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Show what is meant hy tl1if Heretick in Titus. 4• When the Apoftle faith,an Heretick·is fubvened, i~t"f"""nu, it is as much as ifhel~ad faid, he is as an houfe fubverted, ur mrned upfide downe, or infide outwatd, as an houfe turned vff f.um the Foundation : It is too dilute, and loofean Interprewion of the worJ s;kP'"'""' (which the DifcufTer ma~etb ; Chap. 14-) <e-<• r• .. ,._., he is rurne,\ C rooke,!, a word oppohte to il reighmdle, or J t~htndfr. For he is not ignorant, that is not'the me.wiug ut' t~i· ·~~._,.,._., but of;t,kp><?rrru, which fle joyneth With the other,meau<, turncd-crook"d: tur that is not fubvertcd, but perverted. And if 'Paul c.y, that the H, retickis fubvcl ted, or turned off from the F oundation,and giv" that as a reafon, why he fuould becenfured, how 'then can the DijiulJir f,y,he·findeth not one tittle of this rea· fan in this Scripture? S· Take the DifcuffirJ own Interpretation of an Heretirk,for ~n objlinate ar~d willful/ jlriver or conte<Ider about Uriprofitable fj!_uejliotlJ 11nd Gentalogier : Thofe Q!efiionB and Gencalogi<",are exprefly dcfcribed by the Apofilc, not on ely to be unprofitable and v.ine, but alfo to tend 10 the fubverfion of whole houfes,1it. I, ·IO,-I'J, which may fee me evidently to argue, that their difputings about the Genealogies of Chrill:, tended to cut off the Line ofChrifi, or at leaft to make it .doubtful! , whether he were the lineal! Heire ofD•vid, according to the flefh, and fa whether he were the (I ue M..OZ•h or no. And thus, if the Di[cujJerJ ownc meaning of anHer~tick may !land, ilill an Herctick is he, who is willfullyobfiinate in holdingforth'fuch Errors as Cub vert the Foundation of Chriilian Rdigion. C H A p, 14. v1 Rtply to his foureteenth Chapter, Explaining whdt it i; t o6e jnh·erted and felfe condemned. Difcuffer. Subverted ;. not here-intended to be JPo~~n of Hereticf<tr ill F undJ· mentallromly,but ofmen objlinatein tbe lejJir ~ejlionr. . . r. Subverted, i~i<f"'...,._., Croof<td, a word oppofite to rightneJfe cr Jlrtightneffi. 2 . He 2. He finneth wandering/rom the "''9'tl uf Tru th : ,. He i1 .. a,,4T .. ~f1T@-,~1ld condemned.of himfolf,•hJt u,hy tbt ficret <hec~ ~ndwbifpm~~~ of lm ~"'"' ~onfoience,wbich will ta"<. Godr p.rt llgatnfl" ,.nl ft/fe; m aecufing, {m11ing &c. ' Dtfinder. • All this fa farre as Error is found io it, is fpoken to,& difchargcd m the former Ch.-.ter. One!y 2, Things more remaine in this Chapter which may nut · P•.lfewahout Come touch. I. ~hat he J-ith G,d, People in ttll their aw.~eningr ac~nowledge hhw flezghtly th').have lijlmd to the chtck.[ o{1heir owne Conf:imce.Thir I < Anfwerer pleafeth tocaU finning again ]I Confcience : for which he m.rylawfuii.J be pcrfecuted, to wit, for fimzing agai11jl his ow11e ConiCi-tnct. 'J" Wher~n there Is found a double fa! !hood : I. 1h.;t he foith, l . •;,t: the fle~t/11 lijlnillgt ofG,,dJ 1'eople to the cb" kr_ of their Co11{cience ~m finmRg ~gainjl Conjcience. For I fpeake not of the finning of ' ~ds ~ople ag~infl Confcience, butof an Heretick fllb.Yertedtu rne . o from the F oun.dation : much le(fe doe I c1ll their fl :ight •. hflnmg1 to Confc1ence , ,, to b: Heretical! lmning a"·•inft Confci-ence. · · t:r 2 , Leafi of all doe I fay, that for fi•chtkightlillnings to the.. che~ks ofC:onfcience~.he may lawfully be perfecuced, co wir, as for finm_ng a~a_mfi Confcience. Tnus men rha& have time and leafure at""!!, wz!I fec.,,upJ,n~ages of cloui,~, and then lhoot at the~J. -.The 2. ,T.1ing in this ~bapr~r ( >yhich I Clid might oot- pa/h, . Wit~ oUt_ fome couch) i•, that having fa fined upon me a concfufion, (which IS_none of mine, f?u ~ an invention ufhis owne) He addeth, hrwfever II h£ pazm...d~vo/' wztb ver!"illion &,, y rt he hopeth tom3 ni- . /eft_" to be the overt14mi11g and rooting up o[1h,· roote vf all m« Chrijli-arml> andabfo luttly dt'!}ing the Lord J eJi;t 10 become in t.l;e Jlefh. 1 Wher:w I Reply no more but thi!: If he d Je nu nifeft that wh:Ch MagnanJmuu!ly he und_-rraketh,lt may happyly be al fo mmife!led. (~y lhe helpe of Chrzil) that it will overturne no conclufion of L;ne. B~t howfoever,let him remember it was a proverb in Iji:.;el, t not ?•m thac ~irdcth on his Armour,boafi himfelfe, as .he that PUfteth It off 2 Kmgr 20. 1 I, · Chap. 15. |
