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         Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
      
       
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             Some modest and humble queries concerning a printed paper, intituled, An ordinance presented to the Honourable House of Commons, &c. for the preventing of the growing and spreading of heresies, &c.
             Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
          
           [2], 6, 9-12 p.
           
             Printed by Matthew Simmons for Henry Overton, and are to be sold in Popes-head Alley,
             London, :
             1646.
          
           
             "Published by authoritie."
             Attributed to John Goodwin by Wing.
             Text is continuous despite pagination.
             A reply to: Bacon, Nathaniel, and Taet, Mr. An ordinance presented to the Honourable House of Commons (Wing B355).
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           Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660. -- Ordinance presented to the Honourable House of Commons.
           Taet, -- Mr. -- Ordinance presented to the Honourable house of Commons.
           Church of England -- Discipline -- Early works to 1800.
           Heresy -- Early works to 1800.
           Heresies, Christian -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Religious tolerance -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Great Britain -- Church history -- 17th century.
        
      
    
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           SOME
           MODEST
           AND
           HUMBLE
           QVERIES
           Concerning
           a
           Printed
           
             Paper
             ,
          
           Intituled
           ,
           
             An
             Ordinance
             presented
             to
             the
             Honourable
             House
          
           of
           
             Commons
             ,
          
           &c.
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           the
           growing
           and
           spreading
           of
           
             Heresies
             ▪
             &c
             ▪
          
        
         
           ROM.
           14.
           5.
           
        
         
           Let
           every
           man
           be
           fully
           persuaded
           in
           his
           own
           mind
           .
        
         
           ISA.
           59.
           9.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           is
           judgement
           farre
           from
           us
           ,
           neither
           doth
           justice
           over
           ●ake
           us
           :
           we
           waite
           for
           light
           ,
           but
           behold
           obscurity
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           JOB
           .
           8.
           1.
           
        
         
           Who
           is
           this
           that
           darkneth
           counsell
           by
           words
           without
           knowlege
           ?
        
         
           HOS.
           5.
           1.
           
        
         
           Heare
           ye
           this
           ,
           O
           Priests
           ,
           and
           hearken
           ye
           House
           of
           
             Israel
          
           —
           for
           judgement
           is
           towards
           you
           ;
           because
           you
           have
           been
           a
           snare
           on
           
             Mispah
             ,
          
           and
           a
           net
           spred
           upon
           
             Tabor
             ,
          
        
         
           HOS.
           9.
           8.
           
        
         
           The
           watchman
           of
           
             Ephraim
          
           was
           with
           my
           God
           :
           but
           the
           Prophet
           is
           the
           snare
           of
           a
           Fowler
           in
           all
           his
           wayes
           ,
           and
           hatred
           in
           the
           house
           of
           his
           God
           .
        
         
           Quid
           prodest
           habere
           zelum
           Dei
           ,
           &
           non-habere
           scientiam
           Dei
           ?
           
             Orig.
          
           Quid
           ergo
           saviunt
           ,
           ut
           Stulticiam
           suam
           dum
           minuere
           volunt
           ,
           augeant
           ?
           Longe
           diversa
           〈◊〉
           carn●●●●…
           &
           pietas
           —
           Defendenda
           Religio
           est
           ▪
           non
           occidendo
           ,
           sed
           moriendo
           ;
           non
           savitiâ
           ,
           sed
           patientiâ
           .
           non
           scelere
           ,
           sed
           〈◊〉
           illa
           enim
           malorum
           sunt
           ,
           haec
           bonorum
           .
        
         
           Lactant.
           De
           Iust.
           c.
           lib.
           5
           cap.
           20.
           
        
         
           Omnis
           Lex
           debet
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           suae
           equitatis
           .
        
         
           Calv.
           
        
         
           
             Published
             by
             Authoritie
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ▪
          
           Printed
           by
           
             Matthew
             Simmons
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Overton
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           in
           
             Popes-head
          
           Alley
           ,
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           BEing
           accidentally
           encountred
           by
           a
           vagrant
           ▪
           Paper
           ,
           printed
           though
           without
           Authority
           ,
           yet
           with
           this
           Inscription
           ;
           
             An
             Ordinance
             presented
             to
             the
             Honourable
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
          
           &c
           ▪
           and
           conceiving
           partly
           by
           the
           frame
           and
           spirit
           of
           the
           discourse
           ,
           partly
           from
           some
           un-clerk-like
           expressions
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           certainly
           those
           worthy
           Gentlemen
           ,
           whose
           names
           are
           specified
           in
           the
           said
           Inscription
           ,
           were
           more
           or
           lesse
           wronged
           by
           the
           publishing
           and
           spreading
           of
           it
           under
           their
           names
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           some
           other
           spirit
           that
           breathed
           in
           it
           ,
           not
           theirs
           ;
           I
           supposed
           that
           possibly
           I
           might
           doe
           the
           said
           Gentlemen
           some
           right
           ,
           by
           a
           proposall
           of
           some
           Queries
           upon
           occasion
           of
           some
           particularities
           in
           it
           ,
           by
           meanes
           whereof
           they
           may
           the
           better
           consider
           ,
           in
           case
           it
           relates
           to
           them
           either
           in
           whole
           ,
           or
           in
           part
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           not
           unworthy
           of
           them
           ;
           or
           whether
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           degree
           those
           have
           injured
           them
           ,
           who
           issued
           the
           said
           undeserving
           Papar
           with
           such
           a
           badge
           of
           honour
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           two
           names
           of
           two
           such
           well-deserving
           men
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           QUERIES
           about
           the
           ORDINANCE
           .
        
         
           WHether
           it
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           (
           who
           
             came
          
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           himself
           saith
           
             not
             to
             destroy
             mens
             lives
             ,
             but
             to
             save
             them
          
           
             a
          
           ,
           )
           to
           make
           snares
           of
           any
           of
           his
           Doctrines
           for
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           lives
           of
           men
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           it
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           mind
           of
           
           Christ
           ,
           for
           men
           to
           inflict
           the
           heavie
           censure
           of
           death
           upon
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           for
           holding
           forth
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           or
           opinions
           in
           Religion
           ,
           suppose
           contrary
           to
           admonition
           ,
           which
           ,
           for
           ought
           the
           said
           inflicters
           know
           ,
           except
           they
           make
           themselves
           infallible
           ,
           may
           be
           the
           sacred
           Truths
           of
           God
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           it
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           will
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           Civill
           Magistrates
           
           to
           compell
           men
           ,
           upon
           paine
           of
           death
           ,
           to
           call
           them
           
             Rabbi
             ,
          
           or
           Masters
           ,
           when
           as
           he
           hath
           so
           expressely
           charged
           men
           ,
           yea
           ▪
           his
           Apostles
           themselves
           as
           well
           as
           others
           ,
           not
           to
           
             be
             called
             Rabbi
             ,
          
           or
           
             Masters
          
           
             b
          
           ▪
           or
           whether
           to
           injoyne
           and
           compell
           men
           (
           especially
           upon
           the
           penaltie
           of
           death
           ,
           )
           to
           preach
           and
           teach
           in
           many
           the
           most
           weighty
           and
           difficult
           points
           of
           Religion
           ,
           nothing
           but
           the
           dictates
           of
           their
           owne
           judgments
           and
           wills
           ,
           be
           not
           much
           more
           then
           simply
           to
           be
           called
           
             Rabbi
             ,
          
           or
           
             Masters
             ,
             i.
          
           then
           simply
           to
           connive
           at
           ,
           &
           comply
           with
           those
           ,
           who
           professe
           in
           all
           things
           to
           submit
           their
           judgements
           and
           Consciences
           unto
           them
           ?
           yea
           ,
           whether
           is
           it
           not
           ,
           to
           threaten
           men
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           ●orest
           manner
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           not
           call
           them
           
             Rabbi
             ,
          
           or
           
             Masters
             ,
             i.
          
           if
           they
           will
           not
           sin
           against
           the
           Commandement
           of
           Christ
           ?
        
         
         
           Whether
           is
           it
           Christian
           to
           maintaine
           that
           Religion
           ,
           by
           putting
           
           others
           to
           death
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           
             Lactantius
          
           saith
           )
           men
           ought
           to
           defend
           ,
           
             non
             occidendo
             ,
             sed
             moriendo
             ,
             i.
          
           not
           by
           slaying
           others
           ,
           but
           by
           dying
           our selves
           for
           it
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           is
           it
           not
           evident
           from
           
             Tertullian
             ,
             Lactantius
             ,
          
           and
           other
           
           ancient
           and
           Authentick
           Writers
           ,
           that
           the
           Idolatrous
           Heathen
           sought
           to
           maintaine
           their
           Idolatrous
           Religions
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Stratagems
           ▪
           methods
           ,
           and
           wayes
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           proposeth
           ,
           for
           maintaining
           the
           Religion
           of
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           our
           best
           Records
           of
           later
           times
           doe
           not
           cleerely
           shew
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Papacy
           ,
           and
           Antichristian
           party
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           have
           still
           gone
           about
           to
           uphold
           that
           false
           and
           abominable
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           professe
           ,
           by
           those
           very
           shores
           and
           props
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Ordinance
           we
           speake
           of
           seeks
           to
           support
           the
           true
           Religion
           of
           Christ
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           are
           errours
           and
           Heresies
           any
           other
           things
           ;
           then
           some
           
           of
           those
           
             strong
             holds
             and
             imaginations
          
           in
           men
           ,
           
             which
          
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           )
           
             exalt
             themselves
             against
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
          
           
             a
          
           ?
           Or
           whether
           can
           they
           be
           better
           throwne
           downe
           then
           by
           those
           weapons
           ▪
           which
           (
           as
           the
           same
           Apostle
           speaketh
           )
           
             are
             mighty
             through
             God
             ▪
          
           for
           that
           very
           purpose
           ?
           And
           whether
           are
           these
           weapons
           
             carnall
             ,
          
           or
           spirituall
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           to
           injoyn
           Ministers
           or
           others
           upon
           pain
           of
           death
           ,
           imprisonment
           ,
           
           &c.
           not
           to
           teach
           or
           maintaine
           any
           thing
           ,
           in
           many
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           weighty
           points
           in
           Religion
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           present
           sense
           and
           apprehensions
           of
           the
           said
           Injoyners
           ,
           being
           but
           few
           in
           number
           ,
           (
           comparatively
           )
           be
           not
           to
           quench
           proceedings
           ;
           and
           to
           say
           (
           in
           effect
           )
           unto
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ,
           reveale
           nothing
           more
           unto
           others
           ,
           then
           thou
           hast
           revealed
           unto
           us
           ;
           or
           rather
           thus
           ;
           if
           thou
           hast
           not
           revealed
           the
           Truth
           unto
           us
           ,
           reveale
           it
           not
           unto
           any
           other
           men
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           they
           ,
           who
           inflict
           the
           heavie
           sentence
           of
           death
           upon
           
           men
           ,
           for
           maintaining
           an
           opinion
           or
           Doctrine
           contrary
           to
           their
           sense
           and
           Interpretation
           of
           a
           Scripture
           ,
           one
           or
           more
           ,
           had
           not
           need
           be
           as
           infallible
           in
           their
           judgements
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           as
           touching
           the
           sense
           and
           meaning
           of
           all
           such
           Scriptures
           )
           as
           God
           himself
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           did
           
             Luther
          
           (
           with
           divers
           other
           worthy
           Assertors
           of
           the
           
           Truth
           in
           his
           dayes
           against
           the
           Papists
           )
           deserve
           death
           ,
           imprisonment
           ,
           &c.
           for
           maintaining
           ,
           and
           that
           publiquely
           ,
           and
           against
           frequent
           Admonition
           ,
           by
           
             Zuinglius
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
          
           &c.
           the
           erroneous
           opinion
           of
           
             Consubstantiation
             ;
          
           an
           error
           farre
           more
           grosse
           and
           dangerous
           then
           many
           particulariz'd
           in
           the
           Ordinance
           ;
           besides
           many
           others
           
           not
           inferior
           in
           evill
           unto
           this
           ,
           as
           concerning
           free-will
           ,
           election
           &
           c
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           did
           
             Calvin
          
           deserve
           either
           imprisonment
           or
           death
           ,
           for
           ,
           
           teaching
           and
           maintaining
           publiquely
           by
           writing
           ,
           that
           
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             injoyned
             by
             the
             Ordinances
             and
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Realme
             ,
             is
             not
             according
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           Whether
           doth
           a
           Minister
           ,
           in
           case
           that
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           
           office
           in
           preaching
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           he
           shall
           mistake
           the
           mind
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           a
           Scripture
           ,
           one
           or
           more
           ,
           cited
           ,
           &
           interpreted
           by
           him
           according
           to
           the
           best
           light
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           him
           ,
           deserve
           either
           death
           or
           imprisonment
           ,
           for
           his
           mistake
           ?
           or
           whether
           many
           of
           the
           opinions
           made
           liable
           hereunto
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           be
           constructively
           ,
           any
           thing
           moe
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           worse
           demerit
           ,
           then
           a
           mistake
           ,
           or
           misunderstanding
           of
           some
           Scriptures
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           a
           mistake
           in
           judgement
           ,
           (
           as
           suppose
           a
           man
           verily
           and
           
           in
           the
           simplicitie
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           judgeth
           that
           
             Infants
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             Baptized
             ,
          
           or
           that
           
             Presbytery
             is
             unlawfull
             ,
          
           or
           the
           like
           )
           joyned
           with
           a
           publique
           and
           free
           profession
           of
           his
           judgement
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           be
           more
           sinfull
           ,
           or
           more
           deserving
           imprisonment
           ,
           death
           ,
           &c.
           then
           an
           open
           and
           manifest
           deniall
           in
           works
           ,
           of
           such
           Truths
           ,
           which
           yet
           men
           professe
           in
           words
           ;
           as
           when
           men
           professe
           that
           they
           beleeve
           
             Jesus
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             that
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           yet
           live
           loosly
           ,
           prophanely
           ,
           in
           drunkennesse
           ,
           riot
           ,
           &c.
           
           Or
           whether
           the
           Ordinance
           maketh
           not
           the
           former
           denialls
           ,
           which
           at
           most
           are
           but
           of
           Truths
           very
           questionable
           and
           obscure
           ,
           yea
           and
           but
           of
           inferior
           consequence
           neither
           (
           at
           least
           comparatively
           )
           punishable
           by
           imprisonment
           or
           death
           ;
           whereas
           it
           inflicts
           no
           censure
           at
           all
           upon
           these
           latter
           denialls
           (
           except
           it
           be
           in
           the
           case
           of
           
             blasphemy
          
           )
           which
           are
           every
           whit
           as
           full
           &
           publique
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           yea
           and
           of
           Truths
           both
           more
           generally
           received
           ,
           and
           farre
           more
           easie
           to
           be
           proved
           ;
           yea
           and
           of
           a
           far
           greater
           and
           more
           formidable
           consequence
           ,
           then
           those
           other
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           Ministers
           ,
           truly
           faithfull
           and
           conscientious
           ,
           being
           fully
           
           perswaded
           in
           their
           soules
           and
           consciences
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           opinions
           asserted
           in
           the
           Ordinance
           for
           Truths
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           such
           ,
           but
           errors
           (
           of
           wch
           perswasion
           there
           are
           many
           such
           Ministers
           in
           
             England
          
           )
           shall
           doe
           well
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           (
           so
           called
           )
           against
           their
           judgements
           ;
           and
           publiquely
           hold
           forth
           to
           the
           people
           those
           things
           for
           truths
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           absolutely
           perswaded
           in
           their
           judgements
           ,
           to
           be
           nothing
           lesse
           ?
           Or
           whether
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           ,
           threatening
           them
           with
           imprisonment
           or
           death
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           shall
           
           declare
           themselves
           otherwise
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           dangerous
           temptation
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           draw
           their
           foot
           into
           that
           snare
           of
           death
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           ,
           the
           publicke
           holding
           of
           any
           such
           opinion
           ,
           which
           
           according
           to
           the
           doctrine
           of
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           ,
           deserves
           not
           excommunication
           from
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           may
           yet
           deserve
           imprisonment
           ,
           or
           a
           cutting
           off
           by
           death
           ,
           by
           the
           civil
           Magistrate
           ?
           Or
           are
           they
           ,
           who
           are
           meete
           and
           worthy
           to
           live
           and
           converse
           as
           members
           in
           a
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           unworthy
           so
           much
           as
           to
           live
           in
           a
           politique
           or
           civill
           State
           ?
           Or
           were
           there
           not
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           (
           yea
           and
           in
           other
           Churches
           besides
           in
           the
           Apostles
           dayes
           )
           who
           publiquely
           held
           some
           opinions
           of
           farre
           worse
           consequence
           ,
           then
           very
           many
           of
           those
           ,
           which
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           censureth
           ,
           either
           with
           imprisonment
           ,
           or
           with
           death
           ;
           Of
           whose
           excommunication
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Apostle
           is
           silent
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           he
           argueth
           against
           ,
           and
           condemneth
           their
           errors
           .
           Yea
           doth
           he
           not
           intreat
           them
           graciously
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           danger
           of
           their
           error
           ,
           calling
           them
           
             beloved
             Brethren
          
           
             a
          
           &
           admonisheth
           them
           to
           take
           heed
           of
           being
           
             deceived
             ;
          
           to
           be
           
             stedfast
             &
             unmoveable
             ?
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Whether
           is
           it
           not
           very
           possible
           ,
           that
           persons
           ,
           who
           may
           hold
           ,
           
           and
           upon
           occasion
           publiquely
           maintaine
           ,
           many
           of
           the
           opinions
           condemned
           as
           errors
           ,
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           may
           yet
           be
           as
           full
           of
           grace
           and
           goodnesse
           ,
           as
           precious
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           fruitfull
           in
           every
           good
           worke
           ,
           as
           serviceable
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           are
           of
           another
           judgement
           and
           practise
           ?
           O●
           what
           repugnancy
           is
           there
           in
           either
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           unto
           any
           of
           these
           ?
           if
           so
           ,
           whether
           can
           it
           be
           a
           thing
           well
           pleasing
           unto
           God
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           good
           accommodation
           to
           the
           State
           ,
           to
           make
           a
           Law
           for
           the
           punishing
           or
           afflicting
           of
           such
           persons
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           is
           not
           such
           an
           Ordinance
           ,
           (
           were
           it
           an
           ordinance
           indeed
           )
           
           in
           the
           very
           nature
           and
           direct
           tendency
           of
           it
           ,
           likely
           to
           prove
           a
           grand
           discouragement
           unto
           many
           from
           taking
           the
           calling
           of
           the
           Ministery
           upon
           them
           ,
           (
           the
           Kingdome
           suffering
           at
           present
           so
           extreamely
           for
           want
           of
           able
           and
           faithfull
           men
           in
           this
           calling
           ,
           )
           and
           especially
           such
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           ingenuous
           ,
           and
           most
           eminently
           qualified
           by
           God
           for
           this
           great
           worke
           ?
           or
           whether
           are
           not
           men
           of
           greatest
           worth
           for
           parts
           and
           abilities
           ,
           especially
           in
           conjunction
           with
           good
           and
           tender
           consciences
           ,
           (
           the
           most
           absolute
           composition
           for
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           )
           more
           like
           then
           other
           men
           to
           decline
           that
           imployment
           ,
           wherein
           they
           are
           so
           much
           the
           more
           like
           to
           suffer
           
           for
           a
           good
           conscience
           sake
           ,
           then
           other
           men
           ;
           by
           how
           much
           the
           more
           likely
           they
           are
           to
           discover
           the
           common
           errors
           and
           misprisions
           of
           the
           present
           age
           in
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           then
           they
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           is
           not
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           ,
           in
           the
           example
           of
           it
           ,
           a
           direct
           
           incouragement
           and
           confirmation
           to
           
             Popish
          
           Magistrates
           ,
           to
           persecute
           the
           faithfull
           servants
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           live
           in
           their
           territories
           with
           fire
           &
           sword
           ,
           for
           professing
           the
           truth
           of
           God
           amongst
           them
           ?
           And
           whether
           doe
           not
           they
           ,
           who
           here
           seeke
           to
           
             plucke
             up
             the
             tares
             ,
          
           by
           such
           an
           Ordinance
           ,
           
             plucke
             up
             the
             wheat
             also
          
           there
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           was
           there
           ever
           any
           such
           Ordinance
           ,
           or
           State
           act
           ,
           ever
           heard
           of
           ,
           or
           knowne
           ,
           in
           any
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           ?
           I
           
           meane
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           apparently
           bent
           against
           the
           faces
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           ,
           yet
           of
           so
           considerable
           a
           part
           of
           the
           best
           and
           most
           conscientious
           men
           amongst
           them
           ,
           as
           this
           is
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           was
           there
           ever
           any
           thing
           done
           in
           the
           Bishops
           times
           ,
           
           or
           any
           thing
           attempted
           to
           be
           done
           by
           this
           generation
           of
           men
           in
           the
           day
           of
           their
           greatest
           interest
           and
           power
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           of
           that
           bloudy
           consequence
           to
           those
           godly
           persons
           ,
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           others
           ,
           whom
           they
           most
           hated
           ,
           and
           sought
           to
           crush
           ,
           as
           this
           Ordinance
           ,
           if
           once
           established
           ,
           is
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           to
           surre
           greater
           numbers
           of
           truely
           pious
           and
           conscientious
           men
           ?
           
        
         
           Whether
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           ministreth
           not
           an
           advantage
           ,
           of
           opportunity
           to
           the
           worst
           and
           wickedest
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           commonly
           hate
           the
           best
           and
           faithfullest
           Ministers
           most
           ,
           to
           accuse
           them
           unduly
           of
           such
           things
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           Law
           ,
           may
           touch
           their
           lives
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           bring
           much
           affliction
           ,
           and
           vexation
           to
           them
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           twelve
           simple
           Countrimen
           ,
           such
           as
           our
           ordinary
           
           Juries
           usually
           confist
           of
           at
           Countrey
           Assizes
           ,
           who
           (
           alas
           !
           )
           are
           far
           from
           being
           versed
           ,
           or
           any
           wayes
           judgemented
           in
           the
           profound
           questions
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           (
           unto
           many
           of
           which
           the
           Ordinance
           relateth
           )
           and
           who
           are
           generally
           uncapable
           of
           such
           equipollencies
           ,
           proprieties
           ,
           and
           differences
           of
           words
           ,
           upon
           the
           understanding
           ,
           or
           right
           discerning
           whereof
           ,
           the
           innocencie
           or
           guiltinesse
           of
           the
           person
           indited
           is
           very
           likely
           to
           depend
           ,
           be
           of
           any
           competent
           faculty
           or
           interest
           ,
           to
           passe
           upon
           the
           life
           or
           liberty
           of
           a
           studious
           ,
           learned
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           man
           ,
           in
           such
           cases
           ,
           which
           the
           greatest
           and
           ablest
           professors
           of
           Divinitie
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           are
           not
           able
           cleerly
           ,
           or
           with
           any
           competent
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           scrupulous
           (
           many
           times
           )
           to
           resolve
           ,
           or
           determine
           ?
        
         
         
           Whither
           an
           ordinary
           Judge
           of
           Ass●●e
           ,
           who
           either
           doth
           not
           pretend
           ,
           
           or
           (
           at
           most
           )
           in
           most
           cases
           ,
           doth
           but
           pretend
           to
           any
           thoroughnesse
           of
           search
           or
           inquiry
           into
           the
           deep
           things
           of
           God
           in
           the
           abstruse
           and
           disputable
           points
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           
             free
             will
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           of
           the
           hypostaticall
           union
           ,
           concerning
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           soule
           after
           death
           ,
           &c.
           be
           a
           competent
           Judge
           in
           such
           Questions
           and
           cases
           as
           these
           ,
           especially
           over
           ,
           and
           against
           such
           men
           (
           to
           the
           bereaving
           of
           them
           ,
           either
           of
           life
           or
           libertie
           )
           who
           are
           knowne
           to
           be
           men
           of
           able
           parts
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           made
           the
           study
           of
           Divinity
           ,
           their
           sole
           imployment
           all
           their
           dayes
           ,
           being
           otherwise
           ,
           grave
           ,
           and
           sober
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           men
           in
           all
           their
           wayes
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           these
           two
           opinions
           ,
           (
           both
           of
           them
           attainded
           for
           errors
           ,
           
           and
           made
           equally
           punishable
           by
           the
           ordinance
           ,
           )
           1o
           
             That
             the
             morrall
             Law
             contained
             in
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             is
             no
             rule
             of
             a
             Christian
             life
             .
          
           2o
           That
           
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             enjoyned
             by
             the
             Ordinances
             and
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Realme
             ,
             is
             not
             according
             ,
             or
             contrary
             to
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ;
          
           can
           possibly
           be
           both
           errors
           ,
           or
           justly
           punishable
           ;
           since
           
             the
             Observation
             of
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             enjoyned
             by
             the
             Ordinances
             and
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Realme
             ,
          
           is
           no where
           to
           be
           found
           in
           
             the
             Morall
             Law
             contained
             in
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             ;
          
           this
           Law
           requiring
           the
           
             observation
          
           of
           another
           day
           ,
           differing
           from
           that
           ,
           the
           
             observation
          
           whereof
           
             is
             injoyned
             by
             the
             Ordinances
             and
             Lawes
             of
             this
             Realme
             ?
          
           Or
           if
           
             the
             Law
             contained
             in
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             be
             the
             rule
             of
             a
             Christian
             life
             ,
          
           whether
           doe
           they
           walke
           Christianly
           ,
           who
           doe
           not
           conforme
           themselves
           unto
           it
           ?
           nay
           ,
           who
           place
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           Christianity
           ,
           in
           walking
           ,
           if
           not
           contrary
           to
           it
           ,
           yet
           quite
           beside
           it
           ?
           as
           all
           they
           doe
           ,
           who
           
             observe
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             injoyned
             by
             the
             Ordinances
             and
             Laws
             of
             this
             Realme
             ;
          
           and
           celebrate
           the
           
             two
             Sacraments
             ,
             Baptisme
             ,
             and
             the
             Loods
             Supper
             ,
          
           mentioned
           likewise
           in
           the
           
             Ordinance
             ?
          
        
         
           Whether
           doth
           the
           
             Ordinance
             ,
          
           making
           this
           a
           punishable
           errour
           ,
           
           to
           hold
           
             that
             a
             man
             by
             nature
             hath
             free
             will
             to
             turne
             unto
             God
             ,
          
           by
           this
           expression
           ,
           
             of
             having
             free
             will
             to
             turne
             unto
             God
             ,
          
           intend
           to
           grant
           any
           
             will
          
           at
           all
           in
           men
           
             by
             nature
             to
             turne
             unto
             God
             ,
          
           though
           much
           incumbred
           and
           oppressed
           with
           corruption
           ,
           and
           indisposition
           to
           such
           an
           act
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           respect
           ,
           meaneth
           that
           it
           is
           not
           
             free
             ;
          
           or
           else
           to
           denie
           all
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           
             will
          
           in
           men
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           this
           act
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           God
           purposeth
           to
           make
           men
           
             willing
             to
             turne
          
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           must
           create
           a
           new
           facultie
           of
           
             will
          
           in
           him
           ,
           as
           also
           a
           new
           disposition
           or
           propension
           in
           this
           
             will
             ,
          
           whereby
           it
           may
           be
           
             freely
          
           carried
           upon
           this
           act
           of
           conversion
           ?
        
         
         
           What
           does
           the
           Ordinance
           mean
           ,
           by
           
             blasph●ming
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             or
             any
             of
             the
             Holy
             Trinity
             ?
          
           doth
           it
           mean
           any
           kinde
           or
           degree
           of
           sin
           ,
           against
           the
           third
           Commandement
           ?
           or
           any
           ,
           and
           every
           kinde
           of
           swearing
           ▪
           as
           by
           Faith
           ,
           Troth
           ,
           or
           the
           like
           ;
           so
           that
           upon
           the
           second
           offence
           committed
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           after
           ,
           and
           
             contrary
             to
             admonition
             ,
          
           the
           party
           offending
           is
           
             to
             suffer
             death
             ?
          
           or
           doth
           it
           
             by
             blaspheming
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             &c.
          
           intend
           onely
           the
           highest
           kindes
           of
           
             Blasphemy
             ,
          
           as
           the
           
             calling
          
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             accursed
             ,
          
           wicked
           ,
           unjust
           ,
           unfaithfull
           ,
           &
           c
           ?
        
         
           What
           doth
           the
           Ordinance
           mean
           ,
           by
           
             impugning
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ?
          
           
           doth
           it
           mean
           ,
           the
           opposing
           by
           way
           of
           argument
           and
           discourse
           ,
           every
           truth
           contained
           and
           delivered
           in
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ?
           or
           onely
           the
           proposall
           and
           inforcement
           of
           such
           reasons
           and
           grounds
           ,
           the
           tendency
           whereof
           is
           ,
           to
           prove
           it
           ,
           indefinitly
           taken
           and
           considered
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           In
           what
           sence
           doth
           the
           Ordinance
           make
           it
           erroneous
           and
           punishable
           ,
           
           to
           hold
           ,
           
             that
             God
             seeth
             no
             sin
             in
             the
             justified
             ?
          
           inasmuch
           as
           there
           is
           a
           sence
           ,
           (
           if
           not
           more
           then
           one
           )
           wherein
           it
           is
           most
           certainly
           true
           ,
           that
           
             God
             seeth
             no
             sin
             in
          
           such
           persons
           (
           
             a
          
           )
           ?
        
         
           In
           what
           sence
           doth
           the
           Ordinance
           adjudge
           it
           an
           error
           ,
           worthy
           to
           
           be
           punished
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           no
           lesse
           than
           perpetuall
           imprisonment
           ,
           in
           case
           it
           be
           not
           abjured
           ;
           to
           hold
           and
           maintain
           ▪
           that
           
             a
             man
             is
             bound
             to
             beleeve
             no
             more
             ,
             than
             by
             his
             reason
             hee
             can
             comprehend
             ?
          
           Doth
           it
           intend
           to
           make
           men
           of
           this
           Faith
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           bound
           in
           conscience
           to
           beleeve
           more
           than
           they
           
             can
             comprehend
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           cleerly
           and
           fully
           conceive
           any
           
             reason
          
           why
           they
           should
           beleeve
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           how
           much
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           proportion
           of
           object
           are
           they
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           beyond
           what
           they
           are
           able
           to
           
             comprehend
             by
             reason
             ,
          
           sufficient
           &
           cleer
           grounds
           of
           beleeving
           ?
           Are
           they
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           in
           this
           kinde
           (
           I
           mean
           ,
           beyond
           what
           they
           are
           able
           to
           
             comprehend
             by
             reason
          
           )
           without
           measure
           ,
           bounds
           ,
           or
           limits
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           are
           they
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           all
           things
           without
           exception
           ,
           that
           shall
           any
           wayes
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           hand
           be
           presented
           unto
           them
           ?
           Or
           ,
           if
           Reason
           ought
           not
           to
           regulate
           or
           limit
           men
           about
           the
           object
           or
           matter
           of
           their
           beleeving
           ,
           then
           are
           they
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           those
           things
           ,
           concerning
           which
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           ground
           or
           reason
           at
           all
           ,
           why
           they
           should
           be
           beleeved
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           whether
           is
           Divine
           Revelation
           ,
           or
           the
           asserting
           of
           things
           by
           God
           ,
           any
           ground
           or
           reason
           ,
           comprehensible
           in
           that
           relation
           ,
           by
           that
           faculty
           of
           
             Reason
             ,
          
           or
           
           
           
           understanding
           in
           a
           man
           ,
           for
           the
           beleeving
           of
           all
           things
           so
           revealed
           ,
           and
           asserted
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           whether
           is
           not
           Reason
           ,
           able
           to
           comprehend
           and
           judge
           of
           all
           things
           required
           by
           God
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           necessary
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           
             i.
             e
             ,
          
           as
           farre
           as
           they
           are
           revealed
           by
           God
           ?
           Or
           is
           any
           man
           bound
           to
           beleeve
           that
           ,
           concerning
           which
           it
           is
           unpossible
           for
           him
           ,
           or
           any
           man
           ,
           to
           
             comprehend
             ,
          
           or
           conceive
           any
           
             reason
             ,
          
           why
           it
           should
           be
           a
           Truth
           ;
           and
           consequently
           worthy
           or
           meet
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ?
           Or
           what
           instance
           can
           be
           given
           in
           any
           particular
           branch
           of
           the
           object
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           beleeved
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           unpossible
           to
           be
           comprehended
           by
           Reason
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           Truth
           ?
           Or
           whether
           ought
           any
           man
           (
           at
           least
           ,
           
             in
             sensu
             composito
             ,
          
           )
           to
           beleeve
           the
           deepest
           or
           highest
           mystery
           in
           Religion
           ,
           any
           further
           ,
           or
           any
           otherwise
           ,
           then
           as
           ,
           and
           as
           farre
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           Reason
           to
           judge
           it
           to
           be
           a
           Truth
           ?
        
         
           What
           doth
           the
           Ordinance
           mean
           ,
           by
           
             publishing
             Doctrines
             with
             obstinacy
             ?
          
           
           Doth
           it
           mean
           a
           
             publishing
          
           of
           them
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           will
           ,
           pleasure
           ,
           or
           prohibition
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           particular
           man
           ,
           whether
           they
           shew
           unto
           the
           Assertors
           or
           Publishers
           of
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           any
           sufficient
           reason
           to
           convince
           them
           ,
           or
           no
           ?
           Or
           what
           kinde
           ,
           or
           manner
           of
           Reasons
           doth
           it
           intend
           those
           shall
           be
           ,
           upon
           the
           tender
           whereof
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           said
           Assembly
           ,
           or
           others
           ,
           the
           
             publisher
          
           of
           the
           Doctrines
           shall
           be
           judged
           
             obstinate
             ,
          
           in
           case
           he
           shall
           still
           
             publish
          
           them
           ?
           Or
           if
           ,
           by
           
             publishing
             with
             obstinacy
             ,
          
           be
           meant
           ,
           a
           
             publishing
          
           contrary
           to
           the
           desires
           ,
           or
           injunctions
           of
           men
           ,
           without
           any
           sufficient
           reason
           given
           of
           their
           desires
           ,
           or
           injunctions
           in
           this
           kinde
           ;
           then
           in
           what
           sense
           or
           notion
           doth
           the
           Ordinance
           understand
           the
           word
           
             Obstinacy
             ?
          
           or
           how
           many
           desires
           ,
           prohibitions
           ,
           or
           injunctions
           of
           men
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           must
           precede
           and
           be
           administred
           ,
           before
           a
           man
           shall
           according
           to
           meaning
           and
           intent
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           be
           said
           to
           
             publish
          
           a
           Doctrine
           
             obstinately
             ?
          
        
         
           Whereas
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           maketh
           it
           an
           error
           ,
           and
           the
           publishing
           
           of
           it
           punishable
           with
           imprisonment
           ,
           to
           hold
           ,
           that
           
             Government
             by
             Presbytery
             is
             unlawfull
             ;
          
           whether
           doth
           it
           mean
           ,
           that
           
             Government
             by
             Presbytery
          
           which
           the
           Parliament
           hath
           established
           ,
           or
           that
           Government
           by
           Presbytery
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           importunely
           desired
           and
           defended
           by
           the
           Ministers
           ;
           because
           there
           is
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           a
           strong
           opposition
           ,
           and
           vast
           difference
           between
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           some
           things
           ?
           Or
           doth
           it
           intend
           ,
           all
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           
             Government
             by
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           in
           what
           sense
           or
           notion
           soever
           ?
        
         
         
           What
           doth
           the
           paper
           mean
           ,
           by
           
             blaspheming
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             impugning
             
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
          
           wittingly
           ,
           and
           presumptuously
           ,
           considering
           ,
           that
           (
           as
           Mr.
           
             Prynne
          
           informes
           us
           at
           
             a
          
           large
           )
           the
           word
           ,
           
             presumptuously
          
           admits
           of
           a
           strange
           variety
           of
           significations
           ?
           And
           since
           the
           sin
           of
           
             blaspheming
             the
             Name
             of
             God
          
           (
           with
           the
           other
           )
           must
           be
           committed
           wittingly
           ,
           and
           
             presumptuously
             ,
          
           or
           contrary
           to
           Admonition
           ,
           before
           the
           Ordinance
           (
           so
           called
           )
           takes
           hold
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           maketh
           it
           punishable
           ;
           upon
           what
           testimony
           ,
           evidence
           ,
           or
           indication
           ,
           one
           or
           more
           ,
           shall
           the
           said
           sins
           be
           adjudged
           to
           be
           committed
           
             wittingly
             ?
          
        
         
           Again
           ,
           inasmuch
           as
           the
           said
           sins
           committed
           
             contrary
             to
             Admonition
             ,
          
           
           are
           made
           so
           severely
           punishable
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ;
           by
           whom
           is
           it
           intended
           that
           this
           
             Admonition
          
           must
           be
           given
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           said
           sins
           under
           the
           dint
           and
           stroke
           of
           the
           Ordinance
           ?
           whether
           by
           a
           Magistrate
           only
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           Minister
           ,
           and
           that
           either
           in
           his
           publique
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           in
           generall
           ,
           or
           in
           private
           ,
           and
           in
           personall
           addresse
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           man
           ,
           of
           what
           rank
           or
           quality
           soever
           ?
        
         
           God
           having
           appointed
           an
           expresse
           punishment
           (
           by
           way
           of
           remedy
           
           and
           cure
           )
           of
           blasphemy
           ,
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           (
           
             whom
             I
             have
             delivered
             up
             unto
             Satan
             ,
          
           saith
           Paul
           ,
           
             that
             they
             may
             learn
             not
             to
          
           
             b
          
           blaspheme
           ,
           )
           whether
           is
           it
           either
           reasonable
           or
           Christian
           ,
           to
           decline
           this
           punishment
           of
           so
           sovereign
           a
           nature
           for
           the
           healing
           of
           the
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           preferre
           a
           punishment
           mentioned
           onely
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           which
           ,
           though
           appointed
           by
           God
           for
           those
           times
           ,
           yet
           hath
           no
           such
           Evangelicall
           vertue
           or
           property
           ascribed
           unto
           it
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           in
           ordering
           the
           Delinquent
           or
           
             party
             accused
             ,
             
             to
             renounce
             his
             error
             in
             the
             publique
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Parish-Church
             whence
             the
             complaint
             comes
             ;
          
           intends
           onely
           this
           renunciation
           ,
           when
           the
           complaint
           of
           the
           error
           Preached
           or
           maintained
           ,
           comes
           from
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           such
           a
           
             publique
             Congregation
             ?
          
           or
           in
           case
           it
           comes
           from
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           another
           Congregation
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           which
           is
           not
           Parochiall
           ,
           or
           held
           in
           a
           
             Parish-Church
             ,
          
           whether
           then
           doth
           the
           Ordinance
           intend
           any
           such
           Renunciation
           at
           all
           ?
           or
           in
           what
           Congregation
           doth
           it
           intend
           it
           ?
           Or
           whether
           is
           any
           
             complaint
             of
             an
             error
             published
          
           or
           maintained
           ,
           admittable
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           but
           onely
           those
           ,
           that
           come
           from
           some
           
             publique
             Congregation
             of
             a
             Parish-Church
             ?
          
        
         
           In
           what
           sense
           desireth
           the
           Paper
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           when
           it
           maketh
           
           an
           action
           punishable
           with
           imprisonment
           ,
           to
           publish
           ,
           that
           
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             to
             teach
             children
             to
             pray
             ?
          
           or
           whether
           doth
           it
           measure
           children
           ,
           by
           
           age
           ,
           or
           by
           understanding
           ?
           If
           by
           either
           ,
           at
           what
           age
           ,
           or
           under
           what
           line
           or
           scantling
           of
           understanding
           must
           they
           be
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           punishable
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           for
           any
           man
           to
           affirme
           ,
           that
           it
           
             is
             not
             lawfull
             to
             teach
             them
             to
             pray
             ?
          
           For
           doubtlesse
           it
           is
           not
           lawfull
           to
           teach
           children
           ,
           or
           whosoever
           ,
           to
           pray
           ,
           unlesse
           we
           can
           reasonably
           judge
           them
           capable
           of
           our
           instruction
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           and
           of
           learning
           how
           to
           pray
           .
        
         
           The
           Scriptures
           not
           having
           cleerly
           determined
           or
           defined
           ,
           what
           is
           erroneous
           ,
           
           or
           hereticall
           ,
           in
           many
           (
           if
           not
           in
           the
           most
           )
           of
           the
           particulars
           mentioned
           in
           the
           said
           Ordinance
           ;
           who
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           capacity
           or
           Interest
           ought
           they
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           are
           meet
           to
           be
           constituted
           judges
           or
           determiners
           of
           such
           cases
           and
           questions
           ?
           whether
           those
           ,
           that
           already
           are
           profoundly
           ingaged
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           ?
           or
           those
           who
           as
           yet
           stand
           undeclared
           in
           either
           ?
           Or
           who
           have
           any
           power
           or
           authority
           from
           God
           to
           appoint
           Judges
           in
           such
           cases
           as
           they
           please
           ?
        
         
           Whether
           did
           God
           ever
           give
           any
           power
           or
           Authority
           to
           civill
           Magistrates
           ,
           
           or
           others
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           or
           the
           New
           ,
           to
           make
           any
           controverted
           exposition
           of
           any
           clause
           or
           clauses
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           controvertible
           between
           Priest
           and
           Priest
           ,
           Scribe
           and
           Scribe
           ,
           though
           published
           and
           declared
           ,
           or
           any
           matter
           whatsoever
           of
           doubtfull
           disputation
           between
           grave
           ,
           learned
           ,
           pious
           ,
           and
           conscientious
           men
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           punishable
           either
           with
           imprisonment
           or
           death
           ?
           And
           whether
           are
           not
           many
           of
           the
           points
           condemned
           by
           the
           Ordinance
           ,
           matters
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           controvertible
           (
           I
           mean
           )
           yea
           ,
           and
           actually
           controverted
           between
           persons
           of
           equall
           worth
           ,
           parts
           ,
           learning
           ,
           judgement
           ,
           conscience
           ,
           on
           both
           sides
           ?
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85416e-400
           
             a
             Luk.
             5.
             56.
             
          
           
             b
             Mat.
             23.
             8.
             10.
             
          
           
             a
             2
             Cor.
             10.
             
          
           
             a
             1
             Cor.
             15.
             58.
             
          
           
             a
             Numb.
             23.
             21.
             
             Jer.
             18.
             23.
             
             Psal.
             32.
             1.
             &c.
             
          
           
             a
             
               Truth
               Triumphing
               over
               falshood
               ,
               p.
            
             109
             ▪
             
          
           
             b
             1
             Tim.
             1.
             20
             
          
        
      
      
  

