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Show Lz6erty ofConfcience ougbt robe g_iven . · . Difculfer. ·" , . , ll"efidet, how cAn thiJ be;, f"i<~Ji¥l117tdwpright ack,.~owltd?ement of ·b . k JF and imperfelJ'Onl wbtlf thq Pro>ch, f ,•nt , and ! r~~i~•;:: v~:ltnc<totht fiuletlllld bodyn ~f?tbers i , And by thtir ~ .. ,,)f~nd ~ ;undr owgbt to procttd to tht ftrllmg of tbofe, >rhomthry d r; d g un" th ·m and in rrro, El of godiJntjJe f ' rre above thtm. jr,ge, o<a~h·• ' ' JJ [e· lves ? Dtftn de r. Th\s violence to.thc. fouls & body.es of me~ is often c~arged up• on us by the Difcn[[er: But he hath not yet gtVen ~s a"!lmfhnccof any one louie or body,whic~ ~ath under~o"e ~hts vtolcnce fr~m us. Si Acc~<{"§e fi•fficiat, quu tnnocen~ exzt~ It u.no new pralt,fc to be an Accufer of thc·Btethr~n : neuher tsthetrany ~·under_fo falfe or fcnrrilous, bllt findeth ready;'-yea a.nd gre~dlf JntCrtal~· rnellt.ev.en of many prolelfor;,efpectal!y fuch, w!io!e bell Rch· ,jon 1 ethin the o\;fecving and cenfurmg the wayes of othen. fiow lc1 come to fuch, are evill rc~o~ts of them, that dare not allow·themfclves in any knownc: evtll . . • . This acknow lcdgenu:nt of our . w~akneffe and 1mperfel:hon would,th~n ,trulY: appc:are t~be n~iflier ~aithfull·n.or UP.righ[, if WfC.-F,r~be4-or praCl:ilcd, v1olence agatnll: fuch,ot~ companion of whom we acknowle_dge our own weaknelfe and tmptrfea,on. u, e whil• "" m') welljl"an.d and wo,.der, wh•t rules Jnd GrorndJ ,/';; tbo(( bt by which wet,o11ght to proceed 1'1/trJ to tb, k!Ying •f ~hvf-, 'whq• "wuJudge fo dtN< unto us,fl"d in refp_tf1 of qodly11tffi[" Ako'TJ' 111,1- · • · he . Ate any of them whcm w.ee fO refpca:, fuch a~ fubve.rt t ' Fpuodatlon of the Chril\ian Faich,and pcrfill theretn obflmatclf , ~l{rconvia:ion? are any ofthem pt~fumptuous Blafphcmersof . the great Name of God~ Or Idol:uers t~emfelves, and Scducm • ef nthets to,ldolm~ .? Difcu!fer. , vv H~t tbot~gb, the1 foy, the God!J will not ptrflfl ;, Herefle, ., turbllk~t ' Schi(mt > when th'!} art convine<d thereof in Con• ~itnet ? If the civi/1 Coli~ I and JI!Jgiflratcr mujl j udge 1 and tbo(e civil/ Cotrrtl 1 4re as/awfHII, con.Jifting ofnaturall men, is of Godly per[ms, the• wMt copfoquences will follow, I f?avt be fort I<W<tioned, 1 , • 1 Defovder. . , - Mentioned, indeed, but notprov:ed: I hope(by th~ helpe of ChrlA) the incon(~q uence of them hath been cleawi - . · Difcn!fer. - ' vfmJ laade,4c<DI'tUPg to th!-.s. ~onclr•ftop it pzuftJollow ; !hAti[thl tfldjl go.Jiy per{onl y~eld not to ont~ o/ ~'llif•1A~moni!ip" ( at,is , a;,.: tqtUd by r.ht Arifotmr )"tin) mt~ft n!c?ff~~i~ .hi •fhemtd obftin•te ptr: · fo•r : for ifzbty were godly, thtJ "'ould )teld. l . r ' . · '· Defe'fdet. , · · · Her:e againe the Difcu.JJ<~m~(i"ep11f.l~.tb my wor.ds ! For I did not f~y., :tbat if pc:r(onsbegodly, th~y -.y_quld yceld co once ot twice Ad munition: and.ihhcy dill not yeeldto once or twice Admonit"io~,they mn!t nec~lfarily be ell:eemed ob!tinate·perfons. But my wor.ds were, The gud!J will. not pe~fift ;, Herefte or tllrbllkllt Scbi[m,,; "'hen they"" ~onflinttd itl Confoi<IJ<Hftht /ill{Hineffi tb.re• •f . ' ,... ' Hereisthen a tllree.fpld wnll::ngof my word~,.& accordingly fo much falfe dealing. For 1. Ad.nonitiou is one • bing: Con· viltion intheirowne.Conf.:iencc, is another. Forthough Ad· ~oniti Jn ought not to be di(pen f<d tilllfter CO\lvict.on : yet it m1y fallouJ, thatthe Chu ch ( tht ough mi!l. kc ),procecdcrh ro Admonition, before the O~<nd·. r be cGnvinccd in hi• owrr Con, fcienceoltbefinlu!ndfco: his way. ' · . 2. ·.He carrieth my words, as tf they who yceld not to once or twice Admo;~'tion mu(l needs be t CI:ccmed ob!tinate pe1 J~ns : wherw I ondv fay, they will not p<.fiH in Hcre~e, ("'·'' is, in obl\inacy of ~ .w da met113 1l Error) nor in turbul:nr S.h:tine, when th<y are convinced in Confc;"occ: of the Gnfuin<tl'e 1 ilcre.,f. B b z 3 · He |