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Show 174 ·Fu1ther 'I'eftimonies ·at/edged from 1 , From tbe !Jrge rx:ent of foule-k.j/ling, rr>hich m~ "acb to m-.y Jinnes, tb.Jt are not capital13 1 Cor~ 8. I J, . , 2 From thediffimilittld<of baddy, and JPtrltuaO Death. A bod) b · ~ k,_il!ed can dye but once: but a Joule k,jBerim.Jy rccovtr. ";. From the different punifhment, rr>hich. Chrijl hath provided for [oule ·killeri: to rr>it the trr>oedged S'!'ordtwhzc~ wmeth out ofhu mo~th, which if able toc;<t 4o{"!ICHe•ej1e; •.nato . ~¢~ thejfu/.etof Hmt~ ev!rlofl'iligry. l • , 4. 'From the ioleration,. which Chrijl himfolfe gwetb to fucb foule, killer~, or foule-wounderi, tn the Parable o{Tam, Match. 13 .. . S· From the lmpoffibllily of"~'/1/ng~"Jfo'!/e by ~1/flJ,-Hfl'ttzck,.: nM. the foultl of natural/ men: for tbef are .dfad alrt_ady: ne~. c4f'.f.){i .T,~c'hm fl much prevent· the me arm of JPmtua71 Life,"' d,~th the[~" of a material/ s.w_ord, either i'!'f'iJonin(_~he [ou:es of m~n tn • Nau,. .na/1-State-Reilgton : or cutftng them oJf ''?'r".'d~at~!J·WtthOIII prpl.n· .g<r melviet ofi!.epentance.,,Nor c~lltbere.IJe a 'i!.tl•rt~ ;pf th,e fo~lu:•f riien a/lv<'in '(:vrift ) paftlj 'by iei[o~ ·of w~Juffi.1!~~CJ · ~nd_PoJll'f 4/ $plrituaWO'rflinandeJ to ' preferve lhatlsl}'e m i15em agamjl a/11-ne· mlfjrrfJ,from the Ilnm~rt ~~~ty"'] tf;e. Jt!~~~~~/1 Life i~-Gfr.ij!' , "'~!'P.: ·<an ndmore 'dye th.en Chrijl 'hzmfo'l.ft n>,W u f'llre for <'llf~· . , •:1 j • 6. 'ftom lhopoj]iMity oJ 'a f,;/fe 1'eai/3~rJ, am,l q, 1fJ!ve~ .(1jl1Vtr}1 fr"om tf;e. Ejlill'eof '~flMe'fil!er, tobt'come a.foule·[ave.f) 11w !!'itf'"IP9 cafi df Paul. ' · , . For a jult R~p!J tQ all thefe, let me firlt premife fou,ri:· rhtvg~ : and then (f!eake to the Arguments in 0fder. . . .. _ ' t: · It i~not Hr~ty'murther of th,e body, chaps a caprtall en~, o\Jt tQu'i-'~el-execmed in 'f~ine ,grotle Attei!ift· For bt that hawh hu Brother U. a man·jlltyer; oi'_murderer(I Job. 3· IS.) and yet no~ for -that to be put to de~th. 2· Murder unadviledly ' committ~ , "w'ben the. ~a done was oorintt:rl'ded,is not a capital! crime:·chere were Cmes of Refuge provided in 1\i\:'h a c~fe,E.z.od. zt.13· ' . 3· 'fhe vtry Attempt of murder, irr the abufe of an0tdt· riariceofGod, isacapitalf 'criille. As in a cafe, ama~fh:'ll n~, np)ef?r,e a Court ofJ~~ic~ to beare f~lfe wiu,1eife ag:wll ,hi! ~ghl\our, of'fome'eapttallofli.nce,. ~hts very attetUJt!~II.!Wg his Nei~;hbour by the abufe of 'ftbtl!ick"JuiHE:e, isa captta err;' lmii-:r9.18.to21. 4- ' · A nciem and late Writers difi:ufftd. 4- · ~he murther of ~he foule is not the on ely Form•li1 Ratio• (•~ they call it). the ~nely proper cau(e of an Hereticks capital! Gnme, ~ut cht~y hts bitter roote of Apoltacie from God•, ·not• oltely falling off hunleife from God,· but feducing 'others to fall a-'· wax frorn him. . Thefe foure things being premifed, come wee now to cohfider . ofthe·feverall Anfwengiven by the Difcu.ffir to eAiigujlinu Argument. His fir It Anfwer reacheth not·thepC>int : for as every killing of t~e bod.)ds not a·capitall crime, fo neitherls every killing 'of the' foule, but fuch as is mJre voluntary, and prefumptuous3 and'joy"' ned with fome groife and murderous attempt. His fecond Anfwer falleth fhort in this refp:fr,. that though a foule wounded and killed may recover againe , yet-the very murde( ousAttempt of killing a foule, in abullrlg •an Ordinanci: of God l in·corrupting Religion, ·is ~capital! crime , whether the · fouledye of that woun'd or no: or if' it dye wheehh it be reco'-' vtred,or no. Thine e1e Jhall not JP.m him-, becauf~ he hath {o11gh1 tHbrujl thee ar>~ay from the ·L?rd thy Gad, Dell~ 13. 10. ThougiJ bee .M>nat thrujltl<>~ arruy, yet becaufo ·b, fought to doe it bee· [halt ,g.. Hitthird ARfweti hath been ren'IOved.·above. Chorch-cenfures arffuflicianc to healethe Heretick, if he belong to God, and to tem9ve th~ guilt of his wickedne!k from the Church: but not IW!icient; to prevent his fYrther fpreadingof the Leaven Of his corruption: nor fullicient .. tocleanfe th'e C:>mmon-wealth from · the guilt of fuch Rebellion, as hath been taught by him againfr the lord. LHisfoijrth Anfwertaken from Chrilts toleration of .the Tare5 · '"th. be.ert largely, and (a; I conceive) fully refelled above. Hi! fifth Anfwcr hath alfo been cleared already. Ifihe Anfwer ~ere good , it would evacuate not onely Augujlimi Argument, t .Pauls alfo, 1 Cor 8. 1 I. Paul diifwadeth from eating rhingc t'~ficed to Idols in Idols Temples. The Argument to d1ifwade 1 c ts from the offence thereby given to the Gonfcience of the Wf'!ie: ani! that b~ck~d and ltrengthned from the haynoufneife ~lothe finne of offence to Confcience: It is the murder, or peri-g of a weake Brotb.ers foul e. Now if this Anfwer of the Dif <uffi~ 175 |