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Show lfaiah 49• 23• Di[cuJJed. · };uf Cfai~h he) Magiftratet are ~ot 7udges ofEcclejiafli<~/1 caufes: and if not 7udgeJ, they may not pumfh. Anfw. There is a three-fold Judgcmen~ .. t. A Jud~ement of private fpirituall o ,t(retion: and fo. a JPmt~all man_Jtt~geth all ·h' C r z t'j and [o may a Magtftrate judge alto, tf he be t mg,J, 1 o • , • a fpirituall mall. . · 1 J d 2 • There is Judicium Pr•phellcum, A prophettc.~ I u ge~ent, whereby the Prophets having received a ~reater gt.t of fpanuall difcerning of the things of God, and~n office to declare the ~a me, d · d f Doa:rins with AuthoritY· Let the Prophets Judge, ace JUlge2o9 32 And this the Minifteriall Judgement _of the Cz huorr.c h4: · but· her•e the Magiftrates Judgement d otb not ·m te· rpo fce , as a Magiftrate, but as a Br~t~er. , .. 3. There is Jt~diciumPol..,cum, the Judgement o~ ctvtll powe~, wh reby .a Magiltrate being called of God to provtde, that hts : le may lead a peaceable life in godlinclfe and honefty, he ~e;.foreis called to difcerne, not onely what is honefty or righteoufnes beforemen,but what is godlinelfe alfohefore the L?rd, & . accordingly jutlgeth of godly & ungodl_Y doa:rincs & ~r~a:it~s, Co far as cendeth co the upholding of pubhcke Peace. For It ts ~vtdent in the Scriptures of the New·Teft~t?enc, chatw~en Magt~.ates were fo blindly devout, and fuperftttlOUS, as to gtve their mg· . domes unto the Beaft, (as Rev. 17• 12,13·) and loco tolerate the publicke wor!hip of Images, and "ther Idolls, they thereby ov~rthrew the civil! Peace of their Common-wealth. For to pumlb theirungodlinclfe, it was, that God opened a way for the 'tHr~_J to breakeout and deftroythe 3dpartofChrijlendome, Rev. 9·14. to21· Reply 2 • Both thefe may well ftand together, that Mag,tftratel may be [ubje/X to the Church, and licke the dult of her. feet, & ye~ b [enrcame Govcrnours of the Church alto. In Cpm~uall mat ,;, 1 ~nd in the right adminiftrationof them, th~ Magtftrates a~c fub?eE\: tot he Church. P,ut incivill matters, and 111 C11rrupc adnn· nift1rJtion of Church-Aff•ires, (fo farre ccrrupt, as tendeth to the diftm banceof civil! Peace, there the M:•wftrares are ~upreamc Governours even over Church" a!fo, in thetr owne Domtmons. R1ply 3. It was no finne in Ijiael of old tO ask~ a l~tng, but to a!ke him before the time appointed, and to askehtm tn a t.u'nfl· tuous manner, (with -rtje8ion of Samuel, and to aske htcmar nao1 r1 wherein Magiprates fuhjeEI to Church-Orders. car~•ll and prophane ends, that they might belike to all other r:'l<~tonr, whom God did not approve they !hould affe8: to be bk; unto· Otherwife had they tarried Godnime, God had ap· po.mted to gtve them a King out of the Tribe of Judah,Gm·49·1o. It IS true, God cooke away S,,ul in his wrath, but not for exerci· fing ~ivi~l Po~er aga_inft fpirituall wickedneffe; for he did juftly exerctfe ttagamft Wttchrs: but for other well-knowne notorious wickedncffe. And as for David, we doe not reade, that he did ex· ercife any fpirituall Power, as a King, bue as a Prophet. CHAp. 32• A 'l{Jp/y tobis Chap. p. Difculfer. THo~gh for the pre.(ent, tbe-punijhment of corrupt 'teacher! (a! the .s~nbe~ and Pha~i[es were) be d,ferred :yet their waitetl' for tbem an htg,;er p11ch ofpumfhmmt, then any Corporal/ can reach.unto. As 1. St..,¥, Blindnejfo, &c • 2. InCIIrable Blindnejfo, &c. 3. 'their end is the Ditch, &c. . 4· 'I he Luders of others into the ditch fhalljind their owne ruine horrtble, and the ruine •ftheir follorr>ers eternally galling & tormenting • Defender. . The J?ifc_ulfer himf<lfe knoweth, and accordingly expreffeth htmfelfe tn hts next wo~ds, 'thatiti~ the li~ ca[e·of all Jinners, and of all malifa8ours: thetr pwzz{hment tn hell will be more horrible and full of torment, th~n can be injli8edin this world. And yet the State if •ften bound to pum(h them, and tn many cafos by deatiJ it felfe. Ditcuffer. ~e it fo,' _But what iJ thi1 to a blind Phari[ee, refijling· the· Do" 8rme ofCimfll who hapily may b. as gond a Subje8, and as pe-Jceab/., and profitable to the civtll State as any, &cr. ' Defender. But what is this to the quefHon in hand? we doe not hold ic lawfull fo~ a Chriftian Magifirace, to compel! by civil! {word. ei~ er P.hanfee, or any Jew, or P •gan, to profefle the Religion, or ol:!nne of the Lord Jefus, much leffe doe we chinke it meet for a pnvate Chrillian to provoke either Jewifh or P aga11 Magiftrace! to |