Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and…

Secondly, It is against the light of Scripture, Deutr.§2 13. 6. If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, nor thy fathers, Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken to him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare him, nor conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

Secondly, It is against the light of Scripture, Deutr.§2 13. 6. If thy brother the sonne of thy mother, or thy sonne, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosome, or thy friend, which is as thine owne soule, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us goe and serve other gods, which thou hast not knowne, nor thy fathers, Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken to him; neither shall thine eye pitty him, neither shalt thou spare him, nor conceale him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

Let not any put of this Scripture, saying, This is in the Old Testament, but we find no such thing in the Gospel; for we find the same thing, almost the same words, used in a Prophecy of the times of the Gospel, Zech. 13. 3. In the latter end of the 12. Chapter, it is prophesied that those who ⟨p. 20⟩pierced Christ, should look upon him, and mourn, &c. having a spirit of grace and supplication poured upon them. Chap. 13. 1. There shall now be opened a fountain for sin and for uncleanness. Vers. 3. It shall come to pass, that he that takes upon him to prophesy that his father and his mother that begat him, shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live, for thou speakest lies in the name of the Lord: And his father and his mother that begat him, shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.