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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

by the power of the God-head 8. The Image of God wherein Adam was made she could see no Scripture to warrant that it consisted in holinesse but conceived it to be in that he was made like to Christs manhood 9. She had no Scripture to warrant that Christs manhood is now in Heaven but the body of Christ is his Church 10. We are united to Christ with the same union that his humanity on earth was with the Deity Jo. 17.21 11. She conceived the Disciples before Christ his death were not converted Matth. 18.3 12. There is no evidence to be had of our good estate either from absolute or conditionall promises 13. The Law is no rule of life to a Christian 14. There is no Kingdome of Heaven in Scripture but onely Christ 15. There is first engraffing into Christ before union from which a man might fall away 16. The first thing God reveales to assure us is our election 17. That Abraham was not in a saving estate till the 22. chap. of Gen. when hee offered Isaac and saving the firmenesse of Gods election he might have perished notwithstanding any work of grace that was wrought in him till then 18. That union to Christ is not by faith 19. That all commands in the word are Law and are not a way of life and the command of faith is a Law and therefore killeth she supposed it to be a Law from Rom. 3.27 20. That there is no faith of Gods elect but assurance there is no faith of dependance but such as an hypocrite may have and fall away from proved John 15. for by that she said they are in Christ but Christ is not in them 21. That an hypocrite may have Adams righteousnesse and perish and by that righteousnes he is bound to the Law but in union with Christ Christ comes into the man and he retaines the seed and dieth and then all manner of grace in himselfe but all in Christ 22. There is no such thing as inherent righteousnesse 23. We are not bound to the Law no not as a rule of life 24. We are dead to all acts in spirituall things and are onely acted by Christ 25. Not being bound to the Law it is not transgression against the Law to sinne or breake it because our sinnes they are inward and spirituall and so are exceeding sinfull and onely are against Christ 26. Sanctification can be no evidence at all of our good estate 27. That her particular revelations about future events are as infallible as any part of Scripture and that she is bound as much to beleeve them as the Scripture for the same holy Ghost is the author of them both 28. That so farre as a man is in union with Christ he can doe no duties perfectly and without the communion of the unregenerate part with the regenerate 29. That such exhortations as these to worke out our salvation with feare to make our calling and election sure c. are spoken onely to such as are under a Covenant of workes All which she did acknowledge she had spoken for a coppy of them had been sent to her divers dayes before and the witnesses hands subscribed so as she saw it was in vaine to deny them then she asked by what rule such an Elder could come to her pretending to desire light and indeede to entrappe her to which the same Elder answered that he had beene twice with her and that he told her indeed at St. Ives that he had beene troubled at some of her speeches in the Court wherein he did desire to see light for the ground and meaning of them but he professed in the presence of the Lord that he came not to entrap her but in compassion to her Soule to helpe her out of those snares of the Devill wherein he saw she was entangled and that before his deparure from her he did beare witnesse against her opinions and against her spirit and did leave it sadly upon her from the word of God then presently she grew into passion against her Pastor for his speech against her at the Court after the sentence was passed which he gave a full answer unto shewing his zeale against her errors whereupon she asked for what errors she had beene banished professing withall that she held none of these things she was now charged with before her imprisonment supposing that whatsoever should be found amisse would be imputed to that but it was answered as the truth was that she was not put to durance but onely a favourable confinement so as all of her Family and divers others resorted to her at their pleasure But this allegation was then proved false and at her next convention more fully for there were divers present who did know she spake untruth Her answer being demanded to the first Articles she maintained her assertion that the Soules were mortall c. alledging the place in the Eccles cited in the Article and some other Scriptures nothing to the purpose she insisted much upon that in Gen. 1. In the day thou eatest c. thou shalt dye she could not see how a Soule could be immortally miserable though it might be eternally miserable neither could shee distinguish betweene the Soule and the Life and though she were pressed by many Scriptures and reasons alleadged by the Elders of the same and other Churches so as she could not give any answer to them yet she stood to her opinion till at length a stranger being desired to speake to the point and hee opening to her the difference betweene the Soule and the Life the first being a spirituall substance and the other the union of that with the body she then confessed she saw more light then before and so with some difficulty was brought to confesse her error in that point Wherein was to be observed that though he spake to very good purpose and so clearely convinced her as she could not gain-say yet it was evident shee was convinced before but she could not give the honour of it to her owne Pastor or teacher nor to any of the other Elders whom she slighted had so much Then they proceeded to the third fourth and fifth Articles about the body and the refurrection of the old which shee maintained according to the Articles and though shee were not able to give any reasonable answer to the many places of the Scripture and other arguments which were brought to convince her yet shee still persisted in her errour giving froward speeches to some that spake to her as when one of the Elders used this argument that if the resurrection were only our union with Christ then all that are united are the children of the resurrection and therefore are neither to marry nor to give in marriage and so by consequence there ought to bee community of women shee told him that hee spake like the Pharisees who said that Christ had a devill because that Abraham were dead and the Prophets and yet hee had said

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. The soule need not to goe