A92140:917
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 28: Divers other Arguments for pretended Toleration, answered.
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2 Then God forced the understanding and will in their elicit acts in the Old Testament as if a Wolfe had given Laws, to the conscience of the false Prophet, yea, so a dog was as capable of a law as the false Prophet, being forced by stoning, both under the Old Testament, and under the New, (stones were as hard weapons as steel swords) to the Jews, as to us.
2 Then God forced the understanding and will in their elicit acts in the Old Testament as if a Wolfe had given Lawes, to the conscience of the false Prophet, yea, so a dog was as capable of a law as the false Prophet, being forced by stoning, both under the Old Testament, and under the New, (stons were as hard weapons as steel swords) to the Jewes, as to us.
3 Stones were as unable to cut off the darkness of the mind, and unbelief, and hardness of heart, of Jews, as a steel sword can prevail with our hearts.
3 Stones were as unable to cut off the darknesse of the mind, and unbeleefe, and hardnesse of heart, of Iewes, as a steele sword can prevaile with our hearts.
4 None but the spirit of God could infuse supernatural notions and truths into the mind, and will of a Seducing prophet, among the Jews, more then of an heretic among christians, except Libertines think the Jews had no need of the spirit of grace, free will was stronger of old than now.
4 None but the spirit of God could infuse supernaturall notions and truths into the mind, and will of a Seducing prophet, among the Jewes, more then of an heretick among christians, except Libertines think the Iewes had no need of the spirit of grace, free will was stronger of old than now.