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Show ( 86 ) l dellroy 'd, but make~, or invents, a notori ~~· t Lye, to .render rhem. a fedirious People; as 1f '- they came there and d~fperfed rhem.felv~s on pur-. ' po(e to undermine his Goverument ; rellmg the Kmg) ' That it ?vas· not for his profit to [ujfer them. . . . ' So now thefe Pr iells, in !lead of p~·eachmg ' Repenrance for what rhey have done, 111 Hangc. ing chc ~1alcers,. rh.ey fe~ y ' · They 1vere not abu(ed, ' but dealt juflly 1vtth. 01~ ! that ~eople would ~ bur fee and confide,r, how that the Judgments ' of rhe Lord h a~h been upon fhe Country ever ' fince ·' bur fo'rt1e· are harden' d for r~e Day of ' Slaughter, rurring judgment Backyvard, r~a~ ' becaufe ]'.lew- England had been VIfited WH~ ' many Sore and Grievous J udgmenrs, rl~ey are ( ready to fay, It is becaufe the 0fakerJ are ju.ffered : ' vVell I leave all to the Lord, who fatd, Ven, · geanc~ is mi11e, a_11d I will repay ; ~ath~r .wi lh~n~ ~ Repenrance ro rhe worft of our Aclverfanes, ' tha'n thefr Defiru8:ion. Which fufficiently fhews thqir De~e i r., Contra~ diCtion and Confafion, in going to Julhfie that at one time which ar another they prtrend,rhey will ~Ita hot nor ~an nor, as uncenai'n of which, or. what agafttll ro fay or do in rhe cafe; and fo difcover rhe1r Natbttnno kednefs and Shame, according co G. Bijhop·s words sno~e aforefaid, Thar they jhoultl be afhmned of their E1wy 11ahil at his People. And I would ferioufly ask C. MtJtbatt ther as he would anfwer it ar the Day of Judgt~~ \f) a- me1;r Whether ali thar he alledges againfi them, lll · f) J-the P;pifis mighr nor, or did nor alledge again!l 118!11 rhe Manyn;? Does he fay, They were Here~ tb" . ricks? The- Papifis faid fo of them: Does he ~~t~ fay, they were Reb~ls, &c? !he Papifi.s faid rhe tp ~ i~une by them: Wunefs their Champt?n, Ale~ Boo\.: of Cope (c. M's Figure.) Or, does he rhmk thar Man vr-, fuch pleas will be of any value before the Lo~d . V1)l. 1. m . ( 87 ) in that Day ? Oh ! nay; let them not Deceiv-e themfelves, God will not be mocked; all th~ir Ex- Gal; 6.71, cufes and Evafions wiJI not cover rhe Blood of the Slain, or wipe om rhe Guilt of it ; no, it's only the Blood of Chrifi can do rhar, rhrough deep Repencance and Confeffing their Sin, and not covering .it, which they that do, f/Mll not profper, Prov. 28. 13. . Ibid. No~ do I (fays he) look upon Htereticide tl4 ~ttttf. ~n Evangeltcal Way for the Exting"_ijhing of Herefie: riOt ttd ~uch !efs of Truth, fay I (bur herein he conrra- <fllandtcts ~ts Maller C~lvin, who held ~ r lawful q) burn gtlf ta' J:lerencks) and It h~d been well if rhey had al- ijlltap~ ways been of thar mmd; but Perfecucors do ufe ro Repent (or at leaft fee their Folly) when 'cis roo lare; but he~eby he hath Judged all their Per .. fecurors tO be our of the right Way, and confe-quenrly wrong, and yet orherwhiles Commends and Extols rhem, as Good, Godly and Zealous Men, wh~ch ftill fhews his Conrradiaion and Confufion. · . 'Tis true (fays he) thefe ~akers Jj,J manifefl an Eft. 3~2t1: mtollerable Contempt of .Authority. Anfw. No more than . Mordicai did to proud Haman, when he \yould no! Bow .to him in rhe Gate • . It being for not punmg o!f rhe Hat (and for being fuch as ~ere caJI~d Q.9akers ) you pur rhem ro Death, ~s .w. Ro~mfon n~ced ro rhe Pe~ple, wheq Prieft Wzlfon fatd raunungly to them at rhe place o't Execution, Shall juch Jacks tU jou cBme in before AHtbor~ty with J~.u~ H_ats on.? W. R. reply'd, Mind you, mz~d you, tt r4 for not putting off the Hat ,JJe are put to D.e11th. . So one may fee how fmalJ a ~latter the~ counr a Contempt of Authority, and 'Juort1 of Death ; rhe like I believe hardly ever ~ear of, excepc in the Cafe of Hamfln and' then he ~ould noc bring it to pafs neirher b~ina hang-ed In Mordicafs fiead . 0 0 · , ~ !bid,- |
