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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 26: Whether punishing of Seducing Teachers be persecution for Conscience.
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.
3. All these Arguments do strongly militate against Jezebel and all Heretics, and seducing Teachers, for Christ hath ordained a spiritual coactive power in the Church against Wolves and such as say, They are Jews and lie, and are the Synagogue of Satan, Rev. 2. as well as God hath ordained a civill coactive power in the State, and the one coactive power doth 1 as much hinder Christs followers to be a willing people, as the other, and 2 Press the conscience. 3 Create hypocrisy. 4 Oppose the meekness of Christ and his Ministers.1 5 Savour of persecution. 6 Estrange affections. 7 Countenance domineering over conscience as the other.
3. All these Arguments do strongly militate against Jezabel and all Hereticks, and seducing Teachers, for Christ hath ordained a spirituall coactive power in the Church against Wolves and such as say, They are Jews and lie, and are the Synagogue of Sathan, Rev. 2. as well as God hath ordained a civill coactive power in the State, and the one coactive power doth 1 as much hinder Christs followers to be a willing people, as the other, and 2 Presse the conscience. 3 Create hypocrisie. 4 Oppose the meeknesse of Christ and his Ministers.1 5 Savour of persecution. 6 Estrange affections. 7 Countenance domineering over conscience as the other.
- 1So were Marcis Presbyter Victoriensis, and Mareitius Urgensis, persecuted by Donatists, Augus. Epist. […]. Carwright 2 Joh 10. on Tit. 3. 10. Amesius de conscien. l. 4. c. 4. An haeretici •nt • civil• Magistratu puniendi. q. 6. Re. R•primendos esse haereticos abomnibus plit. […]