Baxter - BJ1441 B3 1673

Chrijlianity no enenry to Monarcby. which is juftly to be called the CIJriftian Religion, both for dotlrine and prallice, and about their fmall and tolerable differences, will ufe no other violence but dnly te compell them to live in peace, and to fupprefs thefeditious, and thofe that abufc and injure Government or one anorher, they will find that ChriHianity tendeth not to divifions, nor to the hindrance or difiurbance of Governme-nt or peace. lt isp•f!ion and pdde and [tlfijhne[s that doth this, and not Religion: Therefore let thtfiand not Religion be rdlrained. But if they will rcfolvc w fi.tlfer none to live in peace, but thofe that in every punctilio are all of one opinion, they mufi have but one fubject: that is fincere in his Reli- . f . lt gion_ (for no two will be in every thing of the fa_me apprehcn!ton, no more tha~ of the fame eo~- ~;~~~~~lft~~ plexiOn) and all the reil mu{\ be wm~d~y hypo~ntcs? that wh1t: they are heantly true to no Relt· chryf1 ~thiu1, gion, will profcfs themfelves of any Rehg1on whtch Will h:rve theu prcfenc turns: And thtfe nomi- thJ~ ,,hen ml ~hriflians will be ready to becray their Rulers, or do any mifchief which their carnal intercfi ~~~~::: hhi~~. tcquJreth. Primarium Pontificcm totiu~ iliiu~ ditioni<, in munere tamcn~uo non mrrofe '-C fuperbi: _fe_ge~i~ ; junioribus u•gendo hsud g::avis ( licut pbiq; omnes ·n unum confemimt~,, ca\iJC: ferventerque facmndum cenfebant) ; n=q; Chrdbams moleHus admodum : <]Utppe tanu. erat morum in eo leni– t:ls a~que limpliritas, ut per Lydim1 prope1~1odu~ ignorata f~entftcrorunt in priftinum_ relhtutio. Eo ~aCI:um _ell, ut cul'!'l priora aliter cecidll1en·, nihil innoV2tllm neque mutltiO mGgms acceptl vtderetur, fed prxterexpeCI:auonem cuqfta plac1de foptren:ur. Moderation in a Heltben w2~ hisbenefit. ~. 83. Obj. 5· What witnefs need we more th.n their own accuf.rions of one •notbtr. For ihe Papifis Objell. 5• b 3 w m 4 ny volttmes bavt tbe Prm~ftauts writttn agai;ljt them as enemitJ to aU Civil GotJernment: al/edg- V fi· d _ ii1g even the Decrees of tbeirGemral_Coztncils, M Later. f~b lnnoc. 3· Can. 3• Andfor the Prote~lants, a:~i~:c3, niti tbey are as deeply charged by the Papijlt, as you may fee zn The Image of both Churches, andPlul.max pritK_cps vobis Anglicus and abttndance more: For Calv"in and the Presbyte,•ians and Puritans, let the Prelates tell you ex ammo ~t, buw peaceable they are : A11d the Papi.Jls and Puritan! fay that the Prelatijls are of the fame mind, Jnd ~~~~~~~~1~7t~~only for their own end1 pretend to greater loyal_ty than oJhers: 1here art n? two among themmorefi:mous re~fit, Regno for dejendin7,Government, than Hooker and Bilfon; .And what Hooker {auh for Pnpular powrr, hu firjl excludi, ali– and eighth Boob.f abundantly ttftific:: And even B. Bilfon himfolf defendcth the French and Germane Pro- umcl~_i ~offe. teft•ntJ Wars ; and you m•y jHdge of hi< loyal do[lrine by thefi words : Pag. po. Of Chrifiian fubje-·Polfc "' ' Cl:ion[ If a Prince fhould go about to fubje{l hi1 Ki1tgdom to aforroign Reo/m, or cha;:ge the form of the :~~:~ ?J'~; .. Common-wealth, from Impery to 1yranny, or neglell the Laws eftablijhcd by common con{ent of Prince C!~memina and people, to excCJtte IJH orr,nplea[~re : _In tbe/e and other caf~s, whicb ~ight be named, if the Noblu and veHr.a fuit : Commons jo,n togctiJCr to defendthur anczem: and accujfomed lzber:ty, regtment ~Snd LawJ, they may not ~heA~~;n~,of fl'tU be countedReh:IJ,] , To 1 t. Tort. So?· 38,, 3S:t. [If others do hut ffand on their guard :o k-:-ep th~ir li1•es Jnd Families from ~he bloody ~:~ge of t~cir enem(;s~f:;king to put whole To"'m 2nd Provinus of them to tlae ~word 2aamll_ ~!I law :~nd Reafun, :tnd to d1fiurb the Kmgdoms m the mtnority of rhe righr Govemours : Or if they clefwd their. :mctcm ana'Chnll1:tn liberti_cs, coven:~.mcd and :~greed en _by _thofe Princes, towhom they 6rft fub~ia~d _th~mfelves, an~ eYer fir.ce con_hrmed and allo~ed ~y the K~ngs th;H have fucceeded. If Ill either of rhefe t':"o cafes t~e Got.ly requtre the1r nght and oAn no nrung, unpcgn not tbetr Pnnres, but only fa1e the1r own hv(s , you cry, Rebellious herettcks, re– bellious Calvinin~-, furie, phrenlic, mutime ; ;md I know not what : You may purfuc, dcpofe, ;md murder Princes, when the Bilhop of Rome biddeth you, and that without brea<h of rmy, Law or Confcicnce, to God or JUJn, as ycu vaunr, rhough neither life ~:~ Nkb~~:fls:u:~a~:;o~~~e~~ ,:;.e::~ b;t t,:~~o: ~~~c~;;~p~:c~~~~~r;J i~l~o;n~r~fb~ 1i1~7~u~6~~);~;·\~0; ~~~ {]n~~esf~l:~:~e~~ hide our heads, nor r-ull our necks out of the greedy jawsof that Romilh Wolf, but tbe foam of your unclean mouth i~ r~:aJy to ea!I us by all the names you can devife.J So far Hil{11;z, An[w. 1, If it be clear that Chriftianity as to its Principles, is more for Love, and Concord and An[w. SubjeCtion, than any other rational dod:rine in the world, then if any frC).- of ChriUians lhall indeed be found to contradict thefc principles, fo far they contradid Chrifiianity : And will you blame Re– ligion becaufe men contradict it ? or blame Chrifis doctrine bccaufe men difobcy it? Indeed every !fct rbat hath fomething of its own to mak.fit a fell, befides Chri~ian Religion which rncketh men mecr Chri– ftiant, may eafily be guilty of fuch errour as will corrupt the Chriflian Religion. And as a fe~, they have a divided interrjt which may tempt them to dividing principles:. But none more condemn fuch divifions thanChrifi. 2. And indeed, though a Chrifiian as fuch is a credible witnefs; yet a feet or faction as fitch, cloth ufe to poffefs men with fuch an envious cal1.1mniating difpofirion, that they arc little robe belit:ved when they accufe each other! This fad:ious zea\ is 110t from above, but is earthly, fenfual and devillifh ; and therefore where this is, no wonder if there be firife, and falfe ac– cufing,and confufion, and every evil work. But as thcfe arc no competent witndfes, fo whether or no they m favoured by Chrifi, you may judge if you will read but thole three Chapters: Mm/,. 5· Rom. 12. Jam. 3· I may fay here as B. Biljim in the place which is accuf,d, p•g. 521- [.JT IS EASIE FOR A RUNNING AND RANGING HEAD TO SIT AT HOME IN HIS CHAMBER AND CALL MEN REBELS, HIMSELt· BE I N G THE RANK EST.] 3· For the Papifis I can juflifie them from your accufirion, f? far as they are Chriltians; but as they are Papifis let him jufi:itie them that can. Indeed Ufurpa– tlOn of Government is the very etTence of Popery ; for which all other Chrifiians blame them ; And therefore th~rc is [mall reafon that Chriftianity !hould be accufed for them. 4· And for the Prote– fiants, both Epifcopal and Difciplinarians, the fober and moderate·of them fpeak of one another in no fuch language as you pretend. for the Epifcopal, I know of none but railing Papifis, that accufe E c e c e cc 2 them

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