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Show .· 796 J679· ~ Pm l!. sea. 5· sea.6. ~ An Addrefs to 'Protejlants. VoL. I. ""' · d d rhe Ground of true Chrifiianity, and that w'e may become ~0~fi11 ~arb it's Spring, which is open and free ro from whence the uu_e ~~~ ry H l School. thofe that are :rrofictegu~tn tl~tber06;,imon tolerated, Good Life cberi(h'J, Let tb~ ~cnptures ~i~~e, l:pojition, l\'ick·Nnmts, .Animojirie! , for. ~he VIce ptmifo d : Away h S . [Ute be our Common Creed, and Piom Lrvzng Lord's Sake, a~d..ler. t e cra'od rna leafe ro perfea his good Work of tGhre.1 Tcec jhl eo hf aCsh briefghuanm, tayn, dtbdea~ .t v er us r!o~ all our Enemies, both within and without. Se£1:. 6• Of the Propagation of Faith fry Force. l 1 fi Point and that is Propagation ofFairbhyForu: Am now come to th~ h h Ec:le[taflick confider rhe Ctvil Magiflrate's In whi~h I fhal1, w~t h t Churchmen a:e principally guilty, who being Share herem: For ftho Rt 1~. n which -Ienounces and condemns Force, ex .. profefi Mi~~ers 0 .a e lgto fe it both to impofe their own Belief, and cite the C1v1l Ma~ftrate t? u et ~he Civil Magiftrate in running upon fupprefs that of ~t er .MeE.:;c~tioner of their Cruelry upon fuch as diffe~t their Errands, an tur~m~ . h . r Guilt from them, involves htmtelf 10 t Laws ha~e been made to profecute Men That in this ProteflanthCoNntr.Y al Worfhip and that thofe Laws have for their Diffcnt from t e . auon be den 'd ~ For not only our own Hi· been executed, I Krffume ~Ill ~i~l furni~ ll~ with Infbnces llnbecoming fiories fince the e ormanon ow Penrty f.j c. in Queen Elizabeth's our Pretences, as. the Cafe _of BfKin' James' and Charles the Firft, but Time, and others tn ~he ~~'lp ~ofs fhoufands have been excommunitated our own Age aboun 5 Wlt .• r i 8 , 01 11 &d 1~[1 in 1be Hou[e, not • ond imprifon'd' whole Fafmbu un ~n tbe Barn . WidowJ" and Oryhanl Jlripr Cow left in tbe F,e/J, nor a!'J c;r; m .A e or Se.x. And ubat for? only bewithout Pit,, no R~gar~}et(}!,.fhj God~fttr anotiJer Manner than according caufe of tiJetr Meetmg l of E ~ d . but yet in. a very peaceable Way. to the Form of the ~ufrffi d :6isaby Laws intended againft them, but, af· Nor have they on y u ere known to have been never defign'd ag~inlt ter an exceffive _Rat] }Y La·ifi the PapijlJ" And in thefe Cafes fourT1mes them, and only rntenfc e d.ga~. Turn vie can prove Sixty Pounds taken the Value hath nor erve t ep ;eturn'd as we made appear be· for Tl~tee~, andf :1toet ~~~'Parii~rzent, wbich is tbe Penalty of jour O.f!e,_d fore a mmrttte o . f h fs Abufes that have been committe cts for one ; to fay no~h~g fco t blMen of ill Fame and Life, that ha.ve •tagka~~~~:A~~~;:g:~f ou~r T~~dernefs, and the prEefednt Pofture5ofAth ned~~:, h · f 1 and covetous n s llpon u · againft us, to haveft etr res~e u f Parliament has paft thefe Seve_n~een we are yet ul!redre h~~o: :or h~~bl~ remonftrated our SufFering Condl~ton: Years, m whtch wep h' h has been patiently to fuffer and modeftly We have done our art, W IC G d if ever you expelt: to complain: It is yours_now to hea~eo~rte p~:n~·m~~r' juft before it's Dif.. Merc_y from God, to. de~ver R~ne1 for us; if thar Pa;lia.ment could think fol~non, was J?Iepanng orne ou will finilh and fecure it. . of It, yea, begm H, we h~fS!ruples or Objeflions, that Politically or Ec~lft T_he better~ ~emo:; :he State or the Church, may be advance~ {f.a!n fiaf11"~' Re~u~ft a~ fbJtl divide this Difcourfe into two. Parts: ~r b et.i ~s ~nilt u~iJority· n~xt the Church's fower in Thingt that relate to a1t an Jars ·' 'c fid . o both Conjcie,ce \ Wffil~~ mL y d ondl sera~ton,s uJpe"u"s Chrift did long fince difiinguifb the,.T b0i ~gtt Ble 1;\1 or an avwu ' 11 ' • bl A fwet o/Cxfar from the Thing I of GoJ, in his plam and nota. e n a Notr, The greateft: Part: of what follo~s .1 n t~l.i SrlJI0. 1f, was 6rf t: printed by War•( Anendix to the C:f1Ui1flltd "?of fkO,peffi.d jos -11fJhtr, Ann• t67 i• uDtGI . VoL. I. An Addrefs to 'Protrflants. . 797 llnto that enfnaring Qpeftion of the Jews, l.r ' it 111tJJft~l to pay Tri/Jute to I6 Ca:far or nor .. Rmdcr (fays he),umo Ca:\ar the. T_bingt that are Czfar'a, and ~ to G~d the !hmgJ" tbat are GoJ .r: !~at Js, Dtvllu Worfoip, and all Things Pan II. relatmg to tr, belon_g umo God, Ctwl f!b~dttltce t~ Crfar. God can only Sctk.•6, be the Author. of nghrAEls of Wor()up tn the Mtnd : This is granrcd by Mar."· ,,.. all; therefore _u tS _not 10 the Pow:r of any Man or Men in the World, to 21. compel the M~nd nghtly to worfhtp God. Where this is bur attempted G~~s Prerogative is invaded, and Ct}itr, hy which Word I underftand th; Ci~J! Government, engrofferh .AU. For IJe doth not only take his own ~hmgs as much as he_ ~an, but t~c Things appertaining to God aJfo; fince 1f God ~ath pot ConfcJe~ce for h11 Sh~re, he hat~ nothing. .My Kingdom, John 11• 3s. fays Chnft, u not of thu World, nor 1s the MagJftrate's Kingdom of the other World :. Therefo_re he ex~eeds his Prol•ince and Commiffion when ever be. meddle~ W1th the R1ghrs of lt. ~et Chrifi have h is Kingdom, he is fuf· fic1ent for It; and let 9.efar have h1s, 'tis his Due. Give ttnlo Ca:far the Thingi_that are Or:far's, a"d to God the 17Jings that art God'.r. Then there are_ThV'Jgs thar belong n_ot to CtJar, and we are nor to give thofe to him wh1ch belong not to h1m i and fuch are God'IJ Things Divine Things Things of an Eternal Reference: BlH thofe that belong' to CtLfar and hi; Earthly Kingdom, mufi: be, of Duty, rend red to him. If an.Y ~al! afk me, Wbat are the Thing~ property belonging to Ca:far? 1 anfwer In .Scnpture Language, To _love ]«}!tee, do J«dgmtnt, relieve the Op. prcffed~ nght the Fatbericf.t, and 1n general be a Terror unto Evii·J~r.r and ~ Praifc_ to t_hcm tlut Jo weD; for this is the Ureat End of Magifhacy :'And 1n thefc Thmgs they are to be obey'd of Confcience as well as Inrercft. But perhapiJ ~y Anfwer fh:~ll be reckon~d too general and ambiguour,' and a fre[b QueJbon fiarted, Who are the Evtl·docrs, to whom the Civtl .Au· tkority _ought to be Terrible? But this ought in my Judgment ro be no Quefhen WHh Men that underlbnd the Nature of Civil Authority ; for thofe are the Evil·doers that violate thofe Laws which are neceffary to the Pre· fervation of Civil Society, as Tbievu, .J1urdererr, .AdultereN, Traytors, Plotterr, Drunkards, Cheau, Vaqabondr, and the like mifchievous and dif· folute Perfons: Men void of Vntue, Truth and Sincerity, the Foundation of aJl good Government, and onry firm Bond of human Society. Who· ever denies me chis, muft at the faQ1e Time fay, that Virtue H lej.rnue.J!ary to Govtrnment than Opinion, and that the moll Vitiated Men, profeffing but l!Lfar'.t Religion, are the bdl SubjeCts to Ct:.far'r .Authority, confequenrly, that other M~n, livi~g.never fo _honeftly and induftrioufly, and hal•ing elfe as good a Cla1m to Ctvll Prorefbon and Preferment, f'hall, meerly for their Diifent frorn that Religion, (a Thing they can't help; /or Fairh H the Gift of God) be reputed the worfl of Ev.il·doers; which is followed with ex· pofiog their N~mes to Obloquy, their Efbtes to Ruin, and their Perfons to Goals, Exiles, and Abundance of other Cruelties. What is this, but to confound the Things of C4.fnr with the Things of God, Divine Worfhip with Civil Obedience, the Church wirh the State, :~nd perplex human So· cieries with endlefs Debates about Religious Differences> Nay, is not this to erea new Meafures to. try the Members of Worldly Societies by, and. gh·e an Acceffion to another Power, than that which is necelfary to rhe Conftitution of Civil Government> But tlpc which ought to deter wife Rulers from aifuming and exercifing fuch an Authority, is the Confideration of the pernicious Confequences of doing fo. For, Firfl, It makes PrO)lrty, which is the firft and moft fix'd Part of Ertglijh Go\•ernment tloattng and uncenaln; for it feems, no Conformity to the Church, no Property in the State : And doubtlefs, the Infecuriry of Pr~f'!7 ~·,nk~e ~~ ~~~·~~.~o t~h~h~0c~~n,'~j~n;h~;;:;t~~i!i~,~f; '~~,'·In this Ca.H·, the Anchor I ride by, is not my Obedience to Laws reladng to !he Prcfervation of Civil SocJety, but Conformiry to certain Things belongmg to the Doctrine and Difcipline of the Church : So thJt though I may be . m |