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A67152 Anarchie reviving, or, The good old cause on the anvile being a discovery of the present design to retrive the late confusions both of church and state, in several essays for liberty of conscience / by Abraham Philotheus. Wright, Abraham, 1611-1690. 1668 (1668) Wing W3684; ESTC R12351 43,407 77

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stab_v he_o p._n 73._o he_o be_v damn_v that_o be_v make_v to_o do_v what_o he_o think_v not_o lawful_a and_o he_o may_v never_o recover_v his_o conscience_n again_o p._n 75._o to_o this_o we_o answer_v first_o all_z this_o argument_n be_v as_o strong_a for_o toleration_n of_o papist_n as_o for_o any_o else_o yet_o these_o man_n do_v united_o deny_v liberty_n to_o they_o so_o that_o certain_o they_o conceive_v it_o not_o a_o sin_n or_o else_o be_v content_a to_o damn_v themselves_o to_o suppress_v the_o papist_n second_o they_o know_v that_o papist_n quaker_n and_o anabaptist_n do_v declare_v it_o against_o their_o conscience_n to_o come_v to_o our_o church_n and_o hear_v our_o sermon_n yet_o l._n c._n a._n pag._n 48._o and_o elsewhere_o assert_n that_o the_o magistrate_n may_v without_o sin_n compel_v man_n to_o hear_v sermon_n do_v he_o therefore_o believe_v himself_o and_o this_o argument_n to_o be_v true_a it_o do_v ill_o become_v he_o to_o give_v the_o magistrate_n that_o 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affirm_v that_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n murder_v the_o late_a king_n and_o the_o abettor_n of_o it_o be_v the_o great_a enemy_n to_o this_o prince_n return_n and_o settlement_n and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v fear_v it_o have_v not_o yet_o evaporate_v its_o venomous_a quality_n second_o nor_o must_v the_o magistrate_n tolerate_v moral_a evil_n l._n c._n a._n p._n 50._o three_o nor_o any_o thing_n against_o common_a light_n common_a interest_n and_o natural_a good_a of_o mankind_n l._n c._n a._n p._n 49._o we_o thank_v he_o for_o nothing_o without_o these_o concession_n the_o magistrate_n like_o serapis_n the_o egyptian_a god_n may_v stand_v and_o hold_v his_o finger_n in_o his_o mouth_n and_o all_o government_n be_v dissolve_v but_o four_a d._n r._n p._n 9_o be_v more_o liberal_a and_o acknowledge_v the_o magistrate_n not_o bind_v to_o tolerate_v dissension_n nor_o any_o thing_n against_o the_o general_a rule_n of_o scripture_n in_o order_v the_o church_n p._n 27._o but_o five_o d._n p._n p._n 85._o exceed_v all_o his_o brethren_n and_o acknowledge_v the_o magistrate_n may_v punish_v with_o light_a penalty_n any_o practice_n he_o esteem_v erroneous_a in_o religion_n have_v thus_o set_v down_o these_o man_n concession_n which_o be_v only_o to_o leave_v some_o work_n for_o the_o magistrate_n that_o he_o may_v not_o like_o epicurus_n god_n sleep_n in_o intermundiis_fw-la let_v i_o observe_v to_o you_o that_o these_o man_n jest_v with_o we_o when_o they_o plead_v for_o liberty_n of_o conscience_n a_o thing_n so_o inseparable_a from_o the_o rational_a creature_n that_o no_o padlock_n can_v confine_v it_o conscience_n be_v so_o far_o out_o of_o gunshot_n that_o the_o most_o murder_a cannon_n can_v reach_v it_o conscience_n be_v subject_a to_o no_o exile_n nor_o imprisonment_n nor_o can_v a_o rape_n be_v commit_v upon_o it_o the_o bird_n in_o the_o air_n or_o fish_n in_o the_o sea_n be_v not_o more_o free_a so_o that_o the_o matter_n of_o our_o inquiry_n be_v liberty_n 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therefore_o with_o it_o be_v he_o to_o propagate_v god_n worship_n and_o stop_v man_n sin_n advice_n and_o admonition_n belong_v to_o every_o christian_a reproof_n and_o censure_n to_o church-officer_n but_o correction_n of_o sin_n by_o the_o civil_a sword_n be_v the_o magistrate_n propriety_n l._n c._n a._n p._n 24._o acknowledge_v this_o argument_n in_o the_o main_a but_o think_v he_o may_v serve_v god_n as_o a_o magistrate_n by_o other_o power_n then_o by_o the_o sword_n yet_o confess_v no_o instance_n can_v full_o reach_v the_o explication_n of_o his_o notion_n p._n 27._o and_o no_o wonder_n since_o it_o must_v deny_v the_o proposition_n or_o assumption_n of_o this_o syllogism_n both_o yet_o which_o be_v most_o evident_a truth_n four_o the_o magistrate_n power_n be_v confess_v by_o l._n c._n a._n p._n 12._o to_o be_v paternal_a but_o a_o father_n be_v bind_v to_o use_v the_o rod_n to_o keep_v his_o child_n from_o damnation_n therefore_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o country_n 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