h Bpi)1kof,.:tianlita .Tír.. . ril mdarPlndb,we im a Cëofidat to euery indifferencriling two It 4 gs; t, a.7 crriq spotire t M%t,r(+. Ott vie ofthat beçticitwk h two ditier zs mochas meat f4101ptots'tlietàble,'atkw theeatingof it:The l.i ber- tic is in theconfcience ;;he-ttfe lS40! utward riving: the former r oMa- gi;irates law medleth with,:nor can re(lraine; but in the latter, hislaw is a binder. And thus we (hut the doore againll all Popi(la eccicallicall' lavvesand,cn000s, coneerningfafts, feafls,daies,garments, and infinite other traditions, which they vrge as things neeegary to laination, di. redly binding the confcience: yea. as tperitorious,and leading to ahate. ofperfe6lion:whereas indeed they direaly fight againfl Chrillian liber- tic ; yea many.ofthemagainit themorali law it felfe. Let them plead (as theydoe that.torhegreater authority more fubic4ión is due,and th.ere- fcire theyMuft be much more obeyed in their ecclefaflticall conflituti- ons,aiten theMagi(lrate in hisciuill. I anftver,wheo tbeyFhaue prooued tbéír charter out of the word, wherby theymay make lawes,whichmuff be obeyed for confcience fake, as the eiuil! Magitlrate may, we will fubtcribe veto them. In the meane time we haue learned , that feeing the Church hachpower only toordaineconflitutions for orders fake;no man is further bound to them, but only fo farre as he may auoid fcandall ofothers,or further the pubhque good intended by that conilitution. But what if theMagi(§rate glue life to the ecclefiaflicall conilitutions of theChurch: whether then doe they become inch lawes, as bind the con- fcience? Anf. TheMagilirace gmueth nogreater power to theChurch to make 'awes, then Chrift bath given ; it he make his pleafure knowne, that he by his power will leeorder kept, it is thepart of euerygood Cub- ieuti and Chritliats, to obey him cheerfully. Secondly, To vfe our libertie in loue, we muff not oncly not call back our breehren, but edifie them, andbring them forward in godlineffe : 1. Cor,6.1a. Allthings mralprofit: 1.Cor.to.23. all things are lawful),but 411thinge edifie not. And-the general{ ruleof all indifferent things is, Lot all things hedsnetoedifrcation: andRom. t ;.1,2. Let euery man pleafe his neighbour toedifrcation ,euen as Chrilipleafednot himfelfe, but o- thers. Whatfoeuer then it is of this ranke, whicheither would weaken, or not edifieour brother, be it neuer fo lawull, neuer fo profitable to our [clues, neuer fo powerfully by earthly authentic enioyned Chrilli- ans, who are not borne to theinfelues, but voto Chrift,vntohis Church, andunto the feilowemembers, mull not dare tomeddlewith it ; feting the higher commandement of God, bindech to giue nooffence, neither to Iew nor Gentile, nor to theChurchof God. And herein let vs pro. pound Danielsexampiefor our imitation, who to many might feetne not only too aria,but verie vnwife for fo frnall a thingas he flood vpon T 3 to CHnfI.x 5 295 2 Things indifft. rent muff be v. (ìd to further our fclucs and Others in god. linetfc.
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