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Show help his fpirit to kn(}W it) that his o':"n ~outb and.hands,fhal on~ day judJ!;e(if not his perfon, yet) hiSatl:tO_ns,.that tf\e~rd Jef~ hath (uffered in his poore Servants, ~ven b!tt~r perfeC!ItiOns by h11 anjuft !llnd·ers. CHAP: x·:t. tA Reply to his tweluetb (baptu Ent-ring·upon tb' '])ifcu j~!on of .tht-unlawfu/nes to '1'erfetute-an Erroneo~H • .'. '''ii?d 6lindeConfcmue. · Difculfer. Tbe fecond Conclufion lay'd downe by the Anfwerer, is: It iJ not la"tPfuU 1• J~rfecute an J!irroneou1 4nd blinde Confcience, Even in F.unthm,e{lt,~ll; •and rpeighty PointJ, till after Admonition once,or t"'ice. Tit. 3· J o.,. J J, And thrn fuch Con{ciencet may be per[ecuted; becaufe the W.prd p}God iJ [l Cleare, in F undamentall and. "'eigJ?ry. PointJ, that fucb a pe~JotNJannot but finne againjl hu Confoience,and fo .being condemned of himfelfe., t~at;, ofhu Confcienc,e, he may ,be perfecuttd for ftnning a• g~_i(ljl _biJ own Confo!tn(t• , ~ •. ,.; Defender. They are the words oftheDifcn[{er, not mine,Thatfuch aserreinFundamentall and wei~hty Poinu, after once (}r twice Admo· nitioo, fuclt·Cpnfcience~ are then to be perfecuted, • , No,my;w9ri!s will cleare themfdves if they be truly related,even· as himfelfe hath.printed them· Thus they ftand. Sccqndly, F ?'an erroneouJ and blinde Confcience,eve" in Fundament all and weigh I) Poinll, lt.ir not lawfull to per{<cute an}, (ill after . .Admonition once or twice. And {ot~e.Apoj!ledirellith Tit. 3· 10. and giveth thrrufon,That in Fundament all& principall Poinll•fDolirine mJ worjhip; 1be W"Jird efGod in fuch thing1 .ir ji>'cleare,· tliat bNannol l>11t be . co1fvin.ced in confoienct of th•dangerous Error. of his way , after .,.,e or twiceJ'fdmonition; wi[elJ and·fsitbjully difpenced. And then if ll71J on~ perjijl; ld~not out ofCon[cience, bHt againji his Confcience,.as the Apofllt.[aith, ver.JI, He is fubverted and finneth being condemned of hlmfelfe, that if,ofhu owne Confience,{o that if/ilch a man #[ter.{rccb .Admn~ition, Jlutll pill per.Jiji in tbt Error of hi, 1'1'"), and· be tberifm whether it /;e unlawfulto '1'erfuutea /;Iinde ConfYitiUe. tb.,"Jort prcm(h~d,He i< not.perftcuud for canft of Confcience,bllt for fintiing againfi hi/Con(ci<ltCt. · Where though I fay, That it is no_t lawfull_ to pe!lecute any, though erring in F undame,ntal and weighty Point•, nil afre~ once or twice admonition: r doe nottheretorefay, (as the Dijculf<r rep<>rteth me )thot a_frer once or twice ~dmunition,then fuch Confciences ·may be pedecuted : BHt tb~t iffi•:h a man after [uch Admonition fh•ll Jlillper[rjlin the Error ofk" way, and,be the:efore pumfbrd, He is not perfocuted for ca11[e of Coll[cmm, but for ftnmng agamjl bu awn Confcienct. _ . . Objeli. But he that f.1yet~, It is n~~ lawful! to perlccute any Heretick till after once or twice adm.omnon, He doth as much as fay, that after once or 1.wice admonhio.,, Itis then law full to per· Cccute any Heretick. . . . . Auf. Not fo neither , neither ~very Hereuck , nor m every Courc. Not in every Court or Judicature· ~uc the fa~e_Church that followed ao Heretick, with once or twtce admonmon, w~s further topurfuehim, ifho remaineobll_inate, with excomniuiil· cation; my words doe exp're!fe two things_: . . . . l· ThatanHeretick tillafteronceortwice admonmon, m~y not be purfued, ·no not with the Churc~·.ccnfure ofExcommumcation: but after once or twice admonmon, It was then l~wfull for the Church to proceed to his 'Excor,nmunic.ition.. . • _ z. My words hold forth tbis alfo, That if~uch an H.reuck Co convioced and admonHhed, be afterwa<ds puntflid ~y any. Cen· fure whether of Church or ·Court, kcanndc be faid, h~ u punifh~ d for his Confcience, but for !inning againft his·Confctence. Butit was no p~rtof my words or meaning, t(l'fay, that ~very Herctick 1hough ening in Come Fuodamenta11 and we1gluy Poinw ~nd for the fame excommunicated, fhall forth with be punifh;d by the Civil! M-•J!ifhat~ : ~nleffe. it doe afterwards appeare that he breake forth flllther, either Into Blafphemy, or fdolat; y , or f.ducement of ot11ers to h}s Heretic.!! pernicious wayes. D!~uirer. 'Ihi-1 third ofTitm, rvhicb tbroHg~ {eartfull PropbanJtio;Jf h~th fo many /,mdredJ'"reJ bi" rbe pretendrd B11lwarke of aU the blot~dy ~voluu > Den/ of J.,yom MormtainCI of LcopardJ huwtmg and dcvourtng rl:e ' E z wHmffcs |