( 30 ) ór Goverñed. 4. And withal{ fuppofing that withoutthe great hurtor hazzard of the Churches, wecannot delay the bufinefs, tillhe be one, or do Confent. 5. Efpecially if he be fet in enmi- ty againft the welfareof the Church : and by pretence of a fuf- pendingvotewould deltroy the Church, and bring in unworthy hurtful perfons or things.. In all fuch Cafes of Neceffity, its time to lay by our humane Rules for peace and Order. p. 3 3. Obje&. Batt who fhtll be judge of this Necefty ? Anfm. The Magifirate only (hall be the Compelling judge. The people {hall be the Difcerning 7ndges : the Pafizors }hall at leaf} have as much. power as the People : each of them }hall Difcer.;, fo faras they muft obey andexecute. And God only. }hall be the final judge. 34., Obje&. Bat this will butcaufe Divifrons. and Corrfu- fions; while the Prefident thinks one thing Nee(ffarya and the Pallors another, and the People another. Anfm. 1 aniWered this. before. Reafon muft not be caft by, and the Churches ruined, and poyfon and deftru &ion taken in, on pretenceof fuck incon- veniences. If Inch a Cafe of difference fall out, each man will execute as hedifcerneth or judgeth, ( being to anfwer for his own a&ions, and havingnone that canundertake to anfwer for him) And when we all come to the Bar of God for final Judge- ment, he that was in the. right }hall be juftified, and he that falffÿ. pretendedNecefsity againfi duty fhall bear theblame. 4. 3 5.-Objeâ. But in the mean time, the Churches will be divided. Anfm. s . I told you there is no more hope of a perfell Vnity on earth, thenof perfeE Ilolinefs.. z. When two evils are before us, (though neither muff be chore»; for Evil is not an Obje& ofchoice, unlefs as feeming good, yet) the Greater Evil mall be frft and moll fludioufly repelled. And the deformity and deftru&ion of the Churches, and the cafling; out of the Gofpel and Worfhip of God, is a greater Evil then diforder about gooda&ions, and differencesabout fome Circumftances of Neceffaryworks. 4. 36. Allthis that I have fail about the Negative (defal7o, thoughnot de jure ) that I would have Confented to for peace,:_ I intend not toextend to thofe Cafes andCountries,where peace reqùireth it nor, but rather the contrary : much lefs to encou- eageany to think (such a Negative Neceff'ary in it fell. Some things..
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