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Show .. ~· '" " .... , ,~ .. _,_ . hat he rehearfeth hath been rever!ed in th~ Reply .to thofe feve, ~all Chapter!, I will not Af1um Agere, nor Dtaum dtcere. C H A p. l9• ~.Reply to his twentininth Cht~pter, Di[cufiingtheText . in Matth. I 5 · 1 ~· . 'Letter. . . .. • The Jicond Scriptnre brought agJinP.Ji~ch.Pebr~c"tion~~~att,;h:= . M h < , 4 where the Di{ctplu emg treH a [<renee,!' an ds' ,.h L rd Jefiut and hii DoUrine,and relating how ri'l itcartag.ea :t odw .dr h1 · ' 'T he Lard' Jejiu comnuun de t h bu' D1'1l'"p /e r to they"'"' OJJI'en e adt ~m,th thit Rearfon, that the blindolead the blinde, Let the"' a one1.a1f, gz.ve . · \ and both Jhoufd faU into the dttch. . · Anfw.oftheLetter. · · . h . h not there to publick_Ojficert, ..,bet her en Ch_'!rc or • CbrtJ! [pea~elh t b b. private Di'Ciplu concerning the Pharifet,over Cummon ... wea I ' ut to u 'J~ who::'dthet~ ba::;,;:a·~; giveth to Let them4lone u [pok.$n in regard btof ..,n ' d' h iffi h' b they too~ at t mublinge~::£1:::j;h:~:fpe~~fwh~ ;:~'uJj.;,'.nough t~'J be offen- "';hdolefo,o~;, wboleiOme [aying •f mine, yet doe not you fe~" their fear{~~ nojae a . 1" 1. h h ~ tmyDof1rtne notouto 1ouna -be troubl•d at their offe;~;~wdz~n;t ~~~ 1eb;Jmaketh nothing to the cauft Judgement, but out OJ m ~eJJe. inhanil. rr. . Difcuuer. . b h To pa§e by t/JiJ A§ertion of the privacy ofth~ Apofllu/m ~ "',ffin~ Lord Jefiu commanded to Let tbtm alone, tbatu,notp~! to e o ~r dedthemfol;,t but1lot to meddle with tbem, It appea~et '{."'"~no d dinance of God, nor ofCbrif!, Jor/~J?~iz:;tfl;;;.ef:Z~ d~~.'{;t;:b have complairJed to,a't ex"tt if' ~ed ~~ Chrifl eitber for tbe vindica· zif it bad been an Or mance o o ' .I' h 'ph . ro tl prejir- . ·•Ch ·p,Do{]rine or the rtco~ering OJ I e arz;el, or, " - .ltng OJ • . " - • • ' . , ' u! rvould nev& h 'lz)e comman· .vingqfothmfro'P.mfe{]zq~, .the Lord J'fi d d h fe h' ~~~ m/JJ. .dedtkem 10 omi.u.tbat, -.;-huh jbould luveten < tot ( < 0:1 Vefondlf - -.-~ Marth. 1 5· 14. Difcujfed. Defender. Reply J, Topaffe by the Alfertion of the Privacy of the Apollles, It is not an Atl: of counefie, and loathneffe to /\rive, but out of defctt ofjull pretence to make any colourable exception a· gJin!Ht. For though the Apo!Hes were called to a publique M;ni( lery, M~th. 10. yet it feemeth, not as then to a cvnllant office, but to a tranriem Admini!tr•tion pro i/la vice, for that time. Theirconflantcalling required to attend continually upon Chrilh Miniflry, to prepare and ripen them for the publiqoe confhnt oflice which they were to be called to, after Cbrilts Refurrettion, . Aa, '· 21,22 • Befides in that tranfient Admini!tration they were not Cent to the Scribes and Pharifes, (who were no bitter then Wolves and Foxes,) but to the loft jheepe of the Houfonflfrael, Matt h. to. 6. And therefore the Apofilesnot being Cent to the Scribes and Pharifes, they had no power over them, but llood as private men to them. Reply 2. And as thoy had no calling, nor power to cor rea or cenfure them themfelves : fo neither hacl they a calling to excite theciviliMagiftrace againll them. For firfl it was no jull caufefor the civill Magill rate to puni!h the Pharifes, for that they tooke un• jull offence again!t Cbrills wholefome dottrine. For neither was the dol'l:rine it felfea fundamentall truth : nor was their offence a~ainll ir, a fimdamentall errour, though it was dangerous. Be fides the civill Magillrates had no Law ellabli!hed aboutdoarines, or offences of chat nature. And therefore ~hey could take no judicial! cognizance of any complaint prefented co them about the fame· Moreover our Saviour who fent forch his Apollles to preach to the lo!t !heepe of the boufe of lfr3el, gave them a charge of caution to beware how they medled with Scribes and Phal'ifcs, Behold, (faith he) I find )OU forth aiJbeepc among wolvu: Beye therefoa wife aJ {erpentJ, & innocem a! d()Vu, Beware ofmzn, &c. Mac. 1 O· 16, I 7• The Apollles therefore having received this caution could not meddle with the Scribes and Pharifes, but rrefpaff:: 2~ainft this rule of ferpentine prudence: as much as ior a flocke of lambcs to complaine to a kennell of wolves, of the wolves out-rage. Yea, Chrifi himfelfe was fpanng to reprove them himlelle ( though cal-l led 57 |