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Show The pra8if'es of Pri11m difcuffed. C H A p . 6o • .A Reply to his 6 >"Chap. Difcuffer. NO "third! lnthattbeAn(~••er o~ftrveth,tbat amon$fl tbe Rowr nane E'lm>p erors , the'-•' thAt did not pher fecudttE w ert JuhaCn othne dv I h Arian. Wbereast e goo mperort, • Apojlate,tm .a enst e . • dTh odofius th']d.id perftcute ftantine, Grattan, Valenuao,.an e ' t he Arians andDonatifts. dl d • tl Let it b;for an Anfwer, 11 is no new.rhingfor go 'J' an em..e•/ odl ,.,. to performe ~tngodlf a[f_inns: nor fo; ungodiJ perfons, l or g,;,;~dends,toaa what in it J•lfi u good and righteous, &c. Vefender. This may goe for a truth, but not fer an Anfw~r. The Letter auld Ju!Hfie Toleration of Religion from the JUdgement a;d f, ee~hes of three Kings. I Anlwered that was no Arg?ment, or lcould bring him Kings more in nvm~er,amtgreater !Htbe ~gkht of God· and man, who judged it meet not to tolerate erenc s, nor turbulent Schifmaticks, . h G dl dot To this the [)ifcuffer Anfwereth, fomeu_m•s. t e . o y . that which is evill, and the wicked, that whtch IS go~d. ~h~;.l a is a Truth, but doth not rake away my An_rwer,but Y a '"." P;incipij-a begging of the <l!!eflion,That Ktngs all edged by huh did tbat ~hich was good, but the Kin?s all~dged by me, thoug betrer perfons, did that which was evtll. C H A p. (I, A 'l{Jp/y to bis Chap. 64· Difculfer. d'' THe unk_•owing zt.z/e of Com,na. nn•n ~ an d ot b. er Em•re robre l "k more hurt to Chrijl J<fur, hu Church and K1ugdome, 1 ? 1.8 raging fury ojthemoftbloudy Ntrou .I•> the perfocution ~~ th:[~j;~~n Emperors Chriftians were [weet and jr~graut, lzke fP" P 111 Mortm· But tbofe gnod Emperors pcrfecuting fomt erroneo~J_Ptr~h~ 14n(lltdv:Wcing 4he Pr,ofejJOrs oiJome trutbeJ, and mainwm~ligjjn 'Rtligio" bfthe m4t<rial! Sword,bJ thi1 meanes ch .. ijli4nit; was u lipJU, The Prof<Jfor~ofztj(//ajleepe(C•nt.5·)'r3abe1wasuf!:e>'d i11, tind .I?Y degre(J theCh1trc6u of the S aintJ "'"' tNrned into the Wtldcr•<! J• of,.hole Natirnu,(Rev. t l. 13 . ) until/ tht wholeworld,b.c•me Chrifli '">or ObrtJ!trzd•m<. T bofe good Emptror, int<nding to """It ahrifl'j'61<l not attending to thecomm>nd o{Chrift } f]UI, to prrmitth: Tart! to grozi> in the Fieldoftheworld, tbty m4de the Garden o{'tbe aburch,an?l Fit/d •fthe .,.,orld, a/l one cjc: 'Dt{ender. Iftfie.urikflt'>wiilg zcale o!Confta,tine,& otllcr Chrifliab Empctilrs• diddtore hurt to the Churcij,then the rJgiilg fury of bloudy Neroes': It' was not' bctauft!' che rigiqg lory of thofe PerfecutOrs lVI!; more accepted of('Jod, then thi! unknowing zealc of the . good''Eiilperoi·s. For though the unknowing zealeof the one waifintnll,yetit was the fruit ofbumlflefrail ry, Error Amoru: B{iltlt~ra'ge'of the o!htz1 was dive1Hh fury ,Amor Ermu. Befides tlle-ll'tiTFf!oWiilg zealebf tile gaod£tPperor!',lay not in 'punilhing ootorions Hereticalr Seducers; nor will the Dilcuffc:r be· ever ablt to nlew ,chat the Church' of Chrifi fulf<red any hurt at all by thatplC<\ICS. The contrary is evident, Conftantiur, and Val ens by ·Tolerating and favoringtheAriaat, the whole world became .dri1111; Ingemuit or!JuChrijlianm,et mira(us eft faUum fe effi Ari• '"*"'· Now whether·be the greater mifchcife the whole world to become Aria>~; or to become Chriftian, Let Chrifiians judge. TheDifcalfer indeed fpeaketh of ir, as'a foliCCilme in Religion, that the whole world fhonld become Chrillian, and quoreth for it,R<'tf.U.'and 13.But Rev. 12. fpeaketh nothing to the purpo(C}: 1ndRev,l.13 .fpeaketh of it, as a marveilous evil!, thatthe whole world lhould wonder after the Beatt, ver. ;. Buttheir wondering ·after the Beall:, noi: a becoming Chrifl:ian (for they wei.e that before ) nor dia it fpring onely from the unknowing zeale of Chrillian Emperors in perfccaring 'Apollate ~ereticks: But rather from their fin ful Indulgence in the ToL rattonofHereticks in Dotl:rine,and ldol.tters in Worlhip. For had they been Z7alou<, and watchfn!l againfl: fuch, how is it polliblc, that ever Antichrill fhou ld have been hatched up, to carry the: w~~~.~[:u him into fuch a notorious Apoll<cy? It was not perfccuttoll, tliat made the world, Chrillian : butT ulcrarion, • hac S 2. made |