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Show 'the MoileD of Cl;urch and civil! Power e to Jer.ebd and peace to all that call her mother, and peate peac h ddm•s and peace to her wirchcrafrs: and then to to ber w ore • ' .a. • "'b r, fb II bl fli our !elve~ with a glorious expc~•atton, ''at Joone a evtr} B~o; and hottfi b, .ftucf<! with Ol!v• branc.hu? , • The Lord keepe us from buog bewttc~ed wuh ~he Whores 1 11 hilf.l: wee fcc me to dcreft and reJect her .wnh oren fJCe clp, r~femon wee doe not bring h~r in by a back doore of Tole. rau.Pon , an d ur0 come at laf.r •.t o.drmk dcefphe ly of the cup of the Lords wrath, ana be fitlcd wtth th~ cup o er p1 a gucs. .Amen. · ' ~~t.~t~~~~~~ r.~~~~*-~~~~~B~~~.~~: C H A p. 79• Touching tbe Modell ofCburch &nd civil/ Power, compofed hJ <Mr. Cotton and the <Minifters of New-England, andfent to the Church of Salem &c. Examined(6J the Difcutfer) aJJd .Anfwered. THs!Title or Infcription (which the ExaminerCetteth up of this Modell) holdeth forth to the world a double fal!hood. t. That the Modell was compofcd by Mr. Cotton, and other Miniflers of 1'{_€16· England. This is one tal !hood. What other Minifiersof New-E•glaod did in it, themfdves know: ButforMr. Cotton, I know, that he was none of them that compofcd it. 2. Tha! this Modell was fentto the Church of S11/em, ifhe meane, Cent by rhofe Minillers (as thcfolluwing words imply, for the confirmation of their Doctrine) that is anorherfallhood. The Miniflers themfelves, that compofed the Modell, doe deny it· Howfoever the Modell came to Salem, the Minifiers fay, It w;s not fent by them. But ti:e, when men are lefr of Gcd,openly, and boldly to wrire again(lthe truth in matter of Dott~ill', how readily and fr~ely, they can write and fpeakcfalfhood m ma[(er offalit? !I ·Touching the t.Modelt of cburcb ll;Jd civil/ power. It is therefore le!fe Alarvel l , that in Anfwer to the pt~facc of the Mcrdcll, bebreakethforth into fuch vafi hype1bo:cs, TbaJ tht Ulfotieli aw4tMeth M, fcsfiombi~t<nJ:.now,Jt Grave: and d"'J'etb Jt/tu 1'' to b""' fi en tb, earth. A fpeech as devoid of reafon, as of truth. The obferv•tion of M ofts Lawes doth not awaken Mofu out of his grave, nor is th,reany rcafon it fhould . The valfdity of L1wcs doth not (iu r,aron) depend upon the life or relilrrell:ion of the Lawgiver: the Examiner himfelfe (I fupp ~fe) would not doubt, bm the Lawes of MofoJ were of force to the JfJ<IiiiJ in the Laod of (ana4n, when yet Moies Was dead and · buried before their entrance into the Land. Neither did their obfervation of them awaken Mo{es out of his grave, bu! ngued hi1 Lawes to bdn force as well after his deat~, as whilll: he was yet living. I fit be (aid, That Chdf.l: at his coming in the fldh when he was butied himfe!fe, buried alfo the Lawes of Moju with bimin hi8 grave. Then the Examiner Ll1ould not have faid)hat the Modell roifcd U.P Mojis out of hi! grwe, but that it raift:d up Chrill our of his ~r:;befaid againe,tbe Examiner f•ith ,It dcn·yed Chrift to have feen ·the earth, whichwa1 of as ill confequence. Bdt fo: but yet ftill, this moketh nothing totherafing upofMofos OUt of his grave. I Anfwer furth~r, Neither doth it at alldeny,Chrilt to have feentheearth. ForChr a c.menottodcllroy the La N of M>{ef' MA. 5· 17. Nei:her the Moral! Law: for in thcfeqne!eof that Gh1pttr1 he doth at large expound it, and eft;bl ilh it: No, nordiJ he co ·ne to dellroy the judicial! Lawes , fuch o'f thcn1 as are ofMoull equicy: Or elfe, the Confcic r;ce of the tivill Mjgi!hate c mldnev.rd 1cany a& ofcivill j"ftice out d faith,bee~u[e he lh .:u'd have nowordofG Jd ro b, tl1e grJund of hisal:tion,ift)le Lawes of judgemenr in the Old-Tdbrncnr were obf,>gated, and none ex tant In the New. As f:.,r the excepti ·n, whi:h the Examiner taketh againft the Preface. It is as eafily avo•ded, as Obj cd~d. lf(faith he) lbecivill Magij!TIIIt ( evm 1he hig!Np) ¥eillg a M lmbtr_ o[the ChHrb, be [HbjelJ to Church Cenfore, h'"' can Ibis ~and Wilh ~ ~ommou 'Ienen1, th111 bt mHJI ~tpttbe fi'~ Table, Reforme the - - C c Church, |