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Show RC?Ill• · J 3 Ji{c~fjed. words (in his opufoult) in his Anfwer co Servet1115 who was put to De•th for his Hmjit~ at Geneva hy ~"' procurement. Hoc uno ( f4ith he) conttntm fum,_ Chrifli ad~'?'";_ nee mutatum effi Ordj., nem Po/it icHm, nee de M agiflratuum officzo quuqur.~m DetraEl ~m. A,gedHm quod Paulus tU:cet, Rom. I~ - 4:"• N.on {rujlr4. ah iffi.' GJ,di~t.n geftari , •n ad•fPe'"".' un~m. "fjlrzngt Jebetl _F atentu; ift,r, q~tibH[cum nunc J?i~epto ·~ altacrt'!'tna ple{}e~da Ju_dtee~ dtvt~t • »t ~f[e om.Jto1, mor!c a l!tligznne ab~tneant, ."' t~bera·' !Pft~ tacentzhur, Impieta< lafciviat: _verWm reclamat mnumerulncu Spmt"': S~n{}m ,&,c. 'thu one thing ( ja11h he) fufficeth me, that-by the commg oFChrift, neitl:ter """the State ofCiWUGovernmont changed: nB'f anJ thing,., 4en away fromJhe Magijlralel Offi<e· Goe to then-, that rPhich Paul teacheth (Rom. •3· 4.) that hebeareth notthe s..,ordinvaine,ought it to be rejlrained unto one kjud onely! they them{elveJ confeffe IIIith whom I have 18 de,tlt, the MagiJirateJ are armed of God to punijh otb~ crime!,. fo thatthq ahflainefrom m>tter of Religim , that fo ungodfr neffim"J r111me riot by rheir connivance, But the Holy Ghofl crieth o~l ..gainjl tki< in many placu, &c. · · Difcuffcr. tAg <tine, Calvin JPeai(j_ngof fulft/Jing th,; La~ bJ Love, =itob thW on,the fome,place, Paul hath-not reJP-ll vnto the rPhole Larp, ~ ffeakttb onely of tbofi duti<J, rPhicb the L~w · commanderh U1 t• ~a~dt our tleighbozm.And after Paul on!J menlloneth the Jecond T abk, &c. And that he repeateth, Loveu the fulfilling of the L.w, HndtrJI~ ndit at before, of that part of the La~ wh~ch .concerneth h"'!''"' SOf'iety: forthtformerTable of tbeLaw, wbzchuof tbeworfb•! cf God, H not here toHched. So Beza Hpon the 'll'ord .ZrdJI.f'<t~tiiTdJ, (if there be a'!Y other Colli' mandement, it u fumrmd upinthu, thou Jbalt love thJ Neighbour~ thy fo/fe ) the whole Law, ( [•ith he) &ommandet h nothing, but the llfll of God, and our Neighbour : but fince the Apoflle in thH place Jif:· courfith of the mutuaU DutieJ of mm o11e to another, I think.!_ tbM 'Ierme,Law, ought to be rejlrained to the fecond Table, Dtfender. And fo think I too , yet without the leal! prejudice to thecauft in hand. Forif the Quellion bo of thedutyes which Subjclho~e to Magillrates, they pertaine to the fecond Table:or if the Q!Ie~· cn-,be of the venue oflove one to another, That it is the fulfilh~ Rotn. 13 . dtfcuj]ed. ofthl:wholeLaw lrismeantCh,ifelyofthe l<co~d T.b!.": ~hough with~ll it be trne 1the fecond Table cannot be fu lfilled without lui- · filling ofthti lir'n Table alfo, Thefe thiugsare out of con~rover~e. But wha:r' Is aU thrs co the point in hanp ? The Apwll~ m ~allmg love the <fuliiilih~ o( the Law, fpeaketh of tho Law ol the !econEI Table. Wgn, tht Magillrhi: (who is ip~ken of i_n th~ fame cbapter) hath no power 'to pumfh the cnmes agamll the firll: Table? or thus further, In ~he 13. of the Romans, the :'\p~ll:le fpeakctb of the Duties of ~b)et'cs to 1\t.gi~ra,tes ( wh1ch 1s a Duty of-the {ecllnd Table!) thhefore 'Magillrates haye no po}Ver to p~nirl\ drelr Snbje'a:s io~ crimes again!l the firll T a~le ? , . The Di[cujfir might as well argue, tbat t~e dunes of ~?Jefu tO Ma¢iftrates, are duties of the fecond T.bl_e: thercfore.rt ls.not die Oiliie of Sublelh to pray for ~heir Magtllrates, whrch IS a -Duty of th~ firft Table? the Truth is, though rrayer be a Duty of the!firlt f"l>l~; ·yet to pray for Magilhaces· ~ i•.a ·.buty of t~e fecond Table. In like fort, though ldolatry,and Blafphemy,anll. Herefie &e linnes againll: the·firll Table: yet to puni!h _thcfc with civill penalties is a Duty of the fecond Table. For let It be cmtlidered in the feare of God , are not all Duties of Righteou~neifc to man commanded in the fec.lnd Table , as well as all Dunes of Holinelfeto God' con1manded in thefirll: Table? Iffo,-1 demand againe, wherher i~ be not a Duty of Righteoufne!fe helonging to 'the people of God, to enjoy the. free palfage of -Rel~ion ', Trntb of Doli t-ine, Holinelfe of worlhip '· Pur.itY of ,Chur.,h-G~vern· ment? Idemandyerfurther, ifitbe not al)in;u~ious~e•lmg to the people of G0d,todifiulbthe Truth of Doarrne ~rth Herefie? thi: holinelfe of worlhip with Idolatry? the Purrty ?f Government with Tyranny? If all thefo be granted, then tt unayoydaDiy followeth, that all thefe wayes of unrighteoofn~~e are JuiUy punltluble by the fecond Table. Let not therefore die Di{tttffir pleafe llimfdfe i .', deluding himfdfe, and the world, that Be2;•, and Calvine d id abfolu;ely denie the I:;. of the Rom>nJ ro concerne any matter of the firll Table. For though the Duties of Loyalty to MaJ;ill rarcs, alld of love to all, C'Jnccrnc rhe f<cond T:<blt, yet it.w~5 neither the word nor Juclgtm~nt ?~ C"lvlm, or 1iez•,fotoinrerpret Rom. 13. As roe_xempt ~lag!l.races ·from Power of puni!liing Herdie, and IJol.rtry. C;/vzr.u Inter- . 02 99 |
