FOR “£1[1]§JI];‘C)E{ Being thejudgment of Fourfeoi'e and Four Minifiers of the , _ C0untyPaiati11eofLanm/Zer, Of a Whol3 Provincial Af- fen1b1yof Minifters and Elders, in and about London. And . of feveral other eminent Preachers , Englzfi,S10111/b and , New Englijlg, concerning Toleration and Uniformity in 1 atters of Religion. . Together with a Refolution of thlS d1FficuIt Qtefiiong ’ Whether the{Penalty of the Law ought to be inflié’ted on thofe , who pretend and plead Confcience, in oppofition to what the Law commandsP . _ ."_r- a. . 1 . _ 711211 1111221121 proéaqée, 1211112111 [21111; Mr. Cafe Farewel- Serm. on R132. 5. Tme was , when the 11111111 11’ 11 Talenmm 11111212 211111 1111112: Chg/2211,11: to b11111: ”6111221112., 3 -‘ ' LONDON ; Tnnted for Henry Ermaat the Gun 1n St, P111121 Church- - , yard I 674 - . THE N ON; C o N FORM IS T’S ? P L E A # UNIFORMITY N-the Book called The Harmonie” ' confint of the Miwgfler: tfthe Pro- wiuee,withirz the (233sz Palatine of Lancafiermz’th their Revereexd Ere- thrennthe Mini/Zen ofzhe Prom'ezce ef London in their late Tefiz’mmy via the Truth tfyefu: fihriflg printcrfi m the Year 1648, ,and fubkribed by 84. Miniflcrs, whofe names are printed with the; faid bemk; we have thefemexpreifions among fevEral others to the like purpofc. peg. I 1, 12, 1 3. ‘ A2 \- prr 8% ‘1? ‘0 T} \ pngt. ‘ Rev; 2. 14, 15,200 . 1 Kinng; t4. 2 Chrome 33. '17. 2 Chron.t7.6. 3" 1' 340324» . ’\ peg. 12, ,‘ contrary to Reformation then Tolorotz'om .. - - fibtmuttsetaut‘ozmmn 1912a V. ‘ For our own parts,as we can'nevcr fofiiciently‘ad r “ mite and wonder, that any, that have taken the fog ‘ lemn League arid Commutgcould either have'fo‘quick- ‘ ly forgotten it;or elfe tmagin‘that the eflablilhin’g a” ‘ Toleration ofHertfl andScbifm by a Law,lhottld be the ‘ way to extirpate them ; {o alfo here we {h'all take ocs " e'afion to~declarc,.what our apprehenfionsyare’ concer- ‘ oing'fuch a Toleralz'on. ' “ ‘ We have fearched the Scriptures, looked as impar-- “ tially as we could intorhofe authentickfleoord: , and ‘ yet we cannot find, that. ever {uch a thing was praCtir ‘fed with approbation from God,..from the time that ' ‘ fidom was created upon the Earth , unto the feeling ‘ up of the’facr'ed Volume : but on the contrary,that ‘ thofe were blamed, reprehended and checked,that ‘ did buts-continue and winkat the praé’tilei of thofe ‘ thiogs“ that were dilpleafingunto God 5 that the not: ‘ taking away the high {Shoes is mentioned as a defeét ‘in their Roformationpf whom yet God gives teflitno= S ny, that their hearts were uprightfindthat tho'l'e,’ that ‘quite took allawayrthat was diliaflful to him, were ‘ by God himfelf highly honour‘d, and much eommen- ‘ ded. And therefore we cannot fee howl-itch a kind of ‘ Toleration asis endeavored after in’ythelE'.-fttitn63, can 5‘ any way coniilt with a through momma? decor-d ‘ing to the. Word of God; there bei i we Homing more ‘ A Tolerotion would be the putting ofal S-wordi’into ‘ a Mod—man’s hand, a cup of poyflm into the hand of a ‘ child 5 a letting loofe of Mad men with Fire-brand: ‘ in their handsgan, appointing'a City of ”Refuge in mens ‘Cou/oienoe: for the Devil to fly‘tog a laying of: the ‘fluwblz’ng block before the blind ; "a proclaiming li- ‘ berty to the Waive: to come into Cori/{’3 fold to prey ' upon - war YNF'N‘Y‘W'w—v -_ a foziflntfozmitp.‘ ‘ ' -1 > ‘ i ‘upon the Lamb; A Tolerationof Soulsmurder (the ‘great-efi murder of all) and {or the eflablilhing ‘ Whereof damned Souls in Hell would ac’cutfe men _“-on Earl/o. Neither would it be to p—rOvid’e for ten- L‘. d-er Coofiienoe: , butnto takeaway all Confiv‘enoe. If ‘ evil be luffered,i-t willnot fitffer good 5 if error be not- ‘forcibly kept under, it-will be fuperior'. , . - * _ ‘ The eflabllfhing of a fi’o/eration would make Ms P3343. {become the abhorring and loathing of all. nations; ‘ and being'fo palpable a breach of our Covenant, _5 would be the high roadway. ,to lay, England: glory ciuuthe duli; ,‘ .aod awaken againfl us the Lord of Hoflr ‘to bringa Sword upbn'us , to avverrge-the fiaarrel of Q1, 26..25~ ‘his Covenant. A Toleratz'on added to our other ‘fins would make us to God an'iatolerable buttheng ‘.. He would doubtlels‘thiok ofealiog himfelf, he would 5 .be. weary of Repeating; , ' i - . : _ In-‘theBook called A Vindicatiofiof t5b,P;reooiterial Government. and Jl/Iiniflr] ; Pub/{Med by the Mini/Zero and Elder: met together in a Provincial Aflemoly, ‘ Novemb. z. 1649. lioenféd,entre{l and printed accord- iag t2 order, in vibe-year 1.650," We have thefeexprefi- ,. fionsamong fevettal‘ofwthe ling-nature. page 1-243 _~1 I40. . a , ‘ ‘ . - ~ . - ‘-That Dodlrine that cryeth up Parity to the wine we 1241 ‘ _" of Unit} is contrary to the Doarinejof the Gojjzelg $2322? ‘ for the Goflnl calleth for Unity as well east-Parity : and -Eph«4-3,4,sl .."- Cbr‘zfl prayed: for the Unit}. Oi theChhteh-‘as well as fob 179521213 “the Holinefi. Audit is prophefied ofthe times of’the Jerfgzizgi f SGoflyel , That in thofe days- God will give bibpeople. one 26911'3‘9 ' ‘ too} to firve him with one con/ext. This Rule will , a . ‘teach you-what to judge of the Congregationalway-s , i ‘for certainly that Religion that carrieth in {thefrou-c i». {of it a Toleratiqn. of different Religion: ,‘I and is not ' ' ‘ ' {uflici- ' . U _ 7‘ ..‘ v 1vVv-,.‘r..;?rw”v7,.7flr: , ,. , _ _ ” mmzaura‘zinié?”iia'iea' . ‘ fuflicient to keep the Body'of Cbrzflin Unity and ‘1’!!- . . ‘ rity, is not that Government oberz'fi. ; ' .pagd4m, \ ‘ remake Rupture: hinthe body of Cbrifi, and to '. ‘ divide Church from Cburcb, and to fat. Up Charo/J a-‘ ' ‘gaiufi Church, had to gather Cburcbe:,.out of? true ‘ Charo/2e: 5 and becaufe we differ in {cute things,there- ‘ fore to hold Cburcb-communiofiin nOthing; this we ’ "think hath no warrant from the word of God, and ‘wvilli‘ntroduce all manner of Confufian into C/mrcbe: _ ‘and Familier; and not only diflurb ., but in a little ~‘ ‘time dcftroythc power of Godlinej}, purity of Re- ‘ Iigim, peace of Cbrifliam, and Tet Open a Wide gaip l ‘to bringiu Athei‘fm, Popery,-~Here_/5r, and all manner of ‘Wicliednefi. ' ‘ A ~ ‘ ’ E ' ‘ - ' MnTbbmi‘dr Edwdrd: in the firll part of his Gangm- l ma; printediu the year 1646 5 ' whole judgment in this particular hasuot onlythe Ap‘probation and Recom-3 ' m6nd‘ati‘oh of Mr. fidmemenfiard , printed With the faid Bodkg but of ahuge number of Minii’cers from g, ' all parts of the Nation very largely eXprefi in their fc. * ‘ veralLettcrs, rent to him the {aid Mr. Edwardr, and ‘ flill ’1’emait‘iing Uponfiecord _ in the .fecond and third; . Parts of'his Gangmm.‘ So that What He has written in this particular is not to be looked upon as his own {ingle judgment ,” but as the judgment of very many ' . V ‘ others, fignificjd by his penile writes his judgment in ‘ theié'w‘ords. pag,‘58, 59,85; . > i i ‘ A Toleratimi is the grand defig—n of the Devil, hi’s “mafia-piece and chief engine he works [by at this ’ ‘time’ to uphold his ttit'tering Kingdoms it is the ‘ ‘ mofi' Eompeudz‘oa: ready {we way to deflroy all Ke- _ "lig30n,'*’ lay allwaifie and bring in alle'l. Itis a E i - ‘ mdfl 'trimfirewdent , catlabfick, fundamental em?! 3. for. i’ ‘ this Kingdom of my that can be imagined. As ori-Z ' ~ ' £27162 -~r-Vvv w --u', r can} fluffozmity; - .‘gimtl finls the well fundamental GU; all ling halving ‘ .‘ the Red and {pawn of-all in it: So a Toleration hath ‘all Error: in it, and all evil: 5. it is againfl.,the "whole (infant: and Current of Scripture bath in. the ‘old and new Tq/iammt both in Matters of. Faitb , ‘and Manners, both general and particular corn- ‘ mandsg it overthrows all Relation: both Pelitical, ‘Eccleflafiical and Oceanomical; and whereas other ‘cv‘ils, whether errors of judgment or praélsife‘, are ‘but againfl fame one or few places of Scripture or ‘ Relation , this is ag‘ainfi All; thisis the Ab-addon, A- ‘poflyon the dellroyer of all Religion , the Abomination ‘ol' defolation and afionilhmenrg the liberty of pet- ‘ (lit-ion (as St.Auflin calls it) and therefore the Devil fol- ‘liowsit night and day, working mightily in many by ‘ writing books for it and otherwayes, all the Devil: mess ’in- HeilTa-nd' their It: rumentis being at. with to pro. .‘ more a Toleratiox'. , ' ‘ A Toleration will undoAll. Fitmbting infleeptifl'sz ‘ in doflrine and Loafing/i of Life , and afterwards all ‘Atbei/‘ms Osl‘et the Minillets thereforeoppofe Tale-s "ration, as being that by which the Devi! would at ‘ once lay a foundation for his Kingdom to all genera- ‘ tions, witnels againlt‘ it in all places , poflels the ‘ MgiflrmM of the evil: of it, yea and the people ‘ too, lhewing them how if a Tyler-avian: weregra-m ‘teds, they would never have Peace iutheir Family: ‘more, or ever after have command of Wives“ ‘Children, Serva’ntss but they and their poflerit ‘ties after them are like to live” in”, difcontent ‘and unquietnels- of mind‘a‘ll their dayes". ' The fame Mr. Edward: in the yea-1'16“ printed» a Book, entituled , Reafim again/i a: Talermion', in which Book he gives ten Reafom againfl it, ”and an- pag.$5# fwcrs . r rag-o 131. ’ w». . u- ' , ‘- 'W’ , ‘ “ w flurwoufazmiftfi 191m — - gfw'erslallihde Redfomxthat werebrough‘t for inlnthc -yearr164‘4*-:the {aid Mr.Eclword.t printed e-another Book”, ' called Antopologiag towards the clofébf which‘aBook, -viz...from p.280. to p. 307. he does give eight other ‘(Keoflmr againfia 'Toleratiooz. And in the year 1647 He. printed aabook confifi'ing of 218 .pages concer- ' hing fined-Unlawfnlmg/i’and Mifi‘biefrbotb of airzmimifol T oleratiori of all Religious" and Confcz'ence‘: , and of a lie «miteil'and bounded, of fimze Seéi: only; called, The ' oafling dorm of the lafi and flrongefl bold of Satan, or at treati/e againfi. .Toleration , a and pretended Liberty of Con/Hence. .. i _ _ a Mr. Daniel Cawdr; a member of the late 1%»on of Dioine:,in his book called Independeney a great Sobifm, printed in the'year I 6 57, uleth thefe «exprefii- O'ns,pag. 13,14,15,I7. ' ' 3 r. . . . r ‘ The7Commonwealt,h of Ifi-ael never; profpe-red 6better then when it enforced Uniformity in the ‘ Way of Religion prefcribed. " To the objeétion that Uniformity‘enforced is the - readiefl means in the world to root out all Religion from the hearts of “' men; He returnssthele fevveral am 0 fwers. * ‘ I. That it‘was by God thought the beflway to .‘ plant. and preferve Religion in the hearts of the 7am. ‘Thofe': great Reformer: fo famdus, among‘ithemJa- ifi’abt'SCc. are recommended. for compelling of pen- ,, 1‘ ole , and binding them by Oath to ferve the ‘Lord. . , . ‘ a. The Parable “of compelling men to ‘ come into 7th: wedding {ems (in the judgment of no mean Di- ‘ inwinesfio allo-wa power to :bring men to:the;publick E ordinances of [worjb—ip. " gToleralim "for uniformity.»- e 3. fizemion ’ ( which is our prelent' condition ) ‘hath done much more towards the rooting of Re- e ligiok out of rhe'hearts of many men in Even years, ‘ then the enforcing of vm’formity did in feventy, F years; , . c 4. To compel Uniformity ( in a true or falfe way), .‘urn’ay by the corruptiOns of mens hearts breed Hipocri- 3&0, Formalit}, Atbeifm and anxiety qf Confcience g‘in form; but good and gracious Souls have been .fidifCOVCer and purifyed by it, as the three Cbildrm ’T ‘ and Martyr: have manifefled. _ .. ‘ 5. Many,at leaft fome that were enforced to con- ‘formity in the War/hip of God , in Familiar or Con- ‘gregatiom,have bleffed God for that compulfion,Who ‘ before were At/m'fi: or Profane , while they had a -‘ curled intolerable toleration to be of any or no Reli- ‘ giant. a - ‘Lamy, the will indeed cannot . be forced to be= ‘lieve; but that profeffed abrg’fliam fhould be com- ‘pelled‘ to that external profcflion of that only ‘way of waiflllp ’ WhiCh (bra; has inflitUted, feems ‘_as equal and reafonable , 4 as it is unreafonable that ‘ men be left to their own choiée , to ‘worlhip God ‘either not-at all, or after their own fancies. And ..‘ he that denys this feems to men to be, if net an ‘ Atheifi,a Sceptz'ck inRelz’gian. _“ I Would know why- thefenforcing {Uniformity is ‘cal-led by; the name ofiblood} perfimtz'on. Surely to ‘ enforce conformity to the Weyaof God is not perficu- ‘tz'on much leis blood}; butBit is a jul’t perfeicutz‘an of - ' ‘ evil . _r TV N“ pag.l$e pag.~ '17; -' ' T . w— . we 98- «m mmdmtaamiea % ngsii :van‘df;fifthflwryurebeis to the ,Kiflgdom 90f- ‘cbrj/z."‘ ’ is”! 2-.f'I'i'ii _§\} . .3 7;: " 5 ‘ Mr. Wilfidm ext/hm in his book called Talemtion difappréwd and Mademgnd; printed the» ~{econd time , in the year 1670 gives an account of zo'eminept D]. vines (mefi if not all ofthem members of thelate . Affimbly)::d’ecl‘aring;’iti)d by convincing argument ts proving, the great ' ctii “of a' Toleration in their sermm before the Parliament on Solemn oc’cafi- 1 0850 " Mr. Samuel Rmberfard, Proieflor of Divinity in the Univerfity of St; Andrew, in his Book called A Free Diflvwation again/i pretended Liberty of Cart/Iri- woe, ui’eth theft: exprefiions, 1p. 98,99t ‘ Such opi‘e . ‘nioas and practices as. tmkearl evidentisc‘byminsa ‘(bardg and (6: Up twi‘) dim-ind}: Marcher-of different " {aims of Giovctftimcnt, and-pretending roadi‘fiEICtit ‘infirimtionsof Cbrz'fl, of which the one mufl by the ‘nature of their principles labour the deflrufl'ion "of .' c"theeither”, cann’mtibe tokrlateci’. 7 Fm2t§3ch~lpnetcndg ‘ ittg t heir fellowxé’diiti'daéj‘: tar-bf. “of man; ,' andéfq Qf the ' ‘Dcvii‘, though théyfl‘muid? bothmake one; time in~ ‘ vifi'hie church ,? agreeing it) 2}} Fmdewmaltt and ‘ many other Truths, yet fute the whole wouidLbe a ‘1 kihgdoai divided agsainfitit-felf; and that; (13(1ny- tom peace and unity. L Andy'tf Pam! could um endure ‘ {he‘d-ivifims of one and'th‘c fame Chat-rob of'Corinfb, ‘, though they pretended not to. be difietentcbnreber, _ ‘ for there that {aid they were ofl’a'zal, prof-6&3 they ‘couid notihe Difciples of Peter, but he iharply re- Ghuked them as‘cama‘l, and fuchas divided Gbrifi, “ted by cog-:ftquence mufi-faythathl'wm crucified ‘fdr them, and Was thei’r'Redemcr, andfo if dbfli: . ‘ nateiy ., WW ‘ . $“fozdiuifozmifp; ’ ’ 11‘ 2‘ nateI-yttheyhad proceeded; in that‘fipafiztion, Paul ’ ‘Would, have gentle. on min-{higher cenfilresaof the, - "? eburcb; fai- more could he tact endure the gather- ‘ing of true Cburcbexout of true Cburcbes, which is ‘ the profefied-praétice of the Independentu From p. 145. to p. 236. ofvthe fame Book, the faid Author does produce fixteeu fever‘ral arguments. againfi Tole-v ration orpretendedh‘bert} of Confluence, and does an- . fwer fuch Objeéfions as might be railed againfi them. ' ' ‘ ‘ 7 ' ' - - ‘e ;. -Mc; Tbém Shepherd, Pafior of the Cburcb of Cbrifi at Cambridge in New-England, in hisBook called T62: 12:; Sabbatiae, or Tbe Doéi‘rizze of tbe Sabbatb, printed id x the "year 1655-, thus declares his judgement, .;P_3i1,3‘2. . I i, _ A . ( Z .5 ltfis a” thoufaln‘driit‘im better. to {fufi‘etwpmfécutiuit pg. 1”, ‘fofi rigbmnfizef: fake and for a good rconfcienee, then P381 112-. 1 3510‘: ‘dtfii‘e and plead fotfalemfim'of allGonfcie-nees, ' 3 ‘ that fo by this cowardly device and lukeW‘arm prin- ' ‘eipie our". own may be untouched. It was; never ' 5 heetdioftil'inew of lures “that any: efthodS Prapbm, '4 “Jpn/91¢: 1 Mart)”, faithful Witmyjer, '80:. that they ‘eVe’r‘plehd‘Ed for liberty in error; bu‘t'only for the ‘ trwb,‘ [Which they preached; and .pfayed for 5* and -‘ "-fuffered "for unto the deathyaud «their lfufferings fox 5 the Trmb- withczea‘i and patience-5 ; EAith: and ‘conflani- ‘tcy,-have donémoregood then the way of univer. ‘ fal'Toierafiaflis like-to do, which; is purpofely» invent- "ed t6 avoid trouble. Thaw hfithe-verfpread- by op; I: pofition, but errvr , being a child hf Saar: , hath 1f fledTbya zealousirefififiingit.‘ - . - . _ ‘,1 B ‘2‘ t In “1.2,!- . EdwardsR'ea' In the AnFWer from New-Engine! to‘the 3-2 Qlefli": fons again Toleratqio ’32- and Antapol. p. 289. i -‘ 13.143, 114. _;- t E peg. t 132 €32 —Ja'0tts¢2tatt€uzmttt§ {Dita Ions, fent by Tome Lamafiire’Mz’niflerr, whd difliking the” Ceremonies of the Cbuteb, and having. fame thoughts of leaving -their- Countfey,"did_ propofe it to thuie oerew-England, whether they might have liberty according to. their conflience: to go into «a Church may, fomething different fmm- theirs, .and net altogether after the independent popular Govern: .mezzl: ’Tis replyed, ‘- That they could not grant ‘ any Other form ofGovern‘ment but one, feeing there ‘is but one Way of Church-Government laid down in {the Wo’rd ,i and“; that-“unéha'ngchblfe; and. therefore ,‘they'cannot yieldtoiétnf ‘ ‘- ' . ' . ' ~ Now as concerning this Quefiion 5 Whether the penalty of‘the Law ought to be infliéted; qngthqfe who pretend confcience, in Oppofition to what the Lawgcqntma‘nd‘s? .Mr; 70/»: Humpbre} in his 306k 'Cai: led The Autbority of the Magi/irate aboutfielz'gim. elf/:- eufléd, ptinted in-thes-yeat‘1672, has'refolvedit‘fthus; it} >6;th men-pretend they makemtcbflfifiiewe of: i2 ‘thin'g, and indeed do not,' [Would have the‘ 4443‘- ?gflrateabove '31}; men to cxéCute‘ t‘he'Law-upon ‘luch, (fuppofingtthcy judge the.Lagwgr‘ighteo‘us)‘ V ‘ and makggthem 335th example. 2. ,If you. will Jag“; But Ehowvflmlhthe Magifimteknow. titisgfe'eing :Ilo man /‘ can judge of anothers heart? I acknowledge tea- ‘ dily that this is a difficulty, and" the chief thing ‘ which requires the Magifirate: prudence and faith ifulnefs: Yetthisl fay, that everywan {organ that, t‘ being judge of his own 3&5,“ and the punifhin wor "forbearing a pe—rfon 1,. being what the Magi/grate f does: ., ‘upon fucha thing, or keeps him from fueh athing, 7-: "W"' W, , r - , \ ”‘t‘az‘mtti‘fnzttttty. : i ‘ does, he mutt and can but go accordingtto his judg “mént. He tiles the mediates: as a wile man does, "and lawfully may take his conjeéture, (the tree is ‘ known by his fruit) and it is not neceliaty that it ‘ lhould be certain, but only that it be certain that he ‘fo judges, and‘if hebe cunvinced in his foul, and cindeed judges, the mans profeifion only to be pre-r ‘ tence, it is his own judgement, anduothing elfe can ‘ determine him. Although where the perfon is fe- ‘rious in What he declares, and not under any pub- ‘lick note Of petfidioufnefs, the rule of Charity, ‘ which bopetb all thing: and tbz‘néetb no evil, mufi in» ‘ Cline him to the belt con'ltruaiou. , Mr. jerewiab Burroughs had given the fameRejaIu—v limit] .efieé’t long before, .. in hisBiook called lreuicuw, printed:- in the year g646. p1 29,310, 31,323.33, 34,’ 35:36“ i - ‘ i ' , ,The Dewilmul't not belet’aloue, though he hegot into mens Coxfi‘iences. God-hath appointedmo Ci-‘ tyfif RC ffi‘gt for him 5' ’1 if he? flyes stamens Cbnfcimcler as 30412 did to the Horn: of the ‘Alltar, he'mufi be fetched from thence, or fallen Upon there. Same- thing may be done to. keep themvfnom' ev-il,wand§to reduce them, notwithflandinggthe plea of t-heirflqm: friemerw Thisgf id, he'does proceed tb ibfiWWhW maybei'done to a man in fuch a cafe. Theiethingsg; he lays, may be done. ‘ 1. Any man that pleadshisc’onfcz'mce, maybe ‘required to give anaccount of’hisfimflie'nceg. his ‘not enough for him to fay his Confiience puts‘him t h: 1 3 Page 114, pag. 300 - 14' .' ‘ mat fluuemnfazmitte 1312a T ‘ ' 7" her-mun” give an account of the grounds on which ‘ Confeiwce goes.- 'It is againfi the light of nature that ‘men infociety {bould- do things of which theynted 5 give no account to any Whatfoever.‘ ‘ 2. Due enquiry is to be made whether the Devil - ‘--be indeed in the cenfiieece. lt may be you will“ ‘find him in fume Other room of the foul, only he ‘ pretends to that as his Sumter], hoping to efcape‘ "better there then any where elle. If he lhould be ‘ foundin ‘a mans ‘Wz‘fl, he thinks he {hould be hunted" ‘ou‘t with violence, he could not efcapefthere, 'bu—t" ‘ ‘ he hopes men will deal more tenderly with Cooki- ‘ence 5 therefore either thither he will get, or at ‘ leall he will give item that he is got in there, ho- ‘7 ping yon-will enquire after him no further, whenit‘r ‘jsgiven out he has-taken Refugeathqre. As a Melee ‘fafior {earched after, it may be he is lurking inform? . ‘ houfe not far from you , but that you may either ‘ ‘nor {ea-rob, or ceafe {earching , heficaufis it to'be ‘ givenout'that he is got into fame flrong C‘qflte, or ‘fomeothercouetrej, where-‘chete is little hope-”to .‘comeathim. " ‘ '* ‘ » ' Hereupon. he puts the Ogefiion, by what fighs it may be known whethergthe ’Deeil be get into a mans Mega-knee? It ways-be: known he tells‘ us by fth'efef figm- ‘ I. If a mans privateinterefi is much engaged in ,‘ 'rwhathe pret‘endscmfii'ence?for, this may be enough neotiraiferfulpiciob ,5 though 'it be no deter-mining; “3010,69”. 33:99"; l {1; ‘5; ., ' ., ‘. 1'3 Ali" 3’ ‘ ‘ f 2.If l ww‘ :‘VIW'W m:- ,, fa; Minfozmtty. , ‘2- If m the Writ: of a mans life he appears 6not :to be muCh under the command of bistros-- ‘fciem‘e . but Can take. Liberty as he Pleafi's, (fit. ‘3. When the account a man gives: cannot in ‘any rational way be judged fuch, giving allow ‘ance to all his Weakneflés, as fliould prObably ‘miflead him {0 grofly, as Is apparent he ls m1fled ' 6"“ ‘4 If a man be proud and turbulent in his cat- ‘riagc; by that you may know the Devil is ta- ‘ther in the Will, then 1n the Confctence, 86c. ‘ 5. When..- a man is not willing to make life oi' P88 32' ‘mcans to inform his Confiience,&c. . i ‘ 6 When a man by reai'on of Scripture is {0 put pag. 33. ‘ to it , as he mufl either renounce his Error , or ‘ fly from fame of his own Rfiwipleft, he will ra<1 ‘ thcr- deny his Principle: then yield‘h‘iml‘elf com ‘vinced-of his crr0t5 The man that does thus -, is the man rp0ken 0f Tit. 3 II. that is Aurommchnét ‘condemncd of himfelfi A Heretick after the firfl ‘agd ficaud admonitzon rejefi, bemufl' be 1': fllftar'z‘a :dewried By this Scriptnae it is clear 1hat a :mans Caflfiience may be fo fat feen into, as there :may be a judgment paired upon a man, that he ‘isa fib’cwdemnedmanflfic. Having enlarged upon thel}: fignea he declares yet further what may be done to inch 3 man. . ‘ Notwith- ts \ 1mg. 31- :- 71‘mWJ'v W ~ 7v»..~,rW—nu .' v.“ w._ Wy‘vy—wr‘f.‘1svr W—"r; ixwpw—va-mew ‘ __ ' _ .. , :6 . -- fibtflnnsmnt‘ozmifia 191m " ‘Notwithflanding his Confeienee he is to be cafl ~‘0u‘t of the Society of the Saints-3 and not only fo, ‘but if his error with the a-profeflion of it be ide- ‘firufiive to the State, and he cannot be reclaim- ‘ed, he may likewife be cut ofi~ from it 5 or at' ‘leafi deprived of the "priviledges of it,- and "bene- :fits by it, notwithfianding his Plea of Confci- eme. . And leafi it fhould be thought that he herein fpake only of the reflraint of men from dange- rous grofs evils'and not from evils o (leis :mo- ments He does add concerning fuch 5That, ”Amara. egg...“ “A man may be put to Tome troublein thofe ways ‘ of evil, that his Confcience puts him Upon, lb far ‘ as to take off the wantonnel‘i of his fpirit and the ‘negleét of means: In times of liberty there is - ‘ very great wantonnels in mens Spiritsg they Rand — ‘asin an equal lml/ance to receive truth or error 5 e- ‘very little thing calls the .ballan‘ce in many 'mens » ‘ Spiritsaas interei’tin a friend; ef’tcem'from fucli ‘men of repmc in fomes in others the credit'they .. ‘conceive there is in being able to {peak further ‘in a bufinefs then other men, to have a further ‘infight into it than Others ‘5' and a thoufand the ‘like: Now to help againfi fuch temptations, if ‘there be fome trouble layed in the way ,> of that ‘ which is apparently evil, to as men {hall-ice there ‘is fomething to be {offered in that ways if there ‘be no more grains of trouble then may help ‘againft the wantonnefs and neglefi of means, I ‘fee no reafon why any (hould. beofiended at ‘this. 1 A 'l x _ . h 5 . ' r ' v o , . 4h \ . / a L ‘ ' ,_ . ‘- ‘ . . WW nnnnn MMAJAJA‘MM gx‘m ,, .i- .rrd ., ... . . . a , . _ ,' _ -_ ‘ _ v . r N , a _ A 1 . e .LanM-._a- with 1; u A “A“; 4 z A l- WW Vim ’ Veterinarian. _" ' 5 ‘Mr. 341m: Noyes, that judicious andfaitbful 'Min-iJ [in of (brifis forfo the Publijlaer of his book. has been pleaf’cd to ftyle hims Collegue to Mr. Tho- ma: Par/«er, szior of the Cfmrcb of Nmémy in New-England , has in like for; declared his judg- ment for the punilhing of offenders , n0twith- 'fla‘nding their l’lca of Confa‘ehce, in his book cal‘ " led Mofe: and Aaron ; recommended by the {aid Mr. _Tboma: "Parker, and here publilhed in the K year 1661. by Mr. Benjamin -Woodbridg., who at, that time thought fit to flyle himfclf Reflor of Nembu. ry in the Count} of 304:. The; faid Mr. 7mm: Nofihpagfig and 70 , difcourfing of the power ’of Magi/irate: 'over the Clmrcb,‘ under fibril? the Head, does aflirm, .. w , ‘That Magifirates have a fuprcam power under ‘ €5rg'fi to fee the whole Law of (Sodium without ‘exceptiOn : That it. is the Magiflmte: duty to m. ‘ form all, abnfcs without exception: That it is the ‘ Magy'irate: end to‘ punilh and to pot away all evil; " to maintain all godlinefi andpeacc emong all per- ‘fonsx: That Magg'flrate: receive" power-from cliff/2 ‘asWediat-‘ar: All power is given .to,him‘,,_a,nd'thcre— {fore comes from him, and is given by himto others : ‘ And Magi/irate: receive powergfro'm Chis? with- ‘out “exception in a politicé way, therefore their ‘ power "is. correfpondent totcbrifirfldediqtorz‘a‘l pow- ‘ ‘erin a'politick ways clfe the Churcb Wonld bode» ‘ folated With Hergfiel, Idolatry, Propbanemfl’, It: . ‘is needfull that Magifirate: fhould have power to ‘preferve theChnrch from defolation bthgking a- pag.69. 1 Deut. 17.19. Numb.27. 2.1. t Efix.25,26. 2 Chromls. 30. 24.4: £59.65. \ ‘ f ~13-I r. Joht‘gJ 1? H0f9030. IO. 3. E2..6.8,\1 I. Dan.6. 23. Dent. 17. lo, 11. Rom.13.4.. 2 Tim.2.2. ‘ way Foxe: and Waiver, Sic: and their power is no . Swhcre limitcdgin this refptéf‘a andsfhflefme they C ' J “ have .‘ u..- .. a h,-; _._ MH-t...‘ ’3, m -.--:;_h: ' A. ‘ 1J3 * - _ m): fluwmnfnzmififiptéd W W ‘ have; {nah Row“, as to, take :away Fax“ and r ‘Woim, 5m- ~ - ~‘ ' .. ”3.72. A06! in p. 72‘. t0 the Obieaion, That Magf'flfdtu may no: punifh fins of confcience, he rctums thisAm fwcr, That we} way; which he there'proves at large by fourteen Rivera-l Arguments , p. 72,73,744; wiz. thus: " - w. h . ‘Sins committed by the mifundprflanding of God; Word may be punifhcd, therefore fins of cavfiiencg ‘ may be punilhed. A plea from God: Ward, is great:- ‘ er then a plea of c‘mfiz‘ence. Th: Jews might have ‘been punifhcd for their killing of C/m‘fl,. though ‘they pleaded from God: Word that he had éetémd ‘ it by blajfbcmy. ‘ 2. Men may be punifhed fihenthey fin in Ecli- ‘giow meal 5 f0 Saul murdered the Gibeom‘te: , and ‘the7em abrifi. Zeal argues a love ofzdutyz, and ' g ‘ an apprehcnfion of confcz'eme, in reference. "ta-060d: 'Mat.26.52.‘ “command. Peter was threamed With deWaWeih by i .‘ th‘e'fw-ord,-for ufing thefword unlawquy, ghou‘gh y ‘Wconfcientioujly , in a way of Religiow med, Paul's ‘ MM) ‘ mad zeal ' was confiiemiom; A mad mafcimce bad . ' ‘ " need be reg/imbued. . ‘ ' ' ‘ g. Md’gflrate: as we" as Mafi'ersh ahdrFathen a? 3i ‘ Families may make , and therefore eXepute LéWs ' ‘againfi an erroneous oonfiieme. They may con- . Deut13~13~ ‘ firm Gods judicial Laws, which punifhcdlalolairy, W" ‘ and therefore an erroneous canfcieme- *- lb - W ‘ .K’ , I W _ W 1 ' 14. Ncgfigence is pumflwablc.thhouthcxceptsong, ‘ 0 y and. _. -‘Vv| v- —-—1 V. ... .. ~ . -;. - .. w. T V... f Tw‘fivw . 1.. {1‘3qu , 1" ."t"'-» . \ ‘7 ”i"-“‘" g g ‘ . ‘ ' fa: fluifazmity; . » ' , 19 ‘ and coeféienceis negligent when 311% fins; Adam ‘his confciem‘e was negligent in the ac}, though not ‘ in the habit, when he firft finned, and accordingly ‘puniihed.~ A negligent and cor-rapt ffudge is pu- ‘niihed, though ignorant. A corrUpt can/deuce is ‘a corrupt judge. Confcientia 4i ire/iii, judex d» ‘ vindex. v ' ” 5. ‘God does puniilh Sins of Confcience and Magi- Deut. 17,19: ‘firate: are God: Vicegereet: and not «refiramed in this zebron- 19¢ i- ‘ [Cingfl'o ” ' I ‘6. Magzfirater underthe Law did punifh rm of Ex.32.4.1 ‘Confiz’ences and Law is n0t changed in this re- cu" ‘3' 3' '.‘- {Peat _ ‘ 7. Menmaycommit murders, perfecuteand defo. Joh. I6. 2. "late the church in a way of conference, therefore Rgfifi'ofé; g "theymay be pnniihed for Sins of confcience. Men . .? ‘ may bezpuniihed in reference to lies of the mind,and i, ‘ Why not in reference to fins of confidence 31le Mad f ‘ men having nm the ufe of a rationalmi—nd are no: ‘puniihabie. A .coefcience is a power of the mind, » _ _ ‘ whereby we difcern the ,ruleand judg of .our aékions . ' ' l ‘ ‘and conformity t‘hereunto. The Soul, mind and g ‘ , . g l, ‘confcieme are punifhed immediately 'by God , the ‘ body immediately by “man. Con/bicep: is formally ‘ puniflredfihoug‘hmediatclry,.,as well as formally 5 the “filbjefisof heat fi'om fire, though mediately by ‘ the synAmurderous heretical confcz‘mce had need be ‘scorreé’ted , notdireé’tedsonly. Malian: dmit amor, ‘ plurenamen corriIgit timor. - A ’ , v‘ 9; [f Dircfiim be no: fuflicient, then correfi’i- 217314.16. . ‘ C 2 ‘03 ""'"""""" '5’ "W“"Ip’r'z‘wfiwn. . “ Tit. 1.15, 16, :6 ~ > @bemunadruniozmtftfi 11912:: _ ‘i‘é’iis to be applyed' to Catt/lien}: to the whole ' "man; » A .' .7 m " ' ' ..; '- 3 , IPma. 10, “to. All Difobedience is to be Lcorreéied without, 11. C , | . ‘ 1 Tim. 1‘ 9, exception; t ’ Heb‘m'zz' ‘ 1!. Confcience is but a natural Powerdthe ‘ Soul, and therefore corrigible, as other natural pow: ‘ers offending as wellasthe affecfiions and. the will ‘and themind, 0"“ Men may confiienciou/Z} negleCt ‘to hear the March, yea perfecute the Cbur‘cb icon- . . cfiiegzcio‘q/Zj', which is“ Worfe. Men may be punifh-' ‘- . ‘ ed '35 ‘ contemptuous and Wilfnl,’ affeé’ting igno- * ’rance,‘ morallymad. A mafle‘t: of a Family cor- ‘rupted had need be'correficd rather then others, '_ ‘ becaufe f0 many ”do depend. on his integrity. A ’ ‘fDfiuékardfi‘ithafis-wont v'to.b‘e”mifchieiv-ou5', and jet , i V ‘ follows? the"Cilfl'pg‘tflefe’tves‘flPjtbacmi’his-xfiavqgi a dean; A&.23.i4. ‘ble pu-nifhmenb. _ If the [Worm fiemhad kil’d Paul,‘ ' ‘ they had mmder’ed him i'n_.Confbience,f;u .4 rod z'{for’ "‘ theféol: flaky-end confi'ienneis namm‘Hy-"fdalgfi, ‘ A" Ting. . ‘ cohfiienc‘ci" that fen—iveth“: iufls-gt'iis. :cunte‘mptuous,‘ 2Pet. 2. 3,5. twfl‘fully ignorant; afieéhngitgnpnanée , and naturale‘ TF5 3' 213' ‘ly‘canfcieuce deeé ferve luflsw The. ‘sz‘ef and .the' \ ‘Adulterer m'ayh‘ave fuch a” canfciem’e as to tbink .' Pfal. So. 29, ‘t/mt Codi! [field-753"”). , Heathen: have wormiped ” God by adhlleroiltprpflilmiom. .i Men tire in ;a\~ fenfe ‘ coxfcieuciouflji criminal “,‘_ when canfcimce permitteth ‘the perpetr‘ation of crimes, notinnly'when it’edm= ' ‘mands. If acorruptcanfoiememakethGods Houfe’ ‘ a denofthievesfit is} meet” it {honldbq whipto‘ut; ‘If canfcience be a den forqtb'z'weejand; aflteibertfcgf ' murders”, it. mufl not be tollerated. Gods own Tam: * i ; 3' P16: muft not fecure Inch. -. ‘ > ‘I " .‘13. Mi- ‘1 i V fa; dinifuzmitp.‘ ” “ .21 ‘33. Miniflers are topunilh eon/hence} t, accrue. 52 ~ ‘. ». - 6v .» _- ' ' 5 .. — .. , . .1“;- ..~‘,. ‘1’. 21“} '~ ‘ {.J’ -h" 354:.- ‘u. <5 ~g 1.1M ‘ a . A ‘ 14. If confciet‘rce'is nOtV-to be correfie'd‘, it is-be3“ ‘ caufe it is ignorant, or became there-is fomegood- ‘nefs‘ init, or for fame Other 'reafons \‘B'Ut'no Tuch ‘confidcration does excufe its Not the firfi,for there . p ‘is greatefi ignorance in the greateflfins, yet they are l— , ‘ the greateft Sins. There rs more Ignorance of fome "“ ' ‘ high principles in fins agalnfl' known prtnciples,‘ then ‘ in [ins that are called fins of ignorance. The more ‘knowledg the lefefin, therefore the ;more_ igoo; f crane; the more fit.._'1c*appears that the Will follows 1‘ "the" iniEIPc'ét in madman. The: Will ddt‘h‘: not; gag; ‘like the Appetite of. a brute. All' lufls arelufls of ‘ ignorance. True Knowledg doth ’hinde‘t' Sin, be- ‘caufe it doth forbid Sin , and the Will cannot but / ‘follow title—ultimate dissing of'l.the+.tt.it!tel1§ga- 0'”- ‘ fiigmalm efl, finltw 001111! freeman: ’fl.._i£”4"f?- Iggy: ‘mn’tia juri: m exmfat. ”Ignorance deferves pity”, ‘yet it‘doth' n0t excufe from puniflamentng quhe ‘lEcond,there.is fome goodnefi ina beatfiem confci- ‘ ence. Godl’z‘nef: in truth according to the Gojjzel ‘ doth not eXempt from punilhment. Confcience f0 ,‘ far as it argues a good man , renders one the more t worthy of regard , but not free from punifh... ‘ meat, Q2115 parit culpirpmfentibm , ’vilia tranfmittit ad ‘poft'eror. / . "I 9' ‘= P? . ,W” Luk. ..- _, 7 ‘”" ‘ ‘~M<"«‘\- .., «Au '5... -_.. ..,_. ”mu“ .3. \ L._m~w. ,. .uu u #:i‘u“.»“ .__‘, u.» . . 22 i the moltaflaufiamfifififileafic. E Luk 19 22 ‘ 3-1 Out of thine own mouth will I judg thee, _ . thou wicked Servant. Rom. 2. 1. Therefore thou art 1nexcufable,oh M311 who- foever thou art that judgef’c: for where- in thou judgeft another; thou condemneft‘ thy felf, for thou that judgefl: doefi the fame things. _. 7er.Burrougbs Irm. p 215.1. 28 ‘ , The Lord may jui‘tly judg us Out of our ~- ‘ own mouthe. F INIS. mm or m - com-M ELL SPC RRE RARE 844627 \Ihlll‘iiflfliiljl|lfl\l 01