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 ...

CHAP. IIII. Of David George.

DAvid Georgius born in Del••. was the son of a Mountebank or Iugler say some, n 1.1 by trade a painter,* 1.2 he vented his heresie an. 1540 he was a composed plaistered hypocrite, auste∣rer than any bare footed Fryer or Capucian, did often fast three dayes together, was eloquent he taught that He himselfe 1 was the sonne of God, the true and spirituall David borne of the spirit, where as Iesus Christ was borne of the flesh.

2 He was sent to restore the house of Israel, not by death but by grace.

3 The doctrine of Moses, the Prophets, Christ and the A∣postles, was unperfect, carnall, litterall, (Antinomians) reject all written law and Gospell o 1.3 as a legall covenant of works and his was spirituall and perfect.

4 He said the law was abolished, (as doe also Antinomians) and he was the true and living law to his discip••es. Antinomians say the Spirit of life in beleivers is all their law Del. Ser. pag. 26. Saltmarsh. free grace. 146.

5 He transformed the scriptures, in allegories, said Angels were but motions in the minde of man, so do Familists and Antino∣mians. Randel the Familist preached that because Christ prea∣ched parables, therefore it is lawfull to expound the scriptures in allegories, and that all things in nature, and art, were sacraments of the supernaturall mysteries of the Gospell, therefore they expound God manifested in the flesh, to be a believer Godded and Christed with the being of God in Faith and love. The p••ice called Philoso∣phy dissected, maketh all the workes of Creation Articles of faith.

6 He said to act adulteries and all villanies, without sense of sin, and shame as with a deadned conscience was the onely spirituall mor∣tification and new birth, his followers should labour for, and then and not while then, were they borne of the Spirit; the same Libertines taught, and so doe Antinomians and Familists, p 1.4 that to repent sorrow and mourne for sin, or to be touched with any sense thereof, or from this sense to confesse sin is from fleshly unebeliefe, and the old Adam, then to sinne without sense is faith and mortification, and this is cousen German with the Libertines regeneration, and nearer.

7 All marriage of nearest of bloud, though under Moses and Christ they were forbidden, yet are they now lawfull under this m••re spirituall David, Antinomians call much for freedome of all kindes.

8 Shame is no consequent of sin, faith banisheth away all shame from bodily nakednes. Antinomians abandon feare, trouble of minde and the like affections for evils either of sin, or punish∣ment, q 1.5 death or any thing else, they are much for abandoning sense and for the absolute reign r 1.6 of faith.

9 Heaven and Hell and the last Iudgement are no where, but within a man, in a spirituall manner, Heaven is in this life. Anti∣nomians, as Towns 1.7 and Saltmarsh t 1.8 hold that in this life we have as much of Heaven in full and compleat possession, as the glorified in Heaven,

10 Confesion of Christ and his truth is not necessary.

11 Vnder David George is the time of perfection, when all Or∣dinances shall be useles•• so Ant. ut supra.

12 David George is Iudge of quick and dead.

13 Jt is the sin against the Holy Ghost to refuse the spirit in Da∣vid George his ministery and to goe backe to the Prophets and Apost∣les. Antinomians extoll their spirit above the scriptures.

14 The resurrection of the dead, the blowing of the last Trumpet, the shout of the Arch-angell, the comming of Christ to Iudg all are to be taken in a spirituall sense, of the doctrine and discipline of David George, as Hyminaeus and Phyletus said, see hereafter the Paralell between Antinomians and Libertines, so said Libertines Calvin. advers. libert. c. 22. p. 458.

15 Marriage-covenant tyeth the parties no longer together, then their temper and naturall dispositions agree.

16 The Kingdome of God is the spirit of Jesus which shall short∣ly be under David George.

17 David George shall rise from the dead, which he did in that his body for his impostures found after his death, was dragged out of his grave, and his bookes burnt, though he promised to his disciples, to reveale wonders and to rise from the dead againe shortly.

18 The body or flesh sinneth, but not the soule.

19 The Heaven was empty, but he was sent to adopt children to God.

20 All the prophecies of the old Testament were to be applyed

to David George.

21 Christ and his Apostles were but shadowes and types of David George.

This beast dyed of an Apoplexie an. 1556 and left the seed of his heresies in low Germany and Transilvania.

Notes

• n 1.1

  Florimundus Raimundus de origin. her••∣seon l. 2. c. 15. Gualterius ••e suita in tabula chonogra. seculo 16. c. 8.

  The ris. and Tenent, of Da. George neare to those of Fa∣milists and Antinomians
• * 1.2

  See Blesdikus in vita Davids Georgij.
• o 1.3

  Rise reign••
• p 1.4

  Saltmarsh free grace p. 142.

  Towne ass. p. 35, honey-com. cap. 7.

  Den. ser man of ser pa. 9, 10, 11. in the beleevers flesh and con∣versation there is sin, but his adulteries lies bloods are no si••s in or to his conscie••ce.
• q 1.5

  Crisp. volu. 3. ser. 3 Archer ser. on Ioh. 14.
• r 1.6

  Towne asser.
• s 1.7

  Towne asser. grace p. 60.
• t 1.8

  Saltmar. free grace. p. 140.