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501 1 | advance his followers and fellow-sectaries with the spoils of others.
502 1 | factious and flagitious fellows. Nor ought it to be less
503 1 | directs, and this that natural fellowship we are born into requires
504 1 | safe; but oppression raises ferments and makes men struggle to
505 1 | assemblies, observations of festivals, public worship be permitted
506 1 | uproar. The neighbourhood is filled with noise and clamour.
507 1 | unacceptable to Him; and, finally, that by the purity of doctrine,
508 1 | also enjoin the eating of fish and drinking of ale in the
509 1 | boundaries on both sides are fixed and immovable. He jumbles
510 1 | sanctuaries for factious and flagitious fellows. Nor ought it to
511 1 | save that brother from the flames of hell in the world to
512 1 | the Gospel and that, by flattering the ambition and favouring
513 1 | whereof being frail and fleeting, and the duration uncertain,
514 1 | and abound amongst their flocks and people? These, and such-like
515 1 | by priests in the sacred font in order to the purification
516 1 | the road, or some other food which agrees with my stomach;
517 1 | have had no harm done them, forbear violence and abstain from
518 1 | and possessions of their forefathers and perhaps deprived of
519 1 | that kings excommunicated forfeit their crowns and kingdoms?
520 1 | natural rights (which are not forfeitable upon account of religion)
521 | former
522 | formerly
523 1 | any articles of faith, or forms of worship, by the force
524 1 | nevertheless, adultery, fornication, uncleanliness, lasciviousness,
525 1 | heretics? Their meaning, forsooth, is that the privilege of
526 1 | themselves of the estates and fortunes of their fellow subjects;
527 1 | apprehensive. They do not forwardly attack those errors which
528 1 | manifestly undermine the foundations of society and are, therefore,
529 1 | the state whereof being frail and fleeting, and the duration
530 1 | the Ottoman Emperor and frames the feigned oracles of that
531 1 | religion. All the rights and franchises that belong to him as a
532 1 | only to worship God with freedom after its own manner.~You
533 1 | I must needs answer you freely that I esteem that toleration
534 1 | liberty. But if any man do not frequent the church, if he do not
535 1 | English history affords us fresh examples in the reigns of
536 1 | in the same manner, their friends and familiar acquaintance
537 1 | and how great would be the fruit, both in Church and State,
538 1 | injuriously prey upon the fruits of other men’s labours than
539 1 | consist in the inward and full persuasion of the mind;
540 1 | we conform, if we are not fully satisfied in our own mind
541 2 | heretics because they err in fundamentals, and they err obstinately
542 1 | slaughters they thereby furnish unto mankind. No peace and
543 1 | as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like.~It is the
544 1 | practice, far from being any furtherance, are indeed great obstacles
545 1(5)| Gal. 5.~
546 1 | them no otherwise than by galleys, prisons, confiscations,
547 1 | shake off the yoke that galls their necks. Suppose this
548 1 | black, in short or in long garments? Let it not be made unlawful
549 1 | wheresoever two or three are gathered together” in His name, He
550 1 | subduing of nations, and gathering them into His Church, not
551 1 | is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotions,
552 1 | pretends that everything generally enjoined by the law of Moses
553 1 | himself. “The kings of the Gentiles exercise leadership over
554 1 | according to the sacred geography, leads straight to Jerusalem,
555 2 | more clearly than the Holy Ghost, the eternal and infinite
556 1 | the whole nation of the Gibeonites, articled with Joshua, and
557 1 | credulous superstition of the giddy multitude, have incensed
558 1 | another care and necessarily gives another employment. But
559 1 | certainly more contrary to the glory of God, to the purity of
560 1 | not be as free for him to go out as it was to enter?
561 1 | there between a dog and a goat, in respect of the divine
562 1 | and excommunication by his going from it. This is the fundamental
563 1 | the goods which they have got by their honest industry,
564 1 | of the civil and domestic governor; I mean both of the magistrate
565 1 | up to the will of their governors and to the religion which
566 1 | travellers that are less grave and others that are more
567 1 | black hair (for example) or grey eyes should not enjoy the
568 1 | all mankind, who when they groan under any heavy burthen
569 1 | entering into societies, grounded upon their mutual compacts
570 1 | their lands, upon the same grounds, given by God to the invaders.8
571 1 | congregations, like so many guardians of the public peace, will
572 1 | time and place of worship, habit and posture of him that
573 1 | necessaries are given them, habitations are granted, and they all
574 1 | of their worship and the habits of those that officiated
575 1 | meet in churches than in halls; nor are one part of the
576 1 | articles of things must be handled each distinctly that so
577 1 | public good, this will seldom happen. But if, perhaps, it do
578 1 | undertake to represent how happy and how great would be the
579 1 | It would, indeed, be very hard for one that appears careless
580 1 | nothing, who have had no harm done them, forbear violence
581 1 | a provocation to endless hatreds, rapines, and slaughters
582 1 | be forced to be rich or healthful whether he will or no. Nay,
583 1 | those to whom it is given. “Hear, O Israel,” sufficiently
584 1 | so long till the cause be heard and the poor man be, according
585 1 | obliged also to admonish his hearers of the duties of peace and
586 1 | Christian religion in their own hearts. If the Gospel and the apostles
587 1 | ally and temper all that heat and unreasonable averseness
588 1 | apostle)4 manifestly relish of heathenish corruption, to predominate
589 1 | to do it with armies of heavenly legions than for any son
590 1 | when they groan under any heavy burthen endeavour naturally
591 1 | destruction; and that which heightens the absurdity, and very
592 1 | practise any other such heinous enormities, is the magistrate
593 1 | let those men consider how heinously they sin, who, adding injustice,
594 1 | brother from the flames of hell in the world to come.~In
595 1 | minds, yet would not that help at all to the salvation
596 1 | in the present case it helps us not. The one only narrow
597 | hence
598 1 | examples in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and
599 | hereafter
600 | hereby
601 | herself
602 1 | and, thereby; draw the heterodox into the way of truth, and
603 1 | peculiar right of their hierarchy. That dominion is founded
604 1 | observance of these things is the highest obligation that lies upon
605 1 | speaks itself. For what hinders but a Christian magistrate
606 2 | but it is enough to have hinted at them thus briefly to
607 1 | introduced into religion? What hodgepodge of ceremonies, what superstitious
608 1 | between them. Sed pudet hoec opprobria. etc. God Almighty
609 1 | lawfully kill his calf at home, and burn any part of it
610 1 | Honoured Sir,~Since you are pleased
611 1 | they have the strongest hopes of eternal salvation. In
612 1 | reason the Emims and the Horims were driven out of their
613 1 | fellow citizens, or by the hostile violence of foreigners,
614 1 | Covetousness, uncharitableness, idleness, and many other things are
615 1 | the religion which either ignorance, ambition, or superstition
616 1 | who may probably be as ignorant of the way as myself, and
617 1(2)| II Tim. 2. 19.~
618 2 | seem unto me to signify an ill-grounded separation in ecclesiastical
619 1 | them from the negligence or ill-husbandry of the possessors themselves.
620 1 | No man complains of the ill-management of his neighbour’s affairs.
621 1 | circumstances of an oppressed or ill-settled liberty. These accusations
622 1 | because, in case I should have ill-success in trade, he is abundantly
623 1 | abstain from all manner of ill-usage towards those from whom
624 1 | Jerusalem, why am I beaten and ill-used by others because, perhaps,
625 1 | than which nothing can be imagined more absurd. Thus, therefore,
626 1 | dominion, making use of the immoderate ambition of magistrates
627 1 | both sides are fixed and immovable. He jumbles heaven and earth
628 1 | This is the fundamental and immutable right of a spontaneous society—
629 1 | civil magistrate, by the impartial execution of equal laws,
630 1 | forborne. Nothing is to be done imperiously. Nobody is obliged in that
631 1 | midst of them, seems to imply the contrary. Whether such
632 1 | give him any new right of imposing laws upon his subjects,
633 1 | Confiscation of estate, imprisonment, torments, nothing of that
634 1 | nobody will bear the plain imputation of, without covering them
635 1 | should thus suffer these incendiaries and disturbers of the public
636 1 | or at least that in this incertitude of things the safest and
637 1 | be; because they are more inclinable to factions, tumults, and
638 1 | everything according to the inclination of those kings and queens.
639 1 | that the civil magistrate inclined to favour one of them and
640 1 | erroneous in the doctrine or incongruous in the worship of that society
641 1 | the bottom. Thus it is: An inconsiderable and weak number of Christians,
642 1 | afford any remedy to this inconvenience; especially when both the
643 1 | some while, in order to the increasing of the stock of cattle that
644 1 | Christian Church is altogether incredible. It is not, therefore, to
645 1 | permitted to the Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptists, Arminians,
646 1 | reformed religion and, in India, the Christian. The civil
647 1 | life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and the possession
648 2 | they do not seem to be the indubitable doctrines of the Scripture;
649 1 | from him in opinion, he be indulgent to such iniquities and immoralities
650 1 | are honest, peaceable, and industrious, requires it not. Shall
651 1 | them therein. And he ought industriously to exhort all men, whether
652 1 | they do not suppose this infallible judgement, that all men
653 1 | granted that the washing of an infant with water is in itself
654 1 | have a mind to sacrifice infants, or (as the primitive Christians
655 1 | therefore to be avoided, the inference were good. But it does not
656 1 | was His method. Though if infidels were to be converted by
657 2 | Holy Ghost, the eternal and infinite wisdom of God.~Thus much
658 1 | which they are so warmed and inflamed, unless where they have
659 1 | punishment can thereby be inflicted than that, the relation
660 1 | the law of Moses for the inflicting of capital punishment upon
661 1 | salvation of their souls by the infliction of torments and exercise
662 1 | the understanding, those influence the will and manners. Speculative
663 1 | most part more apt to be influenced by the Court than the Court
664 1 | men’s minds of error, and inform them of the truth. Let us
665 1 | they who do them shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”5 Whosoever,
666 1 | children by the same right of inheritance as their temporal estates,
667 1 | and laugh to see with what inhuman cruelty Christians thus
668 1 | he be indulgent to such iniquities and immoralities as are
669 1 | name of Christ, depart from iniquity.”2 “Thou, when thou art
670 1 | unto the admonitions or injunctions of another, further than
671 1 | health of subjects be not injured by the fraud and violence
672 1 | arrogant, ungovernable, and injurious to their brethren; and that
673 1 | such that they had rather injuriously prey upon the fruits of
674 1 | heinously they sin, who, adding injustice, if not to their error,
675 1 | whilst accompanied with innocence of life. Why, then, does
676 1 | another, that nothing may be innovated or changed in the form of
677 1 | contention, and all manner of inordinate desires, and is the most
678 1 | Church, moved by avarice and insatiable desire of dominion, making
679 2 | interpretations of Scripture as divine inspirations and compare the articles
680 1 | conspiracies, it is not religion inspires them to it in their meetings,
681 1 | worship, yet the particular instances or modifications of them
682 | instead
683 1 | other men. In teaching, instructing, and redressing the erroneous
684 1 | does it lose the right of instruction and excommunication by his
685 1 | for the truth, this their intemperate zeal, breathing nothing
686 1 | but that he principally intends by those means to compose
687 1 | Apostles’ steps, without intermeddling with State Affairs, may
688 1 | the other Church, did not interpose his own judgement in the
689 1 | one of these jurisdictions intrench upon the other, and discord
690 1 | part are about nice and intricate matters, that exceed the
691 1 | it be once permitted to introduce anything into religion by
692 2 | divides the Church into parts, introduces names and marks of distinction,
693 1 | its nerves either to the introducing of ceremonies, or to the
694 1 | have any just title to invade the civil rights and worldly
695 1 | grounds, given by God to the invaders.8 But, though all idolatry
696 1 | strength against foreign invasions.~These things being thus
697 1 | man, or as a denizen, are inviolably to be preserved to him.
698 1 | concerning the worship of One Invisible Deity were the civil laws
699 1 | appear that they have been invited by them unto a participation
700 1 | enter into it do thereby ipso facto deliver themselves
701 1 | carried away by their own irregular passions. But, however,
702 1 | geography, leads straight to Jerusalem, why am I beaten and ill-used
703 1 | agreeable to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to the genuine
704 2 | thus the Christians of St. John (as they are called) and
705 1 | by mutual assistance and joint force they may secure unto
706 1 | Gibeonites, articled with Joshua, and were allowed by treaty;
707 1 | Lutherans; will it be ever a jot safer for me to join either
708 1 | thing. The Church which “judgeth not those that are without”9
709 1 | and absolute authority of judging for himself. And the reason
710 1 | people, contrary to their own judgment, is in effect to command
711 1 | in markets and Courts of Judicature? Why are crowds upon the
712 1 | common distinction of moral, judicial, and ceremonial law, which
713 1 | fixed and immovable. He jumbles heaven and earth together,
714 1 | danger, lest one of these jurisdictions intrench upon the other,
715 1 | worship of God is only so far justifiable as it is believed by those
716 1 | assemblies and sermons are justified by daily experience and
717 1 | of the public peace might justly be wondered at if it did
718 1 | discord arise between the keeper of the public peace and
719 1 | the craft of others has kindled against dissenters. I will
720 1 | it out of friendship and kindness towards them or no? And
721 1 | man in his own house to kneel, stand, sit, or use any
722 1 | wine, either sitting or kneeling in his own house, the law
723 1 | wrath, but willingly and knowingly to provoke Him by a manifest
724 1 | offers unto God that which he knows will be displeasing to Him,
725 1 | the evils under which they labour, should in the end think
726 1 | the fruits of other men’s labours than take pains to provide
727 1 | rest of mankind (from the laity, as they please to call
728 1 | worthy to be observed and lamented that the most violent of
729 2 | supreme law in matter of language, has determined that heresy
730 1 | weak body, sunk under a languishing disease, for which (I suppose)
731 2 | have been explained more largely and more advantageously,
732 1 | fornication, uncleanliness, lasciviousness, idolatry, and such-like
733 1 | magistrate in the state.~Lastly, those are not at all to
734 1 | Is it permitted to speak Latin in the market-place? Let
735 1 | meanwhile, silently stand by and laugh to see with what inhuman
736 1 | religion. The heads and leaders of the Church, moved by
737 1 | of the Gentiles exercise leadership over them,” said our Saviour
738 1 | happiness of this life, leaving in the meanwhile to every
739 1 | with armies of heavenly legions than for any son of the
740 1 | for commerce, or of men of leisure for mutual conversation
741 1 | justice; charity, bounty, and liberality must be added to it. This
742 1 | seek impunity for their libertinism and licentiousness; in a
743 1 | for their libertinism and licentiousness; in a word, that none may
744 1 | already said concerning the limits of both these governments
745 1 | and piety. Whosoever will list himself under the banner
746 1 | suffer his own people to be listed, as it were, for soldiers
747 1 | Church to whatsoever he lists, either as purely religious,
748 1 | of souls—burning I say, literally, with fire and faggot—pass
749 1 | follow merchandise for your livelihood, would you decline that
750 1 | pleasure. But this Mahometan living amongst Christians would
751 1 | religious meetings will be no longer dangerous. For if men enter
752 1 | knowledge of, cannot be looked upon as the peculiar possession
753 1 | schism do hardly ever let loose this their zeal for God,
754 1 | it come to pass that the lords of the earth should differ
755 1 | coming to it, nor does it lose the right of instruction
756 1 | the children of Esau and Lot; and their lands, upon the
757 1 | others, by the pretences of loyalty and obedience to the prince,
758 1 | Christians were falsely accused) lustfully pollute themselves in promiscuous
759 1 | things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain
760 1 | societies. Nay, even the sins of lying and perjury are nowhere
761 1 | opportunity to clandestine machinations. I answer that this is not
762 1 | to the magistrate. Not a magisterial care, I mean (if I may so
763 1 | becomes any good man to do. Magistracy does not oblige him to put
764 2 | from the Christian faith to Mahometism, he does not thereby become
765 1 | deprive them of their estates, maim them with corporal punishments,
766 1 | ambition.~Now whosoever maintains that idolatry is to be rooted
767 1 | suffer whoredom, fraud, malice, and such-like enormities,
768 1 | contests amongst men, the one managed by law, the other by force;
769 1 | domestic affairs, in the management of estates, in the conservation
770 1 | will ever bring me to the mansions of the blessed. I may grow
771 1 | compulsion. But now, if I be marching on with my utmost vigour
772 1 | the chief characteristic mark of the true Church. For
773 1 | permitted to speak Latin in the market-place? Let those that have a mind
774 1 | such numerous meetings in markets and Courts of Judicature?
775 1 | in sowing his land or in marrying his daughter. Nobody corrects
776 1 | of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth, how easily
777 1 | the servants of another master, who are not at all accountable
778 1 | persecution and to become masters, there they desire to live
779 1(6)| Matt. 18. 20.~
780 1 | this understood as if I meant hereby to condemn all charitable
781 1 | of Christ hath not at all meddled. He, indeed, hath taught
782 1 | you will in vain cram a medicine down a sick man’s throat,
783 1 | inquire into himself, and by meditation, study, search, and his
784 1 | be prohibited by a law. Meliboeus, whose calf it is, may lawfully
785 1 | Scriptures do either not mention, or at least not expressly
786 1 | he should bid you follow merchandise for your livelihood, would
787 1 | I answer: I would turn merchant upon the prince’s command,
788 1 | name, He will be in the midst of them, seems to imply
789 1 | extremely concerned for mine. For it is impossible that
790 1 | the very root of all the mischief. Why are assemblies less
791 1 | thou supposest he will be miserable in that which is to come.~
792 1 | frequently ill treated and live miserably. Believe me, the stirs that
793 1 | right way, it is his own misfortune, no injury to thee; nor
794 1 | white, or crowned with a mitre? Certainly, if we consider
795 1 | destroyed. And thus have they mixed together and confounded
796 1 | remote and opposite, who mixes these two societies, which
797 1 | the reason, why were the Moabites and other nations to be
798 1 | things that are not of their mode, that from these circumstances
799 1 | things be too remote, our modern English history affords
800 1 | desires, and is the most modest and peaceable religion that
801 1 | Apostles, walking peaceably and modestly in the Apostles’ steps,
802 1 | particular instances or modifications of them are not determined,
803 1 | of mankind, that it seems monstrous for men to be so blind as
804 1 | any regard had unto their morals; if anyone endeavour to
805 1 | privilege or power above other mortals, in civil concernments;
806 1 | forsake both father and mother, separate from the public
807 1 | and leaders of the Church, moved by avarice and insatiable
808 1 | yield blind obedience to the Mufti of Constantinople, who himself
809 1 | repeated provocations and multiplied injuries, how much more
810 1 | Those that are seditious, murderers, thieves, robbers, adulterers,
811 1 | expenses he pleases, nobody murmurs, nobody controls him; he
812 1 | destroyed by some extraordinary murrain, who sees not that the magistrate,
813 1 | law to become merchants or musicians? Or, shall everyone turn
814 1 | and friendship are always mutually to be observed by particular
815 1 | these things, proposed thus nakedly and plainly, would soon
816 1 | spirit. “Let everyone that nameth the name of Christ, depart
817 1 | family of Rahab, the whole nation of the Gibeonites, articled
818 1 | misery to the places of their nativity.~These considerations, to
819 1 | heavy burthen endeavour naturally to shake off the yoke that
820 2 | schism, which is a crime near akin to it; for both these
821 1 | estate, which things are nearlier related to the government
822 1 | the yoke that galls their necks. Suppose this business of
823 1 | professions of religion, I must needs answer you freely that I
824 1 | can neither be changed nor neglected.~In the next place: As the
825 1 | either understands not or neglects the business of his calling
826 1 | not guard them from the negligence or ill-husbandry of the
827 1 | another magistrate, in some neighbouring country, may oppress the
828 1 | Christianity, and bend all its nerves either to the introducing
829 1 | the most part are about nice and intricate matters, that
830 2 | sacred texthowever he may be nicknamed by any sect of Christians
831 1 | starve and torment them in noisome prisons, and in the end
832 1 | this also must be taken notice of—that princes seldom have
833 1 | and very ill suits the notion of a Deity, men would owe
834 | nowhere
835 1 | sometimes been conventicles and nurseries of factions and seditions,
836 1 | whom it is given. “Hear, O Israel,” sufficiently restrains
837 1 | Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of
838 1 | who himself is entirely obedient to the Ottoman Emperor and
839 1 | with a safe conscience, obey their several decrees. To
840 1 | sufficiently restrains the obligations of the law of Moses only
841 1 | of Moses; but that is not obligatory to us Christians. Nobody
842 1 | Thus if solemn assemblies, observations of festivals, public worship
843 1 | innocent Pagans, strict observers of the rules of equity and
844 1 | that they please God in observing the rites of their own country
845 1 | furtherance, are indeed great obstacles to our salvation. For in
846 1 | be allowed to be never so obstructive of the salvation of souls;
847 2 | would be very ill done to obtrude those things upon others
848 1 | laid under a suspicion or odium for the fault of another.
849 1 | turpitude of the thing and the offence against God are not considered,
850 1 | advices. If by these means the offenders will not be reclaimed, and
851 1 | law of Nature and no ways offending against the laws of the
852 1 | religion seem false and offensive to God; may not the Christians
853 1 | violence nor injury is to be offered him, whether he be Christian
854 1 | exercise of religion, I say, in offering thus unto God Almighty such
855 1 | the command of another, offers unto God that which he knows
856 1 | established; distinction of officers, and putting things into
857 1 | the habits of those that officiated in it were not mere circumstances,
858 | often
859 1 | Neither the use nor the omission of any ceremonies in those
860 1 | These considerations, to omit many others that might have
861 1 | now proceed to practical ones.~A good life, in which consist
862 1 | private and thereby give opportunity to clandestine machinations.
863 1 | of their own reason, and oppose the dictates of their own
864 1 | defenders of the truth, the opposers of errors, the exclaimers
865 1 | which carries the greatest opposition to covetousness, ambition,
866 1 | neighbouring country, may oppress the reformed religion and,
867 1 | continually scourges and oppresses. Let him turn the tables.
868 1 | but their sufferings and oppressions that make them willing to
869 1 | between them. Sed pudet hoec opprobria. etc. God Almighty grant,
870 1 | Emperor and frames the feigned oracles of that religion according
871 1 | that our ecclesiastical orators of every sect would apply
872 1 | some positive command, has ordained them to be made a part of
873 1 | whatsoever the magistrate ordains? Those things that every
874 1 | themselves have the power of ordering anything about the time
875 1 | that the civil magistrate orders to be observed; and he provides
876 1 | ceremonial law, which men ordinarily make use of. For no positive
877 1 | discipline; all, of the orthodoxy of their faith—for everyone
878 1 | entirely obedient to the Ottoman Emperor and frames the feigned
879 | ourselves
880 1 | schismatics and heretics are to be outed of their possessions and
881 1 | the public peace and the overseers of souls. But if what has
882 1 | notion of a Deity, men would owe their eternal happiness
883 1 | those things unto their owners is the duty of the magistrate.
884 1 | can also enjoin it them on pain of eternal fire. It is ridiculous
885 1 | of the laws, or meet with partial judges; can it be doubted
886 1 | suffered. Take away the partiality that is used towards them
887 1 | of right.~But to come to particulars. I say, first, no opinions
888 1 | understandings? Which of the parties contending about these things
889 1 | and ambition of some, the passion and uncharitable zeal of
890 1 | away by their own irregular passions. But, however, that some
891 1 | because, amongst the several paths that are in the same road,
892 1 | zealots hardly have the patience to refrain from violence
893 1 | have no effect upon the patient, if his stomach reject it
894 2 | or by the magistrate’s patronage the stronger part, of the
895 2 | Scripture. For it is not the paucity of those that are separated,
896 1 | of the Apostles, walking peaceably and modestly in the Apostles’
897 1 | spent on a sacrifice. But if peradventure such were the state of things
898 1 | to be so blind as not to perceive the necessity and advantage
899 1 | the steps and follow the perfect example of that Prince of
900 1 | exercised in the search and performance of them; because there is
901 1 | even the sins of lying and perjury are nowhere punishable by
902 1 | that the Gospel does not permit, it cannot be doubted indeed
903 1 | teaching, admonishing, and persuading, cannot be denied unto any
904 1 | brethren,” said our Lord to Peter.3 It would, indeed, be very
905 1 | occasion instituted, whether of philosophers for learning, of merchants
906 1 | must consult none but Roman physicians, and shall everyone be bound
907 1 | presently dissolve and break in pieces, unless it be regulated
908 1 | themselves to be the truly pious and faithful. These, therefore,
909 1 | especially by those that plead for compelling men into
910 1 | true and the other well pleasing unto God, such profession
911 1 | maintain their families plentifully and grow rich in those professions?
912 1 | will be sure to turn into poison. In a word, whatsoever may
913 1 | falsely accused) lustfully pollute themselves in promiscuous
914 2 | traditions and the decrees of Popes and of these together make
915 1 | His worship, to them that portion of time is not a simple
916 1 | seize the Government and possess themselves of the estates
917 1 | or ill-husbandry of the possessors themselves. No man can be
918 1 | any son of the Church, how potent soever, with all his dragoons.~
919 1 | prescriptions? What, shall no potion, no broth, be taken, but
920 1 | such profession and such practice, far from being any furtherance,
921 1 | all their might, extol and praise it, what religion can ever
922 1 | another employment. But the pravity of mankind being such that
923 1 | live upon fair terms and preach up toleration. When they
924 1 | of peace may at length be preached, and that civil magistrates,
925 1 | minister of the Word of God, a preacher of the gospel of peace,
926 1 | those that ought to be the preachers of peace and concord shall
927 1 | me to lead into briars or precipices; because, amongst the several
928 1 | heathenish corruption, to predominate so much and abound amongst
929 1 | their worldly goods by the predominating faction of a court-church;
930 1 | which upon consideration we prefer.~And, in the last place,
931 1 | the head of that sect, the prelates and priests, and those of
932 1 | own sect, some peculiar prerogative covered over with a specious
933 1 | it have in it a bishop or presbyter, with ruling authority derived
934 1 | accounts. Can you allow of the Presbyterian discipline? Why should not
935 1 | ought to be permitted to the Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptists,
936 1 | they be bishops, priests, presbyters, ministers, or however else
937 1 | thing whether a king that prescribes laws to another man’s religion
938 1 | call it), which consists in prescribing by laws and compelling by
939 1 | live according to their prescriptions? What, shall no potion,
940 1 | accumulate riches, or to preserve the health and strength
941 1 | to command; one thing to press with arguments, another
942 1 | preservation of those things, his presumption is to be checked by the
943 1 | himself or others, by the pretences of loyalty and obedience
944 1 | which has no such way of prevailing as when strong arguments
945 1 | so long as this opinion prevails, that dominion is founded
946 1 | profitable to the curing or preventing of any disease the children
947 1 | sacrifice infants, or (as the primitive Christians were falsely
948 1 | with himself; but that he principally intends by those means to
949 1 | let us grant that it is probable the way to eternal life
950 1 | him for my guide, who may probably be as ignorant of the way
951 1 | God of Israel. These were proceeded against as traitors and
952 1 | profession and observation—if not proceeding from a thorough conviction
953 1 | thereof, which are to be procured or preserved by pains and
954 1 | constituted only for the procuring, preserving, and advancing
955 1 | been granted), that has produced all the bustles and wars
956 1 | are not the spontaneous products of nature, nor do offer
957 2 | which they require to be professed are consequences deduced
958 1 | to be. And if anyone that professes himself to be a minister
959 1 | forbid the preaching or professing of any speculative opinions
960 1 | permitted to any one sort of professors, all these things ought
961 1 | into company for trade and profit, others for want of business
962 1 | lustfully pollute themselves in promiscuous uncleanness, or practise
963 1 | possessed the land which was promised to the Israelites were utterly
964 1 | deny the being of a God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which
965 1 | contrary unto those things it pronounce; to be error. So that the
966 1 | and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.~In the
967 1 | the only right method of propagating truth, which has no such
968 1 | any other deity (which was properly an act of high treason against
969 1 | secure unto each other their properties, in the things that contribute
970 1 | virtue of their own, to propitiate the Deity, no human power
971 1 | themselves. For these things, proposed thus nakedly and plainly,
972 1 | them to that; nor change propriety amongst fellow subjects (
973 1 | one, indeed, becoming a proselyte, desired to be made a denizen
974 1 | temporal good and outward prosperity of the society; which is
975 1 | considerable.~We have already proved that the care of souls does
976 1 | orders to be observed; and he provides by his authority that nobody
977 1 | commonwealth. I mean that provision may be made for the security
978 1 | and war, how powerful a provocation to endless hatreds, rapines,
979 1 | revenge, even after repeated provocations and multiplied injuries,
980 1 | willingly and knowingly to provoke Him by a manifest contempt,
981 1 | circumstances of worship, which the prudence of every Church may bring
982 1 | happened between them. Sed pudet hoec opprobria. etc. God
983 1 | in taverns. Let any man pull down, or build, or make
984 1 | Church and State, if the pulpits everywhere sounded with
985 1 | and perjury are nowhere punishable by laws; unless, in certain
986 1 | make use of his sword in punishing everything, indifferently,
987 1 | peaceable and whose manners are pure and blameless ought to be
988 1 | whatsoever he lists, either as purely religious, or in order thereunto,
989 1 | sacred font in order to the purification of their souls? The extreme
990 1 | very dissension unavoidably puts us upon a necessity of deliberating
991 1 | distinction of officers, and putting things into a regular course,
992 1 | Anabaptists, Arminians, Quakers, and others, with the same
993 1 | other subjects, and he will quickly find that these religious
994 1 | governments are everywhere quiet, everywhere safe; but oppression
995 1 | put under the necessity to quit the light of their own reason,
996 1 | business of true religion is quite another thing. It is not
997 1 | cruelty Christians thus rage against Christians? But
998 1 | execution. The whole family of Rahab, the whole nation of the
999 1 | seditions are very frequently raised upon pretence of religion,
1000 1 | everywhere safe; but oppression raises ferments and makes men struggle