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Show Furtf;er T eftimonies of 4 ncient writers difcufled. Tdlament, who ii rhis Ditcuffir, thJt he fhould account PRH/ hi~fdfe,-or a? Angell fro~ Heaven accurfed, that lh"uld leave tins charge rhll upon MagJ!l:rares, which God byed on, and Cb:ifl: n,vcr tookc off! ThJC A•gumcntfromtM. PaubieLe both grow ~ogethcr to rhe'Harvdt is not at all expounded inth: lt;rcrprera t1vn, Let S:duccrs be futf"red ro live in the world till the !aft Judgement. Ar.d bow weake a foundation that is, toc;ft a curfe uponacholenApofl: le,ornponanboly Angell Ih hath bc.~n cleared in difcuffingthatText. ' ope Dil<utfcr. Let me finifo the whol,, ~ p~opojing on< Coudufion of the Author~[ the argu':'ent~ in the Lttrer, ':Ji:<,. ]riJ no prej~tdic.ro the Comm,,,. r:ealtb, if Lzbmy ofConjciwcewerefnffmdto focb, "'fcare Gdd Jndeed. . • , Abraham a~ode a f.o~g tinu amongjl the Canaanites : thoHghm· tr~ry to ~hem_ zn Reltgzo11 &c. So did lfa<c: [>did Jacob tll'wio yearn wtth hu Vncl• L•ban. So the People of Ifracl, "'-'"about foure and thirtyy<am in .Egypt: and •fttrwa.-ds flvcnm zn Baby I on, dijfiringfrom lieligiun in bDtb Statu, · . Come to tJ:e timt •fC[,iJI, I(raellived rind r' the Romans, inl dzvers S•,Eis m lfrael, htjides ChtiJI,.andhis v1poftla &: . .AIItltft /JVed unaer · C:"0rs Government, bm•g 11othinghurtfHIIto the Com· "'.'""'uahb,gzvmgto C:e(ar, that which'ltlas bu. A"dfurtht.ir Rrli· g10n, hel.Jt thrm to themfelvu, ttl h"t•ng no Dominion ovrr thcirJ,Nitl &ndConfotmcr s. And when thunemiuofthe TrmhraifedupanytN· mu!tJ,tbewifdum'nl the Magifto tesmo(l n·iftly appM{ed !he••, AI!;. I 8. I~· and I 9· 3l ., Vntothif, tbtA•f,.,erer '""' n<th thus m•tb: It tJlruc, That wtthont prejttdiu to tbe (ommon-wealth, l.iberg•f Cmfloer:ce ma)' V< (r•Jfued to Juch as {tare God i11dud : M k_' owi<g th.ry wzll not pzr(ift m Ht:re Jie1or tur hulen t S chifme, rvben they 11re cart• vmad m Con(cience oft he fnfulueffi thmof . ~~~~the ~rfi ;on U. rvhrthcr ..-m Herrtic~ afrer once or taice Admc• 'Jll lon ( ,md (o afitr conviElion) or aNy rtha fcand1!our and hqnf1tt OJfenJer, m IJ bt Tolera:, d ei!her i11 the Church, rt~ithou t Excamr»Mfli· ~"''011 : or in the C(lmmrrn~rvea!t h rr:i tbaut (iub puniftmmt,at may pre• fcrve oJIJtrJ from d.mgeronr Jnddamn,~U, infiUhz Oh~p. 7i· C H A P. 75. A Eep!y. to his Chap. 7 8. Difcu!fcr • . B V f hett I obforf.le the .A"fwerer 1 parti~t(ity ·, Th•t non• btttfuch aJ truly fe~r.e God foo~tld enjo1 Liberty of ConfcimCI · ~. · Defender. - But. here I Obferve the V ifcuJfm both partiality andfal!bood .. Partiality, for [did but repeate the very words of the Author of the Letter, and grauntt.hem to be g ood. The Letter had (aid (u himfclf repeateth it, It 111 no prejudice to a CommDn-welllth if LibMy •ronfcience -were fuffered to fuch a1 feare Gc!lindeed:whemo I fobj"Jn• my Atttjllltion,- It it true, that without prej udice to tbt Common' Wtalth, Liberty •/ Confoim<e m•y btfojfmd to mtn tbat feare God inde.d. Here the Vi[cu§er in me obferveth Partiality: lint in·che Le~;o ter the very fame fpeech paffeth for Currant, and approveabl..., But the Lord help him iO remember Divers weights , and diverl mta/*1." a~eabomination tot he Lord, P~ov. zo. 10. But I truly ob· fcrve m his Cpeech, not on ely panialtty, but lalfhood al!o. Fo~ it is avery fa:!bood, thatlfhouldfay, Non< but fitch as. tmly [tAre God fbvuld m j'!} Liberty ofConfcicnce. I [a)' lfO more t!>tcz ' ht- Lctte~ fiitb : It (ll'ith, 'fh,t it it no prejudice to the Common-wealtb, if Ltherty of ConfcMtee were fi'if.-ed to fttcb at fare G~· d- ind«d.- I fay, !tis true, without prejudice to the CommJn·wea lth , Ltb ~ fty oiGonfcience may be futfcred to fuch as f~ are God inn<ed. Now if a man lhould (:ather the fame Obkrvaticn our of the Letter, ThAt none but [u&b anru~fo m Go-i fhou/d ir.j•y Libtrl)' of Cc~fci'"", I bclcive rhe Difcuff'rwould obferve notoriou• fal ihood in fuchd~a ling.!\nd :ufl:ly he mighr:for it is one thing ro f.•y, liberty of. Confcionce m<y be fulfered to men th•t tru !y karo God, WI tlrou t p reiu~ic , to the Common· wealth: another thingw ray, it may be.[uffered to nrme elf e. I cafily J~ranr,nor did I evor deny it, that the Inhabitants of ~he world, though they never come in ro the ell rteof men !earrng- God, yctthey may and ought to~ fuffered to Jive in the world;,~ |