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A85986	The libertine school'd, or A vindication of the magistrates power in religious matters. In ansvver to some fallacious quæries scattered about the city of Limrick, by a nameless author, about the 15th of December, 1656. And for detection of those mysterious designs so vigorously fomented, if not begun among us, by romish engineers, and Jesuitick emissaries, under notionall disguises ... (politicæ uti & ecclesiasticæ. axiom. Arabic.) Published, by Claudus Gilbert, B.D. and minister of the Gospel at Limrick in Ireland.	Gilbert, Claudius, d. 1696?	1657 (1657)	Wing G702; Thomason E923_4; ESTC R202210	61,982	75

by neglect of his own duty Salomon is charged for going after Ashtaroth because he gave his wives leave to do it and joined therein afterwards himself The Toleration of the High-places though they were for worship to God only 2 Chron. 33. 17. yet it was the sin of those Princes that suffered it a long time being contrary to Gods Law Deut. 12. 11 12 13. God charges it even on godly eminent Reformers as Asa Jehoshaphat c. till Josias Gamaliels counsel pleaded by some will prove a poor shelter of fig-leaves to cover such a sinfull nakedness of permitting known evil with such a neutrall spirit What wickedness might not be pleaded for by the same reason A Christian indeed should be meek and patient 1 Cor. 13. in a good way but not to the neglect of his duty against evil which was Eli's great sin who therein honoured his sons more than God 1 Sam. 2. 29. it cost him them and all Israel dear for a warning to us all Eccl 8. 11. Sinfull Tolleration brings wofull augmentation of evil still We must do to others it 's true as we would be done to so that Gods will and mans duty be not neglected The Law indeed is not to the righteous or against the righteous as righteous but it 's laid against all unrighteousness whether reigning or remaining in any Paul himself was not without the Law but under the Law to Christ 1 Cor. 9. 21. Jam. 2. 8. We should have a tender care of tender consciences but a most tender care of Gods pleasure and honour the sole rule and source of mans duty and good Vnfaithfull tenderness is cruell pity both to the patient and others The Magistrate is Lord of the externall man for good though not of any mans faith mans soul being above his reach whereof faith is a speciall act He infringes no Christian liberty when he checks sinfull Libertinism miscalled liberty prosecution of evil is no persecution of good If Papists and others take occasion to abuse any from hence so do they abuse and pervert Scripture and all good things We must not think to do Jews or others good by doing or tollerating evil Gods cause needs not be beholding to the devils help nor will it be furthered thereby White witches are alwaies most mischievous in the conclusion The Magistrates authoritative owning of the truth is not like to hinder the progress thereof he may possibly mistake and therefore needs all meet help being accountable to God for the matter and manner of his work What other Objections are moved against this Truth may be more fully answered in the following Resolves Decemb. 22. 1656. C. G. THE Libertine School'd OR A VINDICATION OF THE Magistrates Power in matters of RELIGION IN Answer to the Fallacious Queries of a Nameless Author lately spread about the City of Limrick For Detection of those Mysterious Designs so vigorously fomented if not begun among us by Romish Engineers and Jesuitick Emissaries under Notionall Disguises Thus begins our Querist Qu. 1. WHether it be not better for us that a Patent were granted to Monopolize all the Corn and Cloth and to have it measured out unto us at their price and pleasure which yet were as intollerable as for some men to appoint and measure out unto us what and how much we shall believe and practise in matters of Religion Ans. 1. The whole may be granted without danger as it 's expressed 2. If we may guess that their meaning by their scope is to shew by this comparison the unreasonableness of the Magistrates inforcing in Religious matters then we answer by shewing the fallacy of the comparison in setting forth the true parallel The Lord is the absolute Sovereign of all things Civil and Sacred man is not so in neither yet is the Magistrate the Lords servant to enforce by Civil power the disposall of things in both as God hath appointed in his Word For things Civil it 's easily granted for Sacred matters besides many other signall instances given in both Testaments by way of precept and promise prefiguration and president see Deut. 13. 5. Deut. 17. 2 3 4 5 6. Ezra 6. 11. 12. Ezra 7. 6 11 25 26 27. compare those verses together proving the Kings grant to be an answer to Ezra's request for constituting Magistrates with coercive power in Religious things in Gods Name Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4 5. Zech. 13. 3 4 5 6. a Prophesie of Gospel times 1 Tim. 2. 1 2. Isa. 49 23. applicable especially to later daies Qu. 2. Whether there be not the same reason that they should be appointed by us what they shall believe and practise in Religion as for them to do so to us seeing we can give as good ground for what we believe and practise as they can do for what they would have if not better Ans. It 's not reasonable that either they or we should appoint to each other what is to be believed or practised in Religion but it 's most reasonable that Christs Law given to us both should be inforced by the Magistrate the Civil substitute of Christ The former proofs do fully clear this and many other such places as also 2 Chron. 15. 12 13. 2 Chron. 19. 2 3 4 c. 2 Chron. 34. 4 5. Neh. 13. 19 21 22 c. We might easily bring in many instances for each command of the first Table how the godly Magistrates acted for God according to his command were it necessary Qu. 3. Whether they that would force other mens consciences be willing to have their own forced Ans. No man may or can force another mans conscience but the Magistrate is bound by his Office as the Lords Deputy to oblige and force the externall man to the observance of Gods will manifested in his written word though he be unwilling and pretend conscience Besides the former proofs clearing this see 1 King 18. 40 41 c. though Baals Priests pleaded conscience for Idolatry yet were they put to death by Elijahs command which execution was attended with speciall blessings Joh. 16. 2. They that plead conscience for putting Christians to death it excuses not but they should suffer for it according to that indispensable Law Genes 9. 6. Asa 2 Chron. 14. 4. commanded all to seek the Lord and to do the Law Nehemiah contended with the Nobles and threatned strangers about their abuses in Tithes and the Sabbath Neh. 13. 11 17 19 21. Qu. 4. Whether Christ hath said he will have an unwilling people compelled to serve him Ans. Though he hath not said those very words yet hath he said in effect so much in those many Scriptures that testifie the Magistrates duty to that end either by precept commanding it or by presidents commended for it or rewarded in it or by the contrary forbidden reproved threatned and punished for neglect contempt or abuse of that duty The Scriptures forementioned do fully prove this as also very many more were it needfull to

Babylonian Captivity The Kingdom of the ten Tribes often called Israel Ephraim Samaria c. by way of distinction revolted from Gods worship under Jeroboam and his successors corrupting the same perverting the Ministry advancing the lowest of the people to the Priesthood joining Idolatry of severall kindes thereto c. yet were they still owned and called the people and spouse of God and communion with them kept by the Prophets till their Captivity So when the Kingdom of the two Tribes called Judah and Benjamin did gradually apostatize from the purity of Gods worship joining often Idolatry and gross evils thereto yet were they still honoured with the Name of Gods people his Portion and Church Jerem. 50. 7. Jerem. 51. 5. Thus in former ages though corruption did increase apace in the Christian Churches beginning in the Apostles daies and successively spreading till the Man of Sin got into Christs Seat being ascended to his Meridian of Supream Power infallible in Ecclesiasticals and temporals yet were the Lords servants in all their vigilant and zealous Vindications of his Truth very carefull still to maintain the Vnity and Peace of the Church to the utmost till the Whore of Rome by separating from Christian Fundamentals had necessitated them to separate utterly from her Communion Truth and Peace are so dear friends to Christ that his friends cannot but be friendly to them both as farre as their power reaches Those faithfull defenders of the Truth who were driven away into the wilderness of America by a turbulent party visibly then complying with the Roman Antichrist did still testifie their care of preserving that Christian unity in all their contentions for verity and purity Though they desired much and prayed earnestly for further Reformation in the Parish Churches of England yet did they still own their Church state and Communion therewith Thus sober Christians will still be manifesting their love to Christian peace in their hottest pursuits after Truth whether in their own or others societies The fire of Christian zeal is of singular use when it keeps within its proper place and season But when it 's scattered and gets into the thatch the mischief thereof is unexpressible What dreadfull Convulsions and Inflammations hath not such a rash zeal caused among us both in Church and State When Christians cannot discover and mend faults without unchristian separations from the Church and unchurching of it it must needs prove the ground of many sad effects It did so in the primitive daies it hath done so in ours In stead of an amicable debate of things controverted bitter contests and wofull ruptures have attended such courses In stead of amending one fault more are created afresh in stead of recovering one Truth many errours are easily let in Romish Engineers are alwaies at hand to blow the bellows and widen differences taking part now with one new with the other under a disguise that their designes may be carried on They fish best in all such troubled waters and improve the opportunities of gaining by our losses This hath been one main cause of so many out-cries for generall tolerations under the fair colours of Liberty of Conscience that every one might follow his own list The Magistrates power hath been so often cried down and exclaimed against lest errour and sinne should be any way curbed or checked in their unlimited unruly power Some well-minded Christians have been that way so extravagant through mis-applications and mis-interpretations of divers Scriptures that they have too often pleaded the devils cause in thinking to plead the godlies interest Some would give too much to the Magistrate and others too little Some would destroy Ecclesiasticall Government by advancing the Civil Others would destroy the Civill by exalting the Ecclesiasticall These two powers which God hath appointed for the Churches good in their respective capacities and motions some would confound others would destroy and others would make them to destroy each other Thus varieties of peccant humours breed still varieties of diseases in all sublunary subjects when they break their bounds limited to them by the Supream Disposer of all To avoid all extreams in this affair we finde our selves obliged by Scripture and reason to own a Magistraticall power authorized by Gods Word to act officially about sacred things in a civil manner either in commanding forbidding or punishing the externall man according to Gods revealed Word for the Lords honour and mans good A power we say authorized not a private charitative act Magistraticall not Ministeriall acting officially not indifferently about sacred things of the first Table in a Civil manner not by Ecclesiasticall censures concerning the externall man expressed in words or deeds not the internall expressed by thoughts according to Gods revealed Word not his own fansie or any mans will for Gods honour and the publique good not for any selfish ends Thus we have the subject and matter the Author and form the manner and Rule the object and end of this Magistraticall power so needfull so usefull How much is said for demonstration hereof by the reason of God and of man is touched at in the following Tract having been fully made out by the Learned in all Ages All godly Princes Jewish and Christian have been rendred famous more or less according as they more or less tendred Gods interest in this eminent charge If any object that the Jewish Princes were Types of Christ therein We answer The Scripture expresses two sorts of Types Some properly for adumbration or representation thus the High priest and Sacrifices typed out Christ Heb. 10. 1 2. Others for imitation and direction thus Gods dealings with Israel were Types {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or examples 1 Cor. 10. 6 11. The former Types were to expire the latter to endure Now that power used by Jewish Magistrates had nothing of a shadow but much for example being so commanded and commended of God therein in performing a Morall not Ceremoniall duty If any object It was part of the Judiciall Law We answer 1. Let it be proved wherein it was peculiar to the state 2. If that were granted yet the equity of those Judicials is still in force and imitable now as occasion serves it s not now unlawfull though all Judicials be not alwaies expedient Gods Law is the best Rule of our Judicials as King Lucius the first Christian Monarch of Brittain learned of Gods Word confirmed to him by Letters from Eleutherius and others in the second age from Christ which he also followed as did Alfred the mirror of Princes and other successors of their valour and vertue As for Christian Emperours History is full of their noble Acts in this way for Christ approved and applauded by all wise Christians in their Synods and Councils Provinciall Nationall and Vniversall The Greek and Latine Fathers agree in this thing very harmoniously The very light of nature taught all sober Heathens to observe this