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Author: Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645.
Title: A discouery of the errors of the English Anabaptists As also an admonition to all such as are led by the like spirit of error. Wherein is set downe all their seuerall and maine points of error, which they hold. With a full answer to euery one of them seuerally, wherein the truth is manifested. By Edmond Iessop who sometime walked in the said errors with them.
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Print source: A discouery of the errors of the English Anabaptists As also an admonition to all such as are led by the like spirit of error. Wherein is set downe all their seuerall and maine points of error, which they hold. With a full answer to euery one of them seuerally, wherein the truth is manifested. By Edmond Iessop who sometime walked in the said errors with them.
Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645., Jessop, Edmond, attributed name.
London: Printed by W. Iones for Robert Bird, and are to be sold at his shop in Cheapside at the signe of the Bible, 1623.
Subject terms:
Anabaptists -- England -- Controversial literature.
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Their principall points which are handled in this Booke: viz.
AN ADVERTISEMENT to the Christian Reader.
Their first point. That God did predestinate all men to be saued, vpon condition that they repent, and beleeue the Gospell.
Their second point. That God did not elect before all time, to grace and life, any particular persons; but in time he doth elect qualities, as faith and obedience, and then finding these qualities in men, he doth elect their persons for the qualities sake.
Their third point is: That all men haue free will in themselues, as well to repent of their sinnes, to beleeue the Gospell and obtaine saluation, as they haue to remaine in hardnesse of heart and vnbeliefe, and in the estate of damnation.
Their fourth point is: That the stedfastnesse of mans iustification and saluation doth depend vpon his owne will, in continuing in the act of be∣leeuing and works of righteousnesse; and that such as haue faith in Christ Iesus, regenerate persons hauing their names written in the book of life, may fall away from all, may become vnregenerate, and haue their names rased out of the booke Page  11 of life againe, and perish: and that God doth alter and change his purpose and promise, and come to hate and reiect such as he hath formerly loued and iustified.
Their fift point. That there is no Originall sinne, but that all children of all maner of people in the world, as well heathens, Infidels, Idolaters, worshippers of Diuels, all kind of blasphemers, for∣nicators, & vncleane persons whatsoeuer, (as of the faithfull) are free from all pollution of sinne, both in the conception and birth; and dying before they commit actuall sinnes, are saued.
Their sixt point. That none ought to be baptized but such men and women of yeares onely, as haue attained to true repentance and iusti∣fying faith, being both in the account of the Church and in the sight of God regenerate persons: and that the baptisme of children vsed, is no baptisme at all, but is the marke of the Beast spoken of in Reuelat. 13.
Their seuenth point.
An eight point, held at this present by the antient Anabaptists. That a King or Maiestrate cannot be a true Christian, except he giue ouer his kingly office or Maiestracie.
ERRATA.