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Show man finneth againfi his ~wne Confcience,and is therefore cenfur able by the Church, yea and by the Civill M•gifirate alfo, if after Convittion he continue to feduce others unto his Damnable Herdie;-Jet I doe not bmin mrafure to otberJ,that rr>hicb mJ felj,rr>ben I lived in fuch praEiifiJ ,would not have meafured to mJ filfe, For I thar,k God, God never left me tolivein any fuchPratl:iCc!, as to f•ll imo any F unrl amentall Error,much leffe to Perfifi therein after C onvit!ion and Admonition, and leaf\ of all to feduce others thereinto. If God !hould leave me fo farre, asto fall fo fearefully into this three-fold degree tJfHereticall wickedneffe, what am I better then other men? better my felfe cut off by death, or Bani!hment, then the Flock of Chrift to be feduced and defiroyed by, my Hercticall wickedndfe, _ CHAp, 6. ~ 'R,Jply to IJu jixrh Chapter 'Z>ifcu.fing CiviU ptaee, .md the D ifturhance of it. IN this Chapter, the Difcuffer undertaketh to declare what Civill pc.1ce is, and to !hew, that the Toleration of different Reli ~i on s, is no Difturbance of Civill Peace. Firjl, for Civill peJce, .-.h~t ir it,[.itb he,but Pax CivitatH ,whether Englifh , or Irifh , Spanifh or T urkifh Cit]. Reply. Eeitfo, andiftheCivillState, orCommon-wealth containe .many Citties , or Townes, and fo become a whole Countrey or Common-wealth, let Civill Peace be the peace of the Countrey, or. of the Common-wealth. But what is then the peace of the Cttty,or .Countrey? .Is it not TranquiUit aJ Ordinu the tranquility of order m every Soctety,wherein the Publicke Weale of the Ciuy, o~ ~unmy is concerned ? And is it not the proper worke of the CIVlll M>gtflr~te to preferve the Civill Peace, and to prevent or refo_rme th.e dtfturbance oft he Tranquility or Peace of any fuch ~crycs, tn whofe Peace, the Peace or \Veale of the Citty or SoCiety IS concerned ~- Supp,ofc a Society of Merchants or Cloath· yen1 Of Civil/Peace and the diftur6ance of it. yers, or Fifhmongers, or Drape111, or the like: If the Weale of the Citty or Countrey be concerned tn thefe, ( as it is much concerned in them all): It is notfor the fafetyof the Civill Sate to futfer any ofthefefo to be difturbed, aswholely tobre•ko up , and to be diffolved. No matter (faith the Difcuffer) tb•ugh they dot whelly brea~ up into p.im and di§olve into nothing. For neverthele.ffi rbe Peace oft he Cit I] ;, not thereby in tpe leaft meafure impaired or difs~rbed : becauft the Effince or being of the Citty i1 Ef[entially diflinEI from t b.fi particular Societyu &c. The Citt) waJ before them, and ftandetb abfolme ami Entire, when they are tak.!_ndorr>ne &c. • Reply. If by Peace be meant(as in Scripture L1nguage itis)all welfare, It would argue a man that liveth in the world, to be too much Ignorant of the fiate of the world, to jay tbt in the break.ing 11p and di§olving offuch perticular SocietJeJ, the Pe-ace oftheCitl) or Countrry H not in the kaft meafure impaired, or dijlurbed. For I· Thoughfuch Societyes of Merchants and other Trades, be not of the Elfence of the Citty ; yet they be of the incegrety of the Citty.And if the defea: of one Tribe In lft.-el was a great trouble to all the Common-wealth oflftad(Judge;, 21. 2, 3· )then fure thebrealting up and diffolving offo many pJrticularufefull Societyes cannot but much impaire and difturbethe Peace and wellfare of the Citty and Countrie. 2. Though thefe Societyes ofT rades be not of the Effence of the Citty, yet they are amongf1: thcconferv•nt cauCes of the Citty: as without which the Citty cannot !mig flourifh, no nor wdl fubfift. Common fenfe will acknowledge fo much. Now then if all thefe particular Societyes and feverall Companyes of Trader, they and their peace and wellfdfe doe much concerne the well fare and peace of the Citty and Countrey, and thcrcforeitbehooveth the Civil! Government to provide for their peace and well fare : I demand, whether the Church alfo, (which is a particular Society of Chri!lians) whether, I fay,the Peace and Well fare ofit,doe not concerne the Peace and well fare of the Citty or Cowmey where they live? If it be denjtd it H Eafily proved : C 2 Firfl, |