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Show Ancient 1111d l11tt writers a'ifr,ujfed. itis fa!Ce For the Adequ~te end of the M•gillrates power, is tv TioNTOu<rr, bene adminiftrare Rempt~blic~m, well to governe the Common-wealth. Now can it be well With a Common• wealth, that liveth in bodily- health, and ~orldly wea!th, but yet with· out Church, without Chrill, ;"uhout. ~ad m t~e world? Bu1 though God for a time may pre,erve a ctvill State. tn h~alth and wealth, throu~h his P.ltience, and bounty, efpectally ttl[ meanes of Grace be offered to them: yet aftet' mcanes of Grace be off .. red, they cannotlong expea bodily health, or wealth to be con· tinued to them, if they neglea, or defpif~, or depart from ~o "!eat falvation. Wimeffe the Romane EmpJre, whtch though It ~bounded in worldly bleffings, till the Lord Jefus came riding fenh amongll them upon a White Horfe of the Gofpel of his Grace: yet after they ncgleaedfogreatSalvation,t~en follow· ed a Red Horfe of Warre, and a black Horfe of F am me, and a Pale Horfeof Fellilence and other Judgemencs,.wbichmuchimpeached both the health, and wealth ot that State ,. and would have ruined it, had it notcOifiawayheriJolh, and· advanced the Scepter of the Lord Jefu!, Now the God of all Grace be plea fed at length to !hake the heart of.thii Difcujjtr, that he may not thus delight co·fe_duce him~elfe and .. others a~ainll the Light of Grace, andConfctence, .agamfr Reafon and Experience. Difcuffer. Againe, in the .An[werm 7oynt· confeffion with Luther , .thJt tbi Ghutcbd.thnotufo the fecular potr~er to compe/J men to the Faith, ,.d P.rojtffio" of the 'Irut~e. cunden~netb ( at before I hgve obferved.) 1. Hi< former in/plication, that th9 m~y be compelled, when th']1111 convinCfd of the 'truth of it. Defender. This implication where it was formerly obferved, it h~th beefr formerly cleared from implication of Contradiftion. I have never faid, that after men b: convinced of the T ruth , they may: compelled to cbe PTOfeffion of ic, by any penalties, bur andy Df withdrawing fuch-favours as are not comely· or fafe for· faithlelk perfons. Difculfer, . 2. He condemnetb ·their otr~ne Pral1ife, who Jujf<T no man •f•nJdt ferent Cmfcience and worfhip to live in their Jurifdi(Jion_, tv~leJfe. de;'!') from t.pe Exercift1of bi1oJI'ne R<ligi~n 1 and wor{h~p, diffij,~: New-Engl.[ulfererh different Con[cienm toli'tle wirh tbem, I6S fom th~t aUo_tr~d of in theirciviU Eft at<, yea and alfo af111atij [11bmit ·---~ tocome. to thetr Church. . Defender. . Th1s cha~ge of theDi~uffir, let him confide;,ifit be not contra~ d11l:ory tohtsowne.Rcl~non, cbap. 6o. where befjith,weep<rmit .. d t~lerate the lndtan~tn tbm Paganifh worfhip, which wee might reftrame: Yet .her~ be fouh, ,.,, fujfer nonran of anJ different Conftiencr, orwnrfhrpto ltv<Zll'OHr JurifdiEiim. . Neither is it t~ue, ~h·~ we fuffer no man of any different Con• fc1ence or worfh1p to hvetn our Jurifdiaion. For not to fpcake of PrttbyterianJ, who doe not on ely live amongll us, but ex<rcife their pub!ick ~inillry without ~illurbance, there be An.bapti{IJ, •nd Antl?omzanJ tolerated to hve not onely in our Jurifdictions , but 1 evenm fame of our Churches. Ye•foitb the Ditculfer but they mufi aUrally fubmit to come to our Church. • I cannot fay, nor doe I beleive, that any man il compelled · to rome to our Church, againll hi~ Confcience. Nay weare fo farre from that, (and than he Difcu.Jfer is not ignorant of) chat our Ghurches doe not ·txpoftulate with our Members who heare in Fngland, no not then, when there was more difference from us in ~anner of worfhip, . then ( chrough·che mercy of God) now there 11. The which the Difcuffir himfelfe hath declared 'to have been no little Offince unto himldfe. Which maktth me the more to mar• vel!, that he~uld now charge it upon us, chat we compel! all to. oo'?eto heare In our Churches, againll their Confciences : when he !!Wont to be offended; that we fuff<r tbem to he are in any true ChHrch (though polluted) accordiAg to their Confciences. Difculfer. H01Pfower they cover the m•tter with thi<v3rnijh, th•t none arecom• ptlledfur!her unto thzir Churchu, then unto the hearinr;of the word, ""!' whzch a~ men are bound_; yet it wWappe•re, that TeJching·, and being taught m a Church- Eft ate;., a Cbttr,b·tr~orjhip, a !true and pruptraCh~ trcb~worfhip, a1i< the Supper of the Lord,M.t.s 2. 46. I cann~t cal.l to mind,that either upon that colour,or any otl1er, any m.an Ill this Country was ever compelled ·co he are the word of ?,od,tn any of our Churches, in this Country,. Bur there is indeed ' ome colour for the varnifh he fpeaket h of: but not that which he · pretendeth (our compuHion of any man for to heare:) but a con• tfovcrGe with himfelfe upQn another. occafion, as I rememb~er. The . |