A92140:928
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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4. As the Jewish Judge did not domineer over the conscience, nor compel understanding, and will, because conviction, ⟨p. 362⟩[…] ⟨p. 393⟩[…] ⟨p. 394⟩by a clear Law of God went before; so say we upon the same ground, we hold none under the New Testament to be punished by the Sword for false doctrine, but he that is admonished, convicted, and self-condemned, Tit. 3. 10. But your Arguments for Presbytery, and against Toleration, cannot convert us (say they.)
4. As the Jewish Judge did not domineere over the conscience, nor compell understanding, and will, because conviction, ⟨p. 362⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 393⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 394⟩by a cleare Law of God went before; so say we upon the same ground, we hold none under the New Testament to be punished by the Sword for false doctrine, but he that is admonished, convicted, and selfe-condemned, Tit. 3. 10. But your Arguments for Presbytery, and against Toleration, cannot convert us (say they.)
I answer, nor could Pauls Arguments that convicted Sergius, convict Elymas actu secundo, God must do that, who only hath the key of the heart; nor could Gospel-arguments that convinced many, that the resurrection was not passed, convince Hymeneus, Phyletus, Alexander, actu secundo. Therefore Paul might not deliver them to Satan? nor is excommunication, being a mere punishment, an argument to prove that the resurrection is not passed,