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Show 74 Mafler John Cottons Anfwer ----------------------~-------------- their former Idolatry, as woll a~ from other-finnes : yet {\ill were> defiled with con:munion in Idols Temples, and with Fornicniori .. The ThejfalomanJ turned from their former !dolls, co ferve rh living and true God: yet they had lome amon11fi them that walk~ ad inordinately aft.r their entrance imo Church-efiac: as well before, 2 Thef.' 3· 6. Befidcs,for d further anfwer to his fimilitud 01 the E>nminer ma-y remember,that ~hough Ifael came out of Eg 7' locally, before they could facrifice to God in the Wild erne~ y "· 1 their hearts and foules they were {\ill for JE.,pt, Exod 14 1' ,enn Y d c lE . "' . . '12. ea an ror gypnan ldolls, Al1. 7· 39· Eze~ 20. 7> 8, which is more tblm we doe allow to our lelvcs. · To C H A p, X IV. Hb 14'b Chapter is fpent in Exdmining and anfwe~ing a Rea• fan that I gave of my fecond Anfwer to his Objell:ion which was pr.opounded and cleared in the former Chapter. The ReaC. was chit• '1he Church af~hrijl received mafJ) theufand Jewes,wha %,~ leeved on tbe Namt ofChriJI,•I;haugh thty were jliU zealam oftheLaw, and[aw mt·the bel!,garly emptmejfeofMofeshi4Ceremoniu All: 11 20. And the Apafll~ Paul ~irellcth tbe Romans to receiv: fuch.u11t; t~em, ~~were wea~e m the fazth, and Jaw not their liberty from the fw· vzle dijfrrence o{ MeatJ ant/ Day_u, but fliU l•y under the bondage of the L.w. Ye~ he wifhcd them to recezvefuch upon thi4 ground, becaufeCbrijl bd recttved them, Rom. 14. J, tO 6. And lejl it jhould be abje8ed t~ere_w&I not the ~ike d•nger of lying u11der bondage to Mofcs,M to A;. t~cl;r~jl _;It wai fa•1, that_"""" the ~andage under Mofes wa1 Juch, ar tbat ifzt wert confmutd 111, after znflru f1ion a11d convifJion it would flparate them from Chrijl,( GJI. S· 2.) and b•nd'!.' under Anticbrijl ,·ould diJe rzo more. For Anfwer hereto,the Examiner would have two things to be '"reful!y minded: J. ThJt the Orditzancu ofMofts were fometimu the Ordin:mcetaf God: and when t~ey were to VJnijh, they were to be taken away with fo· lemmty. Th, OMm3nceJ of Amicbrijl were the InventianJ of s,tan, •n:i fr.m firjl to I"JI· never,. be >£eeived, nor fobmitml to no nat for a moment. J 2. y, .~· He 'tvhitlli h.ve the difference o[timeJ to be objirued,( which {ai1h 7,,- - --. M<;Cdccon himfelfeconfej]ith) Jjter injlt,.{lian and canvi[iian, Mole; bw 'wJJ '!i~!J'dly, fmd ivolild [ip • .ratejfllm Chrijl. Thmfore thete "''' a ·~fui,,fl>b'en tb') were ilot"!lwlly-,ahd did not fep .trate from Chrijl,ta wit "/lhlill'Mblesw•J banorab!Jfallen •'.f/1ep,&c.Toapply then,Pa11lobjirved a vow, dnd the CeremonieJ of it, CircumciftdTimothy,&c. M.J) there• ~e a M~lfe·z~erofChrir lww (a< P~ul) g11e to Mall', Pray to Sain11, firtili"Pe'hll!lilte., ''«!re ChrijlmJJ]i, ~nd ather Popijb FeJjiJ, and . ~- ,.?>~:', '. ' . · " l"p't ~\-r... . I H' ev"h\ cl ieart\i\l or·re•l lH•' 'u•'l' l n~ o\ w• , that PJtd ever went to 'll'il'.ifl'e, 'P'ni'Y'M to S,!iHr!!l 'kept Ch'ritlmatfe, or the like : nor did I , JCV~t' io'i~~i(i~, thai an.Y ,trigenUOUS riiini!~ would thinke I hat ever it :eirfle}il(O'Iny h~Jrt to pld~ fur fuch t~tng! now,or for the retain- 1irtll>f Jily P6p1fi1 Rife at all . . 'Silt dte Wit and lip of man being let Tob'll!, ·Jnd le!Ct'6it felfe, rbay iriPerre quodlibet ex qre•libet. · ~.<_If fit be faid, his ,Parenihelis (a~ P a11~) had 'reference on ely to a M~!feoger of Chnlt, (as Paul) not to any fuch like a~ of Paul, '/litii h~s Ar&mrlent 'f! lio mo-re coriclufive then a BJlulo ad Ang~elum. Wll'.l.t tolbur i\tefe there that''any man now fhonld plead Pault Htmple, to doe that now, \vhich Paul never did, nor any thing like1t? 'Replj. 2. The Examiner requireth two things here to be care, fujly '),'i,n<jed.: I? an!wer whereto, I defire but one ~hing to be ~Hefully minded: to wit, to what end, I alled ~eil the Ignorance of the 'je'wd[n the Primitive tim'e!, and the indulgence of the Chrifiiw Churche~, for receiving them into Church-fellowfhip, notwithfianding !uch ignoranC~: And then fee, if it doe noc inferre thdt which I bcon~hc it for. 'If In che Prl~lltive time!, the ignorance of the y,,.,,I in many ~~.~i~~ty Poinr_s ofR~l~t;io~, and fcl~l:ofthem fuh~~me;u~ll, did not hrnder theu· receiVIng mto Chrt{l!an Church· .e lo dhrp, nor dirjfiufl their Chmch· cfbrc (who {o received them) then iri s not ro' nec~lfary to Chu1 ch-fello~<filip, as that wirh <Jut it a Chu ch caltrwt'be rhac the Members admimd chercuncn, lhculd all of them !Oe a':ld <ximfly bewaile, all the pdllulions ) l•herewit~ they h~ve been defiled in their fo, mer Church· fdlowfl1lp, ~11111fiery, Wor!hip. Government &c. Bm the fc>rmH is rrue, •s hath been opened ficlm A[f, 2 1• ;o, Rarn. q. 1. to 6. G.,/. j. 2. To which K k 2 may |