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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61076	Reason against rage being some animadversions upon a late scurrilous libel, prefix'd to a sermon preach'd nine and thirty years ago; and dedicated in these words, (viz.) to Mr. Serj. Powlett, recorder of the City of Bristol, and Mr. Robert Yate, mercht. Together with an occasional discussion of some particulars relating to persecution, and liberty of conscience. To which is subjoyn'd, a brief application, made by way of advice, humbly offered to all the inhabitants of the City aforesaid. By Thomas Speed.	Speed, Thomas, b. 1622 or 3.	1691 (1691)	Wing S4906; ESTC R220758	23,658	33

whether imposition or attempts to impose upon Conscience in things religious be not a high and manifest contradiction to the Spirit of Truth speaking by the mouth of the holy Apostle who debating of things pertaining to Conscience saith * Rom. 14.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let every man be fully perswaded or as in the Margent of the Bible fully assured in his own mind A full inward perswasion removes so much as the least doubt of the truth of what a man doth embrace or practise in the Worship of God He that made man neither requires or expects from him blind obedience that he should serve him with his lips or with bodily service until he be fully perswaded in his mind that his obedience is such with which he will be well-pleased And what a vast difference there is betwixt forc'd Conformity obtained by the imperious mandates of men and full inward assurance of the truth of what they conform to I leave to all the wise in heart to determine 4. And above all it 's seriously to be minded whether every man as a Creature standing obliged to render an account of himself to God his Creatour it be not agreeable to right reason as well as to the Scriptures that he should manage the concerns of his own Soul which relate unto salvation according to what he himself doth understand and believe Upon this consideration it was that the Apostle Paul allows no man to impose upon his Brother's conscience no not in those low concerns of meats and observation of days for saith he † Rom. 4.4 To his own Master he standeth or falleth and presently subjoyns Every one of us including himself among the rest shall give account of himself to God When Death the King of Terrours shall summon any man from off the Stage of this World nothing is more certain than that he must then die for himself No man can at that hour die in his brother's stead much less can he make up his Soul's account for him with Almighty God If poor Mortals when they come to lye upon their dying Beds should then call to those who had before forc'd or endeavour'd to force them to conform to what they did not believe to be true crying out in the anguish of their hearts and saying Oh! now come and help us we have no inward peace in our bosoms Now shoot the bottomless gulf of Eternity for us in our steads We are shortly to appear before the great Tribunal of the ever-living God to give an account of all our deeds done in these bodies Now therefore stand by us and for the eternal safety of our immortal Souls make up a satisfactory account to him for us What other returns could they then receive to their mournful cries but this heart-breaking answer viz. We can neither die for you nor give an account to God for you we now leave you to do both for your selves What can be more unreasonable than that men should by Pains and Penalties be violently driven to renounce their own Faith and way of Worship and conform to another's whilest they live and be bid to shift for themselves when they come to die Having for the reason before-mentioned made this digression I come now to reckon with my nameless Adversaries touching the Contents of their scoffing Libel And in the first place I cannot forbear telling you that you make too bold with many Expressions used in the holy Scriptures by an arrogant loading them with your unsavoury Scoffs Doubtless ye thought your selves very witty in so doing But you must know * Jocare in Seriis Judere cum Sanctis that to mingle Iests with things of a serious nature and to sport with things Sacred hath ever been exploded by men truly religious as becoming none but prophane lips You charge the Serjeant and his fellow Candidate with appearing for the cause of God at the head of his People Animad Well and what then if you would have men believe your own words to be true that they were as you say the People of God in the head of whom they did appear how can you fix this upon them as a crime or make it to redound in the least to their dishonour I find through the New Testament those comprehended under the denomination of the People of God * Tit. 2.14 1 Pet. 2.9 10. who have obtained mercy from him found favour in his sight and are beloved by him and therefore Emphatically styled his peculiar People And if you exclude your selves from the number of God's People as by your mentioning them with scorn ye seem to do one may without breach of Charity doubt if not conclude to what herd of Evil-doers you do belong You add further that their appearing administers comfort and satisfaction to all who are the well-wishers of the peace of Zion Animad The Scriptures make frequent mention of mount Zion with great veneration as being the place of God's worship where he is said by the Prophet Isaiah † Isa 8.18 Isa 24 2● both to dwell and to reign and therefore not to be made the subject of derision by the tongues of Scorners Pray Sirs observe you are both Categorical and Universal in your Position then let me ask you Are you well-wishers or enemies to the peace of Zion If well-wishers then their appearing as before doth administer comfort and satisfaction among the rest to you also for under the word all you must needs comprehend your selves And why then do you quarrel at their appearing If you answer me and say that you are enemies to the peace of Zion which I am most inclin'd to believe you do thereby at once proclaim both your sin and your shame by professing your selves enemies to that which God loves and all good men pray for You proceed on in your Epistle to belch out your unsavoury Scoffs against other Expressions of the holy Scriptures which speak the great Love of God to poor Mortals viz. The Chosen Ones The Houshold of Faith and the Holy Ones Animad To be chosen by an earthly Prince to stand in his presence and to be admitted a Member of his Secret Council is a favour highly estimable among the Sons of Men but how infinitely doth the happiness of those Souls exceed that ‖ 2 Thess 2.13 who are chosen of God as the Apostle words it to salvation to live lives of holiness to his praise here upon earth and to live with him in the Kingdom of Glory when Time shall be no more And believe it Sirs if you that are now scorners of them be not found at the last day among the number of God's Chosen Ones you will find no admission into Eternal Happiness And is it matter of derision to you that a man should be one * Gal. 6.10 of the Houshold of Faith or as the same Apostle hath it † Eph. 2.19 of the Houshold God Consider it well if your selves are not of