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B02982	Holy zeal against sin, shewn to be an acceptable and seasonable duty : in a sermon preached at Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorset, Sept. 4th. 1700. At a quarterly lecture appointed for the promoting the Reformation of Manners. / By J. E. Minister of the Gospel.	J. E.	1700 (1700)	Wing E14B; ESTC R174804	21,249	41

record to Josiah's praise that h●… down the Idolatrous Priests and the worshi●… Baal 2 Kin. 23.4 5. The like is mentione●… good Hezekiah 2 Chron. 31.1 Nehemiah m●… on s it as a good deed and for which he w●… ●…ised whilst the world stands that he restrained ●…sons from polluting the Sabbath Neh. 13.15 16. ●…d it is recorded to Asa's commendation that ●…obliged his Subjects on severe penalties to at●…d the worship of the true God such as they could 〈◊〉 except against 2 Chron. 15.13 ●…n a word it is the Magistrate's place to punish 〈◊〉 doers whether they openly violate the pre●…ts of the first or of the second Table for this ●…e great end of their office namely to execute ●…th on them that do evil Ro. 13.4 By Evil●… I do not conceive that such are meant who snot conform in every punctilio to the Magi●…e's mind in matters of Religion I know that ●…e have been dealt with in time past as evil●…s under pretence of breaking the Law the 〈◊〉 of Man when it has been only to keep a ●…d Conscience toward God The Magistrate's ●…er does not extend so far as this to punish 〈◊〉 for different apprehensions in matters of Re●…n whilst they agree in the Essentials of it ●…en all Faces are alike then shall we be all of ●… mind as to lesser matters And as 't is unrea●…ble for the Magistrate to punish any person ●…use he is not of his size in body so it is also 〈◊〉 reasonable to punish him merely for different ●…hensions in some disputable points which ●…nnot help Neither has such a course any ●…ade in it to make persons think otherwise ●…y indeed force outward compliance and 〈◊〉 men hypocrites but what aptitude has it ●…e or any one to take a stick and beat another 〈◊〉 by to make him of our mind This is no fit ●…s to enlighten the mind and if a man acts ●…st his perswasion against his mind he must needs sin for whatsoever in not of faith is sin Ro●… 14.23 whilst therefore persons do agree in fu●… damentals there ought to be liberty and tolerati●… Though I do not plead for a boundless liber●… for Atheists Deists Socinians Idolaters and su●… like who subvert the Gospel and bring in da●… nable errours yet this to me is past dispute th●… those who maintain the Essentials of Religio●… ought to have a liberty granted to them as bl●… sed be God it is at this day Magistrates then are not now called to exec●●… wrath on those persons who differ from them 〈◊〉 some disputable points wherein wise and go●… men cannot yet be agreed but on Atheists Idol●… ters prophane Swearers and Sabbath-breake●… and such like In old time the Idolater and 〈◊〉 the Atheist was to be stoned Deut. 17.2 5. T●… Blasphemer was put to death Lev. 24. ult So w●… the Adulterer Lev. 20.10 The Fornicator also h●… his punishment Deut. 22.29 And so had t●… Drunkard Deut. 21.20 Not to speak of the p●… nalties for Theft and Murder All these vices do fall under the Magistrate's co●…nizance The law of God is expresly against ther●… and so are the laws of our land too We ha●… excellent laws not only against theft and murde●… but sabbath-breaking prophane swearing dru●… kenness and whoredom though it were to 〈◊〉 wished that a more severe penalty than is no●… in force was annext to the last of those menti●… ned crimes In the mean time it is the Magistrate's duty t●… put in execution those good Laws that we have 〈◊〉 against those immoral and prophane Sinners an●… I know not wherein they can better shew the 〈◊〉 ●…al for God A Gallio's spirit in this Cause of ●…d wherein his honour is so nearly concerned 〈◊〉 very unbecoming a good Magistrate What will ●…ignifie to have good Laws if so be there is no ●…ecution of them Did Magistrates according 〈◊〉 that trust and power committed to them exe●…e wrath on evil-doers this would be to their ●…mmendation hereby they would fill up that ●…rt of their office which obligeth them to it and ●…ould discover to all the world if they proceed ●…th life and vigour that they are zealous for ●…eir God I would humbly propose it to their considerati●… whether they are as zealous in punishing pro●…ane debaucht sinners who break both the Laws 〈◊〉 God and Man as formerly they were in pu●…shing Dissenters In this last case the matter is ●…sputable whether such persons ought to be pu●…shed It is a question whether the supreme Ma●…strate has power to impose on any man's Consci●…ce in disputable matters when persons cannot ●…e the lawfulness of them And 't is a question ●…hether or no inferiour Magistrates ought to ex●…ute such Laws notwithstanding their Oaths ●…r if it be sinful Oaths must not be bonds of ●…iquity Whereas the case before us is plain ●…here is no dispute whether profligate sinners ●…ho break God's law and Man 's too ought to be ●…nished And therefore I would humbly recom●…lend this to the Magistrate's zeal that he would ●…ow be as zealous in punishing these as in time ●…st he was the former and not brow-beat those ●…ho endeavour to bring them to condign punish●…ent Blessed art thou O Land when thy King is the Son of Nobles and thy Princes eat in due season f●… strength and not for drunkenness Eccl. 10.17 Whe●… thy Magistrates are just and sober do rule i●… God's fear and discharge their duty in executin●… wrath on evil doers and in protecting them tha●… do well Secondly I address my self to my Reverend F●… thers and Brethren in the Ministry Conformists 〈◊〉 Nonconformists for in this point the suppre●…sing of vice we are all agreed Suffer Righ●… Reverend this word of Admonition Shew you●… selves zealous for God against sin in promoting an●… encouraging the work of Reformation Be not offended whilst I take upon me to b●… your Monitor or rather Remembrancer It 〈◊〉 God's cause that I am engaged in and I know tha●… you who are on God's side will bear with me If such as we whose work it is to reform Sin●… ners should not assist when called on to pro●… mote a National Reformation we were en'e a●… good lay down our Office We shall by our pra●… tice declare to the world that whatever outcrie●… we make against sin when in the Pulpit yet w●… are not willing to have sinners reformed Give me leave my Brethren to expostulate 〈◊〉 little What is it that should make us thus back●… ward Are not the vices we are called on to len●… our assistance for the suppressing of condemne●… by us all Who can deny but that swearing sabbath-breaking drunkenness and whoredom ar●… crying iniquities that deserve punishment Ye●… who is there of those that are so forward to prosecute their neighbours for every neglect in poin●… of a Ceremony where the law will allow tha●… takes any notice of these profligate Sinners I speak not at random but from experience It ●…as been the grief