A92140:292
A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved
A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved by Mr. John Goodwin, John Baptist, Dr. Jer. Taylor, the Belgic Arminians, Socinians, and other authors contending for lawless liberty, or licentious toleration of sects and heresies. / By Samuel Rutherfurd professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews.A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved by Mr. John Goodwin, John Baptist, Dr. Jer. Taylor, the Belgick Arminians, Socinians, and other authors contending for lawlesse liberty, or licentious toleration of sects and heresies. / By Samuel Rutherfurd professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews.
London: printed by R.I. for Andrew Crook, 1649
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. IX. Of Liberty of prophesying of erroneous indictment of Conscience that it is not our Rule.
CHAP. IX. Of Liberty of prophesying of erroneous inditement of Conscience that it is not our Rule.
But we judge that Heretics admonished and convinced of their error do sin on the borders, at least, of the sin against the Holy Ghost, in regard they be [Greek or Hebrew], self condemned, as Paul saith, Tit. 3. 10. A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition, reject. 11. Knowing that he, that is such, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. Where the Apostle saith, an admonished and wrought upon heretic, who is convinced of the truth, and yet still resisteth [Greek or Hebrew], He is perverted, or subverted, desperately perverted, like a building thrown down to the foundation. 2. he finneth, as condemned of himself, that is, judged and condemned by his own conscience, and so sinneth wilfully, and with a high measure of light, but he shutteth his eyes against the light and known truth,1 and resisteth it.
BUt we judge that Hereticks admonished and convinced of their errour doe sinne on the borders, at least, of the sin against the Holy Ghost, in regard they be 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, selfe condemned, as Paul saith, Tit. 3. 10. A man that is an hereticke after the first and second admonition, reject. 11. Knowing that he, that is such, is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himselfe. Where the Apostle saith, an admonished and wrought upon hereticke, who is convinced of the truth, and yet still resisteth , He is perverted, or subverted, desperately perverted, like a building throwne downe to the foundation. 2. he finneth, as condemned of himselfe, that is, judged and condemned by his owne conscience, and so sinneth willfully, and with a high measure of light, but hee shutteth his eyes against the light and known truth,