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Show ' I gan 01£u,iners r,atlrer, for their Idolatry then .J~nah for Liis Erro· n•ous Prathfe in runnin~ awa,y from the true God 1 . God in times pair fuffered all N'ations-to walke in their owne 'tayes A[ls,~4.16. And fodid.hisVicegerencs the good Kings of Jjiael doe th,e like : David did.not compel! the tributary Nations to wqrf)lip thc·God ofl[rael. No more doth our Colony here com• pell thll <ribueury Indians to worfhip our God: But if an Ifraelite forfak~ God, Ire diilurbcthnot onely the (;;ommon·wealth of lfrael, but the Barks of Pagans, and Heathm llates a~ Jo~>qh did' this, Sbip,,~y his,~par~uref~omGod.Thmf~r~ a Chnlltan by_ d~parting from God, m•y dfllurbe a Gwtzle ciVIl! State. And tt IS no prepoflerous way for the Governours of the State,according to· the qu•lity of the dif\urbance.raifed by the llarting afide offuch a €:bri(lian,to punifh both it and· him by civill cenfure. !)lor dpth,th<>Civiii ·Srateinfuah punilbments actend'fo much, how to Pcocure the conver!ion ofHeretickes, or Apoflaces, .or fuch like· fcandalous tUI bulent offenders: as how to prevent the perverfion of their founder people (G:mgr«nam -.,oveM, ne pari jincera trahatur:) or eHe to w0rke the fubverfion of fuch, a~ doe fitbvert borh trmh and peace. And yet as legal! terruurs.are ordinary meanes bletr.d of Go~ ro prepare h-.Hd and flout hearts to conve1 fion: fo fuch lega!l pumfh· mems.God iS'inlike fort p!eafed to blelfe to theconfufion, andre" fornntion offalfc Prophets, as was foretold by Z .. cbarie, it lhould. come co palle.iu the dayes of the newT eflament,Zach, 1 3· 4,),6. ObidJ. Jfea, but it wligpt alo11e that u able to difpe/1 and-fcatttl Ji~eb miJls and foggs of d~rkz!r.ffe in the Joules and Cenfcienca of men. An f. True: But yet the judgements of God are as the Lightthal gocth forth, H.[ea 6. ~· And the judgements of men executed ac· tording to the Word, are f.ottified of God to prevent the fpread· ing of Idolatry and feducement to it; All I[rael !hall heare and feare, and doe no moreprefumpcuoufly, Deut.13. 1 J, Nor is the righteom proceeding in Civill Statcsadifquieting of tbemfelves1 of anJ unmtrci[HU difqui<tingofothers. ~o~it is no di~quieting~o~Juft man to d"e Jullice : and the difqmeung of men m Iinne, It II no unmercifull dealing, but a compaffion•te healing either of thc~h felve• or ower:. The falfc Prophet,reclaimcd by ftigmatizing Wldl woun' woood~in his hands, will frtely accknowledg'e, thus was· I woun· ded in the Houf.,.of my friend's{Z .. cb. .}3· 6.) Friends are not'unmercifu11 difqJJieten. .. , .. , , Objd1.The Judgements of God which goe forth a!'th~ght arc not oft he Judgemen~ofhis'hanil, brio of,his m'outh1 fo.v fo h~ex· plaineth himfelfein ~hat place of Hvfea, I have liewerl them by the Prophets"! haveOaine them·brthc.word~Gfimy motitli: Anchhy Judgemenl:s were.as-the<li~ht lthtt!jOc!th fd~th• · : · ,:•. ·,. Anf. The JudgementS'ofGi>d;<whethcr o~hill'mootli• otiofhit; hand, doc both<of them gbe forth as·lighti. For when the Judg"' mentsofGod are UflOrl the earth,( and he fpeaketh ofthe•judgments of his hands,) the In!Jabitants oft be rr>orlrJ Jh•O lwn~ rigliteolljluffi', lfai. 26 .. 9· And. that whereby· we le:>rne righteoufnelfe, i~tlighr. Befides when the Lord wfaid· oo have'hewt!n, 'anci•Oaine hi' ~pot lbre people ,by bis·Prophetsl, a~d·b.y·t·he words•ofhis mooch ;J Hi: doth notonely meane tire fpiricuall•hewing1 and f!Jyin~of oheir foules,- but alfo the cemporall-judgementF, Famine; W •I've, and }leflilence, which the Prophets·threamed;. a'nd chc H•nd of God, and ·Ma;1;ael executed in the hewing and iliying-ofthem.: CH A'P'o!Oo d'l(Jf!ly to~~~· tenth Chapter,\w~e-re~'!:~e diftu.ff'etb. the · lafl DiJlinRton, , ;1 1• , • , :; .. 1, 1 PErficution fnr Confcience, is either for confcience rightly informed; or a blind tmd-erroneQUf cunfcienct,. . . \ • IJ. ..f' . , Dl kUffltt~. ... ' I • ·~. ··~.c:..· \ Botb i7"fe Confciences art indeed perjecuted: but lambr,;,l,l:l:f'-lind. 1nd moneoilt ·wifhhofo c~nfciwcu (h.;tt!J appevho be; rrbich tJUt of ~eok to G.d (>»uprr,r:~,nded-)1ha11< pe~foctutthilh<t, &c. , , · V~'ftnder." . . · . TI\'I~Wh'o'le 'Chapre~·m·ay ll~n<l for us; w1't')-1dut'bb'fkllthW/ehi. "!e. appro~e no p:rfecucion for confcience ; ,nei'ifi'er ' C,~(rlti'Jf\'fl: ngtrtlytnf?rmt'd,'(tor that we·accl;uht the.perfecmi~gof'ClM!l :) fl'Or tonfaence"inifmformcd 'wifn errdUi'f Lilllclfe~tlie er~out l:le pernicious,.. |
