Pick a Pact.
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another. . . . But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
May 31 2008 12:20 pm | Grace and Read and Speak
One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another. . . . But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.
May 31 2008 12:20 pm | Grace and Read and Speak
June 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
my favorite part of the examination:
hutchinson: what have i said or done?
winthrop: why for your doings, this you did harbour and countenance those that are parties in this faction that you have heard of.
hutchinson: that’s a matter of conscience, sir.
winthrop: your conscience you must keep or it must be kept for you.
to which i respond: that doesn’t make sense.
June 1st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Justin, I think Winthrop’s last comment means “We’ll tell you what to think and believe.”
June 11th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Kind of funny to see AH lifted up as a defender of religious liberty. Maybe somebody should go read a few texts of her life. She had her own brand of harm that she did, and she did hurt people. I think her regard for religious liberty, similar to that of the Puritans, was that HER religious liberty should be guaranteed….
June 11th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Not funny at all, Jeri. Remember who got banished! Not only did Hutchinson make headway for the Quakers, but also she aligned herself with Roger Williams — a man way ahead of his time when it came to fighting theonomy and championing religious freedom (a.k.a. separation of church and state). Historians (both secular and religious from all denominations — even those who call themselves contemporary “puritans”) agree that she was fighting corruption among the powerful, male elites. And the primary documents prove the same.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
That is SO interesting! Wow. Thanks for the info. I’m going to go find out more.