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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 20: The parable of the Wheat and the Tares, discussed and cleared.
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6 The danger that Libertines fancy to be in killing Heretics, is the taking them away being elect, before they be converted, which is as strong against divine providence, that appoints the Magistrate to kill the murderer without respect of persons, not considering whether he be converted ye• or not, to do justice is the Magistrates duty, election and reprobation, are secrets that belong to the Lord.
6 The danger that Libertines phancy to be in killing Hereticks, is the taking them away being elect, before they be converted, which is as strong against divine providence, that appoints the Magistrate to kill the murtherer without respect of persons, not considering whether he be converted ye• or not, to doe justice is the Magistrates duty, election and reprobation, are secrets that belong to the Lord.
Nor doth Min•• Celsus promo•• their cause by saying, the tares must signify false doctrine, as in the f•rmer parable▪ an which this depends, the seed is the word of God, and Christ was sent in preach the Gospel, Heb. 1. 1. to tell us all things, John 4. 2•. a guide and leader of the people, the councillor, Isaiah 9. 6. in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, Col. 2. 3. Christ was no law-giver, and when he speaketh of the conversations of men and their manners, that is not from his chief office, which is to be a Prophet, then ill seed must be bad doctrine.
Nor doth Min•• Celsus promo their cause by saying, the tares must signifie false doctrine, as in the frmer parable an which this depends, the seed is the word of God, and Christ was sent in preach the Gospell,