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Show '55,).4; or THE KrNGDoms b h ther write nor read,does_nlot findhimfilfgloycggggcty tn5:11. :biyqe. corectilr:1E um w en ' iurt' him-7 t e can gidcb‘e'lge‘tcli Lewkillcanorhurt that 15?, VXocidsl,isan:l flaps}: 5 fr 5 n ti without the Hands, and Swords of men: ci'l ialloth t nflctrhh h induct: they for : s number of pernicious Error . And m h o'eflh retot adlite to , nours Gover their not they like ts, and .[yran to thinkit lawfullto raifewarre aiganlim 3,: b the l , y yet they are many times cherifhed from tie E 33:11:?313: 1m mm; Cl'el‘rfizre is another Errour in their CiVill Phlloropilie ofAeti- Rule She 1:11); Commute- never learned of Arii‘totle, nor Cicero, not men b then,) to extend the power of the Lawawciic {as (:55 of finz ons onely, to the very Thoughts, an [Elnkl n otwithfiané th- h mm M: Examination, and Inqutfizzm of what they oB, Wallc , r con)1 fsl." Action the Conformity of their Speech and either puniflied for aniweringthe_trutli often tioutiits, 0 that [trained to anfwer an untrutli tor tear ofpuniihm‘enfi tis Itruef the Civill Magifirare, intending to employaMini er int 16181153: of Teaching, may enquire of him , if hee bee 1clontent t5) ieI m I‘m.4. or DARKNESSE. "JP-46' the Sacraments, the neceflity {hall be efleei‘ned fora fulficient Million; which ' ~is true : But this is true alf0, that for whatfoever, a dif- penfation 15 due for the neceflity, For the fame there needs difpenfarion, when there is no Law that forbids it. There no fore to deny thefe Functions to thofe,to whom the Civill Soveraign‘e hath not denyed them, isa taking awayofalawfull Liberty,wh ich is contrary to the Doctrine ofCirill Goirernment. More examples of Vain Philofophy, broughtinro Religion bythe Doctors ofSchoole-Divinity, might be prodtICed; but other men may if they pleale obferve them oftheinlelttes. Illial lonely adde this, that the Writings of SCh‘oole-Divines, are nothing elle [languaqeof for the molt part, but infignificant Traines of firange and barbaerloolt‘ :l)i~ rous words,or words otherwife tifed, then inthe common tile ofthe WW Latine tongue; iuch as would pole Cicero, and Varro, andal lthe Grammarians of ancient Rome.VVhich ifanv man would fee prove d, let him (asl hare {aid once before) lee whether he can tranllate any Schoo le-Divine into any of the Modet‘ntongues, as French, Eng‘ lilh, or any other copiouslanguagc :' forthar which cannot in molt of there be made Intelligible , is not Intelligible in the Latine. Which Inlignificancy of language, though I cannot note it for Ellie fuch, and fuch Doctrines; and in cafe of refufaf,1 may, Oeny ml, the employment: But to force him to accule him e le‘ 0t ] pi; i s, when his Actions are not by Law forbidden,is againl tie1 1alubo Nature, and elpecially in them, who teach, that a manlfiia . ‘ee damned to Eternall and extream torments,il he the in ata 1eopmilon alfo to make men think they have it, and delilt from further fearch. conCeming an Article ofthe Chriihan Faith. For who is r iei :1, E3111; knowing there is in great danger in an error, whom the namitt do": Lallly, for the Errors brought in from fall-e, or uncertain Hi- Fm" fm" Rory, what is all the Legend ot'lie‘titious Miracle-sun the lives of the "NW"- of liimielf, compelleth not to hazard his boule upon his own )u is. ment,rather than that of any other rinan that is unconcerned in us by the Doetors of the Romane Church, to make good their nationf Private Intcr- d2"130111 Private nian,ii'itliout the Authority oftheCoininilmV-weflth, prcianm of that is to lay,without permillion iron} the Repicientantt ielreol; 1to Interpret the Law by his own Spirit,is another hiiOi inI t ie )f (:11 Law. tiques; but not drawn from Arifiotle, nor from any Oille'l ‘: lie Heathen Philolopliers. For none of them deny, ) but .t rat ‘ll‘l ‘I re Pou'er ofmaking Laws, is comprehended alio the l owei or hxpnuli ning them whenthereis need. And are not the Scriptures, m .i places where they are Law,made Law by the Authority of the Lom- Philofophyw7 yet it hathaquality, not onely to hide the Trutlnbut Saints, and allthe Hlfloriesor'Appizritions, :intl Uholls, allethetl Doétrines of Hell, and Purgatory, the power olhxorcrlinc, and other Dofii'ines which have no warrant , neither in Realm, nor Scripture; asalioallthole 'I‘r.uhtionswhich they call the Unwritten VVord ot‘God; but old \Nit'es Fables? \‘Vliercot‘, though they find dilpcrl‘ed {omewliat in the Writings or the ancient liathers; yet thole Fathers were men, that might tooeiilily belt-eve falle reports; and the producln" ol‘their opinions for tcltunonv of the truth ot~ whattliey belect'ed, liltll no other force With [llfi'lnllltlt (according to the (Iotinlell orsr. Ia/mr Epilt. cha . 4. verl'e i.) l examine Spirits, than in all things that concernt ie power ol‘thc Ofthe lame kind it is alto, when any but the Sov e 1111ng rel‘trainet i in any man that power which the Common-wealth hath (notuiefirained,asthtydo,tlrat impropriate the Preaclungot the (rope 1to one certain Order of men,where the Laws have lert it~ tree. _ It i if State give me lcaijc to preach, or reach; thatis, it it toibitiI 14:1; Romane Church, (the abuie whereof eithertlieyfufpet‘tcdnot,or had benefit by it,)to dilcredit their teltimony,inrefpeetol'toorallt beleefol‘ reports; which the mof‘t lincercuien,withoutgreatknowledge of naturallcaui‘es,(iuch as the litthers were) are common1 the mol't l‘ubjee't to: l-‘or naturally, the bell men are the lealk not, no man can forbid me. It I hndmy ielie amongli tic. ‘u lilfpicious of fraudulent purpol‘es. uregory the Pope, and 5. her- laters ofAmerica, (hall I that am a Chrifhan, though not in}0iti{ets, nard have {omewhat opreritions of Gholls, that llud they were in Purgatory; and to has our lieda :but no where, l belceve , but by mon‘wealth,and confequently, a part of the Civill Laue . think it a fin to preach jel‘us Chrilt, till I have receiveu Chg" fromRomec' or when I have preached , iliall not I anlwei t e1: Scriptures to them; that is, ilull 1120, the {ome ndmay a"d CXpOll d‘ml'" .reachr) But tor this fay, as alto tor adminiitringto i but report from others.But ir‘they,or any other,rel;tte any liich flories or. their own knowledge, they [hall not thereby Confirm the more liieli vain reports; but difcover their own lnhrmity, or I rand. With |