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Show x88 ' ~~,~· t'~· •• .l>t. • •• ·~c 3. He propou!'de~h IllY w~nhifr~~~r;he~ 'hold) if they yecld god! y perf on• (m_ wha~ove i:i~n they mull: need• be el\een;cd not to once or twtce A ~on f ~very Error, but of per!i!bng obftin.reo whereas lfpa e ~ot o in Herelie and rurbu•cnt Schtfmh. 1 e of an Error, and"defirc of But you may fee how farre t ~n~:and fpirit I · . . contention, will ~ranfpor~ thctf h upon this occafiQn (m his. . The tW,O (\ones that e te etbtnclthcnime' nor perfo_ns, nor next words) bccaafe henam hich hcreprefentetb as odw~s) a occafions ot· th~ fpecches \w I have roo much cxpenence fuort An~wcr wtll_ferve tot cm~Q~~nt Printed words, arid there. of the Difouffirs mtl\akcs of per ft an!icnt wordafpoken' fore am affraid to cre~itevcry rey.f'~eow~rds might be fpoken ~y without further Tclltn_Jooy. ~·, 11 n fuch <>ccafions, as I will fomeperfons,con~,lltl~.ot . . 5-\..icrhe mightbcfpokeo upby ·no mearl~~'extup:, ?~JU~~f.,· hO'ld w~gbt in the Ballance of on luch'W~tg~lts; all.rfngpr,u . · theSanll:uary· lwer-whichhefaith, cometh not The latter p~rt of my Alld 'fhndfo much bythcDi[CHffer: neere the ~dhon ,,1 now ~r ocr rhe-/t.dthor of the Letter. 1 •• butitdid.nbt{oi!ppeare·rejj.l uKe~ ' . : ' . ' . . • I c_ de~t erfrufion •f having re· Mr. Cotton ~oncluhdeth wu; ;;;:f viz.~that perfo;t art 110t to be motJed the groNntluft :ar,_r~a . ~ , per{tclll(t/fir cllll{e 0fConfmnceD, ,1 d '''!' er. • he Truth and yet to -How hard ·a thing is it, to w~!le agh'"!~rds of m; conclufion fpeake with~ lipofTrlut~? C~~epp~6:nreation thereof. The :words with the DifouJ]trs re anono of my conclufiunbwerebthefed'~ II to bejpoL•n for the avoyding of Ilk Thus mnch It Oll-j, t nee v" r, ><;: gro~t11dr of your Er:•r. h ords of mine doe exprelfe dJt 1 , Then,letbtmfpeake,w at~ Ib·l·t've and rhrrefore c.onfidence of my per~•" ;• f1i 00 } It tS true · ' ' b · ei~didlblow. up my c• fpeake what I have wntten: but hherk G d ·I donbt not of the ltifc to a confident perf wafion.? l t ~~ . ~ ;bing what I con· truth of what I have writttelf: but It 11 0 h: ke ' tto cspr1lli· c.tiv~inmy,minde:~notherthing_whatlt tn mec: z,l- Here fie or tm·!Julmt Schifme. · 2, J doe nor fay in this condu!ion, that I have remov~-,T~h~----grounds of his Error' bur that I have fpoken fo much for that end : but whether I have done it or no (according to the helpe ofChrift recei>ed) I leave others to judge. 3· The name of a great Error is foilled in by himf.lfe, ad 1xagg<randam gloriati•nir invidiam er indignitatem :· but though the Error be indeed great: yet I did not fo fiile it, when I fpake af mine owoe endeavour to remove the grounds ofic. 4· It is an evident falfuood that I fiwnld conclude, This to· be that grtat Error , Tb,., perfo>~r are rzot to ue perft<uted forc.ufe of C•nfiitnce, For it iuh•t which in ftating the Que!lion, I did in exprelfc ~mes deny, that any was to be perfecured for caufe of Confcimce: no noun Heretick, no not in a Church-way, much lelfe ill a-eivlllway till bring convinced in his owne Confcie!lce of his wickednelfe;he d-o ftand out therein,not only again!l the Truth, bar ag~inftdie1ight ofbis ow11e Confciencc, that foit may ap· pcare,heis not perfecuted for caufc ofConfcience,6ut punilhed for finning againfl-his Confcience. ' Onely this, I now further adde, which I know nor, whether I bad not occafio11 to fpeake to in this Difcourfe hitherto (unlclfein a touc/J) that fometime it may be an aggravation of finne botbinjudgementand prall:ife,that a man boldeth it,orcommittcthitin Confcience. But that is onely in cafe, when a man hath· been wonted to fin fo ofc againfi his ligbr,and again!l: the cleare Principles ofTJUth, and godlinelle, that it may appcare,che jult· curfe of God hath given him up to a reprobate-blinded· minde, ll!d feared Gonfcience. But 6f that wee have not had occafion to · difpute in this Difcourfc. Difc:ulftr. B•tl6tleivtit (haUappea", Th~t the cha•geofError Re~ouudetb. l,k.E,evrnjucban Error as TTHJ be cAlled the Bloudy· Tenem. DefirJder. I hope 1 lt hath by this time appeared,.inche former difput~, (through the bleffing ofCbrift) That, that which he calleth the 'BI,.dJ-Ttoent is walhcd white in tbe blond of the Lamb• : and tC!Ideth both to the ends, for which the Prince of peace dyed, !it· !o ~be faviogofh~ lhcep- ~rom.dev()uring to the dilfol ving~ 0(11 |