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Show Difcu!fer. 'fme ;. bm the mea we/ ,God b~tb appointed fur prejiroation f.om JRi· rituall infl{}inn 4nd ferditien, are JPiritu~ll, foch as God direlJeth to R.ev.2. Tit.3.J0',11. R.om.16.17· But the LordJefosnever appointed the civill fwsrd for either An!idote, or B.e"!edy, as an addition 10 th•Ji Spiritual!. 1hJ ~rne<!J wbtch God prefmbed to the Angell of the Church of Ptrgamus,. It wm a Babyloni!h confufio~< to inter• pret it , .al font to the Governour of the City of Pergamus. · V•fender. ~ubordinata, a11d fo Coordinata no11 pHgnant. It istrue, Chrifi hath appointed fpirituall meanea for the avoiding and preventing the infeaion of herefies; fo bath he alfo for the p• cventing and a-voiding all offen~f in Chun:h-memben. ]Mu that hindreth not ~h~ lawful! ~nd n~cetlary ufe of a civil! fword for the puni!hmenl of (orne fuch offence•, ~s are fubjea to Church·cenfure. If indeed· the Ordinances of Chrif\ in the Church doe prevaile to the avoi· ding and healing 0f. here£es, there is no need of the civill (word fort hilt ~nd. B~t i~oftcn falltth outotherwife: as · 1• That when the Church hath a.aft out an Heretick, y~t he frill r~1114ineth obfiinate, <1nd proceedeth to (educe, and d'eftroy the faith of feme, (it n•~Y be of many : } a1 did H.JmemHJ and Pbilttur, 21im.2. 17,18. I£ the Magill rates fword doe h.ere rufr in 1he fr~bb,rd, fl!£h le~ven may leaven the whole. MaRe of~ City, or Countrey; (..J. by this meanes Arrianifm• leavened the wodd by tbeindt1leence of Conjlantizu; IngemZ<il Orbi1 Chrijlia~ llf, &m;.4t11< •fl f4C{.r<m fe e.De Arrian~tm. 2. lc may bethe Heretick was never any member of the Church, a.~~d then thllllj\h the Ch.urch may lay in lome .Antidow, and FuJg(J, to. preferve, or rec.over theh Members : Y'' how !hall th<Y fucco.ur ft1ch as ar<lnot fubje&·to their cenfures? Or how !hall t)ley prevent the fpreading of thi& noifome leprofi• in· private Conventicles ? B'ut the Lar<l Je[ru never appointeJ th~ civi/1 [word for an Antidote, •r J{,m,dy in [uch a cafe. Anfw. It is evid(lll thedvill fword was appointed for a remedy in this cafe, 1Ytul. 13-. Aod appointed it wa1, by that Angell ol Gacf,prefence~ whom God promifed to fend with hi• people, a1 !'iciD .. unwilling to goe·along with them himlelfe, Ext/d. 33· 2,!; ~ . . Of the Mdgiftraw~ tk. And that ~ngell .war Chrijl, whom they tempted ln the wilderneffi, I Cor,IO. 9· And therefore it cannot trudy befaid, that the Lord Tefus never appointed the civil! fword for a remedy in fuch a cafe. For he did exprelfcly appoiotit in tho Old-Tcllament : nor did he ever abrogate it in the New. The reafon of the Law, (which is the life 0f the L~w) is of eternal! force and <quity in all Ages. 'fhou Jbillt Jitrely, kj_/1 him, bw111Je he hath fought to thrujl thtt ""'"l from tbl Lord thy God; Dmt. 13. 9,1o. This •·cafon is of morall, that is, ofuniverlall and I"Crpetuall eqtdty to put to d~ath anJ A· poftat~ feducing Idolater, or Heretick, who feeketh to thruft a· way the foules of God~ people, from the Lord their God. If Magillratd be tile MiniftersclfGod• in ihe New·Teltament, [ as PaHl calleth ~hem; Rom. ,f 3• 4·J And Minijlcrr ofGod to execute vl~<ge• • on kim that doeth evil!, furely either this is no evill, ( to feeke to tbrtiftaway Gods ptople from him) or the M•gi!lrate beareth not ehe (word in nine, to execute' vengeance on fuch an evilldoer. Tea /ntj fiiah an ovill, i1 ovill olfe!J to the inner man, fult to I he civill State ·<" A11rwot'But if a man lmagirie evill agairilhhe Lori!, itis a de· ftrufuve evill to a· whole .E:ity, yea to a Pagan City! and God will vi11t fuo!l an evill with fuc:h an affii&ion, as lh•ll be no lelfe then utcer,dcllirulil:ion to fucha City : Itjbttllnot rifo~ep the fe< mtl.time,. Ntihum 1. 9· 11. • Difcuffer. 'BHt the civil/ M .. giftrate bath hit charge of the bodier and good! of tbt Subjt£1; at the Spirituaii·Officert of Cbrijl1 Cii.J or Ki~>gdome, luve the ch'arge of their Jnulu, and [oule· fafety. Dcfmder. Reply 1. If it were true, That the Magiftrate hath charge one• ly ofthe bodies and goods of rhe Subjefr: yet that might iullly e:!:oite to·watchfulne!fe again It fuch pollmionsofR.~!igion as t.end to Apt>ftacy. For if the Church and People of God, fall away from God, God will vifit the Cicy and Counrrey with publicke calamity, if not captivicy for the Chorches fake. The Idolatry and Image·worfhip of Chrilliani, brought in the T,.rkifh captivity upon the Cities and Count ryes of .A Jia, and upon lome of Eurofle 1lfo; as h3fb bteo !hewed aboye. Jteelp. l't is a ca<rnall and worldly, and indeed, an ungodly K z imat;ination, 67 . ., |