Mofes hisS elft-deni4U. juft dealings hee faw againfi the Chri- {l:ians, hee demanded that hee might be heard in defence of the Brethren ~but all that fate. at the TribumiH bein~· againft ir, beeaufe hec/was aN ~bL:n;'an, the Prefident asking him if he·were ,a Chrifiian) he plain! y and publike! y confefi ir, and fo was taken in amongll: · the Martyrs being afterwards callc:d, The Advocate of Chriftians: Where . have wee Noble men now of(uchfr~e anp diungaged f pirits~to venture themfdves in any publike caufe for God) and,their people?Who fhould bee free to fpeake, if not yo_u ~ GaUajius upon Exod. 21.28 [ayes of .Asgttjlus., thar he was wont to fay, that 1n a free Citie T1ngt1es qught to be. free: Where fhould t-ongues or hearts be free, if not in your honorable Affemblic.-s? If you would thew your Noble mindes,{h::w the liberty of your fpirits, fa yes .Saint chry~ foflemt; Liberty., I fay, the fame that that bldfed S. Ieh~J ha~, from whom Herodheard againe, and againe, It is nnt itz~fu/! for yor~ te t.1ke your bro.ther Philips wife: That liberty alfo that before him he had, that laid to Ahab, It is.lt1ot I, but r 3 you .' · :iIn#berl civiwc liberM ejfe liuguM oportcr~. cbry(oft. iit Odat. 18. flom. 59· Liberwem mibi animi tJjie11de ; libertatcm ditoeam quam ille vir bcatm habebat, a quo iter~ at que ite~
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