of me Acts 10.43 To him give all the Prophets witnesse Rom. 3.21 the righteousnesse of God witnessed by the Law and the Prophets Isa 8.20 To the Law and to the Testimony Acts 17.11 The Bereans were more noble in that they searched the Scriptures daily If the Prophets give witnesse to Christ if his righteousnesse bee witnessed by Law and Prophets and that they bee noble that daily search the Scriptures and that Christ so farre alloweth their testimony of him that the Scripture saith there is no light but in and according to them then the due searching and knowledg of Scriptures is a safe way to search Christ but the former is true therefore also the latter Error 40. There is a testimony of the Spirit and voyce unto the Soule meerely immediate without any respect unto or concurrence with the word Confutation 40. This immediate revelation without concurrence with the word doth not onely countenance but confirme that opinion of Enthusianisme justly refused by all the Churches as being contrary to the perfection of the Scriptures and perfection of Gods wisedome therein That which is not revealed in the Scripture which is objectum adaequatum fidei is not to be beleeved but that there is any such revelation without concurrence with the word is no where revealed in the Scripture Ergo. 1 Cor. 4.16 Presume not above that which is written Againe if there be any immediate Revelation without concurrence of the word then it cannot be tryed by the word but wee are bid to try the spirits To the law and Testimony Esay 8.20 to try all things 1 Thess 5.21 So the Bereans Acts 17.11 and the rule of tryall is the word Joh. 5.39 Error 41. There bee distinct feasons of the workings of the severall Persons so the soule may bee said to bee so long under the Fathers and not the Sons and so long under the Sons work and not the Spirits Confutation 41. This expression is not according to the patterne of wholesome words which teacheth a joynt concurrence of all the Persons working in every worke that is wrought so that wee cannot say the Father works so long and the Son works not because the same worke at the same time is common to them both and to all the three Persons as the Father drawes Joh. 6.44 so the Son sends his Spirit to convince and thereby draws Joh. 16.7 8. Error 42. There is no assurance true or right unlesse it bee with out feare and doubting Confutation 42. This is contrary to Scripture the penman of Psal 77. had true assurance ver 6. and yet hee had doubts and feares of Gods eternall mercy ver 7 8 9. The best Faith is imperfect and admits infirmity ver 10. 1 Cor. 13.10 11 12. Where there is flesh that doth fight against every grace and act thereof and is contrary to it there can bee no grace perfect Ergo doubting may stand with assurance Gal. 5.17 Error 43. The Spirit acts most in the Saints when they indevour least Confutation 43. Reserving the speciall seasons of Gods preventing grace to his owne pleasure In the ordinary constant course of his dispensation the more wee indevour the more assistance and helpe wee find from him Prov. 2.3 4 5. Hee that seeks and digs for wisdome as for treasure shall find it Hos 6.3 2 Chron. 15.2 The Lord is with you while you are with him If by indevour be meant the use of lawfull meanes and Ordinances commanded by God to seeke and find him in then is it contrary to Mat. 7.7 Aske seeke knock c. Error 44. No created worke can bee a manifest signe of Gods love Confutation 44. If created workes flowing from union with Christ bee included it 's against Johns Epistles and many Scriptures which make keeping the Commandements love to the Brethren c. evidences of a good estate so consequently of Gods love Error 45. Nothing but Christ is an evidence of my good estate Confutation 45. If here Christ manifesting himselfe in workes of holinesse bee excluded and nothing but Christ nakedly revealing himselfe to faith bee made an evidence it is against the former Scriptures Error 46. It is no sinne in a beleever not to see his grace except he be wilfully blinde Confutation 46. This is contrary to the Scripture which makes every transgression of the Law sinne though wilfulnesse be not annexed and this crosseth the worke of the Spirit which sheweth us the things that are given us of God 1 Cor. 2.12 and crosseth also that command 2 Cor. 13.5 Prove your faith and therefore we ought to see it Error 47. The Seale of the Spirit is limited onely to the immediate witnesse of the Spirit and doth never witnesse to any worke of grace or to any conclusion by a Syllogisme Confutation 47. This is contrary to Rom. 8.16 to that which our Spirit beares witnesse to that the Spirit of God beares witnesse for they beare a joynt witnesse as the words will have it but our Spirits beare witnesse to a worke of grace namely that beleevers are the children of God Ergo. Error 48. That conditionall promises are legall Confutation 48. Contrary to John 3.16 Matthew 5.3 c. Error 49. We are not bound to keepe a constant course of Prayer in our Families or privately unlesse the Spirit stirre us up thereunto Confutation 49. This is contrary to Ephes 6.18 1 Thes 5.17 Error 50. It is poverty of spirit when wee have grace yet to see wee have no grace in our selves Confutation 50. The weake beleever Mark 9.24 was poore in spirit yet saw his own Faith weak though it were Peter when hee was brought to poverty of spirit by the bitter experience of his pride hee saw the true love hee had unto Christ and appealed to him therein Joh. 21.15 Paul was lesse then the least of all Saints in his owne eyes therefore poore in spirit yet saw the grace of God by which hee was that he was and did what hee did and was truly nothing in his own eyes when hee had spoken of the best things hee had received and done Ephes 3.18 If it bee poverty of the spirit to see no grace in our selves then should poverty of spirit crosse the office of the Spirit which is to reveale unto us and make us to see what God gives us 1 Cor. 2.9.10 11 12. then it should make us sinne or crosse the will of God which is that wee should not bee ignorant of the gracious workings of Christ in us from the power of his death and resurrection Rom. 6.3 Know yee not c. then would it destroy a great duty of Christian thankfulnesse in and for all the good things which God vouchsafeth us 1 Thes 5.18 Error 51. 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that those which eate his flesh should never dye not taking the speech in the true meaning so did hee said shee who brought that argument for it is said there they should bee like the Angels c. The Elders of Boston finding her thus obstinate propounded to the Church for an admonition to bee given her to which all the Church consented except two of her sons who because they persisted to defend her were under admonition also Mr. Cotton gave the admonition and first to her sons laying it sadly upon them that they would give such way to their naturall affection as for preserving her honour they should make a breach upon the honour of Christ and upon their Covenant with the Church and withall teare the very bowels of their soule by hardning her in her sin In this admonition to her first hee remembred her of the good way shee was in at her first comming in helping to discover to divers the false bottom they stood upon in trusting to legall works without Christ then hee shewed her how by falling into these grosse and fundamentall errors shee had lost the honour of her former service and done more wrong to Christ and his Church then formerly shee had done good and so laid her sin to her conscience with much zeale and solemnity hee admonished her also of the height of spirit then hee spake to the siders of the Church and advised them to take heed of her opinions and to with-hold all countenance and respects from her lest they should harden her in her sin so shee was dismissed and appointed to appeare againe that day sevennight The Count had ordered that shee should return to Roxbury again but upon intimation that her spirit began to fall shee was permitted to remain at Mr. Cottons house where Davenport was also kept who before her next appearing did both take much pains with her and prevailed so far that shee did acknowledge her errour in all the Articles except the last and accordingly shee wrote down her answers to them all when the day came and shee was called forth and the Articles read again to her shee delivered in her answers in writing which were also read and being then willing to speak to the Congregation for their further satisfaction shee did acknowledge that shee had greatly erred and that God had left her to her self herein because shee had so much under-natured his Ordinances both in slighting the Magistrates at the Court and also the Elders of the Church and confessed that when shee was at the Court shee looked only at such failings as shee apprehended in the Magistrates proceedings without having regard to the place they were in and that the speeches shee then used about her revelations were rash and without ground and shee desired the prayers of the Church for her Thus farre shee went on well and the Assembly conceived hope of her repentance but in her answers to the severall articles shee gave no satisfaction because in diverse of them shee answered by circumlocutions and seemed to lay all the faults in her expressions which occasioned some of the Elders to desire shee might expresse her self more cleerly and for that ever shee was demanded about the Article whether shee were not or had not been of that judgement that there is no inherent righteousnesse in the Saints but those gifts and graces which are ascribed to them that are only in Christ as the subject to which shee answered that shee was never of that judgement howsoever by her expressions shee might seem to bee so and this shee affirmed with such confidence as bred great astonishment in many who had known the contrary and diverse alledged her own sayings and reasonings both before her confinement and since which did manifest to all that were present that shee knew that shee spake untruth for it was proved that shee had alledged that in Esay 53. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justifie many which shee had maintained to bee meant of a knowledge in Christ and not in us so likewise that in Galathians I live by the faith of the Son of God which shee said was the faith of Christ and not any faith inherent in us also that shee had maintained that Christ is our sanctification in the same sort that hee is our justification and that shee had said that shee would not pray for grace but for Christ and that when she had been pressed with diverse Scriptures which spake of washing and creating a new heart and writing the Law in the heart c. shee had denyed that they did mean any sanctification in us There were diverse women also with whom shee had dealt about the same point who if their modesty had not restrained them would have born witnesse against her herein as themselves after confessed wherefore the Elders pressed her very earnestly to remember her self and not to stand so obstinately to maintain so manifest an untruth but shee was deafe of that eare and would not acknowledge that shee had been at any time of that judgement howsoever her expressions were Then Mr. Cotton told the Assembly that whereas shee had been formerly dealt with for matter of doctrine he had according to the duty of his place being the teacher of that Church proceeded against unto admonition but now the case being altered and she being in question for maintaining of untruth which is matter of manners he must leave the businesse to the Pastor Mr. Wilson to goe on with her but withall declared his judgement in the case from that in Revel 22. that such as make and maintaine a lye ought to be cast out of the Church and whereas two or three pleaded that she might first have a second admonition according to that in Titus 3.10 he answered that that was onely for such as erred in point of doctrine but such as shall notoriously offend in matter of conversation ought to be presently cast out as he proved by Ananias and Saphira and the incestuous Corinthian and as appeares by that of Simin Magus and for her owne part though she heard this moved in her behalfe that she might have a further respite yet she her selfe never desired it so the Pastor went on and propounding it to the Church to know whether they were all agreed that she should be cast out and a full consent appearing after the usuall manner by their silence after a convenient pause he proceeded and denounced the sentence of excommunication against her and she was commanded to depart out of the Assembly In her going forth one standing at the dore said The Lord sanctifie this unto you to whom she made answer The Lord judgeth not as man judgeth better to be cast out of the Church then to deny Christ Thus it hath pleased the Lord to have compassion of his poore Churches here and to discover this great imposter an instrument of Satan so fitted and trained to his service for interrupting the passage Kingdome in this