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Show witne.ff<~ •f]efw. H~ that can but fee mm as 'lreu, may ujilj di[cerne; It jhall non~ be tbeRefugeandVefence (as Ibope) of the Lamb's d1Itl little one/ ofJtjiff. · Dtfmder. Ic is out of doubt, That this Tcxtis,_(asa\1 the Texts in Scrip· ture be) the juft R.tfugeand fafedefence of theLambes, and little ones of Jefus. But all the wit and s!.ill of the Difcuffer, can never fo farre wrcfi it, or darken it, a~ to make it a Refuge and defence for Hmticke~, which is the Point in hand. CHAP· 13· A Reply to his thirteenth Chapter, wh.st is me.11<1t hy this Heretick in Titus. · .. . . Difculfer. What iJ tbi; Hmtick__l Ifindbimcommonly defined t• be,focb an me as isobflinatein Fundamemalls. And(o the .Anjwerer (iemeth t• :Refi111 him, faJing,the Ap•JIIe renderetb tbit reafon, why after once or twice Admonitian, be ought to be P erfectt~ed, becaufi, in Fundament ,y and PrincipaO Points o{Do[lrint andWo~(bip, th• Word'of God ;, (o cleare, that the Heretick__camlOt but be convinced in his owne Conj<i· ena. Butofthi1 Reafonlfindnotone'littlqnentioned in this Scrip· ture :for fo he [aith,foch an one is condemned ofhimfolft,Jel he faith ?lot, nor"' ill it follow, tpat Fundament ails are fo cleare, that 4ter Jirfl and fecond Admonition,a Perfon that fubmitteth not to them,It condem• ned ofhimfelfe,morethm in lej[er Points. This word then an Heretick is no more, then an obfiinate aud will full perfon in the Church of Crm ftrivin~ and contending a~out unprofitable Q!!ellions ~ Genealogies •. What is to be done wath fuch an one? Let him be once and twice Admonifhed.What if once and twice Admonition prevaile not ? The Apofile feemeth to Anfwer; "''r•11M, ~;a,..,.,, that is, the man that is willfully obfti· nate, after once or twrce Admoniti~2 R.ejeCl: him. Defender. • ' Th~ Di[cuffiris fo farre from weakening what I faid from this Ttllt Ill 7uw, that he rather confirmeth it, yea and graunteth a larger la~g~r al!owapce to proce~d agajf\!l erroneQI}s l'crfons, then I did. For, 1. Whereas I had faid,_ The ~pofiledireC'ctt~ · the Church .to proceed again I! an Hereaick, that is againfi one obllinately errpnepus in Fundamental!., The Difcujfir laith, ye~and ~gainjl fuch M me though not in Fundamentalls, but in lrjjir point!, dnd camin..e obflinate in jlri11i11g abo1t.t unprofitable ~efiionJ}wdGrnc.JiogieJ. 2. He that graunteth (asthe D1{cu..O;r cioth) a hat the Word of •God is fo cleareeven in Idler Points, th.lt he that pcrlirteth in his error after once or twice Admonirion, i,; willfully obflinate : he fi~rely will not llicke ro acknowledge, thH the worcl of God is much more cleare in Fundamental! and Principall Point~, that hethatfhall perfill in Errors againllthe FoundHion, after on~c or twice Admonition, he cannot bt1t be much more juflly accountecl willfully obfiinate,and to Iinne ag;inll the light of his owne Confcience. 3· Though he faith he findcth no one Tittle in-the Text, that in Fundament all and Principal! Points of Doctrine and Worfhip, the Word of God is fucleare, that after once or twlce Admonotion, the Heretickcannotbutbeconvincedin his owne Confci· ence: Yet he might eJfily find it, and c•nnot but find it, if he were plea fed to ponder the words of the Text: yea and he doth find ir, though he be plea fed todenyir. For the Here!lck (whom the Text fpeaketh of) himfelfe expoundeth to be a man wi!l~ully obllinate: An Evidence, that he erreth not through want ofh~ht, or weakneffe of knowledge, but through firength of will. Whence alfo he is (aid to be condemne3 of himfelfe, of his owne Conlcience : An Evidence thlt the Points about which heerreth,are fo c!earely dr.livered in Scripture, that after one> or twice Adm~nition , the Heretick cannot but be convinced in his owne Confcaencc. And if-chit hold-in fi10dry ldfer Points, how much more doth it hold in Fuudamcntalls and Principalls? Unleffe he thinke the HolyGholl be more darke & ubfcnre in delivering Principles and milke to Babe!,then in deli~ering leffer Points to men of riper growth.lf the word be fo cleare as to m•ke Fundamentals clear,(chough not any mqr~clrare, as. he C..ith, then leffer Points) yet th<n it follow· eth, •It maketh them both lo cleare, that he that fi1bmiceth not to them afreronce, or twice Admonition is condemned of himfelfe. 4· When |