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Show wherein the fervams doubted, or fofpef1ed wbattbey were lIt is like enough, they did notfufpea them at all byreafonof (the grandi! Jimilitudo) the great lik.eneffe that was between them, whilefi they were both in the blade. Which !till maketh good the ExpofitiOJ ,, that Tares are not bryan and thornes, but fo lilte to the wheat, that till they come to earing, the one cannot be difcerned from the other Difcuffer. I 'I he one appeared as (oone a1 tbe other, and when the wheat put [lll'th its blade, andfruite, the Tares were aJ ear!J, they put forth themfelves, a;zd appeared alfo. 2. There;, foch a diflimilitude andunli~nej]i bmr>ecn them,' that "' foone aJ Tares and wheat fjrung up to blade and fruite, ever} husbJndm• ll could teU, which i1 wheat,and which;, Tares • . Deftnder. Its true, the Tares put forth their blade, alfoone as did the wheat, and appeared above ground, one as early as the other : but they were fo like one to an other, that the husbandmen could not tell, which was wheat, and which Tares, till the bl•de was growen up, and they both brought forth their fruite. And though when they both brought forth their fruite, there was no apparent dimiffilitude :yet !till it is evident, that at firfr the dimffiilitude did not appeare. The Tares may therefore frill frand for Hypocrites, who are fo like at firfr unto good Chr.i!lians , that they cannot eafily be difcerned one from another,till in procefle of time, the difference of the fruite difcover them. - Difcuffer. But wben WtH it that the Houfo·bolder gat·e charge to let them alone? was it not after they •ppeared, and were ~owm to be T4res l which fho~tld imp!J by tbiJ interpretation nfthe .An[fllerer, that when men are difcovered and ~owne to be Hjpocrites,yet flillfoch a generation of HypocriteJ ;, the Church mufl be l<t alom,and tolerated umi/1 the Harvefl, or end of the world: which;, contrary to ~II Piety, order and fafety in the ChHrch of the Lord Jefus , as doubtleffi , the Anfwerer will graunt. Defender. - If the Anfwerer know his owne minde as well as the Difcuj]ir <loubtleffe the Anfwerer will not graunt, that it is contrary to all Piety piety,and or?er, and fafety,~hat hypocrites( knowne hypocrites) be tolerated 10 the Church nil theend of the world.F or though tt be againfr the fafety of the Church, when the Officers, or body of the Church prove hypocrites,( for that threatneth a dif-churching, Rev. 2. S·) yet till the fruits ofhypocrifie grow notorioufly fcandalous, and ripe for Church-Cenfure, it is not contrary to all piety, and orde1·,& fafety, to lulfer them: but rather morefifety to tuffer them, leafr fomeofGods own S•inrs,( true'whe•t) who for a time may degenerate and bring forth like fruit with the Tares, be plucked up with them. lffoolifh Virgins be cafr out of the Church, the wit"e Virgins may be fometime found fleeping, as well as they, Mat.25·S· , C H AP• 21 • .A Reply to his Chap.zr. T/Yha4 is mm~t hy the world; and mm of the T,ms. • J Difcuffer. 2. _'the 'taru c~nnot Jignifie hypocrites in the Church; for the field wherein they both grew is interpreted by Chrifl himfelfi to be rhe world, wbicT. lieth iN wickedneffi, and n a wilderne[Je ofwilde Beafls, Fomicattirr, Covetour,Idol~tors, &c. In thu world :11 {oone"' the Lord Jefur hath [owen the good feed, (the Children of the King dome, true Chriflianitie, or the true Ch,.rch) the enemy Satan prefomly in th~nigbt of Securitie, Ignorance, and Error, foweth the Taru, which are Autichrifli-1 ans, or falfe Chrijlianr, Thofe the Miniflers and Prophets of God tr'ould Jlraight runne to Heaven for fiery Judgementl, from thence to confume them. But the Sonne ofm•n commandeth a Permiffionof them, tiU the end of the world, when Gbats •nd Sheep, Tares and Wbeate,jb.U b"t.er- ""lly Jeparated, &c. . Defender. Anfw. t.lt is true,Chrifrexpoundeth the Field to bethewof!d, ver.38.But he meant not the wide world, but( by an uCtul! f rop~J the C~urch fcattered throughout the world: as Chrilt is faid to , have loved the world, Job. 3. I 6. and to be the PropirLuiun of tbe finnes of the world, 1 Job. 2. z. , Rea[. 1. Elfe there had been no place for the fervants wonder G at |