.134 fare Men may fie .er in natters 'of Ktli ion, For the firi ; You Will fay, How farre may men fuffer in matters of Religion? when fhould there be any fufferings men. formatters of Religion ? Men may fuffer in fome cafes for matters of Religion, .and fuffer righreoufly, and it is righteous in thofe that matte them fuffer. Firff, If men fin in matters of Religion againfl that that is a- ainft the light of nature ; that by the light of nature Men might if they would, be convinced of ró b,: a fin ; in this they may fuffer and that juílly ; Ile give you one Scrilxuré for this ;fob 3i. It is in the cafe of Idolatry, and in that men may jufily suffer,verf. 26. IfIbeheld the Sun when it /hined, or the Moone wa ;7¿ing in bnghtnefe, and my heart bath been fecretly inticed, or my mouth bath k fJèd my hand, this a fo were an iniquity to be purr flied by the fudge. Now this Scripture cannot be fo anfwe_ red as fome may that you have out of the Old Teífament of the Kings of Judah ; I confeffe I thinke that the flrength of What men fuffer'd in the time of the Law, of the Kings of Judah, is not fo flrong as many o:hers are, for there's a great deale of difference between them and Governours now : I have fhown fore difference between the people that were under tlìe,Peda- gogy of the Law,and the power of the kings of 3udah,aud.Go. vernours now But now as for rob, he was no: under the Pe -. dagogy of the Law : The Kings of fudáh are Paid to be tyres of Ghrxft, and their GovernMenr was typical!; But now this: that's fpoken ofhere in fob, loth not at all concern any type,. but that that was agreeable to the light ofnature, and approved of by Gód; Therefore IfI beheld -the Sun when it fhined, or the Moon w4411 ng in brightneff e ,and my heart bath been fecretly ticed, or my Mouth bath k JJ'ed my hand ; this were an inigw ty to.. be puni flied by the judge , That is idolatry that a man may be convinc'd of by the light ofnatureif he will ; as the worfhiping of the Sun and Moon, it is an iniquity to be punifhed by the Judg, : So that there is forte evill in,matters of Religion .that may be puniflied by men:Idolatry which is fo deer that met# by the light of nature maybe convinc'd of it,Magiftrates ilmuld not fuffer that Idolatry. But
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