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134

now fame

Men

may fuffer

in Matters"of Religion,

For the

firfl

;

You

will fly,

How

farre

may

men

fufìer

in

nutters

of

Religion

?

when

ihouid there

be

any fingerings

of

.en

-for

matters ofReligion

?

-

Men

may differ

in

Dome

cafes for

matters of

Religion,

and

offer ri hreoufly, and

it

is

righteous

in

thofe

that

matte

them

flitter.

Firli

,

If

men

fin in

matters

of

Religion

again!' that that

is

ab

gainfi

the

light

of

nature

;

that

by

the

light of

natiire

Men

might

if

they would, be convinced of

to

be

a

fin

;

in this

they

may

fuller

and

that juffly;

Ile give

you

one

Scripture for

this

;

lob 31.

It

is

in

the

cafe

of

Idolatry,

and in

that

men

may

juill

y

¡utter,

verf.

z6.

If

I

beheld

the

Sim when

it

fhined,

or

the Moore

soaking

in

brw.

htneffe,

and

my

heart barb

been

fecretly inticed,

or

my mouth

bath

k

f

ed

my

hand, this

a

fo

were

an

Iniquity

to

be

puns

flied

by

the

fudge. Now

this

Scripture

cannot be

fo

anfive-

red

as

fome may

that

you have

out

of

the

Old Teflament of the

Kings

of

Judah

; I

confeffe

I thinke that the

ílrength of

what

men fuffer'd

in

the

time

of

the Law,

of

the

Kings

of

ttdah,

is

not

fo

f

+rong as

many

others are, for

there's

a

great

deale

o

difference between them

and

Governours

now

:

I

have shown

fouie difference

between

the people that were under

thePeda-

gogy

of

the Law,and the power of

the

kings

of

fudah,and.Go-

vernours now

;

But

now

as

for

,7ób,

he

was

no: under the

P-

dagogy of

the

Law

:

The

Kings

of 7udáh

are

faid

to

be

tyres

of

Chrift,

and

their

Government

was

typical!.;

But

now

this,

that's

fpoken

ofhere

in

f

ób,

loth

not

at

all

concern

any

type,,

but that that

was

agreeable

to

the light of nature,

and

approved

of

by

God

;

Therefore

If

I

beheld

-the

Sun

when

it

fhined, or the

Moon

wálkkeigin

brightneff

e

.and

my

heart hath

been

fecretlr

ticed,

or

my

Mouth

hath

k`;tred

my

hand

;

this

were

an

iniqu

ty

to

be

puni

flied

by

the

judge,

That

is

idolatry that

a

man

may

be

convinc'd

of

by

the light

of

nature

if

he

will

; as

the

worfhipiaag

of the

Sun and

Moon,

it

is

an

iniquity to be

punned

by

the

Judg.:

So

that

there

is

fon}e

evill in.matters

of

Religion.thzt.

may

be punifhed

by

men:Idolatry

which info

deer

that

men,

by

the lightofnatu"remaybe convinc'd ofit,Ma;iftrates

iliould

not

f

uffer

that

idolatry.

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