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Show Civill J uftic<. Acban difturbed th< Commoa-wealth,as well 21 the Church of.lfrael,by bringing a Babylonilh garment into the Tents of J(rael: and was therefore troubledhimfelfc, for troubling the Pcop~e of the Lord, J•fo·7· a?• Difcuffer, ]t i4 a moftbU.~tdy 'DoUrine, The wolves (Hmtick;t)artto be dri: ven a"'a), their braintsftnocfc! ollt,and kjlled, the poore {http to b, per• j .cuted for whom Cbrift died, Defind6r. Belike it is a milkey,and peaceable; and.Gofpellike DoCtrine, The wolves (Hereticks) are to be tolerated, not allhaire to be firuck off <from their heads, but for the poore.lhccp , . for whom Chrifi died, let the~ per~lh,unl7ffe Ch.rifi mean to preferucthem himfclfe alone, wtth hu own tmmedtatc hand: no care of pre· fcr.v.iog them belo11geth to the-Civil! Magifirare, · !. . l>-ifcoffer l . ,, Is not tbiJto talc! Chrift,andto ma~.him" tt•porAI /(int byforcel J oh. 6. 15 . Iaot tbuto "14~' hu Ki .. gdome ofthitJPorld? to jet ~1 ... CiviJIA>id :fempora/IICrael? ·to bou11d out ne,. tArthlyho~ Iandt•! Canaan.~e.-.and to fit 'If a SpAnifh TntJuifition in all parts oft~.'·tf!•r~ to the fPeedJJleftrHf1ion of rrJj/liqnt rif foulul'!~d to .t,he f r.NjhoatJng o(~l [,. .. , end of the commint oftht Lord rd'", which "':"~ tf[a.vl ._mlrll fiulu (and to thJI eud,Hot to dtjlro]11hcir bodJtl) bJ hu owne 6/o11d .1 Dtfender. . N'ow of all thefe:when the Kingdoll!es of the earth be com~ the Kingdomes of the Lord ( R•v. n. Is-) lc is not. by . making Cbrift ~ temporall Kiag, but by making temporall ~ingdom:s nurfiog Fathers co his Church. In the dayes ofChrJlls lltlh 1t was Irlcompatible to hisMinifiery to make him a King (as they went about to doe J ob. 6. 1 s .) Chrift bath in joyed (even as M~· diator) an everlafting Kingdome,.not onely in ·the Church, but~ . the Gov.e~nment of all the Kingdomes of the earth, by his gloll• o.us power, and .righteoufnelfe. Bu c the Kingdomes of the ear1h are then faidto be the King domes of ou r Lord, when they fabRiittheir Iawes to the Iawes of his word.But thatlleicher makerh him a temporal! King\ nor his Kingdome in the Church to be a . Kioj!;dome of this-world. The Church and Common-wealth ar~. ltilldifijnc!l Kingaom~ !1DC of this world, the ocher -of · · · · · · ; · · · Heaven ---- ------------~~-------~ :1 Cor. IO• 4· difcuffed. Heaven: and yet boch of chem from Chrifi; unto whom c~e Father hath committed all Judgement, lob. 5· 22 . Neither will this fctup a Civill and temporall lfrael, an holy Canaan unleffe a lithe members ol the Common-wealth were called to' be members of the Ch1uch, and fubjcll: to all the cere· moniall, and all the it~diciall Lawes oft.Mofts (not onely thofe ofMorall, an1 perpetuall equiry, ) bot pccul1ar to that State, as the Brother to marry,his deceafed Brothers wife. . Nor is it a Spanifh Inquifitiun., to pr~ferve the fi;eep of Chr~tl: from the raven of wolves :but this rather, (fuch ts the p_ral.hfc of the Difouffir) co promote the princip:.l end of the lpamfh lnquifition, to advance the Romifh tyran~y ,ldbl~try, and Apo~acy, by proclaiming impunity to all thetr whonfh and wolv11h Emilfariesi . . Nor is ·it a frollratingofthe fweet endofChrift_s com~mg • which wastofave foules, bpt rarhet .a direct advancmg of1t, to defl:roy (if need be) the bodies of thole wolves, who feeke to deft roy rhe foul~s ofthofe, for whom Chrifl: died; and whom he bou~ht ~ith ~s ownc bloud. , C H A rp , 44• A Reply to his Chap. 44• Difcujfing 2 Cor. 10. 4• r ' Difcuffer. . '[b, 'next Sr:ripture.pr~dHctdagainj!(uchptrfeelttion ~at 2 Cor: 1,o. +. 'l'hewe•pons of onr wat'fare are not .cJrnall,bt<t m•ghty t/Jr or<gh God &c. (A .ni · '(owhich it iJ AB[wered Paul(pea~th oft be we4pons o P•t es, •ndCkllrcb-Officers, JPbich'are HOt cama'lybut {pi· ir~ta/1 , a11d mrg.~t~ throuub G,d, Butt hi! r.Jmieth not, CitJiilw~aporu of J~fijJ' ~"/'r M•gij/ rates. B«t I h.re obfo rve, thattbe Script~er: 0 " ,ort ,j tfl'o-fold St ate, a Civil/ State, a,d a Spiritu•ll '. ~wrl/ Officers, A vd [p iritHall: Civi/IJPeapons, and JPiritHJll : CwJll tJeng~ance ' a . · · b {Pmtuall: though 1 e Spo·r •s· t fjp ea~L.t h llo1 he re ex prep n , of Crv. rll M. •g•· · jlrAtes ana their Civil/ weapont :yet tht{t States being of dife)re": nat~ res ;,d confiaerationt (as f arre differing AI fi'Jb and fprrJt tf••h•· , • J' fP J ... .:11;ng in m~llerl o I e fore Cm/1 rnapons ar,mo, •• mpr•pe~ An<>wnJ' jpiritua/1 , 93< |
