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Show 16 c..Mafter John Cottons Anfwer one another in differences of weakneffe, till weaknefle prove wil· fulntlfe and will not fuf.fer.Truth to live in Peacr. B t ~bar is all this toM'. Williami l H3rh he tbore[ore not /o~tnd -.he ~:rcy, a~dhumanity ojCivill, a11d ~lmp•r~/J lifo,and being amongfl w btcall{e Cbrift Jefrw beld f orth by hzm ~fort he~ lzght nmo m l 'So it fhr.ulrl (~eme, Ol''flle his Q. :£ e IS nothtng ro. the ru:pore ; fiuely ifir be a further light which is held forth by h1~, It IS fuch a tranfcendeAt light, as rutteth ou~ al~ ot~er !1glm In the world be!ides: as (they fay )M•j"' IH"!en extmguu mmm. !.he Ch~rches ot ChrHt have been wont w be counterlltghrs,rhe Munflery,hghu, rhe S•craments and Cenfures, lights. But this new light held torth by M'. William/; hath put Ol!t all_thefc li~hte~ ye~and all poffibilitie of tlrleir !hining'forth ag.une, ull the Re!h tuuon of new Apo· illes. And yet if he had held forth any hght from the word of light tomanife!t this great new light to us, truly I hopo the Lord would give us hearts, not to !hut our eyes againfl the lig!u, ~t to follow the Lambe whitherfoever hegoeth, and ~o _follow t~e ltght of his word whitherfoever it leadeth us. Chrtfltan Mag1ftrates, they alfo have been wonted to be coun~ed ~be light. of lfrael : aod ·Oathslikewife have been thought to gtve hght to dtfcerne the end of all Controverfies : But by this new lig.ht, we may not accq>t from the Patents of Princes any light or direB:1on where to fit downe, with their warrant, and leave, in forreine Plantadon~: Neither may we make ufe of the light ofO•ths betW<en l\Jag1· {\rates, and people, to difcerne of the fidelity and conflan~y of t~e . one to the other in times of danger. Where then iliall h1s Margt-nall Note'appeare? . , M'.Collon(faith he)<xpeaing more light, muft ( accordmg tobu way of P.erficulion) Perfocu:e Chrift Jefut,ifhe bring it. Doth M•. Willian!J hold me fo farre forfaken ot common fence, as to fruflrate, and dellroy mine own expeEtations l If.l .exp<ll more light, muftI (according to mine ow~ way) ~eed> Perfec~t~ him that brings it, ye. perfecuce Chri!t h1mfelfe, tf he b1tng It· But thus when a mans head runneth round, he thinketh all the Houfe runneth round about him. But what is my way of Perfecmion, ·~cording to which, lex· peaing more light, mull needs perfecuce him that brings It? ~~~~ but a fewdayes agoe, fini:e there came to my hand a book, pu(h;d to Mt~fttr Roger ·Williams. _.fued ( :U is f~id) b.y M'. WiUiamt, and cntituled, 7"be Bloudy 7"mtnt. In whtch ~ · w,n,anu (without my privity) publiilied a private -Lett~r of mmc,and therewith a Confutation of it, touching Perfecutton for caufe of Confcience. In my flaring of that <2!!eflion .(which he relateth in the 7'h Page of that Book) be declareth m: Judgement to be fo farre from perfecuting any forcaufe ofConfci· cnce, that he layeth it downe for my firfl Conclufion; 1"hat itil tJotla,:,f~U t~ perfocute any for Confcience fo~ rightlj infor11Ud [that;, to [.y, brzngang more, and true light. J • 2. ~or an er~oneow. a~d blind Confciwce, (even in fundamentall, ·~~ wetgbty Pot?II) Jl u ?ot lawfullto perfecut• 41TJ, till after ddmomiJbrt once or twzce, •.ccordzng_ to the Apoj!let direliion, Tit. 3· 10, 11. 1ba~fofoch a ma? bemg convmced•fthe dmzgerom error oj'hii W<?}' ;if ·~fiJI/ perJift ( bemg condemned ofhimfilfe, ver. II.)it m'?J appeare, he '"not ferfecuted for CIIH{e ofConfcience, but for ftnning againft hit otf'n .Con[ctence. . 3• In thing1 ofleffimoment, rt>heth<r Pointt ofVolirine or worfhip if a man ho!d them forth in a jpirit of Chriftian mee~neffi and Jove: ( th•~gh wuh ::.eale and conflancy) he it not to be perfecuted, but toler a• ted, ttOGod IIJ<?}' be pkafod to manifeft bit Truth to him, Phil. 3• 17, !\.om. 14. 11, 12, 13, 14. + But if a man huld for!h or profejfe ,my error, or falft w19, f.>ith a ~flerom,a?d arrogant fP>rit, to the dijlurba>t<e ofCivi/J Peacej· he m<?J :tJ: bt pwzifhed tWcordmg to the mea fore oft he dijlurbance caufed by This. is that way of Perfecution which M'. Willia~ expreffeth to be mme. In all wh1ch I durfl appeale to-M' . Williamr his own Confcience, (were it not Leavened ·With over·deepe prejudice) whether In all this way there be any crevife opening a doori: for the .Perfecucion of Chrifl himfelfe bringing further light .? Let no man take it amiffe, that (in the Parenthefis) I intimate, 1hc Confcience of M'. William! in this cafe to be leavened with o· vermuch prejudice. For if txtreme prejudice were nor predomi• nant in him in thi! cafe. I !hould !land amazed how a man of un• der~anding could out O'f fuch Conclufions make up this Inference, ~h1ch ~e gi~e! in the !irle of the Chapt. pag.7. 'lbr1tl Joe profef fidiJ mamtarne Perfi.cutton for Caufe ofCmfcience.I that doeexpre{)y, Froi~Wdly deny Perfecuuon of any, even,of.Heretick8, unlclleit be Cc when |