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Show •P· .M;flfr John. ~pJtQqs.·.Ait[P'er ..Jllt =t·l ,llj:c~ t9 I'\! it, ~t!UJefi -~siJ f!fri~£~Jt~r~ !iJmO Af igqproy1ce1 vrr-17· . . Whauportgb the Apofl{u "'ere forbidden to frtach IP fam.e placu ~ J;Ie \vif.!y quote>h 'l.P T<~t for it, _le~ tpe qlj<ldng ~ight beth~ j;Opfucjng ~£ lfinlf~lfe. H~ ~'!qwfth, lt wa~-b!l~ fo~ ~ qme ~h~t 0• ch~rs ( '!c~orqijlg l!n4F gpq<\ ple~.fu~e qf ~~nile will) mJght be fF~ed b~fore thtm• - Jfhat if .tJ' .. Cpttonflr>Jif'JfcfWfe to rrfufe to feU JPirit~aUCornri¥ a.l"'ifha.(iPtP.fR Stlrplic~? ~~it \~f~ ~hfrsfqre for M'. f}'i,Uiamtw fbuc 1 u.!ll1il f;wks,.l.IIALJth 1 ~JIJ\ to re!),lfew @ cgrEJe i!l ljis Cfdi~;<~.~J 'lrlll~·rel\? . ' '· .. Wbqt if M•. C.oc~on forbqre to qdm.inifler the /..<Jrdt Supper to all p~lee~ert, or Bqpti{rpetfll,lg tbeir children, tfntill the belee'llerJ profeffi tl>lir f ~itf1,and Rfjifplgnfe before !he ~h.yr"~ i Is it f~fe ~.h"!efore for ~W{ilii,J~ fo r~f~~f~ ~Q ~rfa,kf 1he Brea~ ofJ-jff qn~o t~e <;:~urch qf Sqlw.N. lf.'hfrC!Jn~o th.~ir Ei;?t~o)11 P-llP QrliirJjl\ign of him, an4 his own volunt~fY ~ccFptaq~~ therepf, 1\~d eng~ge~.jlim qnto fiu, Wll"lil~ o.fli,~? · · J({hgJ t~D.Mgg iH "'II, q'lfill 'fra.!!MfJ~ow. gl'ltl~ ~u ~b.• Jrefo'lt 4iftllf~ bances o[England 1 princip•ll rejpell u had unto a right Corl}mijfwn, gug ~ght 0~4,t< i W l!iM fi!F\" "!h~reip9l!~ ~p,mmiff.iP.n1 o.r9r· d~r. if. defellh~~ and rf~f(ln_ ~'lid we !lj911lg hearken to him. B\lt ~~~ ~he w~_rip~lfr, .an•Wir~lfs qft~c Ell~ miner : ljudge it nR~ (fa\~~ he) fi~fopij/;le hrre, to en!frtaine the DiJP!'te of the trill l'o£Nr1 ~~£~/J, of ChriJ!f i!£i'liftery. Ap h~pq[pme tv~fion. Np~ ~~n tb~ groundJ of l!i~ ~~p!lri\tiqn H~ q4ellipned, qol'j when he lli~,nde\h upon h!s ol¥'<1 jullifi~tiqn, now in Print before the eyes of al! me!l, now ~~ thinketo it not feafo.nable, tp entertaine any difpure \i f11ch thing! at alJ. Thus F ll!lix would heare l' •ul when he had a more convenient time: and yet that was the very time and houre of!.* villt'l~io.n, A8s 24-25. His cvafipn of thit Text in Prov. 11. 26. (by comparing it with 'f1eut. 17. 12.) doth but addea delufion to an evaflon. [ Vmt.l7• l Cuppofe he meaneth ,. though his printed co pie fay Deut. IS·) For it is a delofion to make the capita !I punifhment prefcribed all~ inll the prefumptuous rejea:ion of the SClltence of the chiefefr Court in lfrael, a figpre of Excommunication in the Church of ~rift, to Mafter Roger Williams • 'for~rfr, no Scripture o~ ofd' or new tellament giveth any intimation ~f any,fuch figurem chis Law. And to make a judiciall Law a figure w!thout fome light from fome Scrirrure, is co make a mans fer(e, wrfe above chat which is written. . :i. 'Tiut l_aw. is of ni.or;art equitie, chat' is of univcrf•lf arfd p~r'- petuall equitre, mall Nau?ns, in-a!~ Ages: He thiffha,ll prcfumpl tuou!lt appcale. fro~, or nfe up ag•mll che r~ntence (jf the cMefetl: and 1\rghefi.Courc m.a fr~e State, is guilty Lefo majeflatid p~<bliC£, andth~rfqre as a,capualtoffender to be-cen{ured'in•any free Con\- . mon· tv.:alth, ' · . '' ·. ' · · }· ThiS L~·w in ZJem. '7· provided' an: effectuaTlptin1fhn1ent ag•~ nll fuch pre:umptuous o_~q?m, and an effecruall' rel)ledy a~ gamlt.all ftich hke prefurnpuon m.othen,that all lfraelmight hea'e, and'feart,an,d doe no rna;:e pr~Jj<mptumjly 1 ver. L3. But (o do'th not Excam.m;un~ratiori. For, wliat if_an ,~xcommurtbte perfon prerul, lle agamfl the'fentence of Cnnfl irl his.Churcl\,(as M'.WiYiaml datil agilinll tlie Sentence of the Church of Salem?) dotH t'fic· power.ofthc.Chur<:h pr.ovidc,that all tile I{rael of God may heare and'feare, and doe no more prefumRtuoully? Is the figure becom: more po~.~~erfull, and effe<'h~all: t~en the' fubllance ? tile fhad'ow, then the bo~y? ~he type; ~hen tlie Nmitype ? , · From thrs m11laken F1gure, the Examiner' would inferre Tt.e ~il!Jbollii>zg,ofthe Corne prejumptuoujly to be tkatb in lfrael: bu/not p '"every State o(the w?rld: much lef{e thi!'pleading againjl afalfe Minifery_ to be a c~tprtall crt me.: for"' f or Banifhment never fucb a courfe wiu h<ard ofin lfrael. .Anfw. Thadaw in Deut. hnh no!hing to doc with the with· hplaing of Corne prefumpmon!ly 1 unl~ff~ there had firfl' palfed fojll~ fentence. of the ~overair,ne <yourt againll the withholding'of Corne. Hm otherwtfe ordmary. fi"n"' of prefumpcion doe falf unde~ the Judicatu~e o~ an~ther Law,Nwn. 15. 30, 31. ' _Nercher hath rim Text m Solamons Proverbt any thing to doc WJ!h that Law in v ,ut. 17· nor with capita II punifhment.-Sol.mmz doth not f.ty, that ~very man that withholdeth his corne, {hall be put.to. dea,thjn Ifwl: nor due I fay chat he is to be 'pirt to death in :?·Sw~ ~f the ~o .. ld: ~eaHjo~ 'all dod r.y that Pleading •!!•in IF a\fe Mrmnery_rs a c.tp~tatl err me: Tbefc are •II but excurfiom, aQd enpor;otions oHhc fop'erflt1iry of wi t. But this.J fay, (•nd not . I F f2 1 |
