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Show More of the Tares. Defender. AnfW. I· The Devill and•the wicked one, may well meane one and the fame Perfon.F or jf the Devill (owed thefe Tarco,then thefe Tares were the fced( and fo the children )of the Devil!. Why fhould they be called the feed of one, and the children of another? ,;1nfw. 2, Suppofe, 1ii """"fii, be tran{!.ted (the children) of the ·wicked one, or wickednelle; that !lyle will a~ree to hypocrites, as well as to ether Perfons. Sure it is,the Lord Jefus often calleth the Scribesand PhariCes, Hypocrites,( Mat. 23.) and he calleth them. aifo.a wicked and adulterous Generation, Mat. I6. And therefore .IHll thefe Tare3 will not appearetb be·others then Hypocrites. CHAp, 24• A Reply to !Jis 24. Chapter, Still touching the Tares. Difcu!fer. 'though aU Drun~rd1, '1hievn, uncleane Per[an1, &c. be oppofite to •God1 Children, yet the oppojition of the '1areJ here againfl the Children of the King dome, ;, fuch an oppojition M fight! again]! the religious ]!ate and Ki11gdome oft he Lord {e{UI Chrij!. • 2. It;, manifej!, the Lord Jefus intendeth no other fort of Jinners tn tbrt Parable, (then Antichrij!ians) unto whom here he faith, let them alone, i11 Clmrch or State. For then be Jbould contradill other holy and hle.ffed Ordinancu,for the ptmijbment ofOJfendeTJ, both in Chrij!ianand Civi/J State. For I.In the Civill State, God hath armed P arenu, Maftm,Magi· flratu, to pu11ijh evil/ doert, MurtkreTJ, ~arrellers, uncleane Perfons, flealers, extortioner~ : juch ought not to be let alone, neithtr in kjfer nor greater F amiliet, '1ownes,Citiet, King domes, Rom. 13. but feafonab~ fuppreJf, &c. 2. In the Kingdome ofChriJI, (whofe Officers, Lawes,punifbmentJ, rtJeapons,are all Spiritual/ and of a Soule-nature) he will not have An· tichrij!ian Idolaters, Extortio1feTJ, Covet om, drc.to be let alone, but tbt uncleane Lepert to be thruJf forth, &c. Therefore if Jteither the Offendm again]! the Civi/1 Lawes, Stat•, and Peace, ought to be let alone, nor the Spiritual/ State, the Cb117'ch eugbt to bertre with them lwat are eviU, Rom. 2. I IConclud<, that theft Tares are finners of alfother nature, Idolate;s, folfe Worfbippers, Anticbrij!ians, r:t~ho f<lithout difcouragemtnt to true ChriJfians, mufl be let alone, and permitttd in the world to grow up un• till the great Harvej!. Vefender. Anfw. 1. As all wicked Perfons be oppofite to Gods children, (for the children of the Kingdome of Light, and the children of the Kingdome of darkne!fe,cannot but be oppofite;) fo the oppofition that is in all the wicked againfl the children of God, doth "fight againfl the religious !lace and Kingdome of the Lord Jefus. Forfuch as !land for the Kingdome of Saun, (as all wicked men doe) they !land in oppofition to the Kingdome ofChrifl. No m~n can Cerve two Mailers 1 If he deave to the one, he fiandeth in en" mitie to the other,Mat. 6.24. Anfw. 2. It followeth not, that becauCe Chrifl b:dcleth his Mi~ nifiers, Let the wicked alone in Church or State, That therefore he intendeth no other then Antichriflian Idolaters:Neither!hould Chrifl contradi8: any Ordinance of his own for the puni!hmentof Offenders, both in Chri!lian and CivilfState, though he !hould command other offenders to be let alone befides Antichrillidns. For no Ordinance or Law of God, nor jufl Law of man, com· mandeth the rooting out ofhypocrites,either by Civm,or Churchcenfure, though the Church be bound to endeavour as much (as , in them lyeth) to heale their h} pocrifie. . Anfw. 3· Neither is it true, _rbat Antichriflians are to be let a· lone by the Ordinance of Chrifl, till the end of the world. For· what if the members of a Chriflian Church fhall fome of them Apofiate to Aniichriflian Superflition and Idolatry, (as often fa!· lcth out by the fedm9:ion of the Emilf.uies of Babel) doth the Ordinance ofChri!l binde the hands of the Church (of which they are Members) to let them alone ? In chapter 19. The Dilcuffer himfelf would not have the Cuper flitioos obfervacion of Lent-Fa fls · to be let alone; And furely, Chrifi ordained by his ble!fed Apoflle Paul, that if any Brother proved an Idolater, (whether Pa~an, or Antichri flian) fuch an one !hould be call out by excommunication, I Cor. 5· II. Betides, What if any Amichriflian Perfons out of :.ealc to t~e Catholick Caure, and out of confcience to the command of chetr Superiourt, |