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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
Chapter 10: Of indulgence in fundamentall, or non-fundamentall errors.
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sins in the wicked, upon the same grounds publishing of all errors non-fundamentall, the toleration of the high places are as inconsistent with peace, destructive and injurious to souls, especially in the godly, as scandalous to other false teachers, as these non-fundamentall sins.
sins in the wicked, upon the same grounds publishing of all errors non-fundamentall, the toleration of the high places are as inconsistent with peace, destructive and injurious to soules, especially in the godly, as scandalous to other false teachers, as these non-fundamentall sins.
But (say they) the reason is not alike in non-fundamentall sinnes, that are expressly condemned by all, Aaron's Idolatry, Davids adultery, Asa's persecution, no man ever defended, therefore they cannot be tolerated by the Magistrate without sin, though the acting of these sins may consist with sound faith. But most of non-fundamentalls are not clearly determined in the word, in regard of our dullness and natural blindness, and therefore the Magistrate cannot punish the non-fundamentall errours, for these which be non-fundamentall errours to some godly and learned, are non-fundamentall and seasonable truths to others, as godly and learned as they are. But to all the godly and learned, Aaron's Idolatry, Davids adultery and murder, Asa's tolerating the high places, and imprisoning the Seer, were sins unjustifiable, and by the light of nature such as no godly Magistrate can tolerate.
But (say they) the reason is not alike in non-fundamentall sinnes, that are expresly condemned by all, Aarons Idolatry, Davids adultery, Asaes persecution, no man ever defended, therefore they cannot bee tolerated by the Magistrate without sin, though the acting of these sins may consist with sound faith. But most of non-fundamentalls are not clearly determined in the word, in regard of our dulnesse and naturall blindnesse, and therefore the Magistrate cannot punish the non-fundamentall errours, for these which be non-fundamentall errours to some godly and learned, are non-fundamentall and seasonable truths to others, as godly and learned as they are. But to all the godly and learned, Aarons Idolatry, Davids adultery and murther, Asa's tolerating the high places, and imprisoning the Seer, were sins unjustifiable, and by the light of nature such as no godly Magistrate can tolerate.