OCR Text |
Show ~--,;---The Papifts Teftimony againft <J'erfecution difcuffed. 'l~d th.e great profiffid ExpeC1atip'i of, t/>e Light to ~·me, ·,.hich wee are pot no" able to compr!heqd, may abate tbeed!{e aml jbeatb up the Sword ··of-Perftcutiou againft any, efP.ecial!Jfoch M differ not from t_hem in Dotlrinuof 'R.!pentance, or F ailh, or HoljntJJeof heart, and lifo, but on<! JI.iR tbeway,andmanner of the Adminiflration of Jefur Chrift. Defender. I. fay, .;~s. A ugufli~te fometime faid in another cafe, N unquid IJ!gemdum·qllod certum eft, quia comprehendi non potep, quod occultum eft ? There are depths of fundry Prophecies, which w• yet com· prehend not: but !hall we therefore bealwayes babes, and igno· rant of th~ E:;undameataliJ>rinciplcs. of Chrill:ian Religion? yea andJuffer th.el)i JO ,be !h!ken, and tuined , becaufe there ,are fomc Prophefie1, and Mylleries, w~ich wee yet unded\and not? lhall the expeCtation of greater Light fo dazle our eyes before wee fecit, tbatwe.cannotbeabletofee, whatweedocfee? Itis not Light, b!It dar~ndfe;_ that clou.deth the light al{eady reYealed •. Nor i1 i.e darlwlfe onely,_ bu~ blacknell'e of- da-rkni:lfe, chat pptteth Light fur.d~rlquJf;,.,and;darkn.~~ for Light, and wou~ .h"ve both tolerated to lfve together ia the fame Hemifpheare, becaufe -Come blinde Chrillians cannot yet .cell,. which is whether~ · It iHrilf,.the E!!;peri~nce of Jor.me~ ~croun,. and fenfe of prefent, w,c;ak,nelfe§, ,may jullly, abate,,the. c4ge-.:'\nd·.llie~t'Lup,lhe Sword.of p~rfecudon againft a11y., that d.ilfer Ol\f=!Y. i~ ,¢1'(1/U'f, of weakene!fe, and differ not in• DoS:rines d.f,~ith• Kepemancc,aDd Holineffe ofheart,.,and -life. Yea wee willingly ._grant. morc,.th!P t,he. I;li{cl!((er requireth in fuch a cafe. F 0r. thougl;l,there lhould bie fome Difference in Doetrines oHaith,..l)L R!'pentance,or flolin~~e; "iif,t w~ fhaqldf10t !IPprove the. unfhearhing of the. Sword aga~nft fuch,unlelfethe Dol:hine wore fundamentally fubverfive tofanb, or Repentance,.or Holine!fe, and that obllioately maintained"" g•i'lft lighr,l!.nd conviS:ion: ,and-broached', and Jifperfed.totbe. lnfeS:ion,at;~d§ed~ion . ofother-t. . . , .. If the Pilference ~)!: gnlyJn the w.ay.and maoo:r o( Admto~fl:a· tion of Chrill le!us, and chat Difference heldJortli in a Cbrt~~'ft. aQd Peaceable way. God forbid a llalfe fhould be fhaken agatn fllt,b,IJ.lu'h le~ a Swwd UQihcathe~i. Further TeftimMies of Ancient writers difcuffed. CHAP· 7Z· A, 'l(ep/y to. hil Chap. 7 s•h. Diftuj?ing 11 Tejlimony of Augulhne. Difculfcr. TO' begin JPith Augull~ne, Tf,ey murtber( faith Bee )SoultJ, andi themfelveJ are ajflz[led zn Body. They put men to everlaj!i"g Death,. .,dye~ they eomflaine wben themfilveJ are put to a temporall Death. 'Ibu RhetortcaU per{wafton of humane wifdome feemetb very rcafon• .bk in the Eye of ft!fb, 4ndbloud: !n.t one Scripllm mm prevaileth-. Jllitb faithfuO and obedient {oulu, the" thoufondt nfpl•uftble, and Elo·· q•ent JPeechu. Defondero Neither this Ti:fiimony, nor the reft of thofc: Ancients that. !Ollow·, Wt;,re'alledged'to prevaile with the Faith of any, further then l:.ight of SCripture might fhine forth in them : buc. onely tG· cotmterpoyfe the Tellimonies of the Ancients all edged in the Letter again{\ the Truth. And the DifoujJer in his entrance into tbi~ chapter, is forced to acknowledge, that the caufe wee maintaine. bath more .~lumber of Votes (and I may adde, weight of Vaters) the,n th'el:oot,lary Tenept: onely he putteth it off with this eva-, fi<ln : that Antichrift ff' too b~rd for Chrift t>t Vow ,-arzd Num- . hm. · Which yet is'the more to be marvelled at, that when the c1ufe isabout the Toleration of Hereticks, and Antichrillians, that Aotich~ n fhould procure more Votes againfl Antich.riHians, and> Chnlltoprocure anyVotes,.though fewer forthem. Andit fs .. bu!~other evafion, whereby he here putteth off Augr~jliMeJ fpeech,, aufu were but a Rhetorical! evafion. Whereas indeed the weight of t~e l(ieech lyeth not in the R:hetorick, . which.islitde, or none :. bunn the Logick, in an Argument taken from the Excellency of the foule above the body, and ·chence inferring the eqllity of kil! l~gt~ebodiesoffuch, as kill the foulesof Gods people, and the. tntquuyof fuch, as think thiS uneq\lall. But to weaken the force of this Argument, the Difcujfpo be!Hr• l'tt~.hin!felfe to.df.aW up fixe.Anfwe£& ,. . '·• · 1 .. F.rotft .. , |