But to say that Christ delighteth not in the blood of men, who after the acknowledgement of his Truth do tread the blood of his Covenant under foot, and wittingly and willingly reject him from reigning over them: To hold it forth, that Christ delighteth not in the blood of such men, or that he would not have such molested by the civill Sword, who gainsay Christ known and professed, and join with his enemy Antichrist, in blaspheming and persecuting Christ and his Saints, This the Discusser can never make good to be the word of Christ. It is indeed, to publish the glad Tidings of the Gospel, not to the humble and meek Lambs of Christ, but to the seed of the Serpent, to sow pillows under all elbows: to make the hearts of the righteous sad, whom God would not make sad: and to strengthen the hands of the wicked in their Apostasy from the truth, and malignity against it. Christ hath pronounced it upon earth, and ratified it in Heaven, Those mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither and slay them before my face, Luk. 19.27. Are these the words of him, that delighteth not in the blood of his bloodyest enemies, and gainsayers? when the Lord Jesus sendeth forth his servants to pour out bloody vengeance upon Antichristian emissaries, and openeth the hearts & mouths of his Saints to praise him for thus judging (Rev. 16.4,—7) Is this to proclaim a Magna-Charta of highest liberties, even to his gainsayers, and to such as join with his enemy Antichrist?
But to say that Christ delighteth not in the bloud of men, who after the acknowledgement of his Truth doe tread the bloud of his Covenant under foote, and wittingly and willingly reject him from reigning over them: To hold it forth, that Christ delighteth not in the bloud of such men, or that he would not have such molested by the civill Sword, who gainsay Christ known and professed, and joyn with his enemy Antichrist, in blaspheming and persecuting Christ and his Saints, This the Discusser can never make good to be the word of Christ. It is indeed, to publish the glad Tidings of the Gospel, not to the humble and meeke Lambes of Christ, but to the seed of the Serpent, to sow pillowes under all elbowes: to make the hearts of the righteous sad, whom God would not make sad: and to strengthen the hands of the wicked in their Apostacy from the truth, and malignity against it. Christ hath pronounced it upon earth, and ratifyed it in Heaven, Those mine enemies, that would not that I should reigne over them, bring them hither and slay them before my face, Luk. 19.27. Are these the words of him, that delighteth not in the bloud of his bloudyest enemies, and gainsayers? when the Lord Jesus sendeth forth his servants to powre out bloudy vengeance upon Antichristian emissaries, and openeth the hearts & mouthes of his Saints to praise him for thus judging (Rev. 16.4,—7) Is this to proclaime a Magna-Charta of highest libertyes, even to his gainsayers, and to such as joyn with his enemy Antichrist?
