I 78 carnal Liberty to be denied: What. their commanders : or to fpeak more fitly, as an Hofpital is free when theyare delivered from their Phyfitian ; and as the madmen in Bedlam are free when they have killed, or efca- ped from their Keepers. As Infidels keep their Freedom, by Refuting Chrift in himfelf : fo carnal Dividers and Here- ticks keep their freedom , by Refilling his Officers, and Chrift in thofe Officers : For he that keareth them heareth him ; and he that defpifeth them, defpifith him ; and he that deffrileth, deflifeth not man but God, Luke i o. i 6. i Thef.4. 8. And another part of this ungodly Liberty, is, to be free from the exercife at leaft of this power of Magiftrates and Minifters fo far as not to be reftrained from fin, though they be not free from the flate offubjedts. To fwear, a.ndbe drunk, and live as molt Ale-fellers on the damning fins ofothers and make a trade of felling men their damnation , and tohaveno Magiftrate punifb them,no Officer trouble them, & no neigh- bour accufe them ; this is their Liberty. To game, and roar, andrevel, and have nobody fay to them do you fo, is part of their Liberty. To have leave without Refiraint to make all others as bad as themfelves , and if they are In- fidels or Hereticks ,. to perfwade other men to it :_If they hold any opinion againft the God that made them, againft Chrift, againft theSpirit of God, againft the Wordand Laws of God, againft his Minifters, his Church, his. Ordinances, againft any neceffary point of faith,. or if they have any falfe conceit that leads !trait to Hell,that they mayhave full power, licenfeand authority, tobring as many as they can to be of the fame mind, that they may not be unprofitable fervants to theDevil, nor go tohell alone, this is a great part of their impious Liberty : Andbecaufe the name of Confcience is be- comehonourable, they call this by the name. of Liberty of Confcience when indeed it is Liberty of. Pratlice that they mean, and not Liberty of Confcience.: For their Confcience cannot be altered by force, nor touchedby the Sword, its Pbey that deprive men of the Liberty of their Confciences, wbileft by falfe teaching theyput out the eye of Confcience, andscnflave it to finful falfe conceits. And Coxfeiexce isfci- mee and Etrn is not fcience, but ignorance And. therefore as
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