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Show ~ I come now to the third Argument, tal~,n from tbe nature of the Ma• gijlraw weapo'Jt : be bath<~ Sword, and that Swordu a civiO Srr>ord a Sword of ci~i/1 Jujlice whichbting vf a m>teria/1 and-civil/ nature' . Jeroeth fi:r . tln-d,finceof Per[11u, Eflattr, F ami/in; Libertiu of ad 1), or.cwr/1 S~ate. , arrd fiJr t~e fupprtjJing of uncivil/ and injurioUf Perfont, or A8tont by ctvtO punijbment. And tbereforNhu S,vord ca:<· not extend now (a1 it did in ICro:eLof old) to jpiritua/1 and (oulecauflr . ,. fFirituJII and foule punijhmmtJ, ' ; Defender. ~1 ealily hold with the Difcuffer, that the civiJrSword doth not extend to fpirituall and foule punHhments. B11t if the civiU Sword Elught. to extend to the defence of civill men ·in civil! Libmiea then . why not ~lfo ~~ .thelik~ def~nce of Churches, and fpirituall perfons ·In thm fpmmall" ltberues ? .fc is the Office of thecivill Ma~ftra~eto.g?ve~ne his: people in righteoufncffe. And if fpiritu• allltberuesbe m nghteoufneffe due. t'O fpirituall perfons as well as civi_lll:iberties to e~vill per!ons, doubtlcffe the 'Magi:l}.rate iJ defea1ve m Rules of rtghteoufneffe,. if he onely attend the defena ()f th~ ~ivill people, .in the!rci~i~l Rights, and neglea to defend lus fptrttuall people m thetr fptmuall Right•. ·What though the Sword be of a materiall and civill nature > (o it was ia the Old Teftament, as well as in the new. It can th;re ·fore reach no f~rther! eit_her the~ ~r nmv, t?en unto the .punilh· ment of men, tn bodt!y hfll, or ctv11l L!berues: But it can reacb .topm~i~in ~hefe_things· not onely the offenders in bodily Li!e, .and ctvtll .ltbern•s, but alfo the offenders againfi fpirituall Life and foule· libertie!. _What th o~1gh it b• called a civill Sword .in common fpeech 1 Ins not a Scrtpture-phrafe, fo ro call it : It may as fitly be call<d the Sword of God, as well as the Sword of w•rre is fo called .( }~dgu_ 7 · 20 ) which 1theVrfr.uJltr (guil~fully, or elfennsk!lfully) d dl m~mfhe t h In th!s c.u pter frum the civill Sword. Nuw if1he Sword of _the JudJ!,e, or MJgiftrate1 be the S,vord of. rhe Lord, -why may tt not be dra wne torth, as well to <).,fend his Subjelllin true R el i~h n, as in civil I Peace? . And as MJ!!,iflm es are CJ!Ied ( in common {pre: h) civi!IM•· •fltllra res: Co are th.,ycalled al f~ in the Lang,u ge of the SJ111lu· . ary) Gods, .P[JI. 8z .1 1\ If etvill MJgi1lrates are to attend co dvill civill matters : are not Gods to attend to Gods matters ? lt was wont to goefora good Argument a conjugatif, homo Ji•m, bumani nibil.l me alieuHm puto, But now (by the DifcuffirJ DoCl:rinc) the Magi1lrate may fay, Ega ( dignatione Divina) DeU< fum ( Pfal • 8z.)qu4tenU< autem Dem fum; Divina omrzia J m• aliena puto. Now farre be all fuch reafonlelfe, and Paganifh, yea worfe then Paganifh, Atheology from us. Worfe then Paganifhlfay,forPagan Princes accounted their Reli'gion their chiefe care , prima cur a facrotHrn. And can a Chriftian forbid the care of Religion to Magiftrares, I lay not, without blufhing, but without trembling? Obje/1. But Magiflrates were cJlled Gods in the Old Teftament, notfointhe N ew. Now underChrij! aU Nation! aremmely CiviO, witboltl any foci; 'IjpicaO ,hoi; re;pea upon them tH wa1 upon Ifrael a NationaO Church. Anf. It is written in the N~w Teftament, the Kingdomesofthe world are become the Kingdom's of the Lord, and of Cltri ft,Rev. 17. r). And if the Kingdomes be Gods Kingdoms,and the Kingdomes of Chrift, then the Kings of thofe Kingdomes, are Gods Kings,and Chriftian Kings_ and what Tide is there in all the New Teftament that either derogateth from the Tides, or Office of Kings? Though the Nations now have not that Typicall holineffe which the Nation of Ifrael had : yet all the Churches of ch: Saints, have as much Truth and reality of holineffe, as Ifrael had. And t.herefore what holy care of Religion lay upon the Kings of Ifrael m the Old T eftament, the fame lyeth now upon Chriftian Kings in the New Teftament , to proteCl: the &me in.their Churches. CHAp, S I. .A Reply to his Chap. 51 • !A Difcuffer. FMI!'tb.Argumml from tbi1 Scripture (Rom. 13.) 1 ta~ (in ver. 6, ) .,.,bicb i1 a num!1 civiO re.,.,ard for the Magiflratu "'"'~·_No,., aJ the wageJ be, fuch i1 tbe wor~, bHt tbe wage1 •re meere! 1 Cm/1, Cujlome, Tribute , not the contributiont of the Saintt or Cburcbu of Cbrijl, &c • p Defender. |