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A83437	The casting down of the last and strongest hold of Satan. Or, A treatise against toleration and pretended liberty of conscience: wherein by Scripture, sound reason, fathers, schoolmen, casuists, Protestant divines of all nations, confessions of faith of the Reformed Churches, ecclesiastical histories, and constant practice of the most pious and wisest emperours, princes, states, the best writers of politicks, the experience of all ages; yea, by divers principles, testimonies and proceedings of sectaries themselves, as Donatists, Anabaptists, Brownists, Independents, the unlawfulnesse and mischeif [sic] in Christian commonwealths and kingdoms both of a vniversal toleration of all religions and consciences, and of a limited and bounded of some sects only, are clearly proved and demonstrated, with all the materiall grounds and reasons brought for such tolerations fully answered. / By Thomas Edvvards, Minister of the Gospel. The first part.; Casting down of the last and strongest hold of Satan. Part 1	Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647.	1647 (1647)	Wing E225; Thomason E394_6; ESTC R201621	211,214	231

Magistrates power as Zanchius and others But if the Magistrate be also Christian we doe beleeve it specially belongs to him to take a peculiar care of the Christian Religion And I have set downe this Thesis thus distinctlâ— by it selfe because divers of the Patrons of Tolerâ—tion especially Cretensis in his M. S. pag. 48 49. and in his Hagiomâ—stix 99 100. 125. doe on purpose snarle and make intricate the question about the Magistrates power in matters of Religion trouble the waters by falling upon that phrase often expressed by Divines in this Controversie the Christian Magistrate which how t is to be taken I have showed and should have here more fully opened it and taken off some cavils I foresee likely to be made against it but that I have spoken of it in the Prolegomenâ— and intend in the second or third part of Toleration to treat more fully of it 17. THESIS Besides all the proofes in the Old Testament of Magistrates power de facto in matters of Religion with commands given to them to look to see the true Religion settled in their Countries which I have given in former Theses there are many expresse commands given by God to the Magistrates to punish persons in their Territories for matters against the first Table viz. Idolaters Blasphemers false Prophets Seducers Witches and Wizards Prophaners of the Sabbath as in Exodus 22. verse 20. He that sacrificeth unto any God save unto the Lord only he shall be utterly destroyed Deut. 13. verse 1 2 5 If there arise among you a Prophet or a dreamer of dreams saying let us go after other Gods which thou hast not known and let us serve them Thou shalt not harken unto the words of that Prophet c. And that Prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God which brought you out of the Land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in So shalt thou put away the evill from the midst of thee Deut. 17. 2 3 4 5. If there be found among you within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lord thy God in transgressing his Covenant and hath gone and served other gods and worshipped them either the Sun or Moon or any of the host of Heaven which I have not commanded and it be told thee and thou hast beard of it and inquired diligently and behold it be true and the thing certaine that such abomination is wrought in Israel then shalt thou bring forth that man or that moman which have committed that wicked thing unto the gates even that man or that woman and shalt stone them with stones untill they die verse 12 13. And the man that will doe presumptuously and will not hearken unto the Priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God or unto the Judge even that man shall die and thou shalt put away evill from Israel And all the people shall heare and feare and doe no more presumptuously Levit. 24. 16. And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord he shall surely he put to death and all the Congregation shall certainly stone him As well the stranger as he that is borne in the Land when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord shall be put to death verse 23. And Moses spake to the children of Israel that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the Camp and stone him with stones and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses Levit. 20. 2 3 4. And the Lord spake unto Moses saying Againe thou shalt say to the children of Israel whosoever he be of the children of Israel or of the strangers that sojourne in Israel that giveth any of his seed to Molech he shall surely be put to death Exod. 22. 18. Levit. 20. 27. Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit or that is a Wizard shall surely be put to death they shall stone them with stones their bloud shall be upon them Yee shall keep the Sabbath therefore for it is holy unto you every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death for whosoever doth any work therein that saule shall he cut off from among his people Deut. 18. 20. 22. But the Prophet which shall presume to speak â— word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak or that shall speak in the name of other gods even that Prophet shall die When a Prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord if the thing follow not nor come to passe that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken but the Prophet hath spoken it presumptuously thou shalt not be afraid of him that is afraid to put him to death either for his threatning words or for his signes or for his showes of holinesse or because he hath the name of a Prophet of the Lord and speaks in the name of the Lord or is indeed a Prophet as that old Prophet was 1 Kings 13. 11 18 20 21 30. Ainsw upon this place saith the Hebrewes explain it saying Whosoever withdraweth himselfe from killing a false Prophet because of his dignity for that he walketh in the ways of Prophecy behold he transgresseth against this prohibition thou shalt not be afraid of him And so he that with draweth himself from teaching concerning him what he is guilty of or that dreadeth and feareth for his words c. Now in all these commands as their subject matter consists of things forbidden in the ten Commandements as Blasphemie Apostasie Witchcraft Prophanation of the Sabbath c. So that the commands for punishing such for the substance of them are moral too of common reason and equity given to all Nations and for all ages as to the Jewes and their times I shall prove by these following Reasons and for the most materiall things brought of old or of late by the grand Patrons of Toleration Minus Celsus Senensis Acontius Bloudy Tenet M. S. Hagiomastix to make void these places of Scripture as that these commands either are abrogated by Christ the things commanded in those lawes belonging to the Jewes only but not the Gentiles nor Christians or if they be any way morall yet they extend not to Hereticks and false-teachers but concern only Apostates Blasphemers such false Prophets who endeavoured to perswade men to the worship of a false God and that by affirming that they spake by the inspiration of some deity to them also I shall returne asatisfying Answer For the first let the Reader lay together these particulars 1. that t is evident some of these commands as against offering their children to Molech as against dealing and contracting with a familiar Spirit deserve punishing among Christians and

be remembred T is a frequent thing in the Prophets when they prophecie of Christs Kingdome to proclaime War to Idols and Images as in Micah 2 I will cause the Prophets to passe out of the Land he denounces destruction to the Prophets which is to be understood of false Teachers 3. I wil cause the uncleane Spirit to passe out of the Land that is all the workes of the Devil the uncleane Spirit often so called by which he withdrawes men from the true worship of God Upon which words Gualther writes The Prophet having spoken in the 1. v. of a full and absolute washing by Christs bloud both from original sin and the corruption of our nature under the name of uncleannesse and all actuall sins thoughts words and deeds under the name of sinne least any from hence should conceive a hope of carnall liberty and impunity he showeth this effect of the grace of Christ is yet to proceed further that by him also shall be taken out of the way from the midst of the Church whatsoever is against the true Religion and Word of God Zach. 14 20 21. In that day shall there be upon the bridles of the horses Holinesse unto the Lord and the pots in the Lords house shall be like the bowles before the Altar c. On which verses Gualter writes the summary meaning of all to be this That in those days of the Gospel all things shall be turned to the worship of God even those things which before have beene imployed to prophane uses and against him Now then there shall not be Holinesse unto the Lord written only on the forehead of the Priests but it shall appear eminently on the bridles of the horses And Horses are particularly instanced in Horses being in a special manner serviceable for War the horse is prepared for the battel saith Solomon to show that the Warrs under the Gospell should not be prophane and wicked such as are made by ambitious and covetous persons but such by which the worship and Church of God may be defended against wicked enemies by those whom God hath appointed nursing Fathers of his Church And such Warrs in times past Constantine made against Maxentius and Licinius and Theodosius against Eugenius and Arbogastus And for those words in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the House of the Lord of Hosts he showâ—s Canaanite signifies Merchant and that the Prophet speaks of those who sell and make merchandise of holy things as the false Teachers in Peter who made merchandise of the people These are to be driven away far from the Church because they both corrupt the worship of God subvert the faith of the simple and make void the merit of Christ these Christ sets not upon only with words or with denouncing woes but with a whip made of small cords as impudent greedy dogs he câ—sts out of the Temple with publick disgrace By the Canaanite or Merchant in this place the Prophet seems to have a special relation to the abuse of merchandizing and selling which was used in the Temple Matth. 21. 12. 2. John 15. Malach. 3. 2 3 4 5 the Prophet in this chapter prophecying of Christs comming into the world least men in his comming should pâ—â—â—â—ise to themselves an earthly Kingdome and a lawlesse Libertie of doing any thing without punishment he tels them what a one Christ is and for what end he comes and what kind of persons they ought to be who desire to be be saved by him Who may abide the day of his comming for he is like a refiners fire and like fullers sope and he shall fit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he shall purifie the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver c that is as those who deal in mettals doe not cease to melt and purge their mettals til they see all the drosse taken away nor fullers leave to wash and rub the garments till all the spots and dirt be washed out So Christ doth not cease using his fire and fullers sope till we be sanctified and cleansed throughout The use of this Doctrine to us ought to be least we abuse our pretence of beleeving in Christ to a Libertie of sinning but rather we should give our selves to him to be purged that we may be made such as he would have us to be But of the scope of the Prophet in these verses and how severe Christ under the Gospell will be against transgressors of the first Table as Sorcerers false Swearers under the last of which are contained all those who abuse the name of God that they may deceive others not only those who in Civill matters and bargains falsly pretend the name of God but also such who in teaching abuse it and vent the fictions of their owne brains for divine Oracleâ— the Reader may find more in Gualther upon the place So 2. The new Testament speaks of Christs comming to destroy the workes of the Devil 1 John 38. among which false Doctrins Antichristianisme and seducing are spoken of by the Apostle in that Epistle and the foregoing chapter as cheife and Christ is brought in Revel 2. 18 20. described in a most terrible manner speaking against Toleration of Heresies Thâ—se things faith the Son of God who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire and his feet like fine brasse I have a few things against thee because thou suffirest that woman Iesabel which calleth her selfe a Prophetesse to teach and to seduce my servants as also Christ and his Apostles in the new Testament in severall respects speak more against false Doctrines Herefies false Teachers Seducerâ— then against corrupt manners Neither can it be put off by saying that under the new Testament Christ hath brought Libertie a part whereof is the Toleration of Heresies c for the Apostle in Gal. 5. 1. where he exhorts Christians to stand fast in the Libertie wherewith Christ hath made them free expresly declares verse 13. this Libertie is not to be used for an occasion to the flesh which it must needs be if this Libertie were a Libertie of Heresies heresies being named in the same chapter a worke of the flesh verse 19. 20. Master Cartwright writing of certaine judiciall Lawes that cannot be changed as of putting to death a contemptuous Blasphemer and stubborne Idolater speaks thus of this pretended Ground of Christs comming As for that they alledge the cause of this Libertie now they are not to be put to death by reason of the comming of our Saviour Christ and his passion t is a weak one and injurious unto the comming and death of Christ for he appeared that he might destroy the workes of the Devil this makes our Saviour Christ to build againe that Kingdome of sin which he hath destroyed For when in common reason and by the manifest word of God the Lord giveth this blessing unto the punishment of such greivous offenders by death that

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