Obiections: answered by way of dialogue wherein is proved by the Law of God: by the law of our land: and by his Maties many testimonies that no man ought to be persecuted for his religion, so he testifie his allegeance by the Oath, appointed by law.
      
       
         
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             Obiections: answered by way of dialogue wherein is proved by the Law of God: by the law of our land: and by his Maties many testimonies that no man ought to be persecuted for his religion, so he testifie his allegeance by the Oath, appointed by law.
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           OBIECTIONS
           :
           Answered
           by
           way
           of
           Dialogue
           ,
           wherein
           is
           proved
           
             
               
                 By
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 God
              
               :
            
             
               
                 By
                 the
                 law
                 of
                 our
                 Land
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 by
                 his
                 Ma
                 ties
                 many
                 testimonies
              
            
          
           That
           no
           man
           ought
           to
           be
           persecuted
           for
           his
           religion
           ,
           so
           he
           testifie
           his
           allegeance
           by
           the
           Oath
           ,
           appointed
           by
           Law.
           
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             2.4
             .
          
           He
           shal
           judg
           amonge
           the
           Nations
           ,
           &
           re●uke
           many
           people
           :
           they
           shal
           breake
           their
           swords
           also
           into
           mattocks
           ,
           &
           their
           speares
           into
           sithes
           ,
           Nation
           shall
           not
           lift
           vp
           a
           sword
           against
           Nation
           ,
           neither
           shall
           they
           learne
           to
           feight
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             11.9
             .
          
           Then
           shall
           none
           hurt
           nor
           destroy
           in
           all
           my
           Holy
           mountaine
           .
        
         
           
             ●
             Cor.
             10.4
             .
          
           For
           the
           weapons
           of
           our
           warrfare
           ,
           are
           not
           carnall
           ,
           but
           mighty
           through
           God
           to
           cast
           downe
           holds
           .
        
         
           Printed
           1615.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             To
             all
             that
             truely
             wish
             Ierusalems
             prosperity
             ,
             &
             Babilons
             destruction
             ,
             wisedome
             &
             vnderstanding
             be
             multiplied
             vpon
             you
             .
          
        
         
           IN
           these
           days
           if
           ever
           ,
           that
           is
           true
           which
           the
           wisemā
           said
           .
           Eccl.
           12.12
           .
           
             there
             is
             none
             ēd
             in
             makeing
             many
             bookes
             ,
             &
             much
             reading
             is
             a
             wearines
             to
             the
             flesh
             :
          
           yet
           considering
           how
           heynous
           it
           is
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           lord
           to
           force
           mē
           ād
           wemē
           by
           cruell
           persecutiōs
           to
           bring
           their
           bodies
           to
           a
           worship
           ,
           wherevnto
           they
           cannot
           bring
           their
           spirits
           :
           wee
           thought
           it
           our
           duety
           for
           Gods
           glory
           &
           the
           reformation
           thereof
           in
           this
           our
           owne
           natiō
           to
           publish
           this
           litle
           writing
           following
           ,
           wherein
           is
           manifestly
           proved
           
             by
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             law
             of
             our
             lād
             ,
             &
             his
             Maties
             owne
             divers
          
           testimonies
           ,
           that
           no
           mā
           ought
           to
           be
           persecuted
           for
           his
           religiō
           be
           it
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           so
           they
           testifie
           their
           faithful
           allegiance
           to
           the
           King.
           What
           shal
           men
           do
           striveing
           about
           matters
           of
           religion
           til
           this
           be
           ended
           .
           For
           if
           this
           be
           truth
           that
           the
           kings
           of
           the
           earth
           have
           power
           frō
           God
           to
           cōpel
           by
           persecution
           all
           their
           subjects
           to
           beleeve
           as
           they
           beleeve
           then
           wicked
           is
           it
           to
           resist
           ,
           ād
           the
           persecutiōs
           of
           such
           is
           iustly
           vpon
           thē
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistrats
           that
           execute
           the
           same
           are
           clere
           frō
           their
           blood
           ,
           ād
           it
           is
           vpō
           their
           owne
           heads
           :
           but
           if
           the
           kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           have
           not
           power
           from
           God
           to
           compel
           by
           persecution
           any
           of
           their
           subjects
           to
           beleeve
           as
           they
           beleeve
           
             (
             seeing
             faith
             is
             the
             worke
             of
             God
             )
          
           then
           no
           lesse
           wicked
           is
           it
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           to
           disobey
           ,
           and
           the
           persecutions
           of
           such
           are
           vpō
           the
           Magistrats
           ,
           &
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           persecuted
           crieth
           vnto
           the
           lord
           ,
           and
           wil
           be
           required
           at
           the
           Magistrats
           hands
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           in
           al
           humility
           ,
           reverēce
           ād
           loyalty
           wee
           do
           humbly
           desire
           of
           our
           soveraign
           lord
           the
           
           K
           :
           ād
           al
           Gods
           ministers
           vnder
           him
           ,
           as
           Iudges
           Iustices
           of
           peace
           ,
           etc.
           by
           whome
           this
           persecutiō
           is
           executed
           ,
           thēselves
           to
           cōsider
           ,
           not
           whether
           herein
           they
           please
           lord
           Bbs
           :
           but
           whether
           they
           please
           the
           lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           after
           a
           little
           whyle
           shall
           judg
           all
           judges
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           workes
           without
           respect
           of
           persons
           ,
           ād
           therefore
           are
           comaunded
           
             to
             kisse
             the
             sonne
             least
             he
             be
             angrie
             &
             they
             p●rish
             in
             the
             way
             .
          
           psa
           .
           2.
           our
           humble
           desire
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           consider
           what
           is
           testified
           in
           the
           scriptures
           :
           that
           ,
           
             The
             kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             shall
             give
             their
             power
             vnto
             the
             Beast
             ,
             til
             the
             words
             of
             God
             be
             fulfilled
             thē
             shal
             they
             take
             their
             power
             from
             hir
             .
          
           If
           it
           be
           granted
           (
           as
           it
           is
           )
           that
           the
           kings
           of
           this
           nation
           formerly
           have
           given
           their
           power
           vnto
           that
           Romish
           Beast
           ,
           it
           shal
           evidently
           appeare
           ,
           that
           our
           lord
           the
           king
           and
           al
           Magistrats
           vnder
           him
           do
           give
           their
           power
           to
           the
           sāe
           beast
           though
           the
           Beast
           be
           in
           another
           shape
           :
           For
           as
           that
           spiritual
           power
           or
           beast
           of
           Rome
           sets
           vp
           a
           worship
           (
           as
           they
           pretend
           )
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           force
           al
           therto
           by
           cruel
           persecutiōs
           ,
           the
           kings
           of
           the
           earth
           giveing
           their
           power
           therevnto
           ,
           so
           this
           spirituall
           power
           or
           beast
           of
           Englād
           sets
           vp
           a
           worship
           (
           as
           they
           pretend
           )
           for
           God
           ,
           and
           force
           al
           thereto
           by
           cruel
           persecutiōs
           ,
           the
           kings
           Ma
           tie
           giveing
           his
           power
           here
           vnto
           .
           Oh
           that
           al
           that
           are
           in
           authority
           ,
           would
           but
           cōsider
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           (
           which
           shal
           judg
           them
           at
           the
           last
           day
           )
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           when
           they
           force
           men
           against
           their
           soules
           ād
           consciences
           to
           dissemble
           to
           beleeve
           as
           they
           beleeve
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           K
           :
           and
           state
           beleeves
           ,
           they
           would
           withdrawe
           their
           hands
           ād
           harts
           therefrom
           ād
           never
           do
           as
           they
           have
           done
           partely
           through
           inconsideration
           ,
           and
           partely
           to
           please
           lord
           Bbs
           :
           being
           in
           favour
           with
           the
           King.
           
        
         
         
           It
           cannot
           but
           with
           high
           thāk
           fulnes
           to
           God
           ād
           to
           the
           king
           be
           aknowledged
           of
           al
           that
           the
           kings
           Ma
           tie
           is
           no
           blood
           thirsty
           man
           for
           if
           he
           were
           ,
           bodily
           destruction
           should
           be
           the
           portion
           of
           al
           that
           feare
           God
           ,
           and
           endeavor
           to
           walke
           in
           his
           waies
           as
           may
           be
           seene
           in
           the
           primitive
           time
           of
           this
           spirituall
           power
           or
           beast
           of
           England
           ,
           after
           that
           king
           Henry
           de
           8.
           had
           cast
           of
           the
           Romish
           beast
           ,
           ād
           since
           ,
           (
           so
           far
           as
           leave
           hath
           bene
           graunted
           them
           )
           by
           hanging
           ,
           burning
           banishing
           ,
           imprisoning
           ,
           ād
           what
           not
           ,
           as
           the
           particulars
           might
           bee
           named
           .
           Yet
           our
           most
           humble
           desire
           of
           our
           lord
           the
           king
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           give
           his
           power
           to
           force
           his
           faithful
           subjects
           ,
           to
           dissemble
           to
           beleeve
           as
           he
           beleeves
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           measure
           of
           persecution
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           no
           smale
           persecution
           ,
           to
           lye
           many
           yeares
           in
           filthy
           prisons
           ,
           in
           hunger
           cold
           ,
           jdlenes
           ,
           devided
           from
           wife
           ,
           family
           ,
           calling
           ,
           left
           in
           continual
           meseries
           ād
           tēptations
           ,
           so
           as
           death
           would
           be
           to
           many
           lesse
           persecution
           ,
           seeing
           his
           Ma
           tie
           .
           confesseth
           
             that
             to
             change
             the
             mynd
             must
             bee
             the
             work
             of
             God.
          
           And
           of
           the
           lord
           Bbs
           :
           wee
           desire
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           a
           little
           leave
           of
           persecuringe
           those
           that
           cannot
           beleeve
           as
           they
           ,
           til
           they
           have
           proved
           that
           God
           is
           welpleased
           therewith
           ,
           and
           the
           soules
           of
           such
           as
           submit
           in
           safety
           from
           condēnation
           let
           them
           prove
           this
           ,
           and
           wee
           protest
           we
           wil
           for
           ever
           submit
           vnto
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           wil
           thousands
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           there
           bee
           any
           sparke
           off
           grace
           in
           thē
           let
           thē
           set
           thēselves
           to
           give
           satisfaction
           either
           by
           word
           or
           writing
           or
           both
           .
           But
           if
           they
           wil
           not
           ,
           but
           continue
           their
           cruel
           courses
           as
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           let
           them
           yet
           remēber
           that
           they
           must
           come
           to
           judgment
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           abhominations
           set
           in
           order
           before
           them
           ,
           ād
           be
           torne
           in
           peeces
           when
           none
           shal
           deliver
           them
           .
        
         
         
           And
           whereas
           they
           have
           no
           other
           cullor
           of
           ground
           out
           of
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           have
           Cano●●zed
           a
           law
           .
           viz
           :
           
             that
             whosoever
             shal
             affirme
             hat
             the
             K
             :
             Ma
             :
             hath
             not
             the
             same
             power
             ove●
             the
             church
             that
             the
             godly
             kings
             of
             Israel
             had
             vnder
             the
             law
             &c
             Let
             him
             be
             excomunicate
             ipso
             facto
             .
          
           The
           vnsound
           〈…〉
           s
           of
           which
           ground
           is
           manifested
           in
           this
           Dialogue
           followeing
           ▪
           wherein
           is
           shewed
           their
           pal●able
           ignorance
           in
           that
           they
           knowe
           not
           the
           mi
           〈…〉
           iay
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           they
           made
           this
           canon
           in
           flattery
           to
           the
           king
           onely
           to
           support
           their
           pride
           and
           cruelty
           :
           for
           if
           the
           kingdome
           or
           and
           of
           Israell
           ,
           or
           Canaan
           now
           vnder
           the
           gospel
           be
           an
           earthly
           kingdome
           or
           land
           ,
           or
           Israel
           now
           a
           worldly
           or
           fleshly
           Israell
           as
           both
           were
           vnder
           the
           law
           .
           Then
           wee
           would
           confesse
           there
           should
           be
           an
           earthly
           king
           therof
           ,
           but
           if
           the
           king
           some
           of
           Israel
           now
           be
           not
           earthly
           but
           heavēly
           ,
           Ioh.
           18.36
           .
           and
           the
           Isralites
           now
           not
           of
           this
           world
           .
           Ioh.
           15.19
           .
           then
           the
           king
           thereof
           is
           not
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           not
           of
           this
           world
           .
           Ioh
           17.16
           .
           ād
           if
           these
           spiritual
           lords
           cōfesse
           that
           Chr
           :
           &
           king
           now
           of
           the
           sand
           ād
           people
           of
           Israel
           ,
           but
           yet
           he
           hath
           left
           our
           lord
           the
           king
           h●s
           deputy
           to
           make
           such
           lawes
           and
           lords
           over
           the
           church
           as
           pleaseth
           him
           :
           the
           word
           of
           the
           lord
           is
           against
           thē
           
             ●ere
             is
             but
             one
             ●ord
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.5
             .
             &
             one
             law
             giver
             .
             Iam.
             4.12
             .
             over
             his
             Church
             .
             Nay
             his
             Ma
             :
             himself
             is
             against
             thē
             ,
             who
             saith
             .
             There
             is
             no
             earthly
             monarch
             ever
             the
             Church
             ,
             whose
             word
             must
             be
             a
             law
             ,
             &
             saith
             further
             .
             Christ
             is
             his
             Churches
             monarch
             ,
             &
             the
             holy
             ghost
             his
             deputy
             alleging
             luk
             .
             22.25
             .
             the
             kings
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             beare
             rule
             one
             over
             another
             .
             &c.
             but
             I
             shal
             not
             be
             so
             among
             you
             saying
             further
             .
             Christ
             then
             he
             ascended
             ,
             left
             not
             Peter
             with
             them
             to
             direct
             thē
             in
             al
             truth
             ,
             but
             promissed
             to
             send
             the
             holy
             ghost
             
             to
             them
             for
             that
             end
             .
             &c.
          
           If
           any
           wishe
           rebellions
           against
           the
           word
           of
           the
           lord
           herein
           ,
           yet
           let
           them
           not
           be
           rebellious
           against
           the
           word
           of
           the
           king
           .
           Oh
           that
           any
           thinge
           would
           prevail
           with
           thē
           to
           make
           them
           leave
           of
           ,
           these
           cruel
           courses
           of
           persecuting
           poore
           soules
           that
           desire
           truely
           to
           feare
           God
           ,
           and
           are
           most
           faithful
           subjects
           to
           the
           king
           and
           desire
           also
           the
           salvatiō
           of
           the
           soules
           of
           these
           their
           cruel
           persecutors
           ,
           who
           do
           seeke
           their
           vtter
           vndoeing
           by
           al
           the
           forenamed
           persecutions
           ,
           onely
           because
           they
           cannot
           of
           faith
           offer
           vp
           such
           worship
           to
           God
           as
           these
           spirituall
           lords
           comaund
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           let
           them
           leave
           of
           persecutinge
           ,
           seeing
           the
           kings
           Ma
           tie
           acknowledgeth
           .
           
             It
             is
             a
             sure
             rule
             in
             divinitie
             ,
             that
             God
             loves
             not
             to
             plant
             his
             church
             by
             violēce
             &
             bloodshed
             .
          
           And
           if
           it
           be
           a
           law
           for
           al
           Christiās
           ,
           that
           in
           indifferent
           thinges
           one
           must
           not
           offēd
           another
           ,
           but
           the
           stronge
           but
           forbeare
           ,
           rather
           thē
           offēd
           his
           weake
           brother
           ,
           other
           wyse
           he
           
             wounds
             the
             weake
             conscience
             &
             sinnes
             against
             Christ
             .
          
           1.
           
           Cor
           8.
           
           Thē
           how
           much
           lesse
           hath
           any
           man
           power
           to
           be
           lord
           over
           the
           weake
           conscience
           ,
           forceing
           it
           to
           practice
           that
           it
           hath
           not
           faith
           ,
           in
           bringing
           it
           thereby
           vnto
           same
           ,
           and
           vnto
           condemnation
           .
           Rom.
           14.
           wee
           do
           vnfainedly
           acknowledg
           the
           authority
           of
           earthly
           Magistrats
           Gods
           blessed
           ordinance
           ,
           and
           that
           al
           earthly
           authority
           and
           comaund
           apperteynes
           vnto
           thē
           ,
           let
           them
           comaund
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           wee
           must
           obey
           either
           to
           do
           or
           suffer
           vpō
           paine
           of
           Gods
           displeasure
           ,
           besides
           their
           punishment
           .
           But
           al
           men
           must
           let
           God
           alone
           with
           his
           right
           which
           is
           to
           be
           lord
           and
           law-giver
           to
           the
           soule
           ,
           ād
           not
           comaund
           obedience
           for
           God
           where
           he
           comaundeth
           none
           .
           And
           this
           is
           onely
           that
           which
           wee
           dare
           not
           but
           maintaine
           ,
           vpō
           the
           peril
           of
           our
           soules
           ,
           which
           is
           greater
           
           then
           bodily
           afflictiō
           And
           onely
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           Christs
           right
           herein
           ,
           do
           false
           Prophets
           and
           deceivers
           (
           who
           by
           that
           craft
           are
           clothed
           in
           fyne
           apparel
           ,
           and
           faire
           deliciously
           every
           day
           )
           labor
           to
           make
           vs
           odious
           ī
           the
           ears
           ād
           eyes
           of
           Prince
           and
           people
           ,
           knoweing
           wel
           that
           if
           they
           had
           not
           power
           by
           persecution
           to
           force
           mē
           to
           dissemble
           to
           beleeve
           as
           they
           ,
           their
           kingdome
           and
           paine
           would
           soone
           come
           to
           nought
           ,
           the
           wickednes
           of
           which
           course
           is
           discovered
           in
           this
           writinge
           followeing
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           manner
           ,
           being
           Dialogue-wise
           ,
           wee
           thought
           it
           the
           fittest
           in
           two
           respects
           .
           First
           ,
           for
           the
           vnderstanding
           of
           the
           simple
           ,
           to
           whome
           especially
           Gods
           misteries
           apperteyne
           ,
           more
           then
           to
           the
           wise
           and
           prudent
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           al
           the
           objections
           that
           wee
           have
           met
           with
           ,
           might
           be
           set
           downe
           ,
           and
           the
           playnelyer
           answered
           .
           And
           because
           wee
           have
           faith
           and
           assurance
           that
           many
           wil
           see
           and
           acknowledg
           the
           vnlawfulnes
           of
           tyrānyzing
           over
           the
           consciēce
           ,
           vn
           persecuting
           the
           bodies
           of
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           subject
           ,
           wee
           have
           also
           thought
           it
           meet
           to
           manifest
           the
           careful
           estate
           of
           such
           subjection
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           deliver
           their
           soules
           ,
           if
           they
           wil
           be
           saved
           :
           and
           also
           have
           set
           downe
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           old
           and
           good
           way
           ,
           that
           Iohn
           Baptist
           ,
           Christ
           Iesus
           ,
           ād
           his
           Apostles
           have
           left
           ,
           vnto
           al
           that
           wil
           be
           saved
           ●nto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Beseeching
           that
           Almighty
           worker
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           worke
           in
           the
           harts
           and
           consciences
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           enquire
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           out
           of
           the
           scriptures
           ,
           and
           walke
           therein
           ,
           thē
           shal
           they
           find
           rest
           vnto
           their
           soules
           ,
           although
           afflictions
           to
           their
           bodies
           .
           Oh
           〈…〉
           is
           time
           for
           the
           Lord
           to
           worke
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           
           destroyed
           his
           law
           ,
           and
           have
           set
           vp
           in
           many
           Nations
           such
           worship
           for
           God
           as
           best
           pleaseth
           thē
           that
           are
           in
           authority
           ,
           and
           have
           power
           to
           persecute
           the
           contrary
           mynded
           .
           Let
           all
           Gods
           people
           cry
           .
           How
           long
           Lord
           ?
           when
           wilt
           thou
           come
           to
           destroy
           Antychrists
           cruel
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           establish
           Christs
           meeke
           and
           peaceable
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           thou
           haist
           begun
           ,
           even
           come
           Lord
           Iesus
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           thy
           Moueth
           ,
           and
           the
           brighnes
           of
           thy
           coming
           ,
           even
           come
           quickely
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Christs
             vnworthy
             witnesses
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             faithful
             subjects
             .
             Comonly
             ,
             but
             most
             falsly
             called
             Annabaptists
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             Antichristian
             .
          
           
             
               VVhy
               come
               you
               not
               to
               Church
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Christian
             .
          
           
             What
             should
             I
             do
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               VVorship
               God.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             must
             worship
             God
             as
             he
             requireth
             ,
             ād
             not
             as
             any
             mortal
             man
             requireth
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               True
               ,
               but
               the
               worship
               that
               wee
               require
               you
               to
               offer
               vp
               ,
               is
               the
               vvorship
               ,
               God
               requireth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             I
             wil
             withal
             willingnes
             assēt
             vnto
             it
             ,
             but
             my
             conscience
             must
             be
             satisfied
             there
             of
             by
             the
             word
             of
             truth
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             have
             faith
             in
             it
             ,
             other
             wise
             it
             is
             my
             grevious
             sai
             .
             Rom.
             14.23
             .
             For
             I
             may
             not
             beleeve
             it
             so
             to
             be
             because
             you
             affirme
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               VVell
               you
               must
               go
               to
               Church
               ,
               othervvise
               you
               are
               disobedient
               to
               the
               law
               ,
               &
               vvil
               fall
               vnder
               punishment
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             But
             still
             remember
             that
             you
             would
             have
             me
             worship
             God
             as
             you
             pretend
             ,
             therefore
             let
             vs
             agree
             what
             worship
             God
             requireth
             :
             Christ
             saith
             .
             Ioh
             4.24
             .
             
               God
               is
               a
               spirit
               ,
               &
               they
               that
               worship
               him
               ,
               must
               worship
               him
               in
               spirit
               &
               truth
               .
            
             Here
             wee
             see
             what
             worship
             God
             requireth
             ,
             viz
             :
             That
             wee
             worship
             him
             with
             our
             soules
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             also
             that
             we
             worship
             him
             according
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             his
             word
             :
             And
             therefore
             for
             your
             booke
             worship
             :
             If
             it
             were
             according
             to
             truth
             ,
             (
             from
             the
             which
             it
             is
             as
             far
             as
             light
             is
             from
             darknes
             )
             yet
             if
             I
             cannot
             offer
             it
             vp
             with
             my
             Spirit
             it
             is
             not
             acceptable
             to
             God
             ,
             but
             most
             abhominable
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               you
               must
               come
               to
               Church
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             pray
             let
             aske
             you
             a
             question
             ,
             do
             you
             seeke
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             salvation
             of
             my
             soule
             herein
             ,
             or
             your
             owne
             obedience
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               seeke
               the
               glory
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               salvation
               of
               your
               soule
               ,
               &
               not
               my
               ovvne
               obedience
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Then
             manifest
             it
             ,
             no
             by
             words
             onely
             ,
             but
             by
             deeds
             and
             truth
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             do
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             threaten
             me
             punishmēt
             to
             cause
             me
             to
             come
             ,
             but
             with
             meekenes
             and
             patience
             satisfye
             my
             conscience
             by
             the
             word
             of
             truth
             ,
             (
             for
             this
             is
             the
             duety
             of
             the
             Minist
             .
             of
             Christ
             .
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.24
             .
             )
             that
             I
             may
             come
             with
             a
             willing
             mynd
             ,
             so
             shall
             I
             be
             accepted
             .
             2.
             
             Cor.
             8.12
             .
             Psal
             .
             110.3
             .
             For
             if
             by
             threatning
             me
             punishment
             as
             imprisonment
             ,
             banishment
             ,
             or
             death
             ,
             you
             cause
             me
             to
             bring
             my
             bodie
             ,
             and
             not
             my
             spirit
             or
             soule
             ,
             so
             shall
             I
             come
             neere
             to
             the
             Lord
             with
             my
             lips
             ,
             when
             my
             hart
             shall
             be
             far
             from
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             accompteth
             vaine
             worship
             and
             hipocrisie
             .
             Mat.
             15.
             
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               perceive
               what
               you
               aime
               at
               ,
               you
               would
               have
               none
               brought
               to
               Church
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               come
               willingly
               of
               themselves
               ,
               so
               should
               every
               man
               worship
               God
               as
               himself
               pleaseth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Your
             conclusion
             I
             aime
             not
             at
             ,
             for
             I
             acknowledg
             that
             as
             there
             is
             but
             one
             God
             ,
             so
             there
             is
             but
             one
             way
             of
             worshipping
             him
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             which
             way
             ,
             whosoever
             is
             ād
             repēteth
             not
             there
             of
             shal
             pay
             a
             deare
             price
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             stādeth
             all
             Men
             vpon
             not
             to
             please
             themselves
             in
             worshipping
             
             him
             .
             But
             you
             perceive
             aright
             that
             I
             aime
             at
             this
             ,
             that
             none
             should
             bee
             compelled
             to
             worship
             God
             :
             but
             such
             as
             come
             willingly
             for
             I
             will
             (
             by
             Gods
             assistance
             )
             prove
             most
             evidētly
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             none
             ought
             nor
             can
             bee
             compelled
             to
             worship
             God
             to
             acceptance
             ,
             by
             any
             worldly
             meanes
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             ,
          
           
             
               Prove
               that
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wel
             I
             prove
             that
             I
             have
             affirmed
             ,
             thus
             :
             First
             Heb.
             11.6
             .
             Without
             faith
             it
             is
             vnpossible
             to
             please
             God
             ,
             and
             Rom.
             14.23
             .
             Whatsoever
             is
             not
             of
             faith
             is
             sin
             .
             These
             two
             Scriptures
             prove
             most
             evidētly
             that
             whatsoever
             I
             have
             not
             faith
             in
             inworshiping
             God
             although
             it
             were
             vndoubtedly
             true
             ,
             I
             may
             not
             offer
             it
             vp
             vnto
             God
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             displeasing
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             sin
             against
             him
             :
             as
             also
             it
             appeareth
             plainely
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             came
             into
             the
             Kings
             supper
             and
             wāted
             his
             wedding
             garment
             .
             Mat.
             22.
             
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               It
               is
               the
               Kings
               law
               that
               you
               must
               go
               to
               Church
               ,
               &
               therefore
               you
               must
               bee
               obedient
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             The
             intent
             of
             the
             Kings
             law
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             as
             appeareth
             both
             by
             the
             statute
             for
             the
             oath
             of
             allegiance
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             his
             Ma
             ties
             .
             owne
             words
             ,
             manifested
             in
             his
             Apologie
             for
             the
             oath
             of
             allegiance
             ,
             as
             hereafter
             is
             more
             fullie
             declared
             .
             For
             if
             the
             intent
             of
             the
             law
             were
             to
             make
             me
             come
             to
             Church
             to
             worship
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             faith
             ,
             the
             intent
             of
             the
             law
             were
             to
             cōpell
             me
             to
             sin
             ,
             which
             his
             Ma
             tie
             .
             requireth
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Antic
             .
          
           
             
               I
               deny
               not
               but
               whatsoever
               is
               not
               off
               Faith
               is
               sinne
               ,
               but
               vvee
               vvould
               
               have
               you
               come
               to
               Church
               ,
               to
               vvorship
               God
               of
               faith
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             you
             regard
             not
             whether
             I
             have
             faith
             or
             no
             ,
             for
             if
             you
             did
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             vrge
             the
             Kings
             law
             against
             me
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             a
             carnal
             weapon
             ,
             and
             cannot
             beger
             faith
             ,
             ād
             there
             fore
             is
             no
             sure
             ground
             of
             faith
             .
             For
             in
             my
             obedience
             to
             God
             I
             must
             not
             
               presume
               above
               that
               that
               is
               written
               .
            
             1.
             
             Cor.
             4.6
             .
             For
             
               the
               VVord
               of
               God
            
             is
             the
             onely
             ground
             of
             faith
             Rom.
             10.17
             .
             and
             therefore
             if
             you
             would
             have
             me
             come
             of
             faith
             ,
             you
             would
             onely
             vrge
             the
             law
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Kings
             against
             mee
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Hath
               not
               all
               the
               Learned
               of
               the
               Land
               considered
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               &
               set
               thē
               dovvne
               ,
               are
               such
               simple
               men
               as
               you
               likely
               to
               see
               more
               then
               all
               these
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             demaund
             of
             you
             whether
             they
             bee
             not
             all
             subject
             to
             err
             as
             all
             men
             are
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             must
             
               try
               their
               spirits
            
             ,
             whether
             they
             er
             or
             no.
             1.
             joh
             .
             4.1
             .
             For
             I
             may
             not
             hold
             ,
             either
             that
             they
             cannot
             err
             ,
             or
             that
             if
             I
             find
             them
             to
             err
             I
             must
             obey
             them
             notwithstanding
             ,
             do
             you
             not
             herein
             teach
             me
             that
             Popish
             and
             accursed
             doctrine
             ,
             that
             you
             invaigh
             so
             much
             against
             in
             the
             Papists
             ,
             that
             I
             
               must
               beleeve
            
             as
             the
             learned
             of
             the
             land
             beleeves
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               do
               not
               hold
               that
               they
               cannot
               err
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             you
             hold
             either
             that
             they
             cannot
             err
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             do
             err
             ,
             I
             must
             obey
             them
             ,
             for
             if
             I
             do
             not
             obey
             them
             you
             threaten
             me
             punishment
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Nay
               ,
               but
               I
               hold
               that
               they
               being
               
               learned
               do
               not
               err
               ,
               &
               therefore
               you
               must
               obey
               them
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Then
             this
             is
             your
             argument
             :
             The
             learned
             do
             not
             err
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             be
             obeyed
             .
             The
             2
             bs
             :
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             rāck
             are
             learned
             ād
             do
             not
             err
             ,
             ād
             therefore
             they
             must
             be
             obeyed
             :
             another
             arg
             :
             as
             vaine
             as
             this
             may
             be
             collected
             from
             this
             ground
             .
             The
             learned
             do
             not
             err
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             be
             obeyed
             .
             The
             Pope
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             rancke
             are
             learned
             ,
             (
             yea
             as
             learned
             as
             yours
             )
             ād
             do
             not
             err
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             must
             be
             obeyed
             .
             The
             one
             is
             as
             true
             as
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             both
             abhominable
             .
             If
             you
             prove
             that
             they
             that
             want
             this
             learning
             ,
             must
             not
             meddle
             with
             the
             waies
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             as
             these
             learned
             men
             teach
             them
             ,
             then
             indeed
             you
             said
             some
             thinge
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             cannot
             ,
             as
             most
             certen
             it
             is
             ,
             you
             cannot
             .
             For
             the
             word
             of
             God
             is
             against
             you
             herein
             ,
             then
             for
             shame
             to
             God
             and
             Mē
             ,
             leave
             of
             your
             cruell
             persecuting
             ,
             for
             why
             do
             you
             persecute
             Men
             that
             cannot
             of
             faith
             submit
             to
             your
             direction
             concerning
             the
             waies
             of
             God
             ,
             vpon
             which
             consisteth
             their
             salvation
             if
             they
             walke
             in
             the
             true
             way
             of
             faith
             with
             love
             thereof
             ,
             and
             their
             condemnation
             if
             they
             walke
             in
             by
             path
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Then
               I
               perceive
               if
               a
               mā
               can
               pleade
               that
               he
               hath
               not
               faith
               in
               any
               thing
               which
               the
               King
               commaunds
               he
               need
               not
               be
               obedient
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Would
             God
             all
             Men
             could
             see
             your
             dealing
             herein
             ,
             this
             is
             your
             vsuall
             course
             ,
             whē
             your
             mouth
             is
             stopped
             by
             the
             power
             of
             Gods
             word
             that
             you
             knowe
             not
             what
             to
             answere
             ,
             then
             you
             
             runn
             to
             the
             Kings
             comaund
             ,
             and
             so
             make
             your
             matters
             good
             ,
             like
             vnto
             your
             predecessors
             the
             wicked
             Scribes
             and
             Pharisies
             ,
             who
             when
             our
             Lord
             and
             Maister
             had
             stopped
             their
             monethes
             that
             they
             had
             no
             word
             of
             answere
             ,
             then
             they
             sought
             to
             make
             him
             a
             trespasser
             against
             Cesar
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             learned
             in
             some
             weake
             measure
             ,
             that
             as
             there
             is
             a
             Cesar
             vnto
             whome
             of
             conscience
             I
             must
             be
             obediēt
             ,
             so
             there
             is
             
               another
               king
               ,
               one
               Iesus
            
             ,
             that
             is
             King
             of
             Kings
             ,
             vnto
             whome
             if
             you
             will
             not
             be
             obedient
             in
             giveing
             
               vnto
               God
               that
               which
               is
               Gods
               ,
               he
               will
               te●r●
               you
               in
               peeces
               ,
               when
               there
               shal
               bee
               none
               that
               can
               deliver
               you
               ,
               &
               cast
               you
               into
               the
               lake
               that
               burneth
               with
               Fire
               &
               brimstone
               for
               ever
               more
               ,
               where
               th●re
               shal
               be
               no
               rest
               day
               nor
               night
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             agree
             
               with
               this
               your
               adversarie
               quickly
               ,
               whilst
               you
               are
               in
               the
               vvay
               vvith
               him
               .
            
          
           
             The
             power
             ād
             authority
             of
             the
             King
             is
             earthly
             ,
             and
             God
             hath
             comaunded
             me
             
               to
               submit
               to
               all
               Ordinances
               off
               Man.
            
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.13
             .
             ●4
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             have
             faith
             to
             submit
             to
             what
             ordinance
             of
             Man
             soever
             the
             King
             comaunds
             ,
             if
             it
             bee
             an
             humane
             Ordinance
             ,
             and
             not
             against
             the
             manifest
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             let
             him
             require
             what
             he
             will
             ,
             I
             must
             of
             cōsciēce
             obey
             him
             ,
             with
             my
             bodie
             goods
             and
             all
             that
             I
             have
             :
             But
             my
             soule
             wherewith
             I
             am
             to
             worship
             God
             ,
             that
             belōgeth
             to
             another
             King
             ,
             
               vvhose
               kingdome
               is
               not
               off
               this
               VVorld
            
             Ioh
             18.36
             .
             
               VVhose
               people
               must
               come
               vvillingly
            
             .
             Psal
             .
             110.3
             .
             
               VVhose
               vveapons
               are
               not
               carnall
               but
               Spirituall
               .
            
             2.
             
             Cor.
             10.4
             .
             etc.
             
          
        
         
           
             Ant.
             
          
           
             
               Is
               this
               all
               the
               authority
               that
               
               you
               vvill
               give
               to
               the
               King
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             What
             authoritie
             can
             any
             mortall
             Man
             require
             more
             ,
             then
             of
             bodie
             ,
             goods
             ,
             life
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             apperteyneth
             to
             the
             outward
             Man
             ?
             The
             
               hart
               God
               requireth
            
             .
             Pro.
             23.26
             .
             
               He
               comaunded
               to
               give
               vnto
               Cesar
               things
               that
               are
               Cesars
               ,
               &
               to
               himself
               the
               things
               that
               are
               his
               .
            
             Lvk.
             20.25
             .
             Now
             if
             al
             the
             outward
             man
             bee
             Cesars
             ,
             and
             the
             inward
             man
             too
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             must
             be
             obeyed
             in
             his
             owne
             matters
             ,
             and
             in
             Gods
             matters
             also
             ,
             then
             tell
             vs
             what
             shall
             be
             given
             to
             God
             ?
             If
             you
             or
             any
             mā
             will
             give
             him
             more
             power
             or
             authority
             then
             I
             give
             him
             ,
             then
             you
             give
             him
             more
             then
             his
             Ma
             tie
             .
             requireth
             ,
             as
             shal
             bee
             shewed
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Wee
               do
               not
               say
               that
               the
               King
               can
               compell
               the
               Soule
               ,
               but
               onely
               the
               outward
               Man.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             he
             cannot
             compel
             my
             soule
             ,
             he
             cannot
             compel
             me
             to
             worship
             God
             ,
             for
             God
             cannot
             bee
             worshipped
             without
             the
             soule
             .
             Ioh.
             4
             24.
             jf
             you
             say
             he
             may
             compel
             me
             to
             offer
             vp
             a
             worship
             onely
             with
             my
             bodie
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             spirit
             you
             confesse
             he
             cannot
             compell
             )
             to
             whome
             is
             that
             worship
             ?
             not
             to
             God.
             Then
             consider
             you
             who
             they
             worship
             that
             are
             thus
             compelled
             ,
             (
             say
             you
             by
             the
             King.
             )
             Let
             it
             well
             be
             here
             observed
             that
             you
             make
             the
             King
             a
             comaunder
             of
             such
             worship
             ,
             as
             is
             not
             to
             God
             ,
             contrary
             to
             his
             Ma
             ties
             .
             owne
             mynd
             manifest
             in
             his
             writings
             .
             But
             this
             you
             do
             ,
             not
             to
             advance
             Gods
             glory
             nor
             the
             kings
             honor
             ,
             but
             your
             owne
             cursed
             kingdome
             of
             darknes
             ,
             which
             you
             hold
             by
             flattery
             ād
             falshood
             .
             For
             if
             this
             cōpelled
             worship
             (
             which
             is
             not
             to
             God
             )
             were
             takē
             away
             then
             your
             kingdome
             would
             fal
             to
             hel
             frō
             whēce
             it
             came
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             all
             Men
             map
             here
             see
             it
             is
             supported
             onely
             by
             wickednes
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               confesse
               the
               Kings
               authority
               is
               earthly
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               head
               over
               the
               Church
               vnder
               Christ
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             God
             forbid
             that
             any
             mortall
             Man
             should
             so
             equallize
             himself
             with
             Christ
             ,
             who
             allone
             is
             
               Head
               of
               his
               church
               ,
               as
               the
               Husband
               is
               of
               the
               VVife
               .
            
             Ephe.
             5
             23.
             
             And
             hath
             left
             no
             o●e-gecent
             in
             that
             his
             office
             ,
             for
             he
             is
             never
             absent
             frō
             his
             Church
             .
             Mat.
             18.20
             .
             and
             28.20
             .
             All
             that
             any
             mortal
             Mā
             can
             be
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             a
             subject
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             ,
             for
             their
             is
             but
             
               one
               Lord.
            
             1.
             
             Cor.
             12.5
             .
             
               &
               one
               law-giver
            
             Iam.
             3.12
             .
             And
             that
             this
             is
             so
             ,
             his
             Ma
             tie
             .
             confirmeth
             by
             his
             owne
             testimony
             ,
             in
             his
             Apologie
             for
             the
             oath
             of
             allegeance
             Pag.
             46.47
             .
             
               But
               as
               I
               wel
               allowe
               of
               the
               Hyrarchie
               of
               the
               church
               for
               distjuctiō
               of
               orders
               ,
               (
               for
               so
               I
               vnderstand
               it
               )
               so
               I
               vtterly
               deny
               that
               there
               is
               any
               earthly
               Monarch
               thereof
               ,
               whose
               word
               must
               bee
               a
               law
               ,
               and
               who
               cannot
               err
               in
               his
               sentence
               by
               an
               infallibility
               of
               spirit●
               :
               because
               earthly
               kingdomes
               must
               have
               earthly
               Monarchs
               ,
               it
               doth
               not
               followe
               that
               the
               church
               must
               have
               a
               visible
               Monarch
               too
               :
               For
               the
               VVorld
               hath
               not
               one
               earthly
               temporall
               Monarch
               ,
               Christ
               is
               his
               Churches
               Monarch
               ,
               &
               the
               Holy
               ghost
               his
               deputie
               .
               The
               Kings
               of
               the
               gentiles
               reigne
               over
               them
               ,
               but
               ye
               shall
               not
               be
               so
               .
            
             Luk.
             22.25
             .
             
               Christ
               did
               not
               promisse
               before
               his
               assention
               to
               leave
               Peter
               with
               them
               to
               direct
               &
               instruct
               them
               in
               all
               thinges
               ,
               but
               he
               promissed
               to
               send
               the
               Holy
               ghost
               vnto
               them
               for
               that
               end
               .
            
             These
             are
             his
             highnes
             owne
             words
             ,
             whereby
             it
             evidently
             appeareth
             his
             Ma
             tie
             challengeth
             no
             supremacie
             over
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             laboreth
             to
             overthrowe
             that
             abhominable
             exaltacion
             
             of
             that
             Man
             of
             sin
             ,
             in
             the
             Romish
             professiō
             ,
             for
             Christ
             hath
             given
             no
             supremacie
             in
             or
             over
             his
             Church
             ,
             to
             any
             mortall
             man
             ,
             but
             expresly
             commaunded
             the
             contrary
             as
             the
             place
             of
             Luk
             mencioned
             by
             his
             Ma
             tie
             .
             plainely
             declareth
             .
          
           
             His
             highnes
             is
             supreame
             head
             and
             gouvernor
             over
             all
             his
             subjects
             bodies
             and
             goods
             ,
             within
             his
             dominions
             ,
             and
             therein
             I
             detest
             and
             abhorr
             all
             forraigne
             powers
             whatsoever
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             for
             the
             thinge
             in
             controversie
             betwixt
             you
             and
             me
             ,
             of
             compelling
             Men
             by
             persecutions
             to
             do
             service
             to
             God
             (
             as
             is
             pretended
             )
             wherein
             they
             have
             not
             faith
             ,
             it
             shal
             be
             manifest
             not
             to
             be
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             that
             Christ
             Iesus
             himself
             ,
             the
             onely
             Lord
             and
             law-giver
             to
             the
             soule
             ,
             neither
             had
             any
             such
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             neither
             taught
             any
             such
             thinge
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             but
             the
             contrary
             .
             First
             Mat.
             28.18.19
             .
             
               All
               power
               is
               given
               me
               in
               Heaven
               &
               in
               earth
               .
               Go
               therefore
               &
               teach
               all
               Nations
            
             and
             2.
             
             Cor.
             10.4
             .
             
               The
               VVeapons
               of
               our
               war
               fare
               are
               not
               carnall
               ,
               but
               mighty
               through
               God
               to
               cast
               downe
               Holds
               .
               &c.
            
             Here
             wee
             see
             Christ
             hath
             no
             Worldly
             power
             ,
             nor
             Worldly
             Weapons
             .
             2ly
             .
             He
             practised
             and
             taught
             the
             contrary
             .
             
               VVhen
               the
               Samaritanes
               would
               not
               receive
               him
               goeing
               to
               Ierusalem
               .
            
             Luk.
             9.
             
               his
               disciples
               would
               have
               had
               fire
               come
               downe
               from
               heaven
               &
               devoured
               them
               ,
               Christ
               rebuked
               them
               &
               said
               ,
               ye
               knowe
               not
               of
               what
               spirit
               ye
               are
               ,
               the
               Son
               off
               man
               is
               not
               come
               to
               destroy
               mens
               lives
               ,
               but
               to
               save
               them
               .
            
             And
             the
             Appostle
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             :
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.24
             .
             Comaundeth
             
               the
               servants
               off
               the
               lord
               not
               to
               strive
               ,
               but
               to
               bee
               gentle
               towards
               all
               men
               apt
               to
               teach
               ,
               suffering
               the
               evil
               men
               patiently
               ,
               instructing
               them
               vvith
               meeknes
               that
               are
               contrary
               mynded
               ,
               proveing
               if
               God
               at
               any
               time
               vvil
               give
               them
               
               repentance
               that
               they
               may
               knowe
               the
               truth
               ,
               &
               come
               to
               amendment
               out
               of
               the
               Devils
               snare
               .
               &c.
            
             These
             Scriptures
             need
             no
             explanation
             for
             this
             most
             evident
             truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               VVell
               yet
               notvvithstanding
               all
               this
               it
               is
               manifest
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               by
               the
               example
               of
               Thappostle
               Peter
               smiting
               Ananias
               and
               Saphira
               to
               death
               .
               Act.
               5.
               &
               of
               Th-appostle
               Paul
               striking
               Flymas
               the
               socerer
               blind
               .
               Act.
               13
               11.
               
               And
               also
               by
               delivering
               Hemineus
               &
               Alexander
               vnto
               Sathan
               for
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               Flesh
               :
               that
               punishment
               vpon
               the
               body
               may
               bee
               vsed
               ,
               &
               the
               flesh
               destroyed
               :
               For
               if
               it
               were
               lawful
               for
               them
               to
               smite
               to
               death
               ,
               &
               the
               like
               ,
               though
               by
               extraordinary
               meanes
               ,
               then
               it
               must
               be
               lawful
               for
               vs
               by
               ordinary
               meanes
               ,
               since
               extraordinary
               meanes
               now
               failed
               ,
               If
               you
               say
               it
               be
               not
               Lawfull
               for
               vs
               ,
               then
               you
               must
               say
               it
               was
               not
               Lawfull
               for
               them
               ,
               &
               that
               vvere
               to
               accuse
               them
               of
               laying
               a
               false
               foundation
               ,
               vvhich
               none
               fearing
               God
               wil
               affirme
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             dare
             not
             once
             admit
             of
             such
             a
             thought
             as
             to
             disallowe
             the
             truth
             off
             that
             foundation
             
             which
             th-●oposties
             as
             skilfull
             maister
             builders
             have
             said
             :
             But
             for
             your
             argument
             of
             Peters
             extraordinary
             smiting
             of
             Ananias
             and
             Saphira
             ,
             he
             neither
             laid
             hand
             vpon
             them
             nor
             threatned
             them
             by
             word
             ,
             onely
             declared
             what
             should
             be
             san
             them
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             serveth
             no
             thing
             to
             your
             purpose
             ,
             also
             that
             of
             Paul
             to
             Elimas
             ,
             he
             laid
             no
             hands
             vpon
             him
             ,
             but
             onely
             declared
             the
             Lords
             hand
             vpon
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             judgment
             that
             should
             followe
             .
             If
             you
             can
             so
             pronounce
             ,
             and
             it
             so
             come
             to
             passe
             vpon
             any
             ,
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             may
             bee
             you
             may
             bee
             accounted
             maister
             builders
             ,
             and
             layers
             of
             a
             new
             foundation
             or
             another
             gospell
             .
             And
             for
             Th-appostle
             Paul
             his
             delivering
             Hymeneus
             and
             Alexander
             vnto
             Sathan
             .
             1.
             
             Tim.
             1.20
             .
             It
             was
             not
             by
             any
             temporall
             sword
             or
             power
             ,
             but
             even
             
               by
               the
               power
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               in
               his
               name
               ,
               by
               the
               sword
               of
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             1.
             
             Cor.
             5.4
             .
             And
             this
             was
             not
             extraordinary
             ,
             but
             ordinarye
             to
             continue
             in
             all
             churches
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             destroy
             the
             outward
             Man
             ,
             as
             you
             teach
             and
             practice
             ,
             but
             to
             destroy
             those
             iustfull
             affections
             ,
             which
             dwell
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             that
             so
             the
             flesh
             being
             mortified
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             may
             bee
             quickned
             and
             the
             Soule
             saved
             in
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             .
             And
             whereas
             you
             say
             that
             as
             they
             did
             it
             by
             extra-ordinary
             meanes
             so
             you
             may
             do
             it
             by
             ordinary
             meanes
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             vse
             onely
             those
             Weapons
             which
             Christ
             commaunded
             his
             Disciples
             to
             vse
             in
             this
             busines
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             carnall
             ,
             wee
             would
             agree
             with
             you
             herein
             .
             But
             if
             your
             ordinary
             meanes
             bee
             such
             as
             Christ
             never
             had
             nor
             any
             of
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             a
             meanes
             of
             your
             owne
             
             devisinge
             ,
             for
             Christ
             hath
             al
             meanes
             whatsoever
             for
             bringing
             Men
             to
             the
             obedience
             of
             the
             truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Doth
               not
               Christ
               in
               the
               parrable
               Teach
               that
               he
               compelled
               all
               to
               come
               in
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             demaund
             of
             you
             wherewith
             doth
             he
             compel
             them
             ?
             he
             hath
             no
             carnall
             weapons
             ,
             doth
             he
             not
             compel
             them
             by
             his
             word
             ,
             
               VVhich
               is
               his
               tvvo
               edged
               svvord
               .
            
             Heb.
             4
             12.
             
             Revel
             .
             2.12
             .
             Doth
             
               he
               smite
               the
               earth
               vvith
               any
               other
               vveapons
               then
               by
               the
               breath
               off
               his
               lips
               .
            
             Esa
             .
             11.4
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               VVell
               then
               you
               see
               compulsion
               may
               bee
               vsed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             confesse
             to
             you
             such
             compulsion
             as
             much
             as
             you
             will
             ,
             if
             whē
             you
             have
             done
             you
             wil
             walke
             in
             his
             steps
             ,
             who
             
               when
               the
               Gaderens
               praied
               him
               to
               departe
               he
               left
               them
               ,
            
             and
             taught
             his
             Disciples
             :
             
               where
               they
               should
               preach
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               iff
               they
               would
               not
               receive
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               shake
               off
               the
               dust
               of
               their
               feet
               for
               a
               witnes
               against
               them
               .
            
             Mat.
             10.14
             .
             Which
             accordingly
             they
             practized
             Act.
             13.51
             .
             and
             18
             6.
             etc.
             He
             never
             taught
             them
             to
             pull
             the
             contrary
             mynded
             out
             of
             their
             houses
             ād
             put
             them
             in
             prisons
             ,
             to
             the
             vndoeing
             of
             them
             ,
             their
             Wives
             and
             Children
             :
             This
             was
             Sauls
             course
             when
             he
             was
             a
             blasphemer
             and
             persecutor
             .
             etc.
             Act.
             9.1
             .
             etc.
             Christ
             taught
             his
             Disciples
             
               To
               wait
               iff
               at
               any
               time
               God
               would
               give
               the
               contrary
               mynded
               repentance
               ,
            
             and
             not
             to
             prevent
             their
             repentance
             by
             seeking
             their
             blood
             .
          
           
             
               Indifferent
               man.
            
             I
             have
             heard
             you
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             I
             see
             evidētly
             that
             none
             ought
             to
             be
             compelled
             by
             any
             worldly
             
             meanes
             to
             worship
             God
             ,
             neither
             can
             any
             bee
             accepted
             in
             such
             worship
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             is
             spirituall
             worship
             that
             he
             accepteth
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             ,
             that
             you
             see
             it
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             you
             onely
             ,
             but
             all
             Men
             did
             see
             that
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             and
             al
             afflictions
             proceeding
             there
             from
             are
             onely
             vpon
             the
             outward
             man
             and
             cannot
             convert
             a
             soule
             from
             goeing
             astray
             ,
             nor
             begett
             faith
             it
             comes
             by
             hearing
             the
             word
             of
             God
             Rom.
             10.17
             .
             And
             therefore
             is
             no
             instrument
             in
             this
             worke
             .
             Al
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             can
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             compell
             me
             to
             bring
             my
             bodie
             for
             except
             their
             be
             a
             willing
             mynd
             which
             no
             mā
             can
             see
             ,
             their
             is
             no
             acceptance
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             not
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             nor
             my
             acceptāce
             with
             him
             they
             seeke
             by
             forceing
             me
             ,
             but
             meerly
             their
             owne
             obedience
             to
             Gods
             great
             dishonor
             ;
             and
             the
             distruction
             of
             my
             soule
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             so
             do
             .
             But
             iff
             it
             would
             suffice
             them
             to
             bring
             my
             bodie
             ,
             to
             that
             they
             call
             their
             Church
             ,
             and
             require
             of
             me
             no
             worship
             :
             I
             will
             go
             when
             they
             will
             ,
             onely
             not
             when
             their
             false
             worship
             is
             performed
             .
             For
             I
             adhor
             the
             accursed
             doctrine
             off
             the
             Familists
             herein
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             lamentable
             thinge
             to
             consider
             how
             many
             thousands
             in
             this
             nation
             there
             be
             ,
             that
             for
             feare
             of
             trouble
             submit
             to
             thinges
             in
             Religion
             which
             they
             diseprove
             off
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Oh
             ,
             whose
             eies
             doth
             not
             gush
             out
             with
             teares
             ,
             in
             the
             consideration
             thereoff
             seeing
             in
             all
             that
             ,
             God
             is
             highly
             displeased
             ,
             ād
             al
             those
             vnder
             the
             judgments
             of
             God
             everlasting
             iff
             they
             repēt
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               If
               it
               were
               as
               you
               would
               have
               it
               ,
               that
               
               all
               Religions
               should
               be
               suffered
               ,
               how
               dāgerous
               vvould
               it
               bee
               to
               the
               Kings
               Person
               &
               State
               ,
               what
               trecheries
               &
               treasons
               would
               bee
               plotted
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Indead
             that
             is
             a
             thing
             greatly
             to
             be
             suspected
             :
             but
             if
             permission
             of
             all
             religions
             should
             be
             clered
             of
             that
             there
             is
             no
             questiō
             ,
             but
             it
             might
             prevaile
             with
             the
             King
             and
             State.
             
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             it
             be
             not
             cleared
             of
             that
             then
             let
             al
             mē
             abhor
             it
             .
             First
             :
             it
             is
             the
             comaundement
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             God
             not
             of
             confusion
             but
             
               off
               peace
               &
               order
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             obeyed
             .
             Mat.
             ●3
             .
             30
             .
             
               Let
               the
               good
               &
               bad
               grovv
               together
               vnto
               the
               end
               off
               the
               vvorld
               .
               Suffering
               the
               contrary
               minded
               patiently
               proveing
               iff
               god
               at
               any
               time
               vvill
               give
               them
               repentance
               that
               they
               may
               acknovvledg
               the
               truth
               .
               &c.
            
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.24
             .
             Secondly
             :
             if
             the
             just
             lawes
             in
             that
             behalf
             made
             be
             but
             duely
             executed
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             all
             his
             subjects
             should
             protest
             their
             faithful
             alligeance
             to
             his
             Ma
             ties
             .
             person
             .
             Crowne
             and
             dignity
             ,
             all
             that
             will
             not
             be
             obedient
             ,
             let
             them
             be
             disposed
             of
             at
             his
             Ma
             ties
             .
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             no
             such
             trecheries
             and
             treasons
             practiced
             as
             hath
             bene
             .
             First
             for
             all
             those
             that
             seeke
             and
             practice
             in
             themselves
             reformation
             in
             Religion
             ,
             sathan
             himself
             cannot
             tar
             them
             with
             the
             least
             jott
             of
             trecherie
             :
             and
             for
             the
             Papists
             may
             it
             not
             justly
             be
             suspected
             that
             one
             cheife
             cause
             of
             al
             their
             treasons
             hath
             bene
             because
             of
             al
             the
             compulsions
             that
             hath
             bene
             vsed
             against
             their
             consciences
             in
             compelling
             them
             to
             the
             worship
             practiced
             in
             publique
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             this
             Land
             :
             Which
             being
             taken
             away
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             
             doubt
             but
             they
             would
             be
             much
             more
             peaceable
             ,
             as
             wee
             see
             it
             verified
             in
             divers
             other
             Nations
             ,
             where
             no
             such
             cōpulsiō
             is
             vsed
             ,
             for
             if
             they
             might
             have
             freedome
             in
             their
             religion
             ,
             vnto
             their
             faith
             full
             alligeāce
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             kings
             Lawes
             ,
             and
             their
             owne
             prosperity
             and
             peace
             ,
             would
             make
             thē
             live
             more
             inoffencively
             in
             that
             respect
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Onely
             the
             Papists
             are
             dangerous
             in
             that
             some
             of
             them
             hold
             ,
             that
             Kings
             ād
             Princes
             that
             hee
             excomunicated
             by
             the
             Pope
             ,
             may
             be
             deposed
             &
             murthered
             ,
             by
             their
             subjects
             or
             any
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             For
             that
             damnable
             and
             accursed
             doctrine
             as
             wee
             abhor
             it
             with
             our
             soules
             ,
             so
             wee
             desire
             al
             other
             may
             .
             And
             therefore
             all
             the
             Lawes
             that
             can
             be
             made
             for
             the
             prevention
             of
             such
             exceecrable
             practizes
             are
             most
             necessarie
             .
             But
             now
             I
             disire
             all
             men
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             Bishops
             and
             wee
             ,
             justly
             cry
             out
             against
             this
             accursed
             doctrine
             and
             practice
             in
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             associates
             :
             That
             Princes
             should
             bee
             murthered
             by
             their
             subjects
             for
             contrary
             myndednes
             in
             Religion
             ,
             yet
             they
             teach
             the
             king
             to
             murther
             his
             subjects
             for
             the
             selfe
             same
             thinge
             ,
             viz
             :
             for
             being
             cōtrary
             mynded
             to
             them
             in
             their
             Religion
             .
             So
             likewise
             ,
             as
             that
             accursed
             doctrine
             ,
             is
             to
             bee
             abhorred
             in
             the
             Papists
             ,
             who
             teach
             ,
             subjects
             not
             to
             bee
             obedient
             to
             their
             princes
             that
             are
             excomunicate
             by
             the
             pope
             :
             even
             so
             is
             that
             accursed
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Bbs.
             to
             bee
             abhorred
             ,
             who
             Teach
             ,
             Princes
             not
             to
             protect
             their
             subjects
             that
             are
             excomunicate
             by
             them
             ,
             in
             not
             affoarding
             thē
             either
             lawe
             or
             justice
             nor
             to
             beare
             testimony
             in
             any
             Court.
             Do
             not
             the
             Bbs
             :
             herein
             justifie
             
             this
             accursed
             doctrine
             and
             practice
             in
             the
             Papists
             ?
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               There
               is
               great
               difference
               in
               the
               persons
               ,
               for
               th
               one
               are
               Princes
               ,
               thother
               subjects
               ,
               &
               subjects
               must
               be
               obedient
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Most
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             but
             is
             it
             not
             also
             true
             that
             Princes
             must
             afforde
             all
             their
             subjects
             justice
             ād
             equitie
             ,
             although
             they
             be
             as
             heathens
             and
             Publicans
             ?
             For
             iff
             Princes
             be
             freed
             from
             doeing
             right
             and
             justice
             and
             protectinge
             their
             subjects
             ,
             that
             be
             excomunicate
             ,
             why
             are
             not
             subjects
             also
             freed
             from
             subjection
             and
             allegeance
             to
             their
             Princes
             being
             excomunicate
             ,
             if
             ,
             excomunication
             be
             Christs
             Lawe
             to
             all
             alike
             that
             wil
             be
             saved
             ,
             without
             respect
             off
             persons
             .
             And
             also
             ,
             is
             not
             that
             lawe
             off
             Christ
             herein
             to
             be
             observed
             .
             That
             
               whatsoever
               ye
               would
               men
               should
               do
               to
               you
               ,
               even
               so
               do
               you
               to
               them
               .
            
             Mat.
             7.12
             .
             And
             therefore
             as
             Princes
             would
             that
             all
             their
             subjects
             should
             bee
             faithfull
             and
             obedient
             vnto
             thē
             :
             so
             ought
             Princes
             to
             be
             just
             and
             equall
             to
             all
             their
             subjects
             ,
             in
             mainteyning
             them
             in
             every
             just
             and
             equall
             cause
             betwene
             man
             and
             man
             :
             For
             ,
             for
             his
             cause
             
               (
               not
               for
               Religion
            
             )
             saith
             Thappostle
             ,
             the
             saints
             at
             Rome
             paied
             their
             tribute
             to
             Cesar
             their
             heathē
             Prince
             ,
             who
             was
             against
             them
             in
             Religion
             .
             Shall
             they
             not
             escape
             damnatiō
             for
             this
             accursed
             doctrine
             and
             practice
             ,
             ād
             thinke
             you
             you
             shall
             ?
             
               thou
               that
               judgest
               another
               ,
               judgest
               them
               not
               thy self
               ?
            
             By
             this
             it
             may
             appeare
             as
             also
             by
             exceeding
             many
             other
             doctrines
             ād
             practices
             how
             neere
             you
             are
             to
             that
             bloody
             spirituall
             power
             ,
             what
             pretences
             to
             the
             contrary
             soever
             you
             make
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               It
               vvere
               a
               lamentable
               thinge
               if
               that
               bloodie
               Religion
               should
               bee
               practiced
               againe
               in
               this
               Nation
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             acknowledg
             it
             a
             bloodie
             Religion
             ,
             but
             God
             hath
             cast
             down
             the
             power
             thereof
             in
             this
             kingdome
             ,
             blessed
             be
             his
             name
             but
             I
             would
             you
             could
             see
             your
             owne
             cruell
             bloodie
             religion
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             of
             his
             mercy
             hath
             restrained
             it
             by
             the
             kings
             Ma
             tie
             .
             who
             thirsteth
             not
             after
             blood
             .
             how
             many
             ,
             onely
             for
             seeking
             reformation
             in
             religion
             ,
             hath
             bene
             put
             to
             death
             by
             your
             power
             in
             the
             daies
             of
             Q.
             Eliz
             :
             ād
             how
             many
             ,
             both
             then
             ād
             since
             ,
             have
             bene
             cōsumed
             to
             death
             in
             prisons
             ?
             y●a
             since
             that
             cruel
             spiritual
             power
             hath
             bene
             ser
             ●p
             that
             not
             hanging
             ,
             burning
             ,
             exile
             ,
             imprisonments
             and
             al
             manner
             of
             contempt
             bene
             vsed
             and
             al
             for
             religion
             ,
             although
             some
             for
             grevious
             errors
             ,
             ād
             yet
             you
             see
             not
             this
             to
             be
             a
             bloodie
             religion
             :
             further
             you
             cry
             out
             of
             their
             bloodie
             cruelty
             ,
             the
             reason
             is
             because
             you
             wil
             not
             bee
             of
             their
             religion
             ,
             and
             when
             you
             have
             done
             ,
             are
             most
             blodie
             cruell
             (
             so
             far
             as
             is
             in
             your
             power
             )
             because
             wee
             and
             al
             men
             will
             not
             bee
             of
             your
             religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               If
               men
               hold
               errors
               &
               vvill
               not
               obey
               the
               truth
               ,
               do
               they
               not
               sin
               against
               God
               ,
               &
               deserve
               punishment
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             such
             deserve
             punishment
             ,
             but
             God
             hath
             apointed
             their
             punishment
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             thereof
             .
             Their
             punishment
             Rom.
             2.8.9
             .
             
               To
               them
               that
               are
               contentious
               &
               disobey
               the
               truth
               ,
               &
               obey
               vnrighteousnes
               shal
               be
               indignation
               &
               wrath
               ,
               tribulatiō
               &
               anguish
               shal
               be
               vpon
               the
               soule
               of
               every
               one
               that
               doth
               evil
               .
               Mark.
               16.16
               .
               He
               that
               will
               not
               beleeve
               shal
               be
               damned
               .
               2.
               
               Thes
               .
               1.8
               .
               In
               flaming
               fire
               rendring
               vēgeance
               vnto
               
               them
               that
               knowe
               no
               God
               ,
               &
               obey
               not
               the
               gospell
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               which
               shall
               bee
               punished
               with
               everlasting
               perdition
               from
               the
               presence
               of
               the
               Lord
               ,
               &
               the
               glorie
               of
               his
               power
               .
            
             The
             time
             thereof
             ,
             the
             last
             place
             recited
             .
             vers
             .
             7.
             
             
               When
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               shal
               shewe
               himself
               from
               heaven
               with
               his
               mightie
               Angels
               :
            
             and
             Rom.
             2.5
             .
             
               The
               day
               of
               wrath
            
             .
             and
             vers
             .
             16
             ,
             
               At
               that
               day
               when
               God
               shall
               judg
               the
               secrets
               of
               men
               by
               Iesus
               Christ
               ▪
            
             and
             Mat.
             ●3
             40.41
             ,
             
               At
               the
               end
               of
               this
               VVorld
               the
               sonne
               of
               man
               shall
               send
               furth
               his
               Angels
               &
               they
               shall
               gather
               out
               of
               his
               Kingdome
               al
               thinges
               that
               offend
               ,
               &
               them
               that
               doe
               iniquitie
               ,
               &
               shall
               cast
               them
               into
               a
               furnace
               of
               Fire
               .
               &c.
            
             Here
             is
             shewed
             the
             punisher
             the
             punishment
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             thereoff
             .
             This
             punisher
             hath
             comaunded
             you
             to
             wait
             for
             their
             repentance
             (
             by
             his
             owne
             example
             )
             which
             is
             in
             his
             hands
             to
             give
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             cut
             them
             of
             and
             send
             them
             to
             hell
             ,
             as
             you
             teach
             and
             practice
             ,
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             
               is
               patient
               towards
               mockers
               which
               walke
               after
               ther
               lusts
               .
            
             2.
             
             Pet.
             3.
             
             
               Because
               he
               would
               have
               no
               mā
               to
               perish
               ,
               but
               would
               that
               all
               men
               whatsoever
               should
               come
               to
               repentance
               .
            
             but
             you
             (
             contrary
             to
             him
             )
             vse
             all
             the
             meanes
             you
             can
             to
             cut
             Men
             of
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             perish
             ,
             in
             that
             you
             seke
             to
             destroy
             their
             bodies
             whilst
             they
             remaine
             in
             their
             errors
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               confesse
               that
               God
               commaundeth
               Mat.
            
             13
             
               That
               the
               good
               &
               bad
               must
               grovv
               together
               vnto
               the
               end
               of
               the
               VVorld
               ,
               but
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wel
             :
             if
             that
             be
             the
             true
             exposition
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             why
             do
             you
             then
             excomunicate
             any
             out
             off
             
             your
             Churche
             ,
             contrary
             to
             your
             owne
             acknowledg
             .
             And
             here
             let
             all
             Men
             take
             notice
             that
             by
             this
             exposition
             you
             overthrowe
             your
             owne
             excomunication
             quite
             ,
             and
             accuse
             Christ
             for
             giveing
             a
             rule
             .
             Mat.
             18.
             and
             Th-appostle
             Paul
             ,
             and
             the
             church
             of
             Corinth
             for
             practizing
             that
             rule
             .
             ●
             .
             Cor
             5.
             
             In
             cas●ing
             out
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             For
             you
             say
             all
             must
             growe
             together
             to
             the
             end
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             But
             the
             exposition
             of
             the
             Law-giver
             himselff
             is
             against
             you
             ,
             that
             
               the
               ●eild
               is
               the
               world
               .
               vers
               .
            
             38.
             
             Yet
             in
             that
             you
             confesse
             that
             the
             wicked
             ād
             the
             Godly
             must
             be
             l●t
             alone
             in
             the
             Church
             vnto
             the
             end
             much
             more
             in
             the
             world
             vnto
             the
             end
             :
             For
             if
             the
             wicked
             pollute
             not
             the
             Church
             ,
             sure
             it
             is
             they
             pollute
             not
             the
             world
             .
             This
             then
             you
             are
             comaunded
             vnto
             vers
             .
             29.30
             .
             
               Nay
               ,
               gather
               them
               not
               let
               them
               growe
               together
               vnto
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Let
               them
               come
               to
               Church
               ,
               &
               they
               shall
               grovve
               together
               vnto
               the
               end
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Indeed
             I
             thinke
             so
             ,
             hereby
             you
             manifest
             you
             regard
             not
             how
             wicked
             and
             vngodlie
             men
             be
             ,
             so
             they
             come
             to
             your
             Church
             ,
             you
             wil
             not
             destroy
             thē
             ,
             though
             they
             remaine
             in
             their
             abhominable
             lusts
             :
             but
             if
             they
             will
             not
             come
             to
             your
             Chur
             :
             let
             thē
             be
             wheate
             or
             tares
             ,
             you
             wil
             gather
             thē
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             much
             as
             in
             you
             is
             )
             send
             them
             to
             bur●●n●
             .
             Herein
             al
             mē
             may
             see
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             that
             you
             seeke
             your
             owne
             glorie
             and
             obedience
             ,
             &
             not
             gods
             ,
             ād
             so
             exalt
             your selves
             above
             God.
             2.
             thes
             .
             2
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Wel
             ,
             I
             blesse
             God
             ,
             I
             see
             this
             as
             clearly
             as
             the
             sunne
             shyning
             in
             his
             brightnes
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             to
             feight
             against
             God
             to
             compel
             any
             contrarie
             to
             their
             consciences
             to
             performe
             any
             service
             vnto
             him
             ,
             in
             that
             there
             are
             so
             many
             places
             of
             Scripture
             
             comaunding
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
           
             C
             :
          
           
             The
             whole
             new
             Testament
             throughout
             in
             all
             the
             doctrines
             and
             practices
             of
             Christ
             ād
             his
             disciples
             teach
             no
             such
             thinge
             as
             cōpelling
             men
             by
             persecutions
             ād
             afflictions
             to
             obey
             the
             go
             :
             pel
             but
             the
             direct
             cōtrary
             :
             viz
             :
             to
             suffer
             at
             the
             hāds
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             whē
             they
             were
             
               persecuted
               for
               righteousnes
               sake
               to
               suffer
               it
               ,
            
             when
             the
             vnbeleevers
             ād
             wicked
             
               curse
               them
               to
               blesse
               &
               pray
               for
               their
               repentance
               ,
               &
               that
               God
               would
               forgive
               them
               ,
               &
               never
               lay
               these
               sinnes
               to
               their
               charge
               ,
            
             as
             our
             Saviour
             Luk.
             23
             34.
             
             Stephen
             Act.
             7.60
             .
             and
             the
             rest
             did
             .
             And
             for
             a
             conclusiō
             of
             this
             point
             ,
             that
             your
             faith
             may
             bee
             full
             herein
             ,
             consider
             that
             wee
             are
             to
             wait
             for
             the
             Iewes
             conversion
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             destroy
             thē
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             might
             give
             all
             men
             satisfaction
             in
             these
             thinges
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Oh
             yes
             ,
             if
             Men
             had
             any
             regard
             of
             God
             or
             his
             word
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             deale
             more
             in
             this
             thinge
             :
             the
             lord
             (
             wee
             see
             )
             Rō
             .
             11.
             hath
             promised
             ,
             that
             whē
             the
             fulnes
             of
             the
             gentiles
             is
             come
             in
             ,
             the
             jewes
             shal
             be
             cōverted
             :
             now
             if
             the
             jewes
             who
             are
             such
             fearefull
             blasphemers
             of
             Christ
             ād
             his
             gospel
             ,
             that
             contemne
             him
             and
             his
             Testamēt
             with
             al
             dispyte
             ,
             if
             their
             conversion
             must
             be
             waited
             for
             ,
             ād
             that
             they
             may
             not
             be
             destroyed
             from
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             then
             who
             may
             not
             see
             (
             iff
             they
             shut
             not
             their
             eies
             )
             that
             the
             conversion
             off
             all
             is
             to
             bee
             waited
             for
             :
             and
             that
             no
             man
             for
             blaspheming
             Christ
             ād
             his
             gospel
             map
             be
             destroyed
             or
             afflicted
             by
             imprisonments
             ,
             death
             ,
             or
             any
             calamitie
             whatsoever
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             gain-saied
             with
             any
             shewe
             of
             truth
             .
             I
             would
             God
             the
             Kings
             Ma
             tie
             would
             consider
             of
             this
             point
             ,
             seeing
             that
             the
             cruel
             Bbs
             
             by
             vseing
             his
             power
             ,
             commit
             such
             sin
             against
             God
             in
             this
             thinge
             both
             in
             persecuting
             thē
             that
             cannot
             of
             faith
             yeild
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             foreeing
             them
             that
             do
             yeild
             contrary
             to
             their
             consciences
             ,
             to
             sin
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             perish
             ,
             if
             they
             repēt
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             if
             his
             highnes
             did
             but
             once
             wel
             wey
             ād
             consider
             it
             he
             would
             never
             suffer
             such
             high
             iniquitie
             to
             be
             co●●i●ted
             against
             God
             contrary
             to
             his
             expresse
             comaundement
             ,
             ād
             all
             to
             bee
             done
             by
             ●he
             Kings
             power
             ,
             for
             nothing
             have
             they
             els
             to
             beare
             them
             out
             .
             The
             Lord
             perswade
             the
             harts
             of
             his
             Ma
             tie
             and
             his
             posterity
             vnto
             it
             ,
             seeing
             his
             throne
             is
             established
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             and
             his
             posterity
             may
             sit
             &
             raigne
             over
             these
             Nations
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             till
             Iesus
             Christ
             the
             comaunder
             of
             these
             thinges
             come
             in
             his
             glorie
             to
             recompence
             every
             Man
             according
             to
             his
             workes
             ,
             without
             respect
             of
             persons
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               If
               vvicked
               malefactors
               should
               bee
               let
               allone
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               vvorld
               ,
               then
               vvhere
               is
               the
               Magistrats
               svvorde
               ?
               it
               is
               of
               no
               force
               if
               evil
               men
               may
               not
               be
               cut
               of
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             acknowledg
             vnfainedly
             that
             God
             hath
             given
             to
             Magistrats
             a
             sword
             to
             cut
             of
             wicked
             mē
             ,
             and
             to
             reward
             the
             weldoers
             .
             Rom.
             13
             chap.
             But
             this
             Ministery
             is
             a
             worldly
             Ministery
             ,
             their
             sword
             is
             a
             worldly
             sword
             ,
             their
             punishments
             can
             extend
             no
             further
             then
             the
             outward
             man
             ,
             they
             can
             but
             
               kil
               the
               bodie
            
             Luk.
             12.4
             .
             And
             therefore
             this
             Ministery
             and
             sword
             is
             apointed
             onely
             to
             punish
             the
             breach
             of
             worldly
             ordināces
             which
             is
             al
             
             that
             God
             hath
             given
             to
             any
             mortal
             man
             to
             punish
             .
             The
             King
             may
             make
             lawes
             for
             the
             safetie
             ād
             good
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             state
             and
             subjects
             ,
             against
             the
             which
             whosoever
             is
             disloyall
             or
             disobedient
             he
             may
             dispose
             ,
             of
             at
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             given
             him
             this
             sword
             and
             authoritie
             ,
             forseeing
             in
             his
             eternal
             wisedome
             ,
             that
             if
             this
             his
             ordinance
             of
             Magistracie
             were
             nor
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             no
             liveing
             for
             men
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             especially
             for
             the
             Godly
             ,
             ād
             therefore
             the
             Godly
             have
             particular
             cause
             to
             glorifie
             God
             for
             this
             his
             blessed
             ordinance
             of
             Magistracie
             ,
             and
             to
             regard
             it
             with
             all
             reverence
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             the
             breach
             of
             Christs
             lawes
             ,
             of
             the
             which
             wee
             all
             this
             while
             speake
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             thinge
             onely
             I
             stand
             vpon
             ,
             his
             Kingdome
             is
             spirituall
             ,
             his
             lawes
             spirituall
             ,
             the
             transgressions
             spirituall
             ,
             the
             punishment
             spirituall
             ,
             everlasting
             death
             of
             soule
             ,
             his
             sword
             spirituall
             ,
             no
             carnall
             or
             worldly
             weapon
             is
             given
             to
             the
             supportation
             of
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             nor
             to
             punish
             the
             transgressors
             of
             the
             lawes
             of
             this
             kingdome
             :
             The
             law-giver
             himself
             hath
             comaunded
             that
             the
             transgressors
             of
             these
             lawes
             
               should
               be
               set
               alone
               vntil
               the
               harvest
            
             because
             he
             knowes
             ,
             they
             that
             are
             now
             tares
             ,
             may
             hereafter
             come
             to
             repētance
             ,
             and
             
               b●come
               wheat
            
             :
             they
             that
             are
             now
             
               blasphemers
               ,
               persecutors
               ,
               &
               oppressors
               as
               Paul
               was
               ,
            
             may
             ,
             by
             the
             power
             of
             Gods
             word
             become
             faithfull
             and
             a
             faithful
             witnes
             as
             he
             was
             :
             They
             that
             are
             now
             fornicators
             etc.
             as
             some
             of
             the
             Corin
             :
             once
             were
             1
             Cor.
             6.9
             .
             may
             here
             after
             become
             
               washed
               clensed
               &
               sanctified
               as
               they
               were
               :
            
             they
             that
             are
             
               now
               to
               people
               nor
               vnder
               mercie
               as
               the
               Saints
               sometimes
               were
               .
            
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.10
             .
             may
             hereafter
             become
             the
             
               people
               of
               god
               &
               obtaine
               mercie
               
               as
               they
               did
               :
            
             all
             come
             not
             at
             the
             
               First
               houre
            
             ,
             some
             come
             not
             till
             the
             
               eleaventh
               houre
            
             ,
             if
             those
             that
             come
             not
             till
             the
             last
             houre
             should
             be
             destroyed
             :
             because
             they
             come
             not
             at
             the
             first
             houre
             ,
             then
             should
             they
             never
             come
             but
             be
             prevented
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Were
               not
               blasphemers
               put
               to
               death
               in
               time
               of
               he
               lavv
               ?
               1
               evit
               .
               24.11
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             an
             Isralite
             blasphemmy
             the
             Lord
             ,
             or
             doeing
             any
             thinge
             presumptiously
             ,
             which
             was
             blasphemy
             .
             Num.
             15.30
             .
             no
             sacrifice
             to
             bee
             offered
             for
             him
             :
             but
             would
             you
             from
             hence
             have
             the
             kings
             Ma
             tie
             to
             put
             al
             his
             subjects
             to
             death
             that
             conteinne
             the
             truth
             of
             Christ
             ?
             If
             yea
             ,
             see
             what
             will
             followe
             .
             All
             Papists
             ought
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             who
             are
             direct
             blasphemers
             .
             Revel
             .
             16
             10.11
             
               VVhen
               the
               viall
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               was
               powred
               vpon
               the
               throne
               of
               the
               Beast
               :
            
             (
             which
             all
             England
             confesse
             is
             ment
             the
             Popish
             power
             )
             
               they
               blasphemed
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               .
               &c.
            
             All
             the
             Iewes
             that
             speake
             many
             thinges
             blasphemously
             against
             Christ
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             put
             to
             death
             :
             Yea
             of
             what
             profession
             soever
             he
             bee
             doeing
             any
             thinge
             presumpteously
             against
             Christ
             ,
             ought
             to
             bee
             put
             to
             death
             by
             your
             affirmation
             ,
             no
             sacrifice
             to
             bee
             offered
             ,
             no
             repentance
             to
             be
             admitted
             ,
             dye
             he
             must
             vnder
             two
             or
             three
             witnesses
             ,
             but
             that
             this
             is
             most
             false
             ,
             Christ
             and
             his
             Appostles
             in
             his
             Testamēt
             doth
             manifestli
             declare
             as
             is
             before
             shewed
             :
             was
             no
             Paul
             a
             blasphemer
             ,
             yet
             received
             to
             mercie
             ?
             But
             this
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             teacheth
             from
             blasphemy
             vnder
             the
             law
             .
             Heb.
             10.
             
             
               He
               that
               dispyseth
               Moses
               Lawe
               ,
               dieth
               without
               mercie
               vnder
               two
               or
               three
               witnesses
               ,
               of
               how
               much
               sorer
               punishment
               
               suppose
               ye
               shall
               he
               bee
               worthy
               that
               treadeth
               vnder
               foote
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               &
               counteth
               the
               blood
               off
               the
               Testament
               as
               an
               vnholy
               thinge
               wherewith
               he
               was
               sanctified
               ,
               &
               doth
               dispite
               the
               Spirit
               of
               grace
               .
            
             Speaking
             of
             such
             as
             had
             received
             &
             acknowledged
             the
             truth
             .
             vers
             .
             26.
             
             This
             is
             now
             the
             due
             proportion
             ,
             an
             Israelite
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             law
             presumpteously
             sinninge
             against
             Gods
             comaundemēt
             ,
             by
             his
             comaund
             must
             dye
             ,
             by
             the
             worldly
             sworde
             ,
             no
             sacrifice
             to
             be
             offered
             for
             him
             :
             so
             in
             the
             new
             Testament
             or
             time
             of
             the
             gospel
             a
             spiritual
             Isralite
             according
             to
             the
             faith
             contempteously
             or
             dispitefully
             sinning
             against
             Christs
             commaund
             he
             hath
             former
             acknowledged
             dispi●eing
             and
             contemning
             them
             ,
             by
             his
             comaund
             must
             dye
             by
             the
             spirituall
             sword
             ,
             no
             repentance
             to
             be
             admitted
             ,
             seeing
             
               he
               crucifyeth
               againe
               to
               himself
               the
               sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               &
               makes
               a
               mock
               of
               him
               .
            
             Heb.
             6.6
             .
             David
             and
             Peter
             came
             not
             within
             this
             compasse
             ,
             though
             they
             sinned
             off
             knowledg
             ,
             yet
             they
             did
             it
             not
             comtemteously
             or
             dispitefully
             ,
             but
             through
             frailtie
             .
             If
             an
             Isralite
             vnder
             the
             Law
             did
             ought
             through
             
               ignorance
               as
            
             Num.
             15.
             or
             through
             frailtie
             as
             Levit.
             6.
             
             There
             was
             sacrifice
             for
             him
             :
             so
             vnder
             the
             gospel
             an
             Isralit
             doeing
             ought
             through
             ignorāce
             or
             through
             frailtie
             as
             Peter
             and
             Barnabas
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Iewes
             mencioned
             Gal.
             2.
             or
             the
             me●steous
             person
             .
             1.
             
             Cor.
             5.
             
             There
             is
             repentance
             for
             him
             .
             This
             is
             it
             that
             cōfounds
             al
             true
             religiō
             .
             That
             be
             cause
             it
             was
             so
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             therefore
             it
             may
             be
             so
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             gospell
             ,
             by
             which
             reason
             ,
             men
             might
             set
             vp
             as
             truely
             the
             whole
             law
             as
             some
             parte
             ,
             and
             vtterly
             abolish
             Christ
             .
             I
             pray
             you
             seriously
             consider
             what
             is
             here
             said
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Hath
               not
               the
               King
               the
               same
               ●ovver
               that
               the
               Kings
               of
               Israel
               had
               who
               cōpelled
               mē
               to
               the
               observation
               of
               the
               lavv
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             First
             I
             answere
             you
             :
             that
             the
             kings
             off
             Israel
             had
             never
             power
             from
             God
             to
             set
             vp
             any
             thinge
             in
             or
             for
             the
             service
             of
             God
             ,
             bur
             that
             onely
             which
             was
             comaunded
             by
             God
             Dewt.
             4.2
             .
             No
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             manner
             of
             any
             law
             .
             Num.
             15
             16.
             and
             9.14
             .
             and
             therefore
             this
             will
             not
             serve
             your
             purpose
             ,
             that
             Kings
             may
             set
             vp
             within
             their
             dominions
             such
             spirituall
             lords
             and
             lawes
             for
             the
             serveing
             of
             God
             ,
             no
             nor
             the
             manner
             there
             of
             as
             may
             best
             please
             thēselves
             vnder
             what
             pretence
             soever
             ,
             thereby
             makeing
             God
             for
             his
             worship
             subject
             to
             their
             pleasures
             .
             And
             his
             Ma
             tie
             .
             acknowledgeth
             that
             
               Christs
               Church
               after
               the
               establishing
               of
               it
               by
               miracles
               in
               the
               primitive
               time
               ,
               was
               ever
               after
               to
               be
               governed
               within
               the
               limits
               of
               his
               revealed
               will.
               Speach
               at
               Parl
               Anno
               1609
            
             Secondly
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israell
             might
             compell
             men
             to
             the
             sacrifices
             and
             ordinances
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             all
             which
             were
             carnall
             and
             purged
             not
             the
             conscience
             Heb.
             9.9.10
             .
             as
             circumcision
             the
             passover
             etc
             :
             But
             no
             mortall
             Man
             whatsoever
             he
             be
             ,
             can
             compel
             any
             mā
             to
             offer
             the
             sacrifices
             of
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
             which
             are
             spiritual
             ,
             and
             purge
             the
             conscience
             except
             he
             can
             beget
             faith
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             convert
             his
             soule
             .
             The
             ordinances
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             were
             to
             be
             performed
             by
             the
             posteritie
             of
             Abra.
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             that
             thereby
             they
             might
             be
             taught
             Christ
             :
             but
             the
             ordināces
             of
             he
             new
             Testamēt
             are
             to
             be
             performed
             ,
             onely
             by
             the
             posterity
             of
             Abrahā
             according
             to
             the
             faith
             ,
             that
             have
             learned
             Christ
             ,
             and
             have
             put
             on
             Christ
             ,
             and
             so
             
             
               haveing
               him
               ,
               all
               thinges
               els
               apperteyneth
               to
               them
               .
            
             But
             one
             thinge
             I
             demaunde
             of
             you
             ,
             who
             now
             is
             King
             of
             Israel
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               confesse
               Christ
               is
               King
               of
               Israel
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Christ
             alone
             is
             King
             of
             Israell
             ,
             that
             sits
             vpō
             Davids
             throne
             ,
             and
             therefore
             mark
             the
             true
             proportion
             .
             In
             the
             time
             of
             the
             old
             Testamēt
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israell
             had
             power
             from
             God
             to
             compel
             all
             to
             the
             ordinances
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             to
             cut
             them
             of
             by
             their
             sword
             from
             the
             earthly
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             and
             the
             promisses
             thereof
             :
             So
             in
             the
             new
             Testament
             the
             King
             of
             Israel
             Christ
             Iesus
             hath
             power
             from
             the
             Father
             to
             compell
             all
             ,
             to
             the
             ordinances
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             to
             cut
             them
             of
             by
             his
             sword
             ,
             from
             the
             Heavenly
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             and
             the
             promisses
             thereof
             :
             The
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             onely
             had
             this
             power
             vnder
             the
             law
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             Israell
             onely
             hath
             this
             power
             vnder
             the
             gospell
             :
             And
             therefore
             whosoever
             will
             challenge
             this
             power
             vnder
             the
             gospel
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             the
             king
             of
             Israel
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             gospell
             ,
             which
             is
             particulier
             onely
             to
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             vnto
             whome
             all
             power
             in
             Heaven
             and
             in
             Earth
             is
             given
             .
          
           
             And
             let
             it
             be
             here
             well
             observed
             ,
             that
             by
             this
             opinion
             of
             yours
             you
             make
             the
             Kingdome
             and
             ordinances
             of
             Israel
             vnder
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             the
             Kingdome
             and
             ordinances
             of
             Israell
             vnder
             the
             gospell
             allone
             ,
             directly
             contrary
             to
             the
             whole
             Scripture
             ,
             for
             the
             Kingdome
             and
             ordinances
             of
             Israell
             vnder
             the
             lawe
             were
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             the
             Kingdome
             and
             ordinances
             of
             Israell
             vnder
             the
             gospell
             are
             not
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             as
             Christ
             the
             King
             thereof
             himself
             testifieth
             Iohn
             .
             28.
             
             And
             
             therefore
             you
             setting
             vp
             a
             worldly
             King
             over
             this
             Heavenly
             Kingdome
             and
             ordinances
             ,
             you
             and
             all
             of
             your
             profession
             declare
             your selves
             to
             be
             of
             that
             worldly
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             looke
             for
             that
             Heavenly
             and
             spirituall
             King
             yet
             to
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             being
             of
             the
             number
             of
             those
             that
             deny
             him
             to
             be
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             anb
             so
             are
             deceivers
             and
             Antichrists
             ,
             whatsoever
             you
             say
             to
             the
             contrarie
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               yet
               I
               cannot
               see
               ,
               but
               that
               as
               the
               Kings
               of
               Israel
               hath
               power
               from
               God
               to
               compell
               all
               their
               subjects
               ,
               to
               the
               vvorship
               then
               appointed
               ,
               so
               the
               King
               being
               a
               a
               Christiā
               King
               ,
               hath
               povver
               to
               compel
               his
               subjects
               ,
               to
               the
               vvorship
               novv
               appointed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             You
             may
             see
             ,
             if
             you
             shur
             not
             your
             eies
             ,
             that
             what
             power
             the
             Kings
             of
             Israel
             had
             vnder
             the
             law
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Christ
             Iesus
             the
             King
             of
             Israell
             hath
             vnder
             the
             gospell
             :
             but
             I
             pray
             you
             let
             me
             aske
             you
             this
             question
             .
             You
             say
             the
             Kings
             Ma
             tie
             hath
             this
             power
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Christian
             King
             :
             My
             question
             is
             ,
             whether
             it
             apperteyne
             vnto
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             a
             King
             ,
             or
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Christian
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Neither
               simple
               as
               he
               is
               a
               Kinge
               ,
               nor
               as
               he
               is
               a
               Christian
               ,
               but
               jointly
               as
               he
               is
               compleate
               in
               them
               both
               :
               for
               I
               grant
               that
               no
               heathen
               Kinge
               hath
               power
               to
               compell
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               but
               a
               Christian
               King
               hath
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Then
             you
             confesse
             that
             of
             a
             Christiā
             king
             
             may
             be
             deprived
             of
             his
             Christianitie
             ,
             (
             for
             of
             his
             Kingdome
             or
             kingly
             power
             ,
             or
             any
             part
             thereof
             I
             affirme
             he
             may
             not
             be
             deprived
             )
             he
             hath
             lost
             this
             power
             you
             plead
             for
             ,
             in
             compelling
             Men
             in
             matters
             of
             religion
             :
             what
             say
             you
             to
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               I
               confesse
               if
               he
               may
               be
               deprived
               of
               his
               Christianitie
               ,
               he
               hath
               not
               this
               povver
               I
               pleade
               for
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Then
             ,
             I
             demaund
             this
             question
             ,
             whether
             every
             Christiā
             without
             respect
             of
             persons
             ought
             not
             to
             bee
             subject
             to
             Christs
             Lawes
             for
             his
             salvation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Yes
               ,
               it
               cannot
               be
               denyed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Christ
             hath
             given
             his
             censure
             Excomunication
             ,
             for
             the
             salvation
             of
             every
             Christian
             ,
             that
             he
             that
             will
             not
             heare
             the
             Church
             ,
             is
             to
             bee
             as
             a
             heathen
             and
             a
             Publicane
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             hath
             lost
             all
             right
             and
             title
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Church
             ,
             till
             he
             repent
             ,
             now
             I
             knowe
             it
             cāno
             .
             be
             denyed
             ,
             but
             every
             Christian
             whatsoever
             ,
             is
             subject
             to
             sin
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             excomunication
             to
             be
             as
             a
             Heathen
             :
             etc
             :
             If
             you
             say
             ,
             that
             Kings
             either
             are
             not
             subject
             to
             sin
             ,
             and
             to
             impenitency
             therein
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             this
             cēsure
             of
             Christ
             ,
             of
             excomunication
             ,
             for
             their
             impenitent
             sin
             ,
             then
             consider
             what
             you
             make
             them
             ,
             and
             
               God
               you
               make
               a
               lyer
            
             .
             If
             you
             graut
             (
             as
             you
             cannot
             deny
             )
             that
             Kings
             aswell
             as
             others
             ,
             are
             subject
             to
             impenitent
             sin
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             excomunication
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             then
             they
             being
             deprived
             of
             their
             Christianity
             ,
             by
             your
             owne
             confession
             ,
             they
             are
             deprived
             of
             power
             to
             compel
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             which
             if
             it
             were
             any
             part
             of
             their
             Kingly
             power
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             deprived
             of
             a
             part
             of
             their
             
             Kingly
             power
             ,
             by
             being
             excomunicate
             ,
             consider
             what
             a
             wicked
             doctrine
             you
             teach
             herein
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Doth
               not
               the
               Prophet
               say
               :
               that
               Kings
               shal
               be
               nursing
               Fathers
               &
               Queenes
               nursing
               Mothers
               to
               the
               Church
               ?
               And
               also
               it
               is
               said
               that
               kings
               shal
               hate
               the
               vvhore
               ,
               make
               her
               desolate
               ,
               eate
               hir
               flesh
               ,
               &
               burne
               hir
               vvith
               fire
               .
               VVhere
               vvee
               see
               ,
               that
               kings
               that
               have
               power
               &
               authoritie
               ,
               shal
               destroy
               Antichrists
               kingdome
               ,
               &
               nurrish
               &
               cherish
               Christs
               kingdome
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Most
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             lord
             hath
             spoken
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             great
             comfort
             to
             Gods
             people
             but
             what
             is
             this
             to
             the
             purpose
             in
             hand
             ,
             namely
             that
             Kings
             may
             persecute
             the
             contrary
             mynded
             ,
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Prophet
             Esa
             .
             proves
             that
             Kings
             ād
             Queenes
             that
             have
             formerly
             persecuted
             ād
             destroyed
             the
             church
             ,
             their
             harts
             shal
             be
             turned
             by
             the
             power
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             to
             be
             lovers
             and
             preservers
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             ād
             the
             other
             place
             Revel
             .
             17.16
             .
             proves
             that
             Kings
             shal
             make
             that
             whore
             desolate
             ,
             etc.
             not
             by
             their
             tēporal
             authority
             or
             sword
             (
             as
             some
             say
             that
             make
             more
             shewe
             of
             religiō
             then
             you
             do
             ,
             although
             thēselves
             be
             now
             persecuted
             ,
             yet
             if
             kings
             were
             of
             their
             mynds
             ,
             would
             be
             as
             cruell
             as
             you
             ,
             for
             they
             maintaine
             the
             same
             thinge
             )
             
               but
               by
               the
               spirit
               of
               the
               lords
               moueth
               ,
               &
               the
               brightnes
               of
               his
               cominge
               .
            
             2.
             
             Thes
             .
             2.8
             .
             For
             this
             kingdome
             of
             Antichrist
             shal
             be
             destroyed
             without
             hand
             .
             Dan.
             8.25
             .
             onely
             by
             the
             everlasting
             gospell
             ,
             
               the
               true
               armor
               indeed
               wherewith
               the
               witnesses
               feight
               against
               the
               Antichrist
               .
            
             As
             the
             Kings
             Ma
             tie
             .
             acknowledgeth
             .
             Apol.
             Pag.
             93.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               You
               are
               so
               stiffe
               against
               vseing
               off
               outvvard
               weapons
               in
               Church
               matters
               ,
               did
               not
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
               make
               a
               vvhipp
               of
               smale
               cords
               ,
               &
               vvhipp
               the
               byers
               &
               sellers
               out
               of
               the
               Temple
               ?
               And
               vvhy
               may
               not
               wee
               followe
               his
               example
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             In
             this
             and
             many
             other
             actions
             of
             Christ
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             wee
             are
             to
             consider
             him
             as
             the
             fulfiller
             and
             ender
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             actiō
             of
             the
             
               Passover
               ,
               &
               sending
               him
               that
               was
               clensed
               of
               his
               Leprosie
               to
               offer
               to
               the
               Preist
               ,
               the
               gift
               that
               Moses
               comaunded
               ,
            
             in
             which
             thinges
             wee
             are
             not
             to
             ymitate
             him
             ,
             for
             by
             him
             the
             Ceremonies
             are
             fulfilled
             and
             abolished
             ,
             and
             the
             everlasting
             gospel
             established
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             wee
             are
             to
             walke
             :
             and
             it
             were
             more
             then
             foolish
             to
             reason
             thus
             .
             Christ
             whipped
             wicked
             Men
             out
             of
             Gods
             Temple
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             with
             whips
             made
             of
             cord
             ,
             therefore
             wee
             may
             whipe
             wicked
             Men
             ,
             out
             of
             Gods
             Temple
             made
             without
             hands
             ,
             with
             whips
             made
             of
             cord
             .
             There
             is
             a
             whole
             some
             doctrine
             to
             bee
             collected
             from
             the
             Tipe
             to
             the
             Truth
             as
             thus
             .
             Christ
             drive
             out
             wicked
             Men
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             by
             a
             carnall
             or
             worldly
             whipp
             ,
             so
             Christ
             (
             by
             his
             people
             )
             must
             drive
             wicked
             Men
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             made
             without
             hands
             ,
             by
             a
             Spirituall
             whipp
             .
             evē
             his
             word
             ,
             which
             is
             called
             a
             whip
             or
             rode
             .
             Revel
             .
             2.27
             .
             and
             Psal
             .
             2.9
             .
             so
             is
             excomunication
             .
             1.
             
             Cor.
             4.21
             .
          
        
         
           
             An.
             
          
           
             
               Iff
               fredome
               off
               Religion
               should
               bee
               granted
               ,
               there
               vvould
               bee
               such
               devisions
               
               as
               vvould
               bread
               sedition
               ,
               &
               inovatiō
               in
               the
               State.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Thus
             when
             your
             shewes
             out
             of
             the
             scriptures
             are
             answered
             ,
             then
             you
             runne
             to
             conceits
             and
             ymaginations
             ,
             of
             sedition
             ,
             innovation
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             thinkeing
             thereby
             to
             diswade
             Princes
             ,
             and
             ali
             t●
             ,
             at
             are
             in
             authority
             there
             from
             ,
             knoweing
             els
             your
             kingdome
             of
             iniquity
             would
             fal
             But
             that
             it
             may
             appeare
             to
             all
             that
             you
             deale
             deceitfully
             herein
             ,
             let
             vs
             consider
             first
             the
             scriptures
             ,
             secondly
             behold
             the
             successe
             ,
             of
             suffering
             of
             of
             Religion
             free
             in
             other
             Counries
             .
             And
             first
             .
             Christ
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             (
             
               who
               is
               that
               Prince
               of
               peace
               .
            
             Esa
             .
             9.6
             .
             not
             of
             sedition
             )
             hath
             taught
             .
             Mat.
             10.
             and
             Luk.
             12.
             
             
               That
               he
               came
               not
               to
               send
               peace
               on
               the
               Earth
               ,
               but
               debate
               ,
               to
               devide
               Fyve
               in
               one
               house
               ,
               two
               against
               three
               ,
               &
               three
               against
               two
               ,
               the
               Father
               against
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               a
               mans
               enimies
               shall
               bee
               they
               of
               his
               owne
               housholde
               .
               And
               his
               desire
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Fire
               of
               such
               sedition
               ,
               should
               bee
               kindled
               ,
               where
               wee
               see
               ,
               this
               Prince
               of
               peace
               putteth
               difference
               in
               Religion
               ,
            
             by
             preaching
             his
             Gospell
             ,
             which
             some
             receive
             ,
             as
             the
             savour
             of
             life
             vnto
             them
             :
             others
             refuse
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             become
             enemies
             vnto
             the
             truth
             and
             witnesses
             thereoff
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             to
             Christ
             Iesus
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             as
             you
             do
             to
             me
             and
             others
             .
             Secondly
             behold
             the
             Nations
             where
             freedome
             off
             Religion
             is
             permitted
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             see
             there
             are
             not
             more
             florishinge
             and
             prosperous
             Nations
             vnder
             the
             heavens
             then
             they
             are
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             The
             convocation
             of
             Bishops
             and
             the
             rest
             have
             made
             a
             Canō
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             shal
             affirme
             
             that
             the
             Kings
             Ma
             tie
             hath
             not
             the
             same
             power
             in
             causes
             Eccleciasticall
             ,
             vnder
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             that
             the
             godly
             Kings
             of
             Israell
             had
             vnder
             the
             law
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             excomunicate
             ,
             
               Ipso
               facto
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             they
             have
             so
             .
             In
             the
             beginning
             off
             his
             Ma
             ties
             raigne
             when
             they
             had
             got
             him
             sure
             vnto
             them
             ,
             of
             the
             which
             they
             so
             much
             doubted
             ,
             as
             with
             my
             owne
             eares
             I
             heard
             some
             of
             their
             cheife
             followers
             say
             ,
             whē
             his
             highnes
             was
             comming
             into
             England
             .
             
               Now
               must
               steples
               downe
               ,
               &
               wee
               shall
               have
               no
               more
               high
               commission
               .
            
             (
             with
             lamentation
             they
             spake
             it
             )
             then
             they
             made
             this
             Canon
             ,
             because
             their
             consciences
             are
             convinced
             ,
             that
             they
             stand
             onely
             by
             his
             power
             ,
             and
             if
             his
             hand
             bee
             turned
             ,
             their
             Spirituall
             power
             of
             darknes
             falleth
             to
             the
             pit
             of
             darknes
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             came
             ,
             and
             whether
             it
             must
             go
             ,
             there
             being
             never
             so
             much
             meanes
             vsed
             for
             the
             supporting
             off
             it
             ,
             for
             
               the
               stronge
               Lord
               hath
               spoken
               it
               .
            
             Revel
             .
             18.
             
             As
             for
             their
             sending
             Men
             to
             Hell
             (
             as
             they
             suppose
             )
             with
             their
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             excomunications
             ,
             iff
             they
             had
             no
             stronger
             weapon
             for
             the
             supporting
             of
             their
             Kingdome
             ,
             it
             would
             stand
             but
             a
             short
             space
             .
             If
             Israell
             now
             were
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             vnder
             the
             lawe
             ,
             then
             they
             said
             somethinge
             :
             but
             iff
             it
             bee
             not
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             not
             .
             Ioh.
             17.14
             .
             Then
             the
             King
             is
             not
             off
             this
             world
             ,
             for
             when
             this
             King
             came
             the
             worldly
             Israell
             knewe
             him
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             see
             evidently
             ,
             that
             al
             are
             but
             cavels
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             mortall
             Man
             can
             make
             any
             Man
             offer
             Sacrifices
             vnder
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
             vntill
             he
             bee
             a
             beleever
             ,
             and
             converted
             ,
             for
             he
             must
             bee
             in
             
             Christ
             ,
             before
             he
             may
             offer
             sacrifices
             ,
             for
             in
             Chri
             :
             onely
             the
             Father
             accepteth
             vs
             :
             but
             what
             say
             you
             ,
             have
             they
             not
             power
             to
             compell
             Men
             to
             come
             to
             the
             place
             where
             the
             word
             is
             publiquely
             taught
             that
             they
             may
             be
             converted
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wel
             :
             then
             you
             see
             that
             the
             example
             of
             the
             kings
             of
             Israel
             (
             who
             had
             power
             to
             compel
             thē
             to
             sacrifice
             ,
             or
             to
             cut
             them
             of
             )
             applyed
             to
             earthly
             Princes
             ,
             is
             gone
             as
             a
             meere
             doctrine
             of
             man
             ,
             ād
             not
             of
             God.
             And
             for
             compelling
             mē
             to
             heare
             that
             they
             be
             converted
             ,
             wee
             can
             learne
             of
             no
             better
             then
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             if
             wee
             heare
             not
             wee
             shal
             have
             a
             dreadful
             recompence
             .
             He
             had
             al
             power
             in
             heaven
             and
             in
             earth
             for
             converting
             soules
             givē
             vn-him
             ,
             and
             
               sent
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               as
               his
               Father
               sent
               him
               .
            
             Ioh.
             20.21
             .
             Charging
             thē
             that
             whē
             they
             should
             come
             into
             a
             City
             .
             etc.
             if
             they
             would
             not
             receive
             them
             nor
             their
             word
             ,
             
               to
               shake
               of
               the
               dust
               of
               their
               feet
               for
               a
               witnes
               against
               them
               ,
               saying
               it
               should
               bee
               easier
               for
               Sodom
               &
               Gomorah
               in
               the
               day
               of
               judgmēt
               then
               for
               that
               Citie
               or
               house
               :
            
             And
             so
             th-Apostles
             went
             from
             City
             to
             City
             accordingly
             .
             Here
             was
             no
             Temples
             made
             ,
             nor
             worldly
             power
             to
             compel
             al
             to
             come
             vnto
             them
             to
             heare
             the
             word
             off
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             they
             comaunded
             to
             goe
             from
             City
             to
             City
             and
             from
             house
             to
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             
          
           
             In
             those
             daies
             the
             Magistrats
             were
             vnbeleevers
             but
             the
             question
             is
             where
             Magistrats
             be
             beleevers
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Christ
             had
             al
             power
             needful
             for
             that
             worke
             if
             Magistracie
             were
             a
             power
             needfull
             for
             that
             worke
             ▪
             thē
             Christ
             had
             not
             al
             power
             ,
             magistracy
             is
             
             Gods
             blessed
             ordinance
             in
             it
             right
             place
             ,
             but
             let
             not
             vs
             be
             wiser
             thē
             God
             to
             device
             him
             a
             meanes
             for
             the
             publishinge
             of
             his
             gospell
             ,
             which
             he
             that
             had
             all
             power
             had
             not
             ,
             nor
             hath
             comaunded
             .
             Magistracie
             is
             a
             power
             of
             this
             world
             :
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             power
             ,
             subjects
             ,
             and
             meanes
             of
             publishing
             the
             gospell
             ,
             are
             not
             of
             this
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Goodly
               thinge
               indeed
               that
               Men
               must
               go
               about
               the
               Countrie
               to
               preach
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             In
             your
             estimation
             it
             is
             base
             and
             contemptible
             ,
             your
             pompe
             and
             pride
             will
             not
             beare
             this
             ,
             it
             is
             more
             ease
             for
             you
             to
             hunt
             after
             promotion
             ,
             till
             you
             come
             to
             the
             highest
             in
             getting
             to
             be
             cheife
             Bishop
             of
             Bishops
             within
             these
             dominions
             ,
             and
             then
             cometh
             your
             fall
             ,
             full
             lowe
             ,
             iff
             you
             repent
             not
             ,
             but
             the
             wisedome
             of
             God
             hath
             appointed
             the
             cheifest
             Officers
             of
             Christs
             Kingdome
             ,
             even
             the
             Appostles
             ,
             thus
             basely
             to
             go
             vp
             and
             downe
             ,
             to
             and
             fro
             to
             preach
             his
             Gospel
             ,
             yea
             that
             worthy
             Apostle
             Paul
             preached
             this
             gospel
             
               night
               &
               day
               with
               many
               teares
               openly
               &
               throughout
               every
               house
               .
            
             Act.
             20.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             But
             if
             this
             bee
             thus
             /
             as
             for
             my
             owne
             parte
             I
             am
             fullie
             perswaded
             it
             is
             /
             then
             I
             see
             the
             high
             commission
             cannot
             stand
             for
             as
             I
             take
             it
             /
             it
             is
             onely
             for
             causes
             Ecclesiasticall
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             So
             far
             as
             it
             is
             over
             Church
             matters
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             vnlawfull
             ,
             for
             the
             comission
             for
             judging
             and
             punishing
             of
             the
             transgressors
             of
             the
             lawes
             of
             Christs
             Church
             is
             given
             to
             Christ
             the
             Monarch
             thereof
             ,
             a
             parte
             whereof
             he
             hath
             left
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             worldly
             comission
             or
             power
             ,
             but
             onely
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             the
             vttermost
             of
             which
             comission
             is
             excomunication
             .
             1.
             
             Cor.
             5.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               The
               high
               commission
               is
               from
               the
               King
               ,
               &
               dare
               you
               once
               call
               it
               into
               question
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             I
             do
             take
             any
             authority
             from
             the
             kings
             Ma
             tie
             ,
             let
             me
             be
             judged
             worthy
             my
             desert
             ,
             but
             if
             I
             defend
             the
             authoritie
             of
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             over
             mens
             soules
             ,
             which
             apperteyneth
             to
             no
             mortall
             Man
             whatsoever
             ,
             then
             knowe
             you
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             would
             rob
             him
             of
             that
             honor
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             he
             wil
             tread
             thē
             vnder
             foote
             :
             Earthly
             authoritie
             belongeth
             to
             earthly
             Kings
             but
             spirituall
             authoritie
             belongeth
             to
             that
             one
             spirituall
             King
             who
             is
             King
             of
             Kings
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               Well
               all
               your
               pleading
               vvill
               not
               serve
               your
               turne
               ,
               either
               you
               must
               come
               to
               Church
               ,
               or
               els
               go
               to
               prison
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             shewed
             you
             by
             the
             law
             of
             Christ
             that
             your
             course
             is
             most
             wicked
             ,
             to
             compell
             any
             by
             persecution
             to
             performe
             any
             service
             to
             God
             ,
             (
             as
             you
             pretend
             .
             )
             Now
             I
             desire
             also
             to
             shewe
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             Statute
             law
             of
             the
             land
             requireth
             onely
             civill
             obedience
             ,
             and
             his
             Ma
             ties
             writings
             mainteyning
             the
             Oath
             of
             alligience
             Testifieth
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             The
             law
             of
             the
             lād
             requireth
             that
             whosoever
             cometh
             not
             to
             Church
             or
             receiveth
             not
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             the
             Oath
             of
             allegeance
             is
             to
             bee
             tendered
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             that
             it
             may
             be
             manifest
             to
             〈…〉
             that
             not
             onely
             I
             ,
             but
             al
             that
             professe
             the
             faith
             with
             me
             are
             most
             willing
             to
             subscribe
             vnto
             it
             in
             faithfulnes
             and
             truth
             ,
             I
             have
             thought
             good
             to
             ●presse
             it
             .
          
           
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     words
                     of
                     the
                     Oath
                     .
                     Anno
                     3.
                     
                     Iacobi
                     Regis
                     .
                  
                   
                     I.
                     A.
                     B.
                     do
                     truely
                     &
                     sincerely
                     acknowledg
                     ,
                     professe
                     &
                     testifie
                     ,
                     &
                     declare
                     in
                     my
                     conscience
                     before
                     God
                     &
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     that
                     our
                     Soveraigne
                     Lord
                     king
                     Iames
                     is
                     lawful
                     King
                     off
                     this
                     Realme
                     ,
                     &
                     of
                     al
                     other
                     his
                     Ma
                     :
                     dominions
                     ,
                     &
                     Countries
                     :
                     And
                     that
                     the
                     Pope
                     neither
                     of
                     himselfe
                     nor
                     by
                     any
                     other
                     authoritie
                     of
                     the
                     Chu
                     :
                     or
                     Sea
                     off
                     Rome
                     ,
                     or
                     by
                     any
                     other
                     meanes
                     with
                     any
                     other
                     hath
                     any
                     power
                     or
                     authoritie
                     to
                     depose
                     the
                     king
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     dispose
                     any
                     off
                     his
                     Majest
                     :
                     Kingdomes
                     of
                     Dominions
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     authorize
                     any
                     forraigne
                     Prince
                     to
                     invade
                     or
                     annoy
                     him
                     ,
                     or
                     his
                     Countries
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     discharge
                     any
                     off
                     his
                     subjects
                     off
                     their
                     allegiance
                     ,
                     &
                     obedience
                     to
                     his
                     Majest
                     :
                     or
                     to
                     give
                     licence
                     or
                     leave
                     to
                     any
                     off
                     thē
                     to
                     beare
                     armes
                     ,
                     raise
                     tumults
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     offer
                     any
                     violence
                     or
                     hurt
                     to
                     this
                     Ma
                     :
                     Royal
                     person
                     ,
                     State
                     or
                     Goverment
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     any
                     off
                     his
                     Ma
                     :
                     subjects
                     within
                     his
                     Ma
                     :
                     Dominions
                     .
                     Also
                     I
                     do
                     sweare
                     from
                     my
                     hart
                     ,
                     that
                     notwithstanding
                     any
                     declaration
                     or
                     sentence
                     off
                     excommunication
                     ,
                     or
                     depravation
                     made
                     or
                     granted
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     bee
                     made
                     or
                     granted
                     by
                     the
                     Pope
                     or
                     his
                     Successors
                     ,
                     or
                     by
                     any
                     authority
                     derived
                     ,
                     or
                     pretended
                     to
                     bee
                     derived
                     frō
                     him
                     or
                     his
                     Sea
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     said
                     king
                     ,
                     his
                     heires
                     or
                     Successors
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     absolution
                     off
                     the
                     said
                     subjects
                     from
                     their
                     obedience
                     .
                     I
                     wil
                     beare
                     faith
                     and
                     true
                     allegiance
                     to
                     his
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     his
                     heires
                     and
                     Successors
                     ,
                     and
                     him
                     and
                     them
                     wil
                     defend
                     to
                     the
                     vttermost
                     off
                     my
                     power
                     ,
                     against
                     all
                     conspiraces
                     and
                     attempts
                     whatsoever
                     which
                     shal
                     bee
                     made
                     against
                     his
                     or
                     their
                     persons
                     ,
                     their
                     Crowne
                     and
                     dignity
                     ,
                     by
                     reason
                     or
                     cullor
                     off
                     any
                     such
                     sentence
                     or
                     declaration
                     
                     or
                     otherwise
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     do
                     my
                     best
                     endeavour
                     to
                     disclose
                     and
                     make
                     knowne
                     vnto
                     his
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     his
                     Heires
                     and
                     Successors
                     ,
                     all
                     treasons
                     and
                     traiterous
                     conspiraces
                     ,
                     which
                     I
                     shal
                     knowe
                     or
                     heare
                     of
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     against
                     him
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     of
                     them
                     .
                     And
                     I
                     do
                     further
                     sweare
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     do
                     from
                     my
                     hart
                     abhor
                     ,
                     detest
                     ,
                     and
                     abivre
                     ,
                     as
                     impious
                     and
                     hereticall
                     ,
                     this
                     damnable
                     doctrine
                     and
                     position
                     ,
                     that
                     Princes
                     which
                     be
                     excommunicated
                     or
                     deprived
                     by
                     the
                     Pope
                     ,
                     may
                     be
                     deposed
                     ,
                     or
                     murthered
                     by
                     their
                     subjects
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     other
                     whatsoever
                     .
                     And
                     I
                     do
                     beleeve
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     conscience
                     am
                     resolved
                     ,
                     that
                     neither
                     the
                     Pope
                     nor
                     any
                     person
                     whatsoever
                     hath
                     power
                     to
                     absolve
                     me
                     of
                     this
                     Oath
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     part
                     thereoff
                     ,
                     which
                     I
                     acknowledg
                     by
                     good
                     and
                     full
                     authority
                     to
                     be
                     lawfully
                     ministred
                     vnto
                     me
                     ,
                     &
                     do
                     renounce
                     all
                     pardons
                     and
                     dispensations
                     to
                     the
                     contrary
                     .
                     And
                     all
                     these
                     thinges
                     I
                     do
                     plainely
                     &
                     sincerely
                     acknowledge
                     ,
                     and
                     sweare
                     according
                     to
                     these
                     expresse
                     words
                     by
                     me
                     spoken
                     ,
                     &
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     plaine
                     &
                     comon
                     sense
                     and
                     vnderstanding
                     off
                     the
                     same
                     words
                     ,
                     without
                     any
                     Aequivocation
                     ,
                     or
                     mental
                     evasion
                     ,
                     or
                     secret
                     reservatiō
                     whatsoever
                     .
                     And
                     I
                     do
                     make
                     this
                     recognition
                     &
                     acknowledgment
                     hartily
                     ,
                     willingly
                     &
                     truely
                     ,
                     vpon
                     the
                     true
                     faith
                     of
                     a
                     Christian
                     .
                  
                   
                     So
                     helpe
                     me
                     God.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               This
               Oath
               was
               intended
               for
               the
               Papists
               &
               not
               for
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             so
             .
             For
             his
             Ma
             tie
             at
             the
             last
             Session
             of
             Parli
             :
             Anno
             1609.
             saith
             thus
             .
             
               
                 Some
                 doubts
                 have
                 bene
                 conceived
                 anent
                 the
                 vseing
                 off
                 the
                 oath
                 off
                 allegeance
                 ,
                 &
                 that
                 parte
                 off
                 the
                 Act
                 that
                 ordeynes
                 the
                 takeing
                 thereoff
                 is
                 thought
                 so
                 obscure
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 tell
                 vvho
                 ought
                 to
                 bee
                 pressed
                 therevvith
                 .
                 &c.
                 And
                 therefore
                 iff
                 there
                 
                 bee
                 any
                 cruple
                 touching
                 the
                 ministering
                 thereof
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 wish
                 it
                 now
                 to
                 be
                 cleared
                 .
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             And
             therevpon
             this
             statute
             was
             made
             Anno
             7.
             
             
               Regni
               Regis
               Iacobi
               .
               &c.
               Chap.
            
             6.
             rowards
             the
             latter
             end
             .
          
           
             
               And
               if
               any
               person
               or
               persons
               whatsoever
               of
               &
               above
               thage
               of
               18
               yeres
               do
               now
               stand
               or
               at
               any
               time
               hereafter
               shal
               stand
               ,
               &
               be
               pretented
               ,
               indighted
               ,
               &
               convicted
               ,
               for
               not
               coming
               to
               church
               ,
               or
               receiving
               the
               lords
               supper
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               lawes
               &
               statutes
               of
               this
               realme
               ,
               before
               the
               ordinary
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               haveing
               power
               to
               take
               such
               presentments
               ,
               or
               indightmēts
               :
               or
               iff
               the
               Minister
               ,
               pettie
               Constable
               ,
               or
               Churchwardēs
               ,
               or
               any
               two
               of
               them
               ,
               shall
               at
               any
               time
               hereafter
               complaine
               to
               any
               Iustice
               of
               peace
               reare
               adioyning
               to
               the
               place
               where
               any
               person
               complained
               of
               shall
               dwell
               ,
               &
               the
               said
               justice
               shal
               find
               cause
               of
               suspition
               ,
               that
               then
               any
               one
               Iustice
               of
               peace
               within
               whose
               comissiō
               or
               power
               any
               such
               person
               ,
               or
               persons
               ,
               shall
               at
               any
               time
               hereafter
               be
               ,
               or
               to
               whome
               complaint
               shall
               bee
               made
               ,
               shall
               vpon
               notice
               there
               off
               require
               such
               person
               or
               persons
               to
               take
               the
               said
               oath
               .
               And
               that
               if
               any
               person
               or
               persons
               being
               of
               thage
               of
               18.
               yeres
               or
               above
               ,
               shal
               refuse
               to
               take
               the
               said
               oath
               ,
               duely
               tendered
               vnto
               him
               ,
               or
               hit
               according
               to
               the
               true
               intēt
               &
               meaning
               of
               this
               statute
               that
               thē
               the
               persons
               authorized
               by
               this
               lawe
               to
               give
               the
               said
               oath
               ,
               shall
               &
               may
               commit
               the
               said
               offender
               to
               the
               comon
               jayle
               &c.
               where
               wee
               see
               that
               if
               any
               take
               the
               said
               oath
               at
               their
               first
               apprehension
               ,
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               comitted
               ,
               or
               if
               they
               being
               comitted
               ,
               take
               the
               said
               oath
               at
               the
               next
               open
               Court
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               bee
               set
               at
               libertie
               ,
               if
               they
               will
               not
               take
               the
               said
               oath
               ,
               to
               bee
               in
               premunire
               ,
               as
               is
               at
               large
               in
               the
               statute
               declared
               ,
               &
               as
               is
               daylie
               practiced
               with
               Papists
               ,
               &
               others
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Kings
               Majestie
               requireth
               your
               allegeance
               to
               be
               testifyed
               by
               your
               cōming
               to
               Church
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             pray
             let
             me
             demaund
             this
             questiō
             ,
             doth
             the
             K
             :
             require
             my
             coming
             to
             C
             :
             to
             worship
             and
             serve
             God
             ,
             or
             to
             worship
             and
             serve
             the
             K
             :
             if
             to
             worship
             and
             serve
             the
             K
             :
             I
             am
             ready
             to
             obey
             :
             if
             to
             worship
             and
             serve
             God
             ,
             which
             none
             can
             do
             ,
             but
             of
             conscience
             ,
             the
             King
             himself
             saith
             he
             never
             intended
             to
             say
             any
             thinge
             to
             the
             charge
             if
             any
             for
             cause
             of
             conscience
             ,
             ād
             this
             coming
             to
             Church
             being
             a
             cause
             of
             conscience
             ,
             if
             not
             he
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             lay
             any
             thinge
             to
             my
             charge
             ,
             for
             the
             same
             .
             And
             therefore
             you
             wronge
             his
             Ma
             tie
             in
             thus
             affirming
             :
             For
             his
             highnes
             requireth
             onely
             my
             faithful
             allegeance
             to
             bee
             testified
             by
             the
             a
             fore
             said
             oath
             ,
             and
             therefore
             hath
             ordeyned
             it
             ,
             as
             I
             shal
             shewe
             by
             his
             highnes
             own
             testimony
             .
             If
             I
             should
             come
             to
             Church
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             consciēce
             ,
             but
             for
             other
             respects
             ,
             as
             many
             Papists
             and
             other
             Hipocrits
             do
             ,
             to
             God
             it
             were
             most
             abhominable
             and
             what
             faithfulnes
             can
             be
             hoped
             for
             in
             such
             ,
             towards
             his
             Majesties
             person
             and
             state
             ,
             can
             any
             Godly
             wiseman
             thinke
             that
             he
             that
             playeth
             the
             dissembling
             hipocrite
             with
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             do
             lesse
             with
             men
             ,
             and
             wil
             not
             worke
             any
             villany
             if
             it
             were
             i●●●●
             power
             ,
             ād
             therefore
             herein
             ,
             you
             compelling
             〈◊〉
             by
             tyrannie
             to
             bring
             my
             bodie
             ,
             wherevnto
             my
             spirit
             cannot
             be
             brought
             ,
             you
             cōpel
             me
             to
             hipocrisie
             with
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             for
             if
             my
             hart
             were
             not
             faithfull
             in
             sincerity
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Crowne
             and
             dignitie
             ,
             as
             I
             take
             God
             to
             witnes
             (
             before
             whome
             I
             must
             be
             condemned
             or
             
             justified
             )
             it
             is
             ,
             these
             courses
             would
             rather
             harde
             my
             hart
             to
             worke
             villany
             then
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             his
             Majesties
             many
             Testimonys
             in
             his
             wrytings
             ,
             they
             are
             worthy
             to
             bee
             recorded
             with
             thākefulnes
             to
             the
             highest
             for
             guiding
             his
             hart
             and
             pen
             to
             write
             such
             thinges
             .
          
           
             In
             his
             Apology
             for
             the
             oath
             of
             alegeāce
             pag.
             4.
             he
             saith
             .
             Speaking
             of
             such
             Papists
             as
             tooke
             the
             oath
             of
             allegeance
             .
             
               
                 And
                 I
                 gave
                 a
                 good
                 proofe
                 that
                 I
                 intēded
                 no
                 persecution
                 against
                 them
                 for
                 conscience
                 cause
                 ,
                 but
                 onelie
                 desired
                 to
                 bee
                 secured
                 off
                 them
                 for
                 evil
                 obedience
                 which
                 for
                 conscience
                 cause
                 they
                 were
                 bound
                 to
                 performe
                 .
                 &
                 pag
                 60.
                 
                 Speaking
                 of
                 Blackwel
                 the
                 Arch-Preist
                 he
                 saith
                 .
                 I
                 never
                 intēded
                 to
                 lay
                 any
                 thinge
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Arch
                 Preists
                 charge
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 never
                 done
                 to
                 any
                 ,
                 for
                 cause
                 of
                 cōsciēce
                 .
                 &
                 pag.
                 127.
                 he
                 saith
                 .
                 First
                 for
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 their
                 punishmēt
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 constātly
                 maintaine
                 ,
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 said
                 in
                 my
                 Apologie
                 :
                 that
                 no
                 man
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 my
                 time
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 late
                 Queens
                 .
                 ever
                 died
                 here
                 for
                 his
                 conscience
                 :
                 For
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 never
                 so
                 devout
                 a
                 Papist
                 :
                 nay
                 though
                 he
                 professe
                 the
                 same
                 never
                 so
                 constantly
                 ,
                 his
                 life
                 is
                 in
                 no
                 dāger
                 by
                 the
                 lawe
                 .
                 if
                 he
                 breake
                 not
                 out
                 into
                 some
                 outward
                 act
                 expreslie
                 against
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 law
                 :
                 or
                 plot
                 not
                 some
                 dangerous
                 or
                 vnlawfull
                 practice
                 or
                 attempt
                 .
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             Where
             wee
             may
             〈◊〉
             short
             what
             is
             the
             whole
             some
             that
             he
             req
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             his
             Majesties
             speach
             at
             the
             last
             Session
             off
             Parliament
             Anno
             Domini
             1609.
             where
             he
             saith
             he
             sheweth
             his
             subjects
             his
             hart
             .
             he
             saith
             thus
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             found
             ,
             that
             blood
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             severity
             ,
             
             did
             good
             in
             matters
             off
             Religion
             ,
             for
             besids
             :
             It
             is
             a
             sure
             rule
             in
             divinity
             that
             God
             never
             loves
             to
             plant
             his
             Church
             by
             violence
             and
             bloodshed
             ,
             natural
             reason
             man
             even
             perswade
             vs
             ,
             and
             dayly
             experience
             proves
             it
             true
             .
             that
             when
             Men
             are
             severely
             persecuted
             for
             religion
             ,
             the
             gallantnes
             off
             many
             Mens
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             the
             wilfulnes
             off
             their
             humors
             ,
             rather
             then
             the
             justnes
             of
             their
             cause
             ,
             makes
             them
             to
             take
             a
             pride
             bouldly
             to
             endure
             any
             torments
             ,
             or
             death
             it selff
             ,
             to
             gaine
             thereby
             the
             reputation
             off
             marterdome
             .
             though
             but
             in
             a
             false
             shadowe
             .
          
           
             A
             most
             vndoubted
             truth
             ,
             which
             iff
             it
             bee
             (
             as
             most
             manifest
             it
             is
             by
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             throughout
             Christs
             Testament
             as
             before
             is
             proved
             )
             then
             how
             cursed
             are
             al
             the
             ranke
             off
             you
             ,
             that
             continewally
             breake
             this
             sure
             rule
             off
             God
             ,
             thus
             confidently
             acknowledged
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             planting
             your
             Church
             by
             violence
             and
             bloodshed
             forceing
             many
             thousāds
             against
             their
             consciences
             to
             bee
             off
             our
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             receive
             your
             Sacraments
             ,
             by
             all
             the
             persecutions
             that
             would
             followe
             :
             if
             they
             did
             not
             yeild
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             feare
             God
             more
             then
             Men
             ,
             and
             dare
             not
             yeild
             ,
             casting
             them
             into
             noysome
             Prisons
             :
             amongst
             most
             wicked
             Blasphemers
             off
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             wounding
             off
             their
             soules
             :
             Deviding
             them
             from
             their
             Wives
             .
             Children
             and
             Families
             ,
             and
             from
             their
             callings
             some
             an
             hundreth
             myles
             and
             more
             ,
             vtterly
             consuming
             that
             substance
             they
             have
             ,
             which
             sustaineth
             the
             blood
             
             of
             them
             their
             wives
             and
             Children
             :
             seldome
             or
             never
             affording
             them
             release
             ,
             but
             either
             by
             yeilding
             to
             you
             against
             their
             Consciences
             ,
             or
             els
             by
             con●uming
             their
             bodies
             to
             death
             ,
             in
             prisō
             banishment
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             leaveing
             them
             and
             their
             wives
             to
             horrible
             temptations
             of
             adultery
             ,
             in
             parting
             them
             ,
             &
             their
             wives
             ,
             ād
             to
             al
             manner
             of
             evill
             in
             takeing
             them
             from
             their
             callings
             ,
             ād
             so
             leaveing
             them
             in
             continuall
             Idlenes
             .
             
               Is
               Gods
               Church
               thus
               planted
               ?
               or
               do
               Christs
               Disciples
               thus
               plant
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Oh
             I●
             this
             spirituall
             power
             is
             little
             inferior
             in
             cruelty
             to
             the
             Romish
             spirituall
             power
             /
             I
             pray
             how
             or
             whi
             was
             this
             set
             vp
             .
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Henry
             the
             8.
             casting
             of
             Pope
             Clement
             the
             7.
             and
             so
             the
             Popes
             power
             Anno
             1534.
             set
             vp
             this
             Spirituall
             power
             vnder
             him
             :
             see
             Act.
             and
             Mo
             :
             pag
             :
             1201.
             etc.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             pray
             you
             shewe
             the
             likenes
             betwene
             these
             two
             spirituall
             powers
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             wil
             doe
             my
             best
             endeavor
             which
             is
             but
             smale
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             the
             Romish
             spirituall
             power
             doth
             make
             lawes
             to
             the
             conscience
             ,
             and
             compel
             al
             therevnto
             by
             excomunication
             ,
             imprisonment
             ,
             banishment
             ,
             death
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             This
             spiritual
             power
             doth
             the
             like
             ,
             vpon
             the
             like
             pennalties
             as
             al
             knowe
             .
          
           
             The
             Romish
             power
             doth
             give
             Titles
             to
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Titles
             off
             God
             and
             Christ
             ,
             as
             spiritual
             lords
             ,
             great
             Bishope
             ād
             many
             more
             .
          
           
             This
             Spirituall
             power
             doth
             the
             like
             as
             all
             knowe
             .
          
           
             The
             Romish
             power
             doth
             set
             vp
             Lords
             over
             their
             brethren
             in
             spiritual
             thinges
             ,
             vnto
             whome
             
             they
             comaund
             honor
             ,
             and
             great
             liveings
             to
             bee
             given
             great
             Pompe
             and
             Pride
             .
          
           
             This
             power
             doth
             the
             like
             ,
             as
             all
             knowe
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             speake
             of
             this
             ,
             in
             that
             all
             bookes
             are
             full
             and
             all
             consciences
             (
             excepe
             those
             that
             are
             scrared
             with
             hot
             irons
             )
             convinced
             here
             off
             .
             Let
             but
             Maister
             Fox
             ,
             or
             any
             others
             who
             have
             described
             the
             spirituall
             power
             of
             Rome
             ,
             let
             but
             their
             discription
             thereof
             bee
             compared
             with
             this
             spirituall
             power
             in
             all
             their
             lawes
             ,
             Courts
             Titles
             ,
             Pompe
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             and
             crueltie
             ,
             and
             you
             shal
             see
             them
             very
             little
             differ
             ,
             except
             in
             their
             cruelties
             ,
             which
             (
             glory
             bee
             to
             God
             )
             the
             kings
             Ma
             tie
             .
             who
             thirsteth
             not
             after
             blood
             hath
             some
             thinge
             rear
             a
             ne●
             ,
             although
             it
             is
             most
             grevious
             crueltie
             to
             lye
             divers
             yeres
             in
             most
             noysome
             and
             filthy
             prisons
             ,
             and
             continewall
             temtatione
             of
             want
             ,
             their
             estates
             overthrowne
             and
             never
             coming
             out
             many
             of
             them
             till
             death
             ,
             let
             it
             bee
             well
             weighed
             ,
             ād
             it
             is
             little
             inferior
             to
             the
             cruel
             suddaine
             death
             in
             times
             of
             the
             Romish
             power
             in
             this
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             very
             apparant
             it
             is
             that
             ymage
             or
             similitude
             off
             that
             Beast
             spoken
             of
             Revel
             13.
             
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Oh
             yes
             ,
             for
             their
             is
             no
             such
             image
             of
             the
             Popish
             power
             vnder
             the
             Heavens
             as
             this
             :
             wel
             our
             comfort
             is
             ,
             the
             stronge
             Lord
             hath
             said
             .
             The
             Kings
             of
             the
             Earth
             (
             by
             whose
             power
             both
             the
             beast
             and
             his
             image
             is
             supported
             )
             shal
             take
             their
             power
             from
             hir
             ,
             then
             shall
             she
             stand
             naked
             and
             desolate
             ,
             and
             to
             this
             purpose
             his
             Majestie
             hath
             a
             worthie
             exhortation
             to
             all
             Princes
             ,
             etc.
             in
             his
             Apologie
             .
             Pag.
             103.
             
             The
             words
             are
             these
             .
          
           
             
               For
               as
               she
               did
               flie
               ,
               but
               with
               your
               fethers
               ,
               borrowing
               as
               well
               hir
               titles
               of
               greatnes
               ,
               and
               formes
               of
               honoring
               
               hir
               ,
               from
               you
               ,
               as
               also
               enjoying
               all
               hir
               Temporall
               liveings
               by
               your
               liberalities
               ,
               so
               iff
               every
               man
               do
               but
               take
               his
               ovvne
               againe
               ,
               she
               vvill
               stand
               vp
               naked
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Oh
               that
               the
               VVords
               off
               GGD
               might
               bee
               accepted
               off
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               set
               downe
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               Rom.
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Thou
             that
             teachest
             another
             ,
             teachest
             thou
             not
             they
             selff
             ?
             For
             iff
             he
             would
             take
             but
             his
             owne
             ,
             their
             titles
             of
             greatnes
             ād
             formes
             ,
             off
             honoring
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             temporal
             liveings
             ,
             this
             spiritual
             power
             would
             stand
             very
             naked
             and
             desolate
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Well
             the
             harts
             off
             Kings
             are
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Lord
             and
             he
             can
             turne
             them
             as
             the
             Rivers
             off
             water
             /
             but
             I
             desire
             your
             advice
             for
             my
             owne
             estate
             :
             I
             knowe
             every
             one
             must
             be
             are
             their
             owne
             burden
             /
             I
             have
             a
             long
             time
             remained
             subiect
             to
             this
             spiritual
             power
             /
             partely
             through
             ignorance
             /
             and
             partely
             through
             feare
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             wil
             first
             declare
             vnto
             you
             the
             judgmēts
             of
             God
             against
             such
             as
             submit
             therevnto
             ,
             that
             so
             from
             an
             vtter
             abhorring
             thereof
             you
             may
             come
             out
             never
             to
             returne
             thither
             againe
             .
             Secondly
             :
             I
             will
             do
             the
             best
             I
             can
             to
             shewe
             you
             the
             way
             the
             Lord
             requireth
             you
             to
             walke
             in
             ,
             and
             that
             onely
             out
             of
             his
             word
             .
          
           
             The
             judgments
             are
             so
             feareful
             as
             I
             tremble
             to
             thinke
             off
             them
             ,
             greater
             then
             which
             ,
             is
             not
             manifested
             in
             the
             whole
             booke
             off
             God
             ,
             Revel
             .
             14
             9.10.11
             .
             
               And
               the
               third
               Anngell
               followed
               them
               ,
               sayinge
               with
               a
               lowde
               voyce
               ,
               iff
               any
               man
               Worship
               the
               Beast
               and
               his
               ymage
               ,
               and
               receive
               his
               marke
               in
               his
               forehead
               ,
               or
               on
               his
               hand
               ,
               the
               same
               shal
               drinck
               of
               the
               Wyne
               of
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               ,
               yea
               of
               the
               pure
               Wyne
               
               that
               is
               powred
               into
               the
               Cup
               of
               his
               wrath
               ,
               he
               shal
               be
               tormented
               in
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               ,
               before
               the
               Holie
               Anngels
               ,
               and
               before
               the
               Lambe
               .
               And
               the
               smoake
               of
               their
               torment
               shal
               ascend
               evermore
               ,
               and
               they
               shal
               have
               no
               rest
               day
               nor
               night
               ,
               which
               worship
               the
               Beast
               and
               his
               jmage
               ,
               and
               whosoever
               receiveth
               the
               print
               of
               his
               name
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             confesse
             these
             iudgments
             are
             to
             be
             trembled
             at
             /
             but
             how
             do
             you
             apply
             them
             properly
             to
             such
             as
             worship
             in
             these
             assemblies
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             For
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             al
             consciences
             herein
             that
             it
             may
             appeare
             playnly
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             gainsaid
             ,
             let
             vs
             cōsider
             the
             words
             of
             wisedome
             ,
             set
             downe
             in
             order
             as
             they
             lye
             .
             And
             first
             :
             what
             is
             ment
             by
             worship
             .
             2ly
             :
             what
             by
             the
             Beast
             .
             3ly
             .
             what
             his
             jmage
             is
             .
             4ly
             .
             what
             his
             marke
             is
             :
             ād
             lastly
             what
             is
             ment
             by
             forehead
             or
             hand
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             for
             worship
             ,
             it
             is
             plentifully
             manifested
             in
             the
             scriptures
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             service
             ,
             subjectiō
             or
             obedience
             ,
             to
             such
             thinges
             as
             are
             comaunded
             by
             God
             ,
             or
             others
             :
             as
             Mat.
             4.10
             .
             Exo
             20.5
             .
             dewt
             13.4
             .
             and
             therefore
             his
             servāts
             wee
             are
             whome
             wee
             obey
             .
             Rom.
             6.16
             .
             and
             as
             the
             lord
             saith
             :
             Iff
             I
             be
             your
             maister
             ,
             where
             is
             my
             feare
             ?
             if
             a
             Father
             where
             is
             myne
             honor
             or
             worship
             Mal.
             1.6
             2ly
             :
             by
             Beast
             ,
             the
             scripture
             speaketh
             sometimes
             of
             cruel
             men
             in
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             as
             Dan.
             7.17
             .
             Luk.
             13.31.32.2
             .
             Tim.
             4.17
             .
             Sometimes
             of
             a
             blasphemous
             spiritual
             power
             exercised
             by
             men
             ,
             received
             off
             the
             Dragon
             exalting
             it selfe
             above
             God
             ,
             makeing
             war
             with
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             overcoming
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             hath
             power
             over
             every
             kindred
             ,
             and
             tongue
             ,
             and
             Nation
             ,
             so
             that
             al
             that
             dwell
             
             vpon
             the
             Earth
             worship
             him
             .
             etc.
             And
             this
             is
             the
             Beast
             here
             spoken
             of
             ,
             even
             that
             spirituall
             power
             or
             jurisdiction
             of
             Rome
             :
             which
             first
             wrought
             in
             a
             mistery
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             was
             exalted
             ,
             till
             at
             the
             last
             it
             was
             exalted
             to
             this
             cruell
             Beast
             discribed
             .
             Revel
             .
             13.1
             .
             etc.
             Which
             Beast
             openeth
             his
             moueth
             to
             bla●phemy
             against
             ●od
             ,
             saying
             and
             practizing
             ,
             that
             the
             comaundements
             that
             God
             hath
             given
             for
             his
             service
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             bee
             regarded
             ,
             but
             in
             steed
             thereof
             setteth
             ,
             vp
             comaunds
             of
             his
             owne
             ,
             vnto
             the
             which
             whosoever
             will
             not
             bee
             subject
             ,
             excommunication
             and
             all
             crueltie
             even
             to
             death
             will
             ensue
             ,
             yea
             even
             with
             Gunpowder
             err
             it
             faile
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             his
             crueltie
             he
             is
             called
             a
             Beast
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             :
             by
             Image
             is
             ment
             any
             forme
             ,
             shape
             similitude
             ,
             or
             resemblance
             of
             the
             thinge
             spoken
             of
             ,
             as
             Deut.
             4.15.16
             .
             etc.
             Exo.
             20
             4
             so
             that
             where
             soever
             such
             a
             spirituall
             power
             is
             ,
             as
             this
             aboue
             discribed
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             Beasts
             Image
             ,
             
               as
               in
               England
            
             ,
             the
             like
             power
             or
             Beast
             to
             the
             first
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             bee
             found
             vnder
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             in
             exaltation
             and
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             :
             by
             marke
             ,
             is
             ment
             profession
             or
             practice
             ,
             whereby
             wee
             are
             knowne
             from
             others
             as
             Mat.
             7.20
             .
             1.
             
             Iohn
             .
             2
             2
             Iohn
             .
             13.35
             .
             As
             badges
             or
             markes
             do
             put
             difference
             ,
             betwixt
             this
             Mans
             and
             that
             Mans
             ,
             in
             Cattel
             or
             servants
             ,
             as
             by
             such
             a
             mans
             marke
             wee
             knowe
             these
             are
             his
             sheepe
             ,
             and
             by
             such
             a
             Mās
             badg
             .
             wee
             knowe
             this
             man
             belongeth
             to
             such
             a
             great
             man
             :
             so
             they
             are
             said
             to
             have
             put
             on
             Christ
             ,
             that
             have
             received
             his
             baptisme
             .
             Gal.
             3.27
             .
             even
             as
             a
             servant
             is
             knowne
             by
             putting
             on
             his
             libery
             .
          
           
           
             Lastly
             ,
             forehead
             or
             hand
             ,
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             vseth
             that
             phraise
             from
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             where
             Gods
             people
             were
             commaunded
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             lay
             vp
             his
             Commaunds
             in
             their
             harts
             and
             in
             their
             soules
             ,
             but
             to
             bind
             them
             for
             a
             signe
             vpon
             their
             hands
             .
             that
             they
             might
             bee
             as
             frontiers
             betweene
             their
             eyes
             .
             Dewt.
             11.18
             .
             and
             6.6.8
             .
             The
             wysedome
             of
             God
             therein
             teaching
             ,
             that
             the
             forehead
             and
             hād
             are
             the
             apparantest
             parts
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             to
             the
             view
             of
             all
             Men
             :
             so
             that
             to
             receive
             the
             marke
             in
             the
             forehead
             or
             hand
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             manifest
             profession
             of
             him
             wee
             obey
             .
             The
             some
             of
             all
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             openly
             professeth
             obedience
             ,
             and
             subjection
             ,
             to
             that
             Spirituall
             cruell
             power
             off
             Rome
             ,
             
               The
               Beast
            
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             Spirituall
             cruell
             power
             off
             England
             ,
             
               his
               Image
            
             ,
             (
             wheresoever
             they
             or
             eyther
             of
             them
             are
             exalted
             )
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             and
             such
             persons
             
               shall
               drinke
               off
               the
               wine
               off
               Gods
               wrath
               ,
               and
               bee
               tormented
               in
               fire
               and
               brimstone
               ,
               and
               shall
               have
               no
               rest
               day
               nor
               night
               for
               evermore
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Your
             discription
             of
             the
             Beast
             /
             the
             Papists
             will
             deny
             /
             so
             will
             the
             English
             Lord
             Bbs
             :
             and
             their
             followers
             deny
             your
             discription
             of
             his
             ymage
             /
             but
             thousands
             will
             grant
             both
             :
             and
             some
             will
             deny
             both
             /
             as
             the
             Familists
             /
             who
             say
             /
             that
             Religiō
             standeth
             not
             in
             outward
             thinges
             /
             ād
             therefore
             they
             wil
             submit
             to
             any
             outward
             service
             /
             and
             they
             that
             do
             not
             so
             /
             but
             suffex
             persecution
             (
             say
             they
             )
             are
             iustly
             persecuted
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Those
             enimies
             to
             the
             Crosse
             of
             Christ
             are
             most
             of
             them
             not
             worth
             enformation
             ,
             because
             for
             the
             most
             part
             they
             are
             such
             as
             do
             with
             an
             high
             hand
             sin
             ,
             after
             enlightninge
             ,
             haveing
             forsaken
             the
             way
             wherein
             they
             walked
             ,
             because
             they
             would
             not
             beare
             Christs
             Crosse
             ,
             but
             in
             that
             some
             simple
             soules
             may
             be
             seduced
             by
             them
             
             let
             vs
             a
             little
             in
             generall
             compare
             their
             opinion
             with
             the
             scriptures
             .
          
           
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             religion
             standeth
             not
             onely
             in
             outward
             thinges
             ,
             for
             God
             requireth
             the
             hart
             :
             and
             truth
             in
             the
             inward
             parts
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             requireth
             not
             our
             subjection
             (
             vpon
             feareful
             punishments
             )
             to
             those
             outward
             ordinances
             which
             he
             requireth
             ,
             is
             a
             doctrine
             of
             devils
             as
             I
             shall
             prove
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             ,
             for
             the
             outward
             ordinances
             off
             the
             old
             Testamēt
             ,
             which
             were
             meerly
             shadowes
             ,
             &
             now
             
               are
               beggerly
               rudiments
            
             Gal.
             4.16
             .
             what
             indignation
             the
             lord
             had
             towards
             them
             that
             transgressed
             .
             Nadab
             and
             Abihu
             ,
             offering
             straing
             fire
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             comaunded
             ,
             
               a
               fire
               went
               out
               from
               the
               Lord
               ,
               &
               devoured
               them
               ,
            
             Levit.
             10.1.2
             .
             The
             
               men
               off
               Bethsh●mosh
               lokeing
               into
               the
               outward
               arke
               which
               God
               had
               forbidden
               .
            
             Num
             4.20
             .
             
               The
               Lord
               slevve
               fifty
               thousand
               ,
               &
               threescore
               and
               ten
               of
               them
               .
            
             1.
             
             Sam.
             6.19
             .
             Ozza
             ,
             of
             a
             good
             intent
             leaninge
             his
             shoulder
             to
             the
             same
             outward
             arke
             which
             God
             forbad
             ,
             the
             Lord
             slewe
             him
             .
             1.
             
             Chro.
             13
             .
             7.-10
             .
             Ozziah
             the
             King
             offering
             vp
             outward
             incense
             ,
             which
             God
             comaunded
             onely
             the
             Preist
             Num.
             18.3.7
             .
             The
             Lord
             smit
             him
             with
             leprosye
             vntil
             his
             death
             .
             2.
             
             Chro.
             26.
             
             Corah
             and
             his
             company
             :
             what
             feareful
             judgments
             came
             vpon
             thē
             (
             though
             he
             a
             Levite
             )
             for
             presuming
             to
             meddle
             with
             the
             Preists
             office
             ,
             the
             earth
             openinge
             and
             swallowing
             them
             vp
             .
             Num.
             16.
             
             King
             Saule
             ,
             likewise
             offering
             vp
             incense
             (
             in
             time
             off
             need
             as
             he
             thought
             )
             the
             Lord
             rent
             his
             Kingdome
             from
             him
             .
             1.
             
             Sā
             .
             13.
             as
             also
             for
             his
             disobedience
             afterwards
             touchinge
             the
             fat
             of
             Amelecks
             cattle
             .
             1.
             
             Sā
             .
             15.
             
             How
             often
             was
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Lord
             
             powred
             downe
             vpon
             the
             Isralites
             :
             because
             off
             their
             transgression
             of
             his
             outward
             ordinances
             ,
             in
             place
             ,
             person
             ,
             and
             thinges
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             a
             Low.
             Levit.
             17.3.4
             .
             
               That
               who
               so
               brought
               not
               his
               sacrifice
               to
               the
               place
               .
            
             viz
             :
             
               to
               the
               doore
               of
               the
               tabernacle
               of
               the
               congregation
               ,
               but
               offered
               it
               vp
               other
               where
               ,
               blood
               should
               be
               imputed
               to
               that
               man
               ,
               &
               he
               should
               be
               cut
               off
               from
               among
               his
               people
               :
               yea
               such
               sacrifices
               were
               estemed
               off
               God
               ,
               as
               offered
               to
               devils
               ,
               vers
               .
            
             7.
             
               &
               the
               lord
               caused
               them
               to
               pronounce
               .
               Dewt.
            
             27.26
             .
             
               cursed
               be
               he
               that
               confirmeth
               not
               al
               the
               words
               of
               thir
               law
               .
               to
               do
               them
               .
               &
               all
               the
               people
               must
               say
               so
               be
               it
               :
            
             was
             God
             thus
             jealous
             of
             Moses
             ordinances
             ,
             ād
             is
             the
             lesse
             jelous
             of
             Christs
             ?
             must
             he
             die
             that
             dispiseth
             Moses
             law
             ,
             and
             shal
             he
             escape
             that
             dispiseth
             Christs
             ?
             vpon
             what
             pretence
             soever
             .
             And
             Christ
             saith
             .
             
               It
               becometh
               him
               &
               all
               his
               to
               fulfill
               all
               righteousnes
               in
               outward
               ordināces
               as
               washinge
               with
               water
               .
               Mat.
            
             3.15
             .
             
               &
               whosoever
               saith
               ,
               he
               knoweth
               God
               ,
               &
               keepeth
               not
               his
               comaundments
            
             (
             which
             are
             outward
             ,
             as
             wel
             as
             inward
             )
             
               he
               is
               a
               lyar
            
             .
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             2.4
             .
             
               &
               whosoever
               breakes
               the
               least
               comaundment
               ,
               and
               teacheth
               men
               so
               ,
               he
               shal
               be
               called
               the
               least
               in
               the
               kingdome
               of
               heaven
               .
            
             Mat.
             5.19
             .
             
               &
               whosoever
               will
               not
               heare
               that
               Prophet
            
             (
             Chr
             :
             Iesus
             )
             in
             al
             thinges
             that
             he
             shal
             say
             vnto
             thē
             ,
             shal
             be
             destroyed
             out
             off
             his
             people
             .
             Act.
             3.22.23
             .
             the
             affectiōs
             of
             the
             soule
             are
             to
             be
             manifested
             by
             the
             actions
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             according
             to
             Gods
             word
             ,
             and
             al
             other
             good
             intēts
             or
             affections
             are
             abhominable
             .
             Wee
             may
             not
             neither
             can
             wee
             ,
             Worship
             God
             with
             our
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             the
             Devill
             with
             our
             Bodies
             :
             For
             
               VVee
               are
               bought
               VVith
               a
               price
               ,
               and
               therefore
               must
               not
               bee
               the
               Servants
               off
               Men
               ,
               
               but
               must
               glorifie
               God
               with
               our
               bodies
               ,
               &
               with
               out
               spirits
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               his
               .
            
             1.
             
             Cor.
             6.20
             .
             and.
             7.23
             .
             And
             this
             mai
             suffice
             to
             satisfy
             any
             cōcerning
             the
             over
             throwe
             off
             this
             accursed
             conceit
             ,
             knowing
             also
             that
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Disciples
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             might
             ,
             and
             may
             live
             peaceably
             enough
             from
             persecution
             ,
             if
             this
             doctrine
             might
             be
             observed
             viz
             :
             submissiō
             with
             our
             bodies
             to
             any
             outward
             service
             .
             The
             Lord
             discover
             such
             Hipocrites
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             blesse
             God
             I
             have
             learned
             of
             thApostle
             2.
             
             Cor.
             13.8
             .
             To
             say
             nothing
             against
             the
             truth
             /
             but
             for
             the
             truth
             /
             and
             therefore
             when
             I
             see
             thinges
             are
             evidently
             manifested
             by
             the
             scriptures
             disirous
             to
             submit
             ād
             not
             to
             cavil
             .
             But
             you
             knowe
             it
             is
             pleaded
             they
             have
             the
             word
             and
             Sacraments
             in
             the
             English
             assemblies
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             confesse
             they
             have
             the
             scriptures
             ,
             in
             the
             which
             Gods
             misceries
             are
             conteyned
             ,
             which
             is
             locked
             vp
             from
             thē
             ,
             ād
             revealed
             to
             his
             Saincts
             .
             Col.
             1.26
             .
             which
             they
             woefully
             pervert
             to
             their
             owne
             destruction
             :
             They
             have
             also
             imitations
             of
             Gods
             ordinances
             ,
             as
             water
             ,
             bread
             and
             wine
             ,
             ād
             other
             thinges
             ,
             which
             they
             use
             after
             their
             owne
             invētions
             ,
             which
             thinges
             maketh
             them
             boast
             so
             much
             of
             their
             Christianity
             and
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             and
             which
             maketh
             them
             reason
             thus
             .
          
           
             Wee
             are
             Gods
             people
             ,
             for
             wee
             have
             the
             word
             and
             Sacraments
             .
          
           
             The
             Philistimes
             might
             better
             have
             reasoned
             :
             1.
             
             Sā
             .
             5.
             who
             had
             the
             true
             arke
             of
             God
             amongst
             them
             ,
             these
             have
             but
             a
             shewe
             .
          
           
             Wee
             are
             Gods
             people
             ,
             for
             wee
             have
             Gods
             Arke
             and
             holy
             Oracles
             amongst
             vs.
             But
             I
             thinke
             they
             had
             no
             great
             cause
             to
             rejoyce
             there
             
             of
             in
             the
             ēd
             :
             No
             more
             shal
             these
             have
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             when
             God
             recompenceth
             al
             that
             with
             hold
             the
             truth
             in
             vnrighteousnes
             .
             Gods
             dealing
             is
             not
             now
             as
             it
             was
             of
             old
             ,
             he
             now
             reserveth
             punishmēt
             to
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             he
             is
             patiēt
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             men
             repent
             :
             but
             they
             despise
             his
             bountifulnes
             and
             long
             suffering
             ,
             preaching
             peace
             when
             there
             is
             no
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             cannot
             be
             denyed
             /
             but
             that
             the
             ministers
             preach
             many
             excellent
             truths
             /
             and
             do
             bring
             people
             to
             much
             reformation
             in
             many
             thinges
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             True
             it
             cannot
             be
             denyed
             .
             For
             if
             the
             devil
             should
             come
             in
             his
             owne
             likenes
             ,
             men
             would
             resist
             him
             ,
             but
             because
             he
             trāsformeth
             himselfe
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             light
             ,
             therefore
             he
             deceiveth
             .
             So
             his
             ministers
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             teach
             al
             lyes
             ,
             mē
             would
             not
             be
             deceived
             by
             them
             ,
             nor
             plead
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             teach
             many
             truths
             people
             receive
             them
             .
             but
             first
             :
             for
             whatsoever
             they
             teach
             ,
             they
             neither
             could
             nor
             should
             teach
             publiquely
             ,
             their
             moueths
             should
             be
             stopped
             ,
             if
             they
             received
             not
             that
             their
             power
             to
             teach
             such
             truths
             frō
             those
             the
             Dragon
             sends
             ,
             ād
             therefore
             none
             cā
             receive
             those
             truths
             from
             thē
             ,
             but
             they
             receive
             the
             devil
             by
             whose
             power
             they
             teach
             for
             as
             our
             Saviour
             saith
             Mat.
             10.40
             .
             
               He
               that
               receiveth
               you
               ,
               receiveth
               me
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               receiveth
               me
               ,
               receiveth
               him
               that
               sent
               me
               .
            
             So
             he
             that
             receiveth
             those
             the
             Beast
             sends
             ,
             receiveth
             the
             Beast
             and
             he
             that
             receiveth
             the
             Beast
             ,
             receiveth
             him
             that
             sent
             him
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             devil
             .
             Further
             did
             not
             that
             Southsayer
             Balaam
             ,
             teach
             excellent
             truths
             ?
             Num.
             23.24
             .
             Chap.
             Yea
             the
             Southsayers
             of
             th
             Philistines
             the
             like
             .
             1.
             
             Sam.
             6.
             
             Yea
             those
             in
             the
             Gospell
             
             preach
             in
             Christs
             name
             .
             Mat.
             7.22
             ,
             as
             many
             we
             testimonies
             might
             be
             manifested
             ,
             and
             secondly
             .
             For
             their
             bringing
             off
             people
             to
             reformation
             ,
             and
             therein
             doeing
             great
             workes
             ,
             did
             not
             the
             Southsayers
             before
             recited
             .
             1.
             
             Sam.
             6.
             shewe
             the
             Princes
             their
             sin
             ,
             in
             deteyninge
             Gods
             Arke
             and
             the
             judgments
             against
             them
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             exhorting
             them
             to
             send
             it
             away
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             harden
             their
             harts
             ,
             as
             Pharaoh
             and
             the
             Egiptians
             hardned
             their
             harts
             ?
             and
             was
             not
             reformation
             wrought
             hereby
             ?
             ād
             did
             not
             they
             that
             preached
             in
             Christs
             name
             cast
             out
             Devils
             ,
             and
             do
             many
             and
             great
             workes
             ?
             of
             whome
             our
             Saviour
             testifieth
             ,
             he
             never
             acknowledged
             them
             .
             But
             let
             vs
             a
             litle
             consider
             wherein
             the
             reformation
             consisteth
             ,
             procured
             by
             their
             preachinge
             ,
             in
             drunckennes
             ,
             whoredome
             ,
             swearing
             .
             etc.
             Moral
             dueties
             ,
             which
             thinges
             whosoever
             is
             not
             reformed
             in
             ,
             shal
             never
             see
             Gods
             Kingdome
             ,
             yet
             which
             thinges
             many
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             (
             that
             knewe
             not
             God
             )
             abounded
             in
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             knowe
             the
             stories
             cannot
             deny
             .
          
           
             But
             do
             they
             teach
             their
             hearers
             to
             hate
             vaine
             inventions
             and
             love
             Gods
             Law
             ?
             in
             a
             generall
             manner
             of
             teathing
             they
             may
             ,
             but
             iff
             it
             come
             to
             particular
             practice
             ,
             you
             shal
             see
             what
             they
             will
             do
             :
             do
             they
             teach
             any
             to
             submit
             to
             that
             one
             law
             giver
             Christ
             Iesus
             ,
             for
             the
             guydance
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             Antichrists
             abhominations
             ,
             no
             they
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             you
             must
             sigh
             and
             groane
             ,
             till
             the
             Magistrate
             will
             reforme
             :
             for
             you
             are
             a
             private
             person
             ,
             and
             must
             bee
             subject
             :
             and
             iff
             the
             powerfull
             working
             off
             Gods
             word
             and
             Spirit
             prevaile
             in
             you
             ,
             to
             let
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             Magistrats
             not
             reforminge
             ,
             wil
             not
             excuse
             you
             at
             the
             
             day
             off
             account
             ,
             but
             that
             ,
             that
             soule
             that
             comitteth
             abhomination
             shall
             dye
             ,
             and
             that
             rather
             then
             you
             will
             Worship
             the
             Beast
             or
             his
             Image
             ,
             you
             will
             suffer
             with
             Christ
             peaceably
             seperating
             your selfe
             from
             such
             opē
             prophanatiō
             as
             neither
             can
             ,
             nor
             will
             be
             reformed
             ,
             endevouring
             to
             square
             your selfe
             both
             in
             your
             entrance
             ,
             and
             walking
             in
             Christs
             way
             ,
             vnto
             that
             golden
             read
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             left
             for
             direction
             :
             then
             the
             best
             off
             all
             these
             preachers
             and
             reformers
             ,
             will
             be
             hot
             and
             bitter
             ,
             laboring
             with
             al
             the
             turning
             of
             devices
             to
             turne
             you
             ,
             and
             with
             hold
             you
             from
             reformation
             :
             And
             iff
             they
             cannot
             prevaile
             hereby
             ,
             then
             publish
             you
             in
             their
             previleged
             pulpits
             ,
             where
             none
             may
             answere
             them
             :
             You
             are
             a
             schismatique
             ,
             Brownist
             .
             Annabaptist
             and
             what
             not
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             multytude
             abhor
             your
             doeings
             ,
             ād
             not
             to
             followe
             you
             therein
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             (
             iff
             not
             all
             )
             vnder
             a
             cullor
             ,
             procure
             your
             imprisonment
             ,
             and
             trouble
             ,
             by
             their
             Canonized
             lords
             ,
             or
             some
             off
             their
             Heilish
             Pursevants
             .
             And
             such
             preachers
             of
             Reformation
             are
             the
             best
             off
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             Oh
             how
             have
             we
             bene
             besottes
             in
             these
             thinges
             for
             wāt
             of
             true
             knowledg
             and
             vnderstanding
             from
             the
             Scriptures
             /
             how
             have
             I
             and
             others
             satisfyed
             our selves
             with
             these
             thinges
             /
             in
             that
             our
             estate
             was
             happy
             /
             perswading
             our selves
             thereoff
             /
             when
             alas
             our
             feare
             towards
             God
             was
             taught
             by
             the
             inventions
             of
             men
             but
             the
             reason
             thereof
             was
             wee
             iudged
             our
             selves
             by
             our
             owne
             perswations
             /
             and
             not
             by
             Gods
             word
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             pray
             you
             let
             not
             that
             seme
             straing
             vnto
             you
             ,
             that
             people
             should
             perswade
             themselves
             of
             their
             good
             estate
             with
             God
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             not
             so
             .
             The
             Isralites
             Gods
             People
             thought
             their
             estate
             good
             ,
             many
             tymes
             ,
             when
             alas
             at
             it
             was
             
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             the
             Prophets
             declared
             vnto
             them
             yea
             our
             Saviour
             Testifieth
             ,
             that
             they
             boasted
             of
             God
             being
             their
             Father
             ,
             when
             they
             not
             so
             much
             as
             knewe
             him
             .
             Ioh.
             8.19
             .
             Yea
             when
             they
             were
             of
             their
             Father
             the
             Devil
             .
             vers
             .
             44.
             
             The
             fyve
             foolish
             Virgines
             though
             their
             condition
             good
             enough
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             have
             bene
             let
             in
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             otherwise
             .
             Luk.
             20
             ,
             The
             wicked
             thought
             they
             did
             God
             service
             that
             killed
             Christs
             Disciples
             .
             Ioh.
             16.2
             .
             
               Mans
               hart
               is
               deceytful
            
             .
             Ier.
             17.9
             .
             who
             are
             more
             confidēt
             of
             their
             good
             estate
             with
             God
             then
             the
             Papists
             ,
             notwithstanding
             al
             their
             grosse
             abhominations
             ?
             even
             so
             have
             you
             and
             I
             (
             God
             pardon
             vs
             )
             thought
             beyond
             al
             ,
             that
             wee
             were
             in
             a
             good
             estate
             ,
             haveing
             such
             zealous
             teachers
             ,
             that
             teach
             so
             many
             excellent
             truths
             vnder
             the
             Title
             of
             Christs
             ministers
             ,
             til
             wee
             came
             to
             examine
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             Church
             of
             Ephesus
             did
             Revel
             ,
             2.
             then
             wee
             found
             them
             to
             hāve
             no
             other
             ministery
             then
             that
             they
             received
             frō
             the
             Beast
             and
             his
             Image
             ,
             which
             the
             Dragon
             gave
             .
             Revel
             .
             13.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Are
             all
             without
             exception
             in
             this
             feareful
             estate
             to
             bee
             cast
             into
             the
             laike
             that
             burneth
             with
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Al
             that
             submit
             ,
             obey
             ,
             or
             worship
             the
             Beast
             without
             exception
             ,
             for
             their
             is
             no
             respect
             of
             persons
             with
             God.
             So
             saith
             the
             Lord
             :
             
               If
               any
               Man
               worship
               .
               &c.
            
             These
             (
             worshippers
             vnder
             the
             Beasts
             Image
             )
             may
             bee
             devided
             into
             two
             sorts
             .
             First
             ,
             those
             that
             ignorantly
             perswade
             themselves
             that
             al
             that
             is
             practiced
             is
             good
             ād
             acceptable
             to
             God.
             Secondly
             :
             those
             that
             see
             and
             aknowledg
             many
             thinges
             to
             be
             evill
             which
             
             they
             would
             gladly
             have
             removed
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             cannot
             without
             the
             Crosse
             of
             Christ
             ,
             partly
             for
             that
             ,
             and
             partly
             by
             the
             perswation
             of
             their
             Prophets
             (
             that
             the
             thinges
             are
             not
             fundamenttall
             and
             the
             like
             pretences
             )
             all
             submit
             ,
             and
             teach
             Men
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Some
             affirme
             /
             there
             be
             thousands
             in
             England
             /
             that
             never
             worshipped
             the
             Beast
             etc.
             but
             be
             careful
             to
             kepe
             the
             comaundements
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             faith
             of
             Iesus
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Such
             are
             not
             vnder
             these
             judgmēts
             ,
             but
             if
             there
             meaning
             be
             of
             any
             that
             submit
             to
             these
             ordinances
             appointed
             for
             these
             assēblies
             ,
             such
             teachers
             preach
             peace
             whē
             there
             is
             none
             ,
             strengthē
             the
             wicked
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             returne
             from
             their
             wicked
             way
             ,
             by
             promissing
             them
             life
             ,
             whose
             reward
             shal
             be
             according
             to
             the
             reward
             of
             such
             false
             Prophets
             .
             Ezek.
             13.1
             .
             and
             Chap.
             14.10
             .
             because
             they
             followe
             their
             owne
             spirit
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             received
             it
             from
             the
             Lord.
             For
             thus
             saith
             the
             lord
             ,
             
               Such
               shal
               drinck
               of
               the
               wine
               of
               the
               wrath
               of
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             affirmed
             by
             some
             /
             that
             in
             respect
             of
             personall
             ●races
             /
             some
             of
             the
             professors
             (
             as
             they
             are
             called
             )
             are
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             /
             and
             may
             be
             communicated
             with
             privately
             /
             th●ugh
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             Church
             actions
             they
             are
             members
             of
             Antichrists
             body
             to
             whome
             the
             iudgments
             of
             God
             apperteyneth
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             This
             opinion
             proceedeth
             not
             from
             Gods
             word
             ,
             but
             from
             mans
             vaine
             hart
             ,
             by
             the
             suggestion
             of
             the
             devil
             ,
             which
             that
             it
             my
             evidently
             appeare
             ,
             let
             vs
             a
             little
             consider
             of
             it
             .
             In
             truth
             it
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             in
             one
             respect
             they
             have
             Gods
             promisses
             aperteyning
             to
             them
             :
             in
             another
             respect
             they
             have
             Gods
             most
             fearfull
             tormēts
             (
             pronounced
             
             against
             that
             Beast
             ,
             and
             that
             false
             Prophet
             .
             Revell
             19.20
             .
             )
             apperteyning
             to
             them
             :
             In
             one
             respect
             they
             are
             Gods
             people
             ,
             serveing
             him
             their
             Maister
             :
             In
             another
             respect
             the
             Devils
             people
             serveing
             him
             their
             Maister
             :
             In
             one
             respect
             ,
             they
             shal
             be
             saved
             ,
             in
             another
             respect
             they
             shal
             be
             damned
             :
             but
             what
             false
             doctrine
             this
             is
             ,
             Gods
             holy
             word
             doth
             discover
             .
             Our
             Saviour
             saith
             :
             
               No
               man
               can
               serve
               two
               maisters
               ,
               ye
               cannot
               serve
               God
               and
               Riches
               .
            
             Mat.
             6.25
             .
             And
             can
             any
             serve
             Christ
             and
             the
             Beast
             ,
             God
             and
             the
             Dragon
             ?
             when
             Christ
             shal
             come
             at
             the
             last
             day
             to
             give
             to
             every
             Man
             according
             to
             his
             workes
             ,
             wil
             he
             say
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             In
             respect
             of
             thy
             personal
             graces
             ,
             I
             will
             save
             thee
             ,
             come
             thou
             blessed
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             wil
             say
             to
             all
             his
             Children
             )
             But
             in
             respect
             of
             thy
             being
             a
             Member
             of
             Antichrists
             body
             ,
             I
             will
             damne
             thee
             ,
             go
             thou
             cursed
             as
             he
             wil
             to
             al
             that
             worship
             or
             obey
             the
             Beast
             ?
             wil
             not
             Christ
             Iesus
             pronounce
             absolutely
             either
             salvation
             or
             condemnation
             to
             every
             one
             ?
             And
             that
             according
             to
             this
             word
             Ioh.
             12
             48.
             so
             as
             God
             in
             his
             righteousnes
             will
             either
             justify
             or
             condemne
             ,
             every
             Man
             :
             so
             hath
             he
             taught
             vs
             to
             knowe
             ,
             that
             no
             Fountaine
             can
             make
             salt
             water
             and
             sweet
             Iam.
             3.12
             .
             And
             therefore
             that
             by
             mens
             fruits
             wee
             should
             knowe
             and
             judg
             thē
             to
             be
             not
             both
             good
             and
             evill
             trees
             at
             one
             time
             .
             as
             this
             opinion
             teacheth
             ,
             but
             either
             good
             or
             evill
             :
             alwayes
             takeing
             heed
             ,
             wee
             justify
             not
             the
             wicked
             ,
             nor
             condemne
             the
             innocent
             ,
             both
             which
             are
             abhominable
             to
             the
             lord
             :
             ād
             for
             any
             comuniō
             whatsoever
             with
             them
             ,
             what
             fellowship
             hath
             Christ
             with
             Antychrist
             ,
             the
             righteous
             with
             the
             wicked
             :
             the
             servant
             of
             the
             lambe
             ,
             with
             the
             Servants
             
             of
             the
             beast
             ?
             but
             I
             leave
             this
             for
             further
             answere
             to
             those
             who
             although
             they
             are
             nearer
             to
             this
             man
             ,
             that
             hath
             published
             this
             opiniō
             ,
             thē
             I
             am
             yet
             hath
             (
             according
             to
             truth
             )
             confessed
             in
             writinge
             .
             
               That
               there
               is
               nothing
               to
               be
               expected
               frō
               Christ
               ,
               by
               any
               member
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               but
               a
               pow●ing
               out
               of
               his
               eternal
               wrath
               ,
               vpon
               them
               .
               Mr.
               De-Cluse
               .
               Advertis
               .
               Pag.
            
             9.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Wel
             /
             I
             praise
             God
             /
             I
             am
             much
             enformed
             in
             these
             thinges
             yet
             one
             thinge
             more
             I
             wil
             desire
             your
             answere
             vnto
             .
             The
             case
             standeth
             thus
             with
             me
             .
             In
             these
             thinges
             I
             am
             betwixt
             faith
             and
             doubting
             /
             though
             the
             rather
             /
             I
             beleeve
             these
             thinges
             you
             say
             are
             true
             /
             and
             that
             I
             may
             never
             go
             to
             these
             assemblies
             againe
             without
             sin
             /
             but
             I
             am
             not
             so
             perswaded
             thereoff
             /
             that
             I
             dare
             suffer
             for
             it
             /
             what
             if
             I
             should
             (
             not
             haveing
             faith
             to
             suffer
             )
             for
             feare
             of
             persecution
             /
             go
             to
             their
             worship
             againe
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             It
             were
             your
             most
             feareful
             sin
             ,
             which
             I
             prove
             thus
             ,
             and
             I
             pray
             you
             observe
             it
             wel
             you
             must
             do
             it
             ,
             either
             as
             being
             verely
             perswaded
             you
             do
             well
             ,
             and
             then
             al
             this
             beginning
             of
             light
             in
             you
             should
             bee
             extinguished
             ,
             ād
             so
             your
             estate
             is
             with
             the
             worst
             ,
             if
             not
             worse
             :
             or
             els
             you
             must
             do
             it
             ,
             doubting
             whether
             you
             do
             wel
             or
             no
             :
             For
             I
             hope
             you
             wil
             not
             say
             you
             do
             it
             knowing
             you
             do
             evil
             .
             If
             you
             do
             it
             doubting
             ,
             the
             Lord
             saith
             :
             
               It
               is
               sin
            
             .
             Rom.
             14.23
             .
             Which
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             acknowledg
             ,
             and
             not
             approve
             your selfe
             to
             do
             wel
             in
             syning
             ,
             and
             then
             
               God
               is
               mercifull
               to
               forgive
               your
               sinne
               ,
            
             either
             this
             or
             any
             other
             .
             1.
             
             Iohn
             .
             1.9
             .
          
           
             But
             iff
             you
             say
             you
             sinne
             not
             therein
             doeing
             it
             doubtingly
             ,
             you
             make
             God
             a
             lyar
             who
             saith
             :
             
               It
               is
               sin
               ,
               &
               your
               sin
               remaineth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             I.
             
          
           
             What
             iff
             I
             should
             many
             times
             go
             through
             weaknes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             vnfainedly
             repent
             ,
             being
             through
             weaknes
             ,
             there
             is
             mercy
             with
             God
             ,
             though
             it
             should
             be
             
               seaventy
               times
               seven
               times
               in
               a
               day
               .
            
             Mat
             18.21.22
             .
             But
             wee
             had
             need
             to
             take
             heed
             of
             our
             repentance
             .
             Th-apostle
             saith
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             Godly
             sorrowe
             for
             sin
             ,
             
               what
               care
               it
               worketh
               in
               you
               yea
               what
               indignation
               .
               &c.
            
             2.
             
             Cor.
             7.
             and
             custome
             in
             sin
             ,
             is
             dangerous
             ,
             wee
             had
             need
             to
             
               take
               heed
               ,
               wee
               be
               not
               hardned
               ,
               through
               the
               deceitfulnes
               of
               sin
               .
            
             heb
             3.13
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Then
             you
             how
             /
             that
             if
             any
             Man
             approve
             himselfe
             in
             syninge
             /
             his
             sin
             remaineth
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             any
             man
             sin
             ,
             and
             say
             he
             hath
             not
             sinned
             .
             
               there
               is
               no
               truth
               in
               him
               .
            
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             1.8
             .
             and
             
               God
               vvill
               enter
               into
               judgment
               with
               him
               .
            
             Ier.
             2.35
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Then
             absolutely
             I
             see
             that
             if
             any
             man
             worship
             the
             beast
             or
             his
             ymage
             /
             etc.
             as
             before
             you
             have
             shewed
             /
             he
             neither
             hath
             faith
             nor
             feare
             of
             God
             in
             him
             what
             shewe
             of
             Godlines
             soever
             he
             maketh
             .
             But
             what
             say
             you
             ,
             man
             not
             a
             Man
             that
             seperateth
             from
             all
             vncleanenes
             /
             though
             he
             yet
             /
             see
             not
             the
             way
             off
             Christ
             /
             in
             his
             Ordinances
             may
             not
             such
             a
             Man
             bee
             saved
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             vpon
             this
             conditiō
             ,
             that
             he
             beleeve
             in
             Iesus
             Christ
             for
             his
             onely
             righteousnes
             ,
             and
             be
             willing
             and
             ready
             ,
             to
             heare
             and
             obey
             his
             ordinances
             ,
             example
             hereof
             wee
             have
             in
             Cornelius
             .
             Act.
             10.
             
             
               But
               if
               anie
               wil
               not
               heare
               that
               Prophet
            
             (
             Chr
             :
             Iesus
             )
             
               in
               al
               thinges
               whatsoever
               he
               shal
               say
               vnto
               thē
               shal
               be
               destroied
               out
               of
               his
               people
               .
            
             Act.
             3.22.23
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             meane
             by
             wil
             not
             heare
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             
          
           
             That
             when
             any
             parte
             of
             the
             waies
             of
             God
             is
             manifest
             to
             them
             they
             despise
             ,
             and
             contemne
             it
             ,
             or
             carelesly
             neglect
             it
             ,
             otherwise
             men
             may
             not
             receive
             some
             of
             Christs
             truth
             ,
             ād
             yet
             not
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             wil
             not
             receive
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Next
             /
             after
             forsaking
             the
             wayes
             of
             wickednes
             /
             and
             imbraceing
             Christ
             for
             our
             righteousnes
             what
             must
             wee
             do
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Christs
             whole
             Testament
             teacheth
             this
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             way
             ,
             after
             repentance
             ,
             from
             dead
             workes
             ,
             and
             faith
             towards
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             baptized
             with
             water
             .
             Mat.
             16.16
             .
             Act.
             2.41
             .
             and
             8.12.38
             .
             and
             9.18
             .
             and
             a
             clowde
             of
             witnesses
             ,
             calling
             these
             the
             beginnings
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             foundation
             .
             Heb.
             6.1
             .
             etc.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             May
             none
             be
             admitted
             to
             the
             Church
             /
             to
             pertake
             in
             the
             ordinances
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             baptized
             ?
          
           
             If
             any
             teach
             otherwise
             ,
             he
             
               presumeth
               above
               that
               which
               is
               write
               .
            
             1.
             
             Cor.
             4.6
             .
             ād
             therefore
             ought
             to
             be
             held
             accursed
             .
             Gal.
             1.8.9
             .
             For
             there
             was
             never
             true
             Church
             ,
             since
             Christs
             manifesting
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             joyned
             together
             of
             vnbaptized
             persons
             though
             some
             have
             vainely
             published
             ,
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             True
             /
             I
             thinke
             that
             cannot
             be
             denyed
             /
             where
             the
             persōs
             were
             never
             baptized
             /
             but
             now
             the
             members
             of
             the
             Church
             off
             Rome
             from
             whence
             the
             baptisme
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             cometh
             /
             are
             baptized
             /
             therefore
             why
             need
             they
             againe
             be
             baptized
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             they
             bee
             baptized
             with
             Christs
             baptisme
             ,
             I
             wil
             acknowledg
             they
             need
             not
             againe
             be
             baptized
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             baptisme
             of
             the
             Chur
             :
             
             of
             Rome
             .
             is
             Christs
             baptisme
             :
             that
             can
             never
             bee
             proved
             ,
             for
             Christ
             requireth
             that
             onely
             his
             Disciple
             should
             baptise
             his
             disciple
             ,
             and
             into
             his
             body
             .
             none
             of
             which
             is
             in
             Romes
             baptisme
             :
             For
             Christs
             adversaries
             wash
             with
             water
             ,
             those
             that
             are
             not
             Christs
             Disciples
             ,
             into
             the
             body
             ,
             not
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             of
             Antichrist
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             confesse
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             and
             mēbers
             there
             of
             are
             the
             Church
             and
             members
             of
             Antichrist
             /
             but
             they
             vse
             the
             water
             and
             words
             in
             their
             baptisme
             that
             Christ
             appointed
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             What
             thē
             :
             is
             it
             therefore
             Chr
             :
             baptisme
             ?
             the
             conjurers
             vsed
             the
             same
             words
             that
             thApostles
             did
             Act.
             19.13
             .
             etc.
             
               wee
               adjure
               you
               by
               the
               name
               off
               Iesus
               .
               &c.
            
             yet
             abhominable
             was
             their
             action
             :
             also
             Psal
             .
             50.
             
             
               Vnto
               the
               wicked
               said
               God
               ,
               what
               haist
               thou
               to
               do
               with
               my
               ordināces
               ?
               or
               to
               take
               my
               word
               in
               thy
               moueth
               ,
               &c.
            
             also
             the
             Papists
             vse
             the
             same
             words
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             that
             Christ
             hath
             appointed
             to
             vsed
             of
             his
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             their
             ministery
             ,
             is
             it
             therefore
             Chri
             :
             Church
             and
             ministery
             ?
             They
             vse
             also
             the
             same
             washing
             water
             ,
             and
             words
             in
             baptizing
             their
             bells
             ,
             that
             they
             use
             in
             their
             baptizing
             their
             Infants
             ,
             is
             it
             therefore
             Christs
             baptisme
             ?
             If
             āswere
             be
             made
             ,
             bells
             are
             not
             to
             be
             baptised
             I
             answere
             no
             more
             are
             the
             seed
             of
             wicked
             persecuters
             ,
             by
             our
             opposites
             owne
             confession
             .
             Iff
             this
             were
             any
             thinge
             you
             should
             see
             what
             will
             followe
             :
             the
             baptisme
             of
             Rome
             is
             Christs
             baptisme
             ,
             because
             they
             use
             water
             and
             these
             words
             :
             So
             if
             any
             vse
             water
             and
             these
             words
             ,
             as
             the
             Iewes
             or
             any
             other
             of
             Christs
             adversaries
             as
             the
             Papists
             are
             ,
             there
             is
             Christs
             baptisme
             ,
             consider
             this
             and
             see
             what
             truth
             there
             is
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             A.
             
          
           
             Though
             the
             baptisme
             of
             the
             Chu
             :
             of
             Rome
             should
             bee
             ●ought
             /
             yet
             the
             baptisme
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             may
             bee
             good
             /
             in
             that
             there
             bee
             many
             thousands
             that
             were
             never
             baptised
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             answere
             that
             the
             first
             beginning
             off
             the
             Church
             of
             Engl
             :
             was
             made
             of
             the
             mēbers
             of
             the
             Chur
             :
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             is
             apparant
             in
             the
             dayes
             off
             King
             H.
             the
             8.
             and
             afterwards
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Q.
             Elizabeths
             raigne
             ,
             after
             Q.
             Marys
             death
             and
             so
             contynueth
             vnto
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             the
             long
             contynuance
             of
             it
             ,
             maketh
             it
             not
             aproveable
             :
             ād
             the
             Papists
             thēselves
             did
             the
             Protestāts
             prove
             if
             they
             have
             or
             hold
             any
             other
             baptisme
             Church
             or
             ministery
             ,
             then
             that
             they
             have
             from
             them
             ,
             ād
             shewe
             it
             ,
             and
             they
             wil
             recant
             .
             Besides
             the
             baptisme
             now
             practized
             in
             the
             Chur
             :
             of
             England
             ,
             is
             no
             better
             no
             otherwyse
             then
             that
             of
             Rome
             :
             For
             the
             Chur
             :
             of
             Rome
             baptizeth
             al
             the
             Infants
             of
             the
             most
             wicked
             that
             are
             in
             hir
             dominions
             :
             and
             so
             the
             Chu
             :
             of
             England
             baptizeth
             al
             the
             Infāts
             of
             the
             most
             wicked
             that
             are
             in
             the
             kings
             Ma
             ties
             dominions
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             timber
             are
             both
             these
             Churches
             buylt
             ,
             and
             therefore
             wee
             may
             truely
             say
             :
             as
             is
             the
             Mother
             ,
             so
             is
             the
             doughter
             .
             And
             as
             they
             are
             in
             their
             first
             buylding
             ,
             so
             are
             they
             in
             the
             most
             of
             their
             lawes
             ,
             Lords
             Law-makers
             ,
             Courts
             ,
             ād
             thousāds
             of
             their
             abhominations
             in
             so
             much
             as
             it
             is
             playne
             enough
             ,
             the
             latter
             is
             the
             very
             Image
             of
             the
             first
             ,
             vnto
             which
             ,
             whosoever
             submitteth
             or
             obeyeth
             ,
             or
             maintenieth
             their
             baptisme
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             of
             their
             humaine
             trash
             ,
             he
             shal
             be
             tormēted
             in
             fire
             ād
             brimstone
             for
             evermore
             ,
             ād
             shal
             never
             have
             rest
             day
             nor
             night
             .
             Revel
             .
             14.
             &
             therefore
             in
             Gods
             feare
             cast
             away
             that
             cursed
             actiō
             of
             washing
             ,
             where
             was
             neither
             Chr
             :
             disciple
             administring
             ,
             
             nor
             his
             Disciple
             vpon
             whome
             it
             was
             administred
             nor
             Christs
             body
             or
             Church
             baptized
             into
             :
             and
             obey
             Christs
             voice
             ,
             in
             becomeing
             his
             Disciple
             ,
             ād
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             be
             baptized
             by
             his
             Disciple
             ,
             and
             be
             made
             a
             member
             of
             his
             body
             or
             Church
             .
             This
             onely
             is
             Christs
             baptisme
             ,
             and
             of
             him
             acknowledged
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             off
             al
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             to
             be
             held
             accursed
             ,
             and
             in
             no
             sort
             mainteyned
             or
             kept
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             obiected
             /
             that
             we
             must
             cast
             away
             that
             which
             is
             mans
             ordinance
             /
             and
             reteine
             that
             which
             is
             Gods
             ordinance
             /
             namely
             /
             washinge
             and
             water
             and
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             I
             deny
             that
             any
             thinge
             in
             that
             action
             was
             Gods
             ordinance
             or
             appointment
             ,
             what
             truth
             is
             there
             in
             this
             :
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             because
             God
             apointeth
             water
             ,
             and
             washing
             ,
             and
             words
             in
             his
             baptisme
             ,
             therefore
             howsoever
             water
             ,
             and
             washinge
             :
             and
             these
             words
             are
             vsed
             ,
             that
             is
             Christs
             ordinance
             .
             I
             confesse
             water
             ād
             washinge
             ,
             ād
             words
             are
             Gods
             ordinance
             ,
             being
             vsed
             as
             he
             hath
             comaunded
             ,
             the
             which
             I
             acknowledg
             must
             bee
             held
             :
             but
             this
             vse
             of
             thē
             ,
             or
             action
             forespoken
             off
             being
             not
             the
             vse
             of
             thē
             ,
             or
             action
             appointed
             off
             God
             (
             as
             the
             adversaries
             confesse
             )
             is
             to
             bee
             cast
             away
             as
             execrable
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             
          
           
             Further
             it
             is
             obiected
             they
             repent
             of
             that
             which
             is
             evil
             and
             reteyne
             that
             which
             is
             good
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             For
             the
             better
             discovering
             of
             this
             deceit
             ,
             let
             vs
             consider
             what
             is
             the
             evil
             then
             cōfesse
             ,
             ād
             that
             they
             repent
             of
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             an
             vnlawful
             persō
             ,
             performed
             an
             vnlawful
             action
             vpō
             an
             vnlawful
             person
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             evil
             .
             Now
             this
             is
             the
             questiō
             whether
             this
             actiō
             thus
             vnlawfully
             performed
             
             may
             be
             kept
             ,
             and
             yet
             repented
             of
             .
             The
             scripture
             teacheth
             ,
             that
             not
             onely
             confessing
             ,
             but
             foresakeing
             sin
             ,
             is
             repentance
             .
             Pro.
             28.13
             .
             Cā
             a
             theife
             that
             hath
             stolne
             goods
             ,
             repent
             thereof
             to
             acceptance
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             make
             restitutiō
             to
             the
             party
             wronged
             ?
             being
             in
             his
             power
             ,
             or
             haveing
             ability
             to
             restore
             ,
             I
             would
             knowe
             how
             this
             wil
             be
             maintayned
             for
             the
             one
             is
             a
             greater
             theft
             thē
             thother
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             obiected
             /
             that
             Ieroboams
             followers
             had
             no
             right
             to
             circumcision
             in
             their
             ydolatrous
             estate
             /
             yet
             such
             as
             were
             circumcised
             in
             that
             estate
             /
             were
             not
             afterwards
             circumcised
             when
             they
             came
             to
             repentance
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             there
             foregery
             so
             to
             object
             ,
             for
             either
             they
             had
             right
             to
             circūcisiō
             ,
             being
             true
             Isralits
             although
             in
             transgression
             ,
             or
             els
             none
             had
             right
             to
             circumcision
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             no
             not
             Iudah
             :
             For
             what
             cā
             be
             said
             ,
             but
             that
             because
             the
             ten
             Tribes
             were
             in
             rebelliō
             against
             God
             therefore
             they
             had
             no
             right
             to
             circumcisiō
             :
             may
             not
             the
             same
             be
             said
             in
             as
             high
             a
             mesure
             of
             Iudah
             ?
             was
             Israels
             sin
             halfe
             so
             great
             as
             Iudahs
             ?
             If
             it
             bee
             said
             that
             Israel
             forsooke
             the
             place
             of
             Gods
             worship
             the
             tēple
             ,
             so
             did
             Iudah
             to
             ,
             worshipping
             vnder
             every
             Grene
             tree
             ,
             and
             Grove
             ,
             and
             high
             place
             :
             whatsoever
             cā
             be
             said
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             as
             much
             may
             be
             said
             of
             thother
             .
             This
             is
             a
             meere
             deceitfull
             forgery
             raised
             vp
             by
             Sathan
             ,
             in
             the
             harts
             of
             his
             false
             prophets
             ,
             to
             deceive
             thēselves
             ,
             and
             thē
             that
             shal
             perish
             ,
             if
             they
             repēt
             not
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             receive
             not
             the
             love
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             beleeve
             these
             lyes
             ,
             and
             have
             pleasure
             therein
             ,
             concluding
             frō
             this
             false
             ground
             ,
             that
             because
             the
             Isralites
             in
             transgression
             were
             circumcised
             ,
             and
             after
             comeing
             to
             repentance
             
             were
             not
             circumcised
             againe
             :
             so
             Egiptians
             ,
             Sodomites
             and
             Babilonians
             ,
             never
             haveing
             bene
             Isralites
             ,
             baptized
             in
             the
             Synagogues
             of
             sathan
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             rebaptised
             ,
             as
             they
             cal
             it
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             comparison
             betwixt
             the
             persons
             :
             th
             one
             being
             true
             Isralites
             acording
             to
             the
             flesh
             ,
             Gods
             people
             ,
             to
             whome
             by
             Gods
             appointement
             circumcision
             aperteyned
             ,
             ād
             who
             should
             have
             increased
             their
             transgressions
             if
             they
             had
             not
             performed
             it
             :
             and
             thother
             true
             Babiloniās
             Gods
             adversarys
             ,
             vnto
             whome
             God
             threatneth
             his
             judgments
             ,
             for
             takeing
             his
             ordinances
             in
             their
             mouethes
             or
             hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             see
             indeed
             there
             is
             no
             true
             proportion
             betwixt
             the
             persons
             in
             circumcision
             and
             baptisme
             /
             for
             the
             one
             were
             the
             persons
             appointed
             of
             God
             to
             be
             circumcised
             ,
             which
             circumcision
             taught
             them
             the
             forsakeing
             of
             their
             wicked
             waies
             /
             and
             bound
             them
             to
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             law
             .
             Gal.
             5.3
             .
             And
             they
             had
             no
             cause
             to
             repent
             of
             that
             their
             action
             :
             thither
             are
             not
             the
             persons
             appointed
             of
             God
             to
             be
             baptized
             but
             sinned
             in
             that
             their
             action
             and
             must
             repent
             thereof
             by
             your
             opposites
             owne
             confession
             .
             But
             if
             this
             be
             granted
             /
             this
             question
             ariseth
             who
             shal
             then
             baptize
             after
             Antichrists
             exaltation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             For
             answere
             to
             this
             :
             there
             are
             three
             waies
             professed
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             one
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             and
             their
             several
             successors
             ,
             professing
             succession
             frō
             the
             Pope
             and
             his
             ministers
             :
             another
             by
             the
             Familists
             and
             scattered
             flock
             ▪
             that
             none
             may
             inter
             meddle
             there
             with
             lawfully
             ▪
             til
             their
             extraordinary
             men
             come
             :
             another
             ,
             wee
             ād
             others
             affirme
             that
             any
             disciple
             of
             Christ
             in
             what
             part
             off
             the
             World
             soever
             commeing
             to
             the
             Lords
             way
             ,
             he
             by
             the
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             off
             GOD
             preaching
             that
             way
             vnto
             others
             ,
             and
             converting
             
             /
             he
             may
             and
             ought
             also
             to
             baptize
             thē
             :
             the
             two
             former
             I
             shal
             through
             the
             helpe
             of
             God
             confute
             /
             and
             confirme
             the
             latter
             by
             the
             scriptures
             .
          
           
             First
             to
             the
             Papists
             and
             all
             their
             severall
             successors
             (
             some
             standing
             for
             all
             by
             succession
             from
             Rome
             /
             some
             for
             more
             /
             some
             for
             lesse
             /
             some
             for
             nothing
             but
             Baptisme
             /
             being
             of
             our
             judgment
             for
             the
             appointing
             of
             their
             ministery
             .
             To
             them
             all
             I
             answere
             with
             the
             words
             of
             the
             lord
             /
             Ps
             .
             50.16
             .
             
               what
               hath
               Antichrists
               ministers
               to
               do
               to
               take
               Gods
               word
               in
               their
               mouths
               ,
               or
               to
               declare
               his
               ordinances
               ,
               seeing
               they
               hate
               to
               be
               reformed
               ,
               and
               have
               cast
               Gods
               word
               behind
               their
               backs
               .
            
             If
             they
             have
             nothing
             to
             doe
             with
             his
             word
             and
             ordinances
             /
             then
             not
             with
             ministery
             and
             baptisme
             .
             Besides
             God
             hath
             foribidden
             that
             the
             adversaries
             of
             him
             /
             his
             Temple
             /
             and
             them
             that
             dwel
             in
             heaven
             should
             build
             according
             to
             that
             of
             Nehemia
             .
             2.20
             .
             
               The
               God
               of
               heaven
               he
               wil
               prosper
               us
               ,
               and
               wee
               his
               servants
               wil
               rise
               vp
               and
               build
               ,
               but
               as
               for
               you
               ,
               yee
               have
               no
               portion
               nor
               right
               nor
               memoriall
               in
               Ierusalem
               .
            
             2.
             to
             that
             fantasticall
             sect
             I
             answer
             .
             It
             is
             their
             dreame
             and
             false
             vision
             /
             to
             looke
             for
             extraordinary
             men
             /
             for
             God
             hath
             not
             spoken
             it
             .
             
               For
               if
               an
               Angel
               frō
               heaven
               should
            
             come
             &
             
               preach
               otherwise
            
             ,
             then
             those
             extraordinary
             men
             the
             Appostles
             have
             preached
             which
             none
             els
             could
             preach
             /
             &
             which
             is
             written
             in
             Christs
             testament
             /
             
               wee
               are
               to
               hold
               them
               accursed
               Gal.
            
             1.8.9
             .
             which
             truth
             none
             need
             go
             into
             heaven
             to
             seeke
             ,
             but
             every
             one
             that
             searcheth
             the
             scriptures
             may
             find
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             the
             holie
             Ghost
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             promissed
             to
             all
             that
             obey
             him
             .
             Act.
             5
             ,
             
               and
               aske
               it
               .
               Mat.
            
             6.1
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             I
             
          
           
             Now
             I
             pray
             you
             let
             me
             heare
             your
             confirmation
             of
             your
             practice
             .
          
        
         
           
             C
             
          
           
             As
             it
             was
             in
             the
             second
             building
             of
             the
             materiall
             Tēple
             ,
             after
             the
             captivitie
             of
             Babylon
             in
             Caldea
             ,
             so
             according
             to
             the
             true
             porportion
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             in
             the
             second
             building
             of
             the
             spirituall
             Tēple
             after
             the
             captivitie
             of
             spirituall
             Babylon
             .
             Now
             this
             is
             observed
             in
             the
             former
             that
             every
             Israelite
             ,
             with
             
               whome
               the
               lord
               was
               ,
               and
               whose
               spirit
               ,
               the
               Lord
               stirred
               vp
               ,
               was
               commaunded
               to
               go
               and
               build
               Ezra
               .
            
             1.3.5
             .
             though
             some
             were
             more
             excellēt
             in
             the
             busines
             then
             others
             .
             So
             now
             every
             spirituall
             Israelite
             with
             whome
             the
             Lord
             is
             ,
             &
             whose
             spirit
             the
             Lord
             stirreth
             vp
             are
             comaunded
             ,
             to
             go
             and
             build
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             wil
             prosper
             them
             in
             riseing
             vp
             and
             building
             ,
             though
             some
             be
             more
             excellent
             in
             the
             busines
             then
             others
             ,
             the
             begining
             of
             which
             spirituall
             building
             ,
             is
             first
             to
             beget
             men
             a
             new
             by
             the
             immortall
             seed
             of
             Gods
             word
             ,
             so
             makeing
             them
             liveing
             stones
             ,
             &
             therevpon
             to
             couple
             them
             together
             a
             spirituall
             house
             vnto
             God
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             vpon
             the
             confession
             of
             their
             faith
             /
             by
             baptisme
             /
             as
             the
             scriptures
             of
             the
             new
             testament
             every
             where
             teach
             ,
             as
             before
             is
             shewed
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             
          
           
             It
             is
             confessed
             of
             many
             /
             that
             any
             that
             hath
             giftes
             may
             preach
             and
             convert
             but
             not
             baptize
             .
          
        
         
           
             C
             
          
           
             Such
             our
             Saviour
             accounteth
             hipocrites
             ,
             and
             reproveth
             Mat.
             23.
             that
             held
             it
             was
             lawfull
             to
             sweare
             by
             the
             Temple
             but
             not
             by
             the
             gold
             on
             the
             Temple
             ,
             by
             the
             altar
             ,
             but
             not
             by
             the
             offering
             on
             the
             altar
             :
             to
             whom
             he
             saith
             ,
             whether
             is
             greater
             the
             gold
             or
             the
             Temple
             that
             sanctifies
             the
             gold
             ?
             the
             offering
             ,
             or
             the
             altar
             that
             sanctifieth
             the
             offering
             ?
             So
             may
             I
             say
             ,
             whether
             is
             greater
             the
             water
             and
             washinge
             ,
             or
             the
             word
             that
             sanctifies
             
             the
             water
             ?
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             What
             other
             example
             have
             you
             in
             the
             scriptures
             ,
             that
             on
             vnbaptized
             person
             may
             baptise
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             there
             were
             no
             other
             then
             that
             aforementioned
             ,
             it
             were
             sufficent
             .
             An
             Israelite
             circumcised
             in
             flesh
             God
             stirring
             vp
             his
             hart
             was
             to
             build
             ,
             the
             Temple
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
             from
             the
             first
             stone
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             So
             an
             Isralite
             circumcised
             in
             hart
             ,
             God
             stirring
             him
             vp
             ,
             is
             to
             build
             the
             Tēple
             made
             without
             hands
             from
             the
             first
             stone
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             begining
             with
             ,
             Go
             preach
             ,
             and
             Baptise
             ,
             teaching
             to
             observe
             all
             that
             God
             cōmaunds
             ,
             as
             Christ
             teacheth
             his
             disciples
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
             But
             further
             wee
             have
             the
             particuler
             example
             of
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             ,
             who
             being
             vnbaptized
             ,
             preached
             ,
             converted
             ,
             and
             baptized
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             But
             Iohn
             Baptist
             was
             an
             extraordinary
             man
             it
             wil
             be
             obiected
             /
             for
             God
             spake
             to
             him
             extraordinarily
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             what
             then
             /
             Is
             not
             his
             practice
             written
             for
             our
             instruction
             ?
             God
             
               hath
               spoken
               at
               severall
               times
               after
               sundry
               manners
               Heb.
            
             1.1
             .
             etc.
             Yet
             all
             to
             one
             end
             ,
             as
             for
             this
             of
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             ,
             the
             same
             God
             that
             spake
             to
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
            
             in
             the
             wildernes
             his
             word
             ,
             the
             same
             God
             speaketh
             to
             vs
             in
             his
             scriptures
             the
             same
             word
             he
             spake
             to
             Iohn
             ,
             and
             there
             fore
             seeing
             the
             Lord
             hath
             spoken
             who
             shall
             not
             preach
             and
             practice
             according
             to
             his
             word
             ,
             seeing
             now
             God
             speaketh
             to
             no
             particuler
             persons
             ,
             
               For
               what
               soever
               is
               written
               afore
               time
               is
               written
               for
               every
               mans
               instruction
               .
               Rom.
            
             15.4
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Many
             famous
             men
             as
             Mr.
             Perkins
             and
             others
             cōfesse
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             Turck
             shoud
             come
             ,
             to
             the
             knowledg
             of
             the
             truth
             in
             Turkie
             ,
             he
             might
             preach
             the
             same
             to
             others
             ,
             and
             ●●●erting
             them
             baptize
             them
             /
             though
             vnbaptized
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             
          
           
             True
             ,
             but
             this
             misterie
             of
             iniquitie
             so
             prevaileth
             perswading
             many
             that
             they
             are
             Christians
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             baptisme
             in
             their
             infancie
             whē
             it
             apperteined
             not
             to
             them
             that
             they
             think
             their
             case
             is
             better
             then
             the
             Turckes
             ,
             though
             alas
             it
             is
             much
             worse
             ,
             for
             it
             shal
             be
             easier
             for
             the
             Turkes
             then
             for
             them
             if
             Gods
             word
             be
             true
             .
             Are
             not
             all
             Iewes
             &
             Gentiles
             in
             one
             estate
             by
             nature
             ,
             and
             is
             there
             more
             then
             one
             way
             of
             comming
             to
             Christ
             for
             them
             both
             
               namely
               to
               be
               the
               sonnes
               of
               God
               by
               faith
               and
               to
               put
               on
               Christ
               by
               baptisme
               Gal.
            
             3.26.27
             .
             who
             hath
             set
             vp
             his
             new
             way
             ?
             Christ
             or
             Antichrist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Many
             of
             those
             caled
             Brownists
             doe
             confesse
             that
             they
             are
             reasonable
             perswaded
             that
             Antichristians
             cōming
             to
             the
             truth
             may
             be
             baptized
             /
             and
             they
             would
             not
             differ
             with
             you
             concerning
             that
             /
             but
             that
             you
             deny
             infants
             baptisme
             /
             what
             say
             you
             /
             may
             not
             the
             infants
             of
             the
             faithful
             be
             baptized
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             No
             except
             God
             have
             appointed
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             You
             know
             it
             is
             granted
             that
             there
             is
             neither
             plaine
             comaund
             nor
             example
             for
             it
             in
             Christs
             Testament
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             consequence
             of
             circumcision
             ,
             in
             that
             covenant
             that
             God
             made
             with
             Abraham
             and
             his
             seed
             Gen.
             17.
             and
             other
             places
             agreeing
             therewith
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Let
             vs
             endeavor
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             this
             if
             it
             may
             be
             in
             short
             .
             I
             demaund
             of
             you
             /
             what
             covenant
             the
             Lord
             meaneth
             here
             .
             It
             must
             be
             granted
             he
             meaneth
             ,
             either
             the
             covenant
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Canaan
             withall
             the
             promisses
             thereof
             :
             or
             the
             covenant
             of
             Christs
             cōming
             of
             his
             loynes
             concerning
             the
             flesh
             ,
             or
             els
             the
             covenant
             of
             life
             and
             salvation
             by
             Christ
             ,
             one
             of
             these
             three
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             ,
             let
             me
             have
             your
             answere
             /
             or
             any
             
             mans
             hereto
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             The
             first
             and
             second
             cannot
             be
             pleaded
             ,
             therefore
             it
             must
             be
             the
             third
             ,
             namely
             life
             and
             salvation
             by
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wel
             ,
             then
             I
             demand
             ,
             hath
             the
             fleshly
             childr
             〈…〉
             of
             the
             faithfull
             ,
             more
             previlege
             to
             life
             and
             salvation
             then
             the
             faithful
             themselves
             ?
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             No
             I
             think
             it
             cannot
             be
             sayd
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wel
             ,
             then
             I
             affirme
             that
             the
             faithfull
             have
             right
             to
             this
             covenant
             of
             life
             and
             salvation
             onely
             upon
             their
             repentance
             and
             faith
             ,
             and
             not
             otherwise
             ,
             &
             so
             have
             their
             children
             &
             not
             otherwise
             ,
             except
             you
             wil
             say
             they
             have
             greater
             previlege
             thē
             the
             faithful
             :
             or
             els
             that
             they
             shal
             have
             life
             &
             salvatiō
             by
             their
             parents
             faith
             :
             or
             els
             that
             they
             have
             right
             and
             title
             to
             it
             ,
             whether
             they
             repent
             and
             beleeve
             or
             no.
             If
             any
             say
             they
             have
             right
             and
             title
             to
             it
             by
             Gods
             promise
             .
             I
             answer
             God
             hath
             promised
             life
             and
             salvation
             by
             Christ
             to
             none
             that
             are
             vnder
             condemnation
             but
             onely
             by
             repentance
             and
             faith
             :
             let
             any
             shew
             the
             cōtrary
             if
             they
             be
             able
             .
             If
             any
             say
             as
             some
             foolishly
             have
             done
             ,
             being
             vrged
             /
             that
             it
             is
             the
             covenāt
             of
             the
             visible
             church
             :
             what
             covenant
             is
             that
             but
             the
             covenant
             of
             life
             and
             salvation
             made
             to
             the
             faithfull
             ,
             Christs
             body
             and
             Church
             .
             And
             therefore
             seeing
             they
             are
             so
             confounded
             herein
             ,
             some
             teaching
             one
             thing
             ,
             some
             another
             :
             some
             that
             infants
             have
             neyther
             faith
             nor
             repentance
             ,
             but
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             covenant
             made
             to
             their
             Parents
             :
             Others
             teach
             that
             repentance
             and
             faith
             is
             to
             be
             performed
             of
             every
             one
             that
             is
             to
             be
             baptised
             ,
             &
             that
             infants
             may
             repent
             and
             beleeve
             by
             their
             suerties
             till
             they
             come
             to
             age
             themselves
             :
             seeing
             I
             say
             they
             are
             thus
             confounded
             herein
             ,
             having
             nothing
             in
             Christs
             perfect
             testament
             ,
             onely
             some
             
             shew
             of
             a
             forged
             consequence
             ,
             and
             also
             that
             they
             agree
             not
             among
             themselves
             .
             Let
             vs
             take
             heed
             of
             prophaning
             the
             Lords
             holy
             ordinance
             ,
             administring
             it
             where
             he
             hath
             not
             cōmaunded
             .
             Many
             other
             things
             might
             be
             sayd
             ,
             but
             this
             may
             suffice
             ,
             seeing
             much
             is
             already
             written
             ,
             &
             more
             may
             be
             ere
             long
             :
             knowing
             they
             have
             nothing
             to
             say
             but
             their
             severall
             conceits
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             But
             what
             doe
             you
             then
             hold
             of
             infants
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             
               That
               they
               are
               innocents
               as
               Christ
               teacheth
               .
               Mat.
            
             18.3
             .
             
               &c.
               &
            
             19.14
             .
             &c.
             1.
             
             Cor.
             14.20
             .
             
               that
               they
               have
               no
               knowledge
               .
               Deut.
            
             1.39
             .
             Ionah
             4.11
             .
             
               that
               God
               speaketh
               not
               to
               them
               ,
            
             requiring
             any
             thing
             at
             their
             hands
             ,
             Deut.
             11.2
             .
             Mat.
             13
             ,
             9.
             
             Rom.
             7.9
             .
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.15
             .
             and
             therefore
             they
             have
             not
             sinned
             ,
             seeing
             sin
             is
             the
             breach
             of
             Gods
             law
             .
             1.
             
             Ioh.
             3.4
             .
             Rom.
             4.15
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Then
             you
             hold
             they
             shal
             be
             saved
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             should
             they
             be
             condemned
             ?
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             For
             that
             originall
             sinne
             ,
             they
             have
             received
             from
             Adam
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Well
             .
             It
             is
             not
             my
             purpose
             now
             ,
             time
             wil
             not
             serve
             to
             answere
             all
             the
             objections
             that
             are
             made
             in
             this
             matter
             .
             In
             short
             I
             trust
             to
             cutt
             downe
             that
             conceit
             ,
             that
             any
             infant
             should
             be
             condemned
             as
             thus
             .
             I
             demaund
             of
             you
             ,
             did
             any
             of
             Adams
             posteritie
             fall
             deeper
             in
             that
             trāsgression
             then
             he
             himself
             ?
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             No
             I
             never
             heard
             it
             affirmed
             ,
             but
             as
             deep
             as
             he
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             out
             of
             your
             own
             ground
             you
             shal
             be
             
             convinced
             .
             Did
             God
             ever
             purpose
             or
             declare
             ,
             that
             Adam
             for
             that
             transgression
             should
             goe
             to
             hell
             ?
             consider
             it
             well
             before
             you
             answer
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             for
             from
             eternitie
             he
             purposed
             that
             Christ
             should
             be
             betwixt
             that
             syn
             ,
             and
             condemnation
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             true
             :
             then
             for
             that
             sin
             ,
             God
             never
             purposed
             to
             condemne
             Adam
             to
             hell
             :
             if
             not
             him
             for
             that
             ,
             why
             any
             of
             his
             posteritie
             for
             that
             ?
             Let
             this
             be
             considered
             ,
             it
             is
             your
             owne
             ground
             .
             Further
             I
             say
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             contradictiō
             ,
             it
             was
             never
             Gods
             purpose
             that
             any
             should
             go
             to
             hell
             ,
             but
             for
             refusing
             Christ
             .
             This
             is
             condēdation
             that
             light
             (
             or
             Christ
             )
             is
             come
             into
             the
             world
             /
             and
             men
             love
             darknes
             better
             .
             Ioh.
             3.19
             .
             and
             Christ
             will
             condemne
             the
             world
             of
             sin
             ,
             because
             they
             beleeve
             not
             in
             him
             .
             Ioh.
             16.9
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             cannot
             contradict
             you
             in
             this
             ,
             I
             will
             better
             cōsider
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             pray
             you
             what
             hold
             you
             then
             of
             Predestination
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             conceive
             the
             former
             ,
             you
             may
             see
             what
             I
             hold
             ,
             namely
             that
             before
             all
             beginings
             ,
             it
             was
             Gods
             purpose
             or
             predestination
             that
             ,
             saltiō
             should
             consist
             in
             the
             receiving
             ,
             or
             beleeving
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             cōdemnatiō
             in
             refusing
             of
             Christ
             .
             
               He
               that
               will
               not
               beleeve
               shal
               be
               damned
               .
               Mar.
            
             16.
             16.
             and
             not
             otherwise
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Then
             you
             hold
             that
             God
             hath
             predestinated
             some
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             and
             some
             to
             be
             damned
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             namely
             the
             receivers
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             saved
             :
             and
             the
             refusers
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             damned
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             hath
             predestinate
             
             or
             appointed
             some
             to
             the
             meanes
             &
             end
             ,
             namely
             to
             be
             wicked
             and
             to
             be
             damned
             ,
             is
             the
             most
             blasphemous
             conceit
             ,
             that
             ever
             Sathan
             foysts
             into
             mans
             hart
             ,
             or
             braine
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             But
             are
             men
             left
             then
             to
             their
             owne
             free
             will
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             What
             doe
             you
             meane
             by
             free
             will
             ?
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Abilitie
             of
             our selves
             to
             do
             good
             or
             evill
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             well
             ,
             that
             truely
             is
             freewill
             .
             To
             do
             evill
             ,
             and
             to
             resist
             Gods
             word
             and
             spirit
             ,
             wee
             have
             freewill
             or
             power
             of
             our selves
             ,
             Act.
             13.46
             .
             &
             7.51
             .
             But
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             or
             to
             receive
             Gods
             word
             or
             spirit
             ,
             wee
             have
             no
             power
             of
             our selves
             .
             God
             worketh
             the
             will
             and
             the
             deed
             herevnto
             .
             Phil.
             2.13
             .
             
               wee
               are
            
             both
             
               begotten
               againe
               of
               God
               by
               his
               aboundant
               mercie
               in
               Christ
               ,
               to
               that
               heavēly
               inheritāce
               &
               kept
               by
               his
               power
               (
               through
               faith
               )
               unto
               salvation
               .
            
             1.
             
             Pet.
             1.3
             4.5
             .
             so
             that
             nothing
             apperteyneth
             to
             us
             but
             shame
             ,
             to
             him
             onely
             apperteyneth
             the
             glory
             for
             our
             life
             from
             death
             &
             for
             our
             preservation
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             How
             comes
             it
             then
             that
             some
             do
             beleeve
             /
             and
             some
             do
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             That
             any
             do
             beleeve
             I
             have
             shewed
             you
             the
             cause
             ,
             without
             the
             which
             none
             could
             beleeve
             ,
             namely
             Gods
             mercy
             in
             Christ
             ,
             in
             quickning
             vs
             that
             were
             dead
             by
             his
             powerfull
             &
             lively
             word
             spirit
             :
             that
             some
             do
             not
             beleeve
             ,
             the
             cause
             is
             ,
             they
             having
             freewill
             to
             do
             evill
             /
             &
             to
             resist
             Gods
             &
             
             word
             and
             spirit
             /
             vse
             the
             same
             /
             and
             so
             do
             not
             beleeve
             .
             That
             any
             beleeve
             it
             is
             thus
             Gods
             mercy
             /
             that
             most
             beleeve
             not
             /
             the
             cause
             is
             not
             Gods
             /
             but
             their
             owne
             wicked
             resisting
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             sayd
             /
             that
             the
             reason
             why
             some
             beleeve
             not
             /
             is
             because
             God
             doth
             not
             effectually
             call
             them
             /
             as
             he
             doth
             the
             other
             :
             for
             if
             he
             did
             /
             they
             should
             come
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             This
             saying
             /
             is
             partly
             blasphemous
             /
             partly
             ignorant
             /
             blasphemous
             /
             in
             that
             it
             lyeth
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             not
             beleeving
             on
             God
             /
             in
             that
             he
             effectually
             calleth
             them
             not
             /
             &
             maketh
             God
             a
             dissembler
             in
             his
             word
             /
             who
             saith
             /
             
               as
               he
               liveth
               he
               would
               have
               it
               otherwise
               :
            
             ignorāt
             it
             is
             /
             in
             that
             such
             persōs
             as
             so
             say
             /
             know
             not
             Gods
             work
             in
             creating
             man
             :
             for
             if
             God
             had
             made
             Adā
             otherwise
             then
             he
             made
             him
             /
             eyther
             vnchangeablie
             good
             or
             evill
             /
             he
             must
             have
             made
             him
             eyther
             a
             God
             or
             a
             Devill
             :
             for
             if
             he
             could
             not
             have
             resisted
             God
             /
             by
             his
             creation
             /
             then
             what
             was
             he
             /
             but
             as
             God
             /
             vnchangeable
             :
             and
             if
             he
             could
             not
             have
             resisted
             the
             Devill
             by
             his
             creation
             /
             what
             was
             he
             but
             a
             Devill
             vnchangeable
             ?
             or
             if
             he
             could
             not
             have
             resisted
             God
             in
             eating
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             /
             how
             could
             God
             have
             manifested
             his
             mercie
             to
             him
             in
             Christ
             ?
             or
             if
             he
             could
             not
             have
             resisted
             the
             Devill
             therein
             /
             how
             could
             God
             justlie
             poure
             out
             his
             iudgmēts
             upon
             him
             /
             for
             his
             obediēce
             to
             Sathan
             /
             God
             creating
             him
             therevnto
             .
             Now
             for
             vs
             Adams
             posteritie
             /
             it
             is
             graunted
             of
             all
             /
             that
             wee
             have
             the
             same
             will
             or
             power
             to
             evill
             that
             Adam
             had
             or
             rather
             worse
             /
             though
             not
             the
             wil
             
             to
             good
             he
             had
             /
             and
             therefore
             men
             may
             and
             doe
             resist
             God
             in
             his
             effectuall
             calling
             of
             them
             /
             as
             Adā
             did
             in
             Gods
             effectuall
             forbidding
             him
             that
             tree
             .
             God
             is
             no
             respecter
             of
             persons
             /
             he
             calleth
             all
             effectually
             and
             in
             good
             earnest
             /
             and
             whosoever
             holdeth
             otherwise
             he
             hath
             an
             evill
             conceit
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             praise
             God
             you
             have
             given
             me
             great
             satisfaction
             in
             these
             things
             /
             what
             must
             we
             do
             after
             our
             baptisme
             ?
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             As
             the
             Saints
             our
             predecessors
             did
             .
             
               They
               that
               gladly
               received
               the
               word
               were
               baptized
               ,
               and
               they
               continued
               in
               the
               Apostles
               doctrine
               ,
               fellowship
               ,
               breaking
               of
               bread
               and
               prayers
               .
               Act.
            
             2.
             walking
             in
             fear
             towards
             God
             /
             and
             in
             love
             in
             word
             and
             deed
             /
             one
             towards
             another
             /
             according
             to
             the
             blessed
             rules
             in
             Christs
             Testament
             ;
             and
             also
             justly
             and
             unblameably
             towards
             all
             men
             /
             that
             they
             may
             cause
             their
             conversatiō
             aswell
             as
             their
             doctrine
             to
             shine
             before
             men
             /
             that
             men
             may
             set
             their
             good
             works
             ,
             &
             glorify
             their
             father
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             heaven
             ,
             without
             the
             which
             conversation
             all
             profession
             is
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             great
             stumbling
             block
             to
             many
             /
             that
             divers
             /
             who
             professe
             Religion
             walk
             corruptly
             in
             their
             conversation
             /
             it
             is
             great
             cause
             that
             the
             wicked
             open
             their
             mouthes
             against
             Gods
             truth
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Alas
             ,
             it
             is
             most
             lamentable
             ,
             but
             Gods
             people
             must
             knowe
             ,
             it
             hath
             bene
             and
             will
             be
             so
             vnto
             the
             end
             of
             the
             world
             .
             And
             therefore
             hath
             Christ
             Iesus
             appointed
             meanes
             for
             the
             redressing
             thereof
             in
             his
             Church
             .
             Mat.
             18.
             
             &
             1.
             
             Cor.
             5.
             &c.
             And
             we
             may
             not
             justify
             or
             condemne
             any
             Religion
             whatsoever
             by
             mens
             personall
             walkings
             .
             
             May
             we
             say
             /
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Philo●●phers
             was
             good
             because
             of
             their
             morall
             ver●es
             ?
             or
             that
             the
             Religion
             that
             Iudah
             and
             Da●●d
             professed
             was
             evill
             ,
             because
             of
             Iudahs
             in●est
             ,
             and
             Davids
             adulterie
             /
             and
             murther
             .
             Gen.
             ●●
             .
             2
             .
             Sam.
             11.
             or
             the
             Religion
             of
             Christ
             evill
             /
             because
             that
             one
             that
             professed
             it
             ,
             fell
             into
             incest
             ●
             .
             Cor.
             5.
             
             Gods
             people
             had
             need
             to
             take
             heed
             assuming
             /
             whereby
             to
             cause
             the
             adversaries
             to
             ●laspheme
             ,
             for
             the
             which
             God
             may
             make
             them
             ●xamples
             to
             all
             succeeding
             ages
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             I
             give
             you
             hartie
             thankes
             for
             your
             paines
             with
             me
             in
             these
             things
             /
             and
             I
             trust
             I
             shall
             not
             let
             them
             slip
             but
             remember
             them
             all
             my
             life
             /
             and
             put
             them
             in
             practise
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             The
             glory
             and
             thanks
             thereof
             onely
             be
             〈…〉
             ngeth
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             to
             him
             it
             is
             due
             ,
             but
             this
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             consider
             /
             that
             the
             knowing
             of
             the
             〈…〉
             ll
             of
             God
             /
             without
             practising
             of
             it
             /
             doth
             vs
             〈…〉
             ther
             hurt
             then
             good
             /
             the
             scripture
             saith
             .
             
               Not
               〈…〉
               he
               knowers
               but
               the
               doers
               are
               justifyed
               Rō
               .
            
             2.13
             .
             ●am
             .
             1.12
             .
             And
             
               he
               that
               knowes
               his
               maisters
               wil
               &
               doth
               not
               shal
               be
               beaten
               with
               many
               stripes
               .
            
             May
             there
             be
             in
             this
             nation
             (
             with
             greefe
             of
             soule
             I
             speak
             it
             )
             that
             acknowledge
             and
             confesse
             the
             truth
             /
             but
             practise
             it
             not
             /
             for
             some
             respects
             or
             other
             ;
             the
             Lord
             perswade
             all
             your
             harts
             to
             the
             speedy
             practise
             thereof
             /
             and
             that
             by
             many
             examples
             that
             are
             left
             vnto
             you
             .
             David
             that
             mā
             of
             God
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               made
               haist
               ,
               &
               delayed
               not
               to
               keep
               thy
               cōmaundements
               .
               Psal
               .
            
             119.60
             .
             The
             Disciples
             Mat.
             4.
             
               ymmediately
               without
               tarrying
               followed
               Christ
            
             .
             The
             three
             thowsand
             the
             same
             day
             ●hey
             were
             enformed
             obeyed
             the
             Lord
             and
             were
             
             
               baptized
               .
               Act.
            
             2.
             
             The
             Samaritanes
             Act.
             ●
             .
             11
             
               assoone
               as
               they
               beleeved
               were
               baptized
               both
               m●●
               and
               women
               .
            
             The
             
               Eunuch
               likewise
               ver
            
             38.
             
             〈…〉
             Iaylor
             /
             Lydia
             ,
             Paul
             ,
             and
             a
             clowd
             of
             witness
             〈…〉
             comming
             not
             with
             flesh
             and
             blood
             ,
             but
             obey
             the
             Lord
             assoone
             as
             they
             beleeved
             .
             Here
             w
             〈…〉
             no
             staying
             to
             heare
             what
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             learn
             〈…〉
             man
             could
             say
             against
             it
             ,
             as
             now
             a
             daies
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             confidently
             perswaded
             thereof
             ,
             th
             〈…〉
             obeyed
             .
             And
             so
             I
             am
             assured
             it
             shal
             be
             by
             lit
             〈…〉
             and
             little
             as
             the
             kingdome
             of
             the
             Beast
             diminisheth
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             testify
             to
             all
             /
             my
             spedie
             walking
             〈◊〉
             the
             steps
             of
             these
             holie
             men
             /
             but
             one
             thing
             there
             is
             yet
             which
             hath
             much
             troubled
             me
             and
             others
             /
             and
             in
             my
             judgem●●●
             hath
             much
             hindred
             the
             growth
             of
             godlines
             in
             this
             kingdom
             and
             that
             is
             that
             many
             so
             soone
             as
             they
             see
             or
             feare
             〈◊〉
             will
             ensue
             /
             they
             flie
             into
             another
             Nation
             who
             cannot
             〈◊〉
             their
             conversation
             /
             and
             thereby
             deprive
             many
             poore
             ig●●rant
             soules
             in
             their
             own
             Nation
             /
             of
             their
             information
             /
             〈◊〉
             of
             their
             conversation
             amongst
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Oh
             /
             that
             hath
             bene
             the
             overthrowe
             〈◊〉
             Religion
             in
             this
             land
             /
             the
             best
             able
             and
             great
             〈…〉
             part
             being
             gone
             /
             and
             leaving
             behind
             them
             some
             fewe
             /
             who
             by
             the
             others
             departure
             have
             ha
             〈…〉
             their
             afflictions
             and
             contempt
             increased
             which
             hath
             bene
             the
             cause
             of
             many
             falling
             back
             /
             and
             o●
             the
             adversaries
             exalting
             /
             but
             they
             wil
             tell
             vs
             we
             are
             not
             to
             iudge
             things
             /
             by
             the
             effects
             /
             therefore
             we
             must
             prove
             that
             their
             flight
             vnlawfull
             or
             we
             say
             nothing
             .
          
           
             And
             first
             /
             whereas
             it
             is
             said
             by
             some
             of
             these
             fliers
             /
             that
             many
             of
             the
             people
             of
             God
             fled
             into
             forraine
             countries
             /
             and
             that
             God
             gave
             approbation
             thereof
             /
             as
             Moses
             /
             David
             /
             our
             Saviour
             
             Christ
             in
             his
             infancie
             /
             &
             others
             /
             thinking
             here●y
             to
             justify
             this
             their
             flight
             .
             I
             answere
             /
             God
             ●eserved
             Moses
             and
             the
             rest
             in
             their
             flight
             /
             till
             ●etime
             was
             come
             that
             he
             imployed
             them
             in
             his
             ●●rvice
             /
             then
             in
             no
             case
             he
             would
             suffer
             them
             to
             〈…〉
             e
             /
             as
             when
             Moses
             manifested
             his
             exceeding
             ackwardnes
             to
             the
             Lords
             work
             in
             helping
             his
             ●eople
             out
             of
             bondage
             vsing
             many
             excuses
             /
             the
             
               Lord
               was
               very
               angry
               with
               him
               Exod.
            
             4.10
             .
             —
             15.
             ●nd
             whither
             did
             our
             Saviour
             flie
             /
             when
             the
             ●ime
             came
             that
             he
             was
             to
             
               shewe
               himselfe
               to
               Israell
               ?
               Luk.
            
             1.80
             .
             If
             any
             of
             these
             men
             can
             prove
             the
             Lord
             requireth
             no
             work
             at
             their
             hands
             to
             be
             〈…〉
             e
             for
             his
             glorie
             and
             the
             salvation
             of
             thousāds
             of
             ignorant
             soules
             in
             their
             owne
             Nation
             /
             let
             thē●tay
             in
             forraine
             countries
             .
             But
             I
             trust
             Gods
             people
             have
             learned
             /
             not
             to
             say
             the
             time
             is
             not
             yet
             come
             that
             Babell
             should
             be
             destroyed
             /
             and
             the
             Lords
             house
             builded
             /
             but
             that
             the
             time
             is
             come
             to
             build
             the
             Lords
             house
             /
             and
             not
             to
             dwell
             in
             seiled
             houses
             /
             Hag
             1.
             or
             any
             way
             to
             seek
             our
             outward
             promotion
             ;
             which
             if
             it
             be
             granted
             /
             that
             the
             time
             is
             come
             /
             not
             onely
             to
             come
             out
             of
             Babel
             but
             to
             destroy
             her
             /
             all
             these
             objections
             are
             nothing
             /
             except
             they
             prove
             that
             when
             God
             called
             any
             of
             his
             people
             to
             his
             work
             /
             they
             left
             it
             for
             feare
             of
             trouble
             .
             This
             doctrine
             was
             not
             approved
             of
             God
             when
             the
             time
             came
             that
             his
             adversaries
             were
             to
             be
             rooted
             out
             /
             and
             that
             his
             people
             had
             gotten
             some
             victory
             .
             The
             Rubenites
             ,
             and
             the
             Gadites
             could
             have
             been
             content
             to
             have
             remayned
             to
             their
             most
             peace
             &
             cōmoditie
             .
             Nū
             .
             32.
             
             But
             Moses
             sayd
             vnto
             them
             ,
             
               Shall
               your
               brethren
               goe
               to
               warre
               and
               ye
               tarie
               here
               ?
               wherefore
               
               now
               discourage
               ye
               the
               harts
               of
               the
               children
               of
               Israel
               &c.
            
             sharplie
             reproving
             them
             
               as
               an
               increase
               of
               sinful
               men
               risen
               up
               in
               their
               fathers
               steads
               still
               to
               augment
               the
               feirce
               wrath
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             /
             and
             Moses
             would
             not
             be
             satisfied
             vntill
             they
             had
             promimised
             that
             they
             would
             goe
             with
             their
             brethren
             to
             the
             Lords
             worke
             /
             and
             would
             not
             returne
             to
             their
             houses
             /
             till
             they
             had
             accōplished
             the
             same
             .
             And
             the
             Angel
             of
             the
             Lord
             doth
             say
             .
             
               Curse
               ye
               Meroz
               ,
               curse
               the
               inhabitants
               thereof
               ,
               because
               they
               came
               not
               to
               help
               the
               lord
               ,
               to
               help
               the
               Lord
               against
               the
               Mightie
               .
               Iudg.
            
             5.23
             .
             Also
             because
             the
             men
             of
             Iabesh
             Gilead
             /
             came
             not
             up
             to
             the
             Lord
             /
             to
             help
             their
             brethren
             against
             the
             wicked
             men
             of
             Gibeah
             ,
             
               all
               the
               men
               were
               destroyed
               and
               all
               the
               women
               that
               had
               lien
               by
               men
               Iudg
            
             21.
             
             No
             excuse
             whatsoever
             could
             serve
             :
             Did
             God
             thus
             respect
             his
             worke
             and
             people
             then
             /
             as
             all
             must
             put
             to
             their
             helping
             hand
             /
             and
             none
             must
             withdrawe
             their
             shoulder
             least
             others
             were
             discouraged
             /
             &
             is
             there
             no
             regard
             to
             be
             had
             thereof
             now
             ?
             but
             any
             occasion
             /
             as
             feare
             of
             a
             little
             imprisonment
             /
             or
             the
             like
             may
             excuse
             any
             /
             both
             from
             the
             Lords
             work
             /
             &
             the
             help
             of
             their
             brethren
             that
             for
             want
             of
             their
             society
             and
             comfort
             /
             are
             exceedingly
             weakened
             /
             if
             no
             overcome
             .
             If
             answer
             be
             made
             /
             they
             performe
             their
             duty
             in
             both
             /
             that
             they
             doe
             the
             Lords
             worke
             the
             Pastor
             feeding
             hys
             flock
             /
             and
             the
             people
             walking
             one
             towards
             another
             .
             I
             demaund
             /
             doth
             the
             Lord
             require
             no
             more
             worke
             of
             them
             ?
             doth
             he
             not
             requyre
             that
             they
             should
             help
             to
             cast
             downe
             Babell
             ?
             If
             reply
             be
             made
             they
             doe
             it
             by
             their
             bookes
             .
             I
             answere
             /
             that
             may
             be
             done
             /
             and
             their
             lights
             shine
             by
             their
             
             mouthes
             and
             conversations
             also
             among
             the
             wicked
             /
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             meanes
             of
             converting
             them
             and
             destroying
             Antichristes
             kingdome
             /
             
               They
               overcame
            
             (
             not
             by
             flieing
             away
             )
             
               by
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Lambe
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               word
               of
               their
               testimonie
               and
               they
               loved
               not
               their
               lives
               unto
               the
               death
               .
               Rev.
            
             13.11
             .
             Gods
             people
             are
             the
             lights
             of
             the
             world
             /
             a
             Citie
             set
             on
             a
             hil
             /
             a
             Candle
             set
             on
             the
             candlestick
             /
             giving
             light
             to
             all
             that
             come
             in
             .
             Mat.
             5.
             and
             therefore
             must
             shine
             by
             their
             persons
             /
             more
             then
             by
             their
             ●ookes
             .
             And
             great
             help
             and
             encouragement
             would
             be
             to
             Gods
             people
             in
             affliction
             of
             imprisonment
             and
             the
             like
             /
             to
             have
             their
             brethrēs
             presence
             /
             to
             administer
             to
             their
             soules
             or
             bodies
             /
             and
             for
             which
             cause
             /
             Christ
             will
             say
             /
             I
             was
             in
             prison
             /
             and
             ye
             visited
             me
             /
             in
             distresse
             and
             ye
             comforted
             me
             /
             and
             vnto
             those
             that
             doe
             not
             so
             /
             according
             to
             their
             abilitie
             /
             Goe
             ye
             cursed
             .
             Mat.
             25.
             
             If
             men
             had
             greater
             love
             to
             Gods
             cōmaunds
             /
             or
             the
             salvation
             of
             thousand
             of
             ignorant
             soules
             in
             our
             Nation
             /
             that
             for
             want
             of
             instruction
             perish
             /
             then
             to
             a
             little
             temporal
             affliction
             they
             would
             neither
             publish
             nor
             practise
             as
             they
             do
             in
             this
             thing
             .
             Thus
             have
             I
             in
             short
             shewed
             you
             my
             poore
             abilitie
             in
             these
             things
             .
             And
             for
             all
             other
             things
             we
             hold
             /
             as
             the
             lawfulnes
             of
             magistracie
             Gods
             blessed
             ordināce
             .
             Of
             Christ
             our
             Saviour
             taking
             his
             flesh
             of
             the
             virgine
             Mary
             /
             vy
             the
             wonderfull
             work
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             &c.
             
             You
             may
             see
             them
             in
             our
             confession
             in
             print
             published
             4.
             yeres
             ago
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             
          
           
             Many
             that
             he
             called
             Annabaptists
             hold
             the
             contrarie
             /
             and
             many
             other
             strange
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             
          
           
             Wee
             cannot
             but
             lament
             for
             it
             /
             so
             did
             many
             in
             Christ
             Churches
             in
             the
             primitive
             times
             hold
             strange
             opinions
             /
             as
             some
             of
             the
             Corinth●
             denyed
             the
             resurrection
             /
             and
             in
             many
             of
             the
             〈◊〉
             churches
             were
             greevous
             things
             /
             which
             the
             L.
             by
             his
             servants
             warned
             them
             of
             /
             vpon
             payn
             of
             his
             displeasure
             /
             &
             removing
             of
             his
             presence
             from
             them
             /
             neverthelesse
             others
             professing
             the
             same
             generall
             cause
             of
             Christ
             /
             were
             cōmended
             .
          
        
         
           
             A.
             
          
           
             Well
             /
             you
             will
             yet
             be
             called
             Annabaptists
             because
             you
             deny
             baptisme
             to
             infants
             .
          
        
         
           
             C.
             
          
           
             So
             were
             Christiās
             before
             vs
             called
             Sects
             .
             And
             so
             they
             may
             Iohn
             Baptist
             .
             Iesus
             Christ
             /
             himself
             /
             and
             his
             Apostles
             Annabaptists
             /
             for
             we
             professe
             and
             practise
             no
             otherwise
             herein
             /
             〈◊〉
             they
             /
             namely
             /
             the
             baptising
             of
             such
             as
             
               confesse
               with
               the
               mouth
               the
               beleefe
               of
               the
               hart
               .
            
             And
             if
             they
             be
             Anabaptists
             that
             deny
             baptisme
             /
             where
             God
             hath
             appointed
             it
             /
             they
             /
             and
             not
             we
             are
             Annabaptists
             .
             But
             the
             Lord
             give
             them
             repentance
             /
             that
             their
             sinnes
             may
             be
             put
             away
             /
             and
             never
             layd
             to
             their
             charge
             /
             even
             for
             his
             Christes
             sake
             /
             Amen
             .
          
           
             Thus
             have
             wee
             in
             this
             Dialogue
             according
             to
             our
             poore
             ability
             answered
             such
             objections
             /
             as
             hetherto
             in
             our
             poore
             and
             unworthy
             testimony
             have
             bene
             objected
             against
             any
             of
             vs
             concerning
             persecution
             for
             religion
             :
             as
             also
             with
             good
             consciences
             pointed
             at
             the
             principal
             things
             of
             
               Mr
               Robinsons
            
             late
             book
             till
             further
             time
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .