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Show The papifts Teftimony againft fend Wolva amongjl /heep, to k.J.U., imprifon, JllllJ~''· &c. Bdt thiStle• Jy(hewech, what theconditionalld Comtmflton, an wor eo! Minillers i•, when they are fem among Pagans, a~td ?erfecntor~ Bur this i• no prohibition to Minifiers,when they hve m a Church of Chrift , to drive away Wolves from the Sheepfolds _of Chdft, as knowing they come to kill and to deftroy. ~nd .Jnve them away they may, notonely by Church-cenfures, tf they~ of the Church (Tit. 3· to, 11.) but alfo if they be out of ~he Church, by miraculous vengeance, (in cafe they have luch a gtft, asPaulhad and ufed it againft EIJma<,Ails 13. 9, 10, 11.) ot by theirPr;yers, (though the Difo~tffirdeny i;, ~hap. 27. as ~·.Hi did againft Al<x"nder, 2 'fim. 4· •+· or'by fttrnng up the ct~lll poweragainfl tlien·, a· :EiijJhdid Ah~band the peop!e, agamfi the Prophets of Baal, 1 KingJ IS. 40. Rep~. 3· That which they alledge out of Mauh. 10. 7· (they meane t 7• ) is as farre wide from the purpofe, as the former. !1 is true, the Apoflles ought not to deliver the Penple ( '!'h'm _,19 "''font to convert) unto CouncdJ, or Prifons, or to ma~ thm Reltg,., F elonJ, or Treafon. ' But what is this to fuch as bein~ converted to the Profeffion of the Faith, doe Apoftatefrom the Faith, and_ feeke to fubvert th1 Fath, which they have profeffed? Or what is t~ls to fuch, as doe fecke alfo .to fubvert the civil! State, wki11 Ktngs, or dethr_o~ them, and .to difpofe of their King domes ? rnay not fuch (EI.~hgr on !hall I fay, or Rebellion :) be made Felony or T rc~fon · ~ fee here the partiality both of the Letter, and of the DifcuJFr. 1 a ChifHan King fer not up the Popifh Relij\ion , bm make Lawu for the tftablifhment of the T rmh , this !hall be condem~~~~o him as tferet'call pravity, himfelfe prefcnbed, dethro_ned, HI ff, and his Kingdome alienated to a flranger. And thiS Oull P~' with Toleration. 'But if a Prince !hall make Lawes for the fecun1 of himfelfe and his KingdonJe, and condemne fi1ch feditious, ~n r r<bclliom AmmptsforFelonyand Treafor.,tHsfhallbeux~ .01 ur>ch:i llian Perfecmion , and contrary to the way of C "' and his Apoflles. .r ftll Rtply. 4· lr is true likewife, what they qunte out 'J ~;;,; Whenye er.ter into arJ HoufoChrifl h•d them fzlule it, (aymgd~oileil. tu t/;e Ho;tft; he doth nat fzy,[end PwfovantJ, to ranfacftan If Fot Perfutltjon Jif(ujjeih ;_ F~rChrift fent not hillt'p(>IU~I 'with civill power :nor doth - he allow Princes, to fend Pur!Cvantl to ranfack Houfes l that fo they might convert the Houlholders, or fojournera therein. But iF Seducers to Idolatry be found there, and Rebels, and Confpi• ratorsagainftthe civil!Statebefoundtbere, though that Com• millio11 to the Aponles fpeake not to Cuch cafe: yet it is enough, the M•giftrates Commillion from God, Rnm. 13. 4· Armeth him to take vengeance on evill doers. ''Reply. 5· ToJohn,1o.verfo10,ll. TheAnfwerisaseafieasto the former. 'fhe P 4or giveth bir Lij~ for tbe fbeep: he come~h nol t• kj_ll, or ,. d<f!rqy the {beep. B•t 'lllh~t if he fee the Wolfe commg l or wbatifhe Lee the Thiele coming? both of them, to fieale, and kill,andtodefiroy? Shall the Pafior now fit flill, and not hazard his life in their defence , contrary to v<rfo 11 , 12, 13? Or lhall 'he becalce himfelfe onely to fpt'rituall cenfures , when it may be they are not capable of fuch ftroake1? Or !hall it be an hainoul and unchriflian carriage in him, to fecke ayde a• ~ainft fuch Thieves and Wolves from them who fhould fee that thefheepof Chrifimaykad a quiet, and pweable Life in aU Goa· li~e§e and Ho11efly? 1 'fi>n. 2. 1, 2. The Apoflles themfelves , and the Churche1 planted by them, they doe not fo much as defire it 1:l'God from their Magiftrates, that they may live a quiet and peaceable life in a way of ungodlindfe, no more then a way of dif· honefly. SoPaulhimfelfeprofcifech,Adn). S. ti. Bucin away of Godline!fe .ind Honefly, they defire of.God, they may find ~y the prote8:ion of cheir Magiftrate.•, a quiet and peace'll>le life, Ill that Text of 'fim~th;. Thus to fati!fie the DifoujJerJ mind, and to prevent any pretence of <xception, I have runne over the Scripturee, and expreiTions of Truth alled!!rd in the Popifh Booke, which he Jaitf,, fPtak! lnudly, ~ndfitllyjar their Toltration: but ho'lll truly, let the fervants of God jUdge. · Difcuffer. , · 'But PrnttjlantJ hmin p;rrv th<mfelvfJ pJrtiall, and prJfJifo that tbt~nfolven»hich they taxe in P •piPJ. For tbo~tgh tbry cry out rf Ptrfe· cutionrclun tbemfolveJ tJre undir H.:dcbo, yet when thq come t nfit tJt Helm!'., th/y TN71ne thr fome cGurfi both in DoUrine and Pr,Cfifo. When 111,., Cotton and o:hcrJ havefzrmtrf:J bmt uudrr Fhtdm, Z wh•t |