The HISTORY of the PuRITANS~ VoL. n .. K. CharlesI. Touching herefies and errors, they declare their detefiation and abhor- ~ renee .of thefe following, among others, JJ. Clar,kfon. I. " That the holy fcriptures are not of divine authority, and the Biddle. p. 6," only rule of faith. Crirp, Ea2. " That God bath a bodily £hape; that God is the name of a per.: ~~;0~alt- " fen; and that God is the author of fin, having a greater hand in it " than men themfelves. · Paul Bell:. 3· " That there is not a trinity of perfons in the godhead; that the Biddle. p. 8." Son is not co-equal with the Father; and that the Holy Ghofi is only " a minifiring fpirit. · Fulnefi of 4· " That God has not elecred feme to falvation from eternity, _;md God's love to cc rejeCled ar reprobated others; and that no man !hall perifh in hell for mankind, by « Adam's fin ~~n~·mond's 5· " Tha; Chrifl: died for the fins of all mankind; that the benefits P ratl. Cat. cc of his death were intended for all; and that natural men may do ] . Goodw!n," fuch things as whereunto God has by way of promife annexed grace P· 1 49· " and acceptation. ].Goodwin. 6. "That man bath a free-will and power in himfelf to repent, to " believe, to obey the gofpel, and do every thing that God requires to " falvation, Ham. Randal, J ohn Simp– fon. 7· " That faith is not a fupernatural grace, and that faithful actions '' are the only things by which a man is juflitied. 8. " That the moral law is not the rule of life; that believers are as " clean from fin as Chrift himfelf; that fuch have no occafion to pray " for pardon of fin ; that God fees no fin in his people, nor does he ever " chaftife them for it. 9· " That there is no church, nor facraments, nor fabbath; the opi· nions of the Seekers, now called ~AK ERS, p. 17. Salt– marOJ,Smoak " in tbe temple. Tombes. ro. " That the children of believers ought not to be baptized, nor '' baptifm continued among chriftians ; that the meaning of the third " commandment is, Thou ]halt not forfwear thyfe!f. Saltmarfh. I I, " That perfons of the next kindred may marry; and that indifpo· Ham. " fition, unfitnefs, or contrariety of mind arifing from natural caufes, are Milton, . "- r f d' " a JUll rea1on o Ivorce. p. 19· b p. 20 . Man's I 2. " That the foul of man is mortal ; that it fleeps with the O• mortality, by cc dy ; and that there is neither heaven nor hell till the day of jurlg• R. 0. " ment. ' Bloody 'Tenet. The !aft error they witnefs againit, and in which all agree, is called Fiv~Holland the "ERROR OF TOLERATION, patronizing and promoting all other mznijlers. cc errors, herefies, and blafphemies whatfoever, under the grofiy abufed I?· 22 ' " notion of LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE;" and here they complain, as_ a very great grievance, " that men thould have liberty to worfhip God m - - · - 2. - I' tha~
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