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Show x:zo Ohedience aEliVI orpajfive due to Princes. and Fa8:ious mtnner. For in the~e~afesonly we f~llow Magi. ftratcs to punifhin mattersofR.eltg10n. Dikulfer. And Lajfly, [J nouhis to mak!_ M•giftrates, but jlepp1 ,4ndftimp1 for them [elves ,to afccnd and mounte into their ;icb,and honorable Seal!, ahd S•dde/J l I mwoe,great a~dfetledmatntenances,whitbneltlxr the Lord 'Jeftu, nor any •f hid Jirj! Me.ffengerJ, the true!' atterns did ~ver~uw. ']) •fender. How this power afcrib'cd m Magiflrates, not by me , but by thebodyalmoft1ofall l?aithful1Mtniflers, yea by the Prophet! and Apol\les themfelves, lht:>uld make MagHl:rates flaires and fiirmps, for oUr fc\ves to mount np fo high, let him that ca~ dif· ccrne it , make it appeare.Toal\ow them power overourfelves in caf~ofHcretica\1 Delinquency, is not to make them 1\airC! or!Urrops of our advancem,!lnt, but Swords, and ll:aves (if need be) for our punifhment. Befides,I wonder what fancy came into the Difcuffers miwde to dreame of rich and honorable Scates, and Saddcls of our Ma~ gil\rates ~When ashe need not be ignorant,how tarre fhort thty 0cmfclv~s,fall,of rich and honorable Scat~• andSaddcls,which lbmfe lfe,mterpreteth, great and fettled tlJ~Intenances. ~afl:ly,I fuppofe,he is notignorant,that my fclfe againll whom h« IS pleafed try Name to write this inveCI:ive, liveth not upon great and ferried rnainrenance, but according to rbat which he caUerh, the uue parter he of the firfl Melfengers of the Lord Jefus. C H A 1'· 57• .A 'lZ!p/y to his Chap. 6o. Difculfer. I N tbe ftcbndflace, the Anfwerer faith, that Prinwouto{$Wi• Policy, JoefimetimeTo/erate, wbAt fuiterb ""' '11'ith Chrijiianiry_' an.d out of Stale-neceffitf'l o/eralt ( 114 David did J oab) agai•ft tltit JPI//s. BHt then the Anjwmr mH.ft ac/(!lmltdge with flit • n~r th~ . . . p Stilt a Tolertztian fometimes neceffary. i4 ·~ec<Jfity fimerime.ofSwe.'foltration, as in th<. cafiof]oaq, ~ll.d fo bu former ajfirm4tWII,gweral/y lay' a aowne, (VIZ, That it i4 evilt to "l'o~rare [ed•ci~,~ Teach<r!, and Scandalous Livu. J Wqs not dft<IJ 111etghedt11 tbe b•ll"'"' oftbe San[/uar], and i1 too light. D•fendcr. · , I eafily acknowledge fometime a necefficy of Sta~e Toler~tion, As I haveformerlyexprefl"cd(m Chap. 53·) crpecially in two cafes, whereof that of Jnab is one. But that' will nothing impeach the Truth of my for';ner affir? Jation delivered in generall termcs,efpecially, if it be weighed m the BallJnce of the SanB:uary. For the holy writings of rhe Sanauary doe expcefly deliver rhe like pofition, in like omerail termes. As UUof'! faith, who fo theddcth mans blond~ by man !hall his bloud be lbed. This La'>t is delivered in generall tcrmes: and yet though Jo,b was a murderer, be was tolerated to live all the Reigne of David: yetlhopeth~ Dijcuffirwil not fay that· genera !I Law of Mo(u was notduelywcighedin the Balla~ceof the Sa11auary, and is too light. Difculfer. 1 ~Jiirme Secon~ly, That that State-Po/ic], and Sta/t.neceffity wbiciJ ptrm.rteth Confcmrces ofmeH, .,;abe f•nnd to 11gru "'oft pun[/#all.J with the. 'R.!.•lu of the heft Polititiw,•hat e~er the warld faw,the Lor4 J efut h•mfelfe, who commanded the permrtting •f the Tarer to wit Anti•briftian!, or f•l[t Chrifti~nr with true Chriftiant, aJ l havl dif cour[<d a6ove. Defender. , That di~courfe hath bin examined above,and found too light, fo farre as 1t crolfeth the T rmh returned in An!wer to the Letter. To permit Come Antichriftians, orfalfeChriftians The Anfwer to the Letrer ~id allow : unle!fe they maintained Fuodamenta!l Herdics ag:11nfl: the Foundation ofReligion,anJthat obfi\nate· ly, afcer conviaion, and did witha\1 feduceothers, i11to the fame Apoftacy. But as lor fuch Hereticks, and fedudilg Teachers, I bope, it ha.th been cleared, they are none of thole Tares, of wbiolt Chd!l: fmh, Let them alone. Befides, it is an Interpretation ofChrilh words formerly gi· vcn, and not to b~ ~ev:erfed, Tbtt if by Tares wer-e meant, fuch Rz · po~ IU |