254 ) ' 3.. God hinìl'elf;doth not filence, ejeEt, or condemn men for X11. difobedience, elfe none could be faved : All fin is difobe- dience to God. There is difobedience in fmall things as well as in great ; and of ignorance and infirmity, as well as of malicious wilfulnefs : And what fmaller matter can there be than Humane Forms and Ceremonies ? and where is igno- rance more excufeable than in things fo minute, and fo un- certain and hard, that they mutt all be wifer than you and I that know them to be lawful ? and what Unity will be in that Church and Kingdom, that will endure none but fuck as are wirer than you and I ? L. 8. Your 8th. Article preventeth all theobjdlions againft 1IIi4 nifters power and liberty, while all are under Law refponlible ; But what if the Rulers be Bi fiaops or men that diiaftc your defired difcipline ? M. We are not choofing Rulers (by the fword) but only Paltors to guide us by God's word ; and if we (hall have bad ones, we mutt patiently fuller; we cannot remedy fuch infe- licities. L. But both Papi(ts and many othersfay, That the Yudgment of Minifters.Dolirine andMiniftry, belongeth not to the Magiftrate, but to the Church. M. yudgment is as various as Execution, e. g. If one be .a Heretick or turbulent in Schifm .; a. The Magifirate is judge whether and how he !hall be Corporally Pumped. 2. The neighbour Churches are -Judges whether they will owne his Communion, as approved. ..3. His own Flock are difçerning gud;es, whether he be fit to be trufted and owned as their Pallor, or to be forfaken by them. We must not imitate Papifts in exempting Minifters from the Magiltrates Government. L. 9. 1 confefs your Reafons againft Constraining Infidels to Profefs Christianity are undeniable, and agree with the fence of the .flntient Church and Fathers; But the Papifts, andmany ProteHants hold that when once men are . Baptized, they may be forced to Communion and all other Chriftian Duty. M. What if they openly apollatize and turn Infidels, Yews, or Mahometans ; will they yet force them toCommunicate in the Lord's Supper ? L. No, but they mill pm them to Death as they ,Burn H.eretickss t'. Al. Thas
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