Sect. 7. Pag. 3. By a false representation of my Repentance, (whether ignorantly or maliciously) he would insinuate, that I Repent of Good as well as of Evil; or else that such as he, and his adherents the Separatists, have none of that sort of culpability to repent of; or else that they disclaim so inglorious a thing as Repentance is, and will stand to their sins at Death and Judgment, ⟨p. 11⟩let God say against them what he will. The first is an intimation which maketh no small part of his Book to be one continued Untruth. When one part is spent in making the ignorant and suspicious believe that I wrote for Conformity; the next is constituted of another Untruth, in the false description of my Repentance. But I know the design of his railing, is to draw me to talk of those matters over rashly, (about Wars and Governments) (which I repent of talking of so much already) that he may catch somewhat for his Malice to make use of to a farther end: Fain he would make the world believe that I must speak Treason, or be a Coward or a Turn coat: Not with the simplicity as children dare one another into the dirt; but with the kindness that traps and snares are set for birds, to catch and kill them. And if Murderous Malice, and Lying be made by Christ the Devils sins, and the marks of his children, Joh. 8. 48. 1 Joh. 3. 8. I think those that are notoriously thus self-stigmatized, are fitter to be separated from, than to separate from others, as unworthy of their good company. I must profess, that as in my Answers to divers such men as this, I have as near as I could, imitated my great example, so I cannot see but this man, and others that have led him this same way, have exactly imitated the malicious Pharisees; And let him be also their imitator, who thinketh them wiser and more stout and valiant men than Christ; Matth. 22. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk, (that they might either accuse him of Treason, as after they did, or else make the people hate him, as a favourer of the Roman Tyranny, as they accounted it) Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth (and wilt not hide thy judgement by dark speeches, nor balk plain truth:) neither carest thou for any man; for thou regardest not the persons of men: (O malicious commendations!) Tell us therefore what thinkest thou:
Sect. 7. Pag. 3. By a false representation of my Repentance, (whether ignorantly or maliciously) he would insinuate, that I Repent of Good as well as of Evil; or else that such as he, and his adherents the Separatists, have none of that sort of culpability to repent of; or else that they disclaim so inglorious a thing as Repentance is, and will stand to their sins at Death and Judgment, ⟨p. 11⟩let God say against them what he will. The first is an intimation which maketh no small part of his Book to be one continued Untruth. When one part is spent in making the ignorant and suspicious believe that I wrote for Conformity; the next is constituted of another Untruth, in the false description of my Repentance. But I know the design of his railing, is to draw me to talk of those matters over rashly, (about Wars and Governments) (which I repent of talking of so much already) that he may catch somewhat for his Malice to make use of to a farther end: Fain he would make the world believe that I must speak Treason, or be a Coward or a Turn coat: Not with the simplicity as children dare one another into the dirt; but with the kindness that traps and snares are set for birds, to catch and kill them. And if Murderous Malice, and Lying be made by Christ the Devils sins, and the marks of his children, Ioh. 8. 48. 1 Ioh. 3. 8. I think those that are notoriously thus selfstigmatized, are fitter to be separated from, than to separate from others, as unworthy of their good company. I must profess, that as in my Answers to divers such men as this, I have as near as I could, imitated my great example, so I cannot see but this man, and others that have led him this same way, have exactly imitated the malicious Pharisees; And let him be also their imitator, who thinketh them wiser and more stout and valiant men than Christ; Matth. 22. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk, (that they might either accuse him of Treason, as after they did, or else make the people hate him, as a favourer of the Roman Tyranny, as they accounted it) Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth (and wilt not hide thy judgement by dark speeches, nor bauk plain truth:) neither carest thou for any man; for thou regardest not the persons of men: (O malicious commendations!) Tell us therefore what thinkest thou:
