A Reply to his Chap. 50.
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CHAP. 50. A Reply to his Chap. 50.
Discusser.
Having dispatched two Arguments (against the founding of the civill Magistrates power in spiritual causes, in Rom. 13. First, from the Testimony of Calvin and Beza: the second from Caesars incompetency and insufficiency to Judge of spiritual matters.)
HAving dispatched two Arguments (against the founding of the civill Magistrates power in spirituall causes, in Rom. 13. First, from the Testimony of Calvin and Beza: the second from Caesars incompetency and insufficiency to Judge of spirituall matters.)
I come now to the third Argument, taken from the nature of the Magistrates weapons: he hath a Sword, and that Sword is a civill Sword, a Sword of civill Justice which being of a material and civill nature, serveth for the defence of Persons, Estates, Families, Liberties of a City, or civill State, and for the suppressing of uncivil and injurious Persons, or Actions by civill punishment. And therefore this Sword cannot extend now (as it did in Israel of old) to spiritual and soul causes, to spiritual and soul punishments.
I come now to the third Argument, taken from the nature of the Magistrates weapons: he hath a Sword, and that Sword is a civill Sword, a Sword of civill Justice which being of a materiall and civill nature, serveth for the defence of Persons, Estates, Families, Liberties of a City, or civill State, and for the suppressing of uncivill and injurious Persons, or Actions by civill punishment. And therefore this Sword cannot extend now (as it did in Israel of old) to spirituall and soule causes, to spirituall and soule punishments.