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Show The praftiJes of Princes 7Jifcuj]ed. Churches by i,Jloud :that is, to compell men to yceld chemfel~es to the fcllowlhip of the Church by bloudy Lawes,or f~nal"es: the Church ofCh ill admmcrh no members, but a w1lhng pea.. pie, Pfal. 110. 3. Neverthcleffe chat hindereth not~. b~t as the Church was purchafed ~nd phnted by the bloucl of Chnfi: lr>.he that lhall goe about to lupplant,and dellroy the Church of Chnfl, hisbloud may jnaiy fall upon his owne head. Difculfer. Smndly, '[bJt civillobedimcemJJbeperformedby P~pijls: thu lfM/ another rea [on of King.Jamea paffid ovtr by tbe Anfwerer. Defender. No marvell, that I p•ffed it over: for I did not finde it in the Letter. Fort hough the King fay ( asrhe Letter reporteth him, I on ely declared, to be fecured for civill obedience: which fo.r Con· fcience caufe, they were bound to performe :) yet rhe Kwg do· eth not fay, That civillobediencc may be performed, by Papifls, ftancing !l:edfa!l to rhe rules of their owne Rel!gi'on. For if the Billiop of Rome ,upon pretence of hereticall pr av ity,lhall excom· municate a Protellanc Prince,dHfolvetheSubjeelsOathof Aile· oiance to him, depo!C him,ditpole of his King dome : In this cafe { whcih often fallcth out) how can civil! obedience be perfor· med by the Papifis ? Dilculfer. Thirdly, 1be Kingt tbirdgratmaisMobforv~tionitJ Revel . . 20. '1b4t ptrfocmion i1 a trut & certdine note of • falfe Church: The w~d are '73e[eigerJ, thejaitbf11ll7Jefeiged. D•fmd<r. I fublcribe to the King that perfecution (proper! y fo t illed, that is, the oppreffion of any for rightcoufncffelake) is a nore of a falfe Church : but oot a ccrtaine note. For a game, I {!Y? thar perfecution properly fo called, may he {om~ti.me fo110d, !0 ~ true Church. For which of all the Prophets did nottht' Church ofthe old Tefiament perlecute? .A £II 7· p. And yet that perfecntion was Rot the une and certaine aoteof a falfe Church :For then God had.I~fr uo true Church upon tbe face ofthecarrh. But ellis I g~•qnr,That fuch perfCCI,nian~wherc e"or it is found , It is a degree offallhood and A pofiacy 10 tbat Church. rut what a vall dilbnce is there between theju!t renfu~f The pr118i[es of Princes difcuffed. of A pollaflica II , and Her< tic all feducen, and difiurbers of the Churches peace and truth, and between p{rfecution ? As for che otherJpeech [The wicked are befeigers, the faithfull are bcfciged] It may wdlbefaidof theleigefpaken ofin chat 20. of the Revelation : But if it lhould be puc for a univerlatl Maxime,Royall Authority cannot make it good Divinity. When the ten Chri!l:ian Kitlgslhall hare the Whore of Rome, and eate her Adb, and lmrnc her with fire. (Rev. 17. 16.) I fuppofc the Difcuffer will not f~y, the wicked are Befeigers, the faithful! are befeiged. Difculfer. 1~ King $tepbms {petch ofPoland,be pajfitb b; the true dijfmnce, lttwem a civill, and 11 [piritu•ll Govirnment. I am ([aid Stephen) a civi/l Mag.if!rate over tbebod}'J of men, not a [pirituall ot~er their [1Hler. Defender. King Srephent fpeech may well !land, an.d the aufe frill untouched. The Mlgi!l:rate isa Rulerovcrthe Bodies of men, not over their foults: He cannot command their foules, nor binde their CMfciences, nor puni(h their {pirits. It h the Lord alone un re>ch them. That which the King or M~gi!l:rate can doe, or docth in this cafe, is topunHh the bod yes nf men for defl:roying, or difturbing Religion. Difculf~r. To cotifotmd theji, it Babel: and Jef>iijhtofeekefor Mofcs and ~inghimfrombi.Grave,&c. 'Defmder. It il Babelindeed, for civill MJgillrates,to make Lawc3 ro bindeConfcience, and to excommunicate tranfgre!fors ofrhofe Lawes: Bur to puni(h fa!(e Prophets,and Sedllccrs of Gods people to Idolatry, was never the puCtifeofBabel: bur it was, and is their pral:tifr, not onely to Tdlerate them, but to adval'~e~~, and cocoutage them. . Ifitwere a Jewifo feeking of Mofu, and a bringing him from hts~rave,to punifh Seducers for Idolatry, then after M ofoJ wa• boned, that Law ('Deut. 13. ) was abrogated. But his burynll, and Gods hiding of the place th~reof, was uther a confirmation,. 'lid eftabli!hmcnc of it, then any Abrogation, or Imp:acbmcnt of |