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         Epistola de tolerantia. English
         Locke, John, 1632-1704.
      
       
         
           1689
        
      
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             A letter concerning toleration humbly submitted, etc.
             Epistola de tolerantia. English
             Locke, John, 1632-1704.
             Popple, William, d. 1708.
          
           [8], 61 p.
           
             Printed for Awnsham Churchill,
             London,
             1689.
          
           
             First published in Latin, with title : Epistola de tolerantia : Goudae, 1689.
             Translated from the Latin of John Locke by Popple.
             Attributed to John Locke. cf. NUC pre-1956.
             Reproduction of original in Bristol Public Library, Bristol, England.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Toleration.
           Freedom of religion -- England.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           LETTER
           CONCERNING
           Toleration
           :
           Humbly
           Submitted
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           LICENSED
           ,
           Octob.
           3.
           1689.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Awnsham
             Churchill
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Black
             Swan
          
           at
           Amen-Corner
           .
           1689.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           CONCERNING
           TOLERATION
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           There
           will
           be
           published
           in
           a
           few
           days
           ,
        
         
           AN
           Agreement
           betwixt
           the
           Present
           and
           the
           Former
           Government
           :
           Or
           ,
           A
           Discourse
           of
           this
           Monarchy
           ,
           Whether
           Elective
           or
           Hereditary
           .
           Also
           of
           Abdication
           ,
           Vacancy
           ,
           Interregnums
           ,
           Present
           Possession
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           By
           a
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           Foxes
           and
           Firebrands
           :
           Or
           ,
           A
           Specimen
           of
           the
           Danger
           and
           Harmony
           of
           Popery
           and
           Separation
           .
           A
           Third-Part
           .
        
         
           An
           Hundred
           and
           fifty
           three
           Chymical
           Aphorisms
           :
           To
           which
           ,
           whatever
           relates
           to
           the
           Science
           of
           Chymistry
           may
           fitly
           be
           referred
           .
           Done
           by
           the
           Labour
           and
           Stidy
           of
           a
           Country
           Hermite
           ,
           and
           Printed
           in
           Latin
           at
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
             Anno
             1688.
          
           
        
         
           
             Sold
             by
          
           Awnsham
           Churchill
           in
           Ave-mary
           Lane.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THe
           Ensuing
           
             Letter
             concerning
             Toleration
          
           ,
           first
           Printed
           in
           Latin
           this
           very
           Year
           ,
           in
           Holland
           ,
           has
           already
           been
           Translated
           both
           into
           Dutch
           and
           French.
           So
           general
           and
           speedy
           an
           Approbation
           may
           therefore
           bespeak
           its
           favourable
           Reception
           in
           England
           .
           I
           think
           indeed
           there
           is
           no
           Nation
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           which
           so
           much
           has
           already
           been
           said
           upon
           that
           Subject
           ,
           as
           Ours
           .
           But
           yet
           certainly
           there
           is
           no
           People
           that
           stand
           in
           more
           need
           of
           having
           something
           further
           both
           said
           and
           done
           amongst
           them
           ,
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           than
           We
           do
           .
        
         
         
           Our
           Government
           has
           not
           only
           been
           partial
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ;
           but
           those
           also
           who
           have
           suffered
           under
           that
           Partiality
           ,
           and
           have
           therefore
           endeavoured
           by
           their
           Writings
           to
           vindicate
           their
           own
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           have
           for
           the
           most
           part
           done
           it
           upon
           narrow
           Principles
           ,
           suited
           only
           to
           the
           Interests
           of
           their
           own
           Sects
           .
        
         
           This
           narrowness
           of
           Spirit
           on
           all
           sides
           has
           undoubtedly
           been
           the
           principal
           Occasion
           of
           our
           Miseries
           and
           Confusions
           .
           But
           whatever
           have
           been
           the
           Occasion
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           high
           time
           to
           seek
           for
           a
           thorow
           Cure.
           We
           have
           need
           of
           more
           generous
           Remedies
           than
           what
           have
           yet
           been
           made
           use
           of
           in
           our
           Distemper
           .
           It
           is
           neither
           
             Declarations
             of
             Indulgence
          
           ,
           nor
           
             Acts
             of
             Comprehension
          
           ,
           such
           as
           have
           yet
           been
           practised
           or
           projected
           amongst
           us
           ,
           that
           can
           do
           the
           Work.
           The
           first
           will
           but
           palliate
           ,
           the
           second
           encrease
           our
           Evil.
           
        
         
         
           Absolute
           Liberty
           ,
           Iust
           and
           True
           Liberty
           ,
           Equal
           and
           Impartial
           Liberty
           ,
           is
           the
           thing
           that
           we
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           .
           Now
           tho
           this
           has
           indeed
           been
           much
           talked
           of
           ,
           I
           doubt
           it
           has
           not
           been
           much
           understood
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           not
           at
           all
           practised
           ,
           either
           by
           our
           Governours
           towards
           the
           People
           in
           general
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           Dissenting
           Parties
           of
           the
           People
           towards
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           therefore
           but
           hope
           that
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           treats
           of
           that
           Subject
           ,
           however
           briefly
           ,
           yet
           more
           exactly
           than
           any
           we
           have
           yet
           seen
           ,
           demonstrating
           both
           the
           Equitableness
           and
           Practicableness
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           will
           be
           esteemed
           highly
           seasonable
           ,
           by
           all
           Men
           that
           have
           Souls
           large
           enough
           to
           prefer
           the
           true
           Interest
           of
           the
           Publick
           before
           that
           of
           a
           Party
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           for
           the
           use
           of
           such
           as
           are
           already
           so
           spirited
           ,
           or
           to
           inspire
           that
           Spirit
           into
           those
           that
           are
           not
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           Translated
           
           it
           into
           our
           Language
           .
           But
           the
           thing
           it self
           is
           so
           short
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           not
           bear
           a
           longer
           Preface
           .
           I
           leave
           it
           therefore
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           my
           Countrymen
           ,
           and
           heartily
           wish
           they
           may
           make
           the
           use
           of
           it
           that
           it
           appears
           to
           be
           designed
           for
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           CONCERNING
           TOLERATION
           .
        
         
           
             
               Honoured
               Sir
               ,
            
          
           
             SInce
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             inquire
             what
             are
             my
             Thoughts
             about
             the
             mutual
             Toleration
             of
             Christians
             in
             their
             different
             Professions
             of
             Religion
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             answer
             you
             freely
             ,
             That
             I
             esteem
             that
             Toleration
             to
             be
             the
             chief
             Characteristical
             Mark
             of
             the
             True
             Church
             .
             For
             whatsoever
             some
             People
             boast
             of
             the
             Antiquity
             of
             Places
             and
             Names
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Pomp
             of
             their
             Outward
             Worship
             ;
             Others
             ,
             of
             the
             Reformation
             of
             their
             Discipline
             ;
             All
             ,
             of
             the
             Orthodoxy
             of
             their
             Faith
             ;
             (
             for
             every
             one
             is
             Orthodox
             to
             himself
             :
             )
             These
             things
             ,
             and
             all
             others
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             are
             much
             rather
             Marks
             of
             Men
             striving
             for
             Power
             and
             Empire
             over
             one
             another
             ,
             than
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ.
             Let
             any
             one
             have
             never
             so
             true
             a
             Claim
             to
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             yet
             if
             he
             be
             destitute
             of
             Charity
             ,
             Meekness
             ,
             and
             Good-will
             in
             general
             towards
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             even
             to
             those
             that
             are
             not
             Christians
             ,
             he
             is
             certainly
             yet
             short
             of
             being
             a
             true
             Christian
             himself
             .
             
             
               The
               Kings
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               exercise
               Lordship
               over
               them
               ,
            
             said
             our
             Saviour
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             
               but
               ye
               shall
               not
               be
               so
               .
            
             The
             Business
             of
             True
             Religion
             
             is
             quite
             another
             thing
             .
             It
             is
             not
             instituted
             in
             order
             to
             the
             erecting
             of
             an
             external
             Pomp
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             obtaining
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Dominion
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             exercising
             of
             compulsive
             Force
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             regulating
             of
             Mens
             Lives
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Vertue
             and
             Piety
             .
             Whosoever
             will
             lift
             himself
             under
             the
             Banner
             of
             Christ
             ,
             must
             in
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             and
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             make
             War
             upon
             his
             own
             Lusts
             and
             Vices
             .
             It
             is
             in
             vain
             for
             any
             Man
             to
             usurp
             the
             Name
             of
             Christian
             ,
             without
             Holiness
             of
             Life
             ,
             Purity
             of
             Manners
             ,
             
             and
             Benignity
             and
             Meekness
             of
             Spirit
             .
             
               Let
               every
               one
               that
               nameth
               the
               Name
               of
               Christ
               ,
               depart
               from
               iniquity
               .
               Thou
               ,
            
             
             
               when
               thou
               art
               converted
               ,
               strengthen
               thy
               Brethren
               ,
            
             said
             our
             Lord
             to
             Peter
             .
             It
             would
             indeed
             be
             very
             hard
             for
             one
             that
             appears
             careless
             about
             his
             own
             Salvation
             ,
             to
             persuade
             me
             that
             he
             were
             extreamly
             concern'd
             for
             mine
             .
             For
             it
             is
             impossible
             that
             those
             should
             sincerely
             and
             heartily
             apply
             themselves
             to
             make
             other
             People
             Christians
             ,
             who
             have
             not
             really
             embraced
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             in
             their
             own
             Hearts
             .
             If
             the
             Gospel
             and
             the
             Apostles
             may
             be
             credited
             ,
             no
             Man
             can
             be
             a
             Christian
             without
             Charity
             ,
             and
             without
             
               that
               Faith
               which
               works
            
             ,
             not
             by
             Force
             ,
             but
             by
             Love.
             Now
             I
             appeal
             to
             the
             Consciences
             of
             those
             that
             persecute
             ,
             torment
             ,
             destroy
             ,
             and
             kill
             other
             Men
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             whether
             they
             do
             it
             out
             of
             Friendship
             and
             Kindness
             towards
             them
             ,
             or
             no
             :
             And
             I
             shall
             then
             indeed
             ,
             and
             not
             till
             then
             ,
             believe
             they
             do
             so
             ,
             when
             I
             shall
             see
             those
             fiery
             Zealots
             correcting
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             their
             Friends
             and
             familiar
             Acquaintance
             ,
             for
             the
             manifest
             Sins
             they
             commit
             against
             the
             Precepts
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             when
             I
             shall
             see
             them
             prosecute
             with
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             the
             Members
             of
             their
             own
             Communion
             that
             are
             tainted
             with
             enormous
             Vices
             ,
             and
             without
             Amendment
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             eternal
             Perdition
             ;
             and
             when
             I
             shall
             see
             them
             thus
             express
             their
             Love
             and
             Desire
             of
             the
             Salvation
             of
             their
             Souls
             ,
             by
             the
             infliction
             of
             Torments
             ,
             and
             exercise
             of
             all
             manner
             of
             Cruelties
             .
             For
             if
             it
             be
             out
             
             of
             a
             Principle
             of
             Charity
             ,
             as
             they
             pretend
             ,
             and
             Love
             to
             Mens
             Souls
             ,
             that
             they
             deprive
             them
             of
             their
             Estates
             ,
             maim
             them
             with
             corporal
             Punishments
             ,
             starve
             and
             torment
             them
             in
             noisom
             Prisons
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             end
             even
             take
             away
             their
             Lives
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             all
             this
             be
             done
             meerly
             to
             make
             Men
             Christians
             ,
             and
             procure
             their
             Salvation
             ,
             Why
             then
             do
             they
             suffer
             Whoredom
             ,
             
             
               Fraud
               ,
               Malice
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               enormities
               ,
            
             which
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Apostle
             )
             manifestly
             rellish
             of
             Heathenish
             Corruption
             ,
             to
             predominate
             so
             much
             and
             abound
             amongst
             their
             Flocks
             and
             People
             ?
             These
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             things
             ,
             are
             certainly
             more
             contrary
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             the
             Purity
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ,
             than
             any
             conscientious
             Dissent
             from
             Ecclesiastical
             Decisions
             ,
             or
             Separation
             from
             Publick
             Worship
             ,
             whilst
             accompanied
             with
             Innocency
             of
             Life
             .
             Why
             then
             does
             this
             burning
             Zeal
             for
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ;
             burning
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             literally
             ,
             with
             Fire
             and
             Faggot
             ;
             pass
             by
             those
             moral
             Vices
             and
             Wickednesses
             ,
             without
             any
             Chastisement
             ,
             which
             are
             acknowledged
             by
             all
             Men
             to
             be
             diametrically
             opposite
             to
             the
             Profession
             of
             Christianity
             ;
             and
             bend
             all
             its
             Nerves
             either
             to
             the
             introducing
             of
             Ceremonies
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             establishment
             of
             Opinions
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             about
             nice
             and
             intricate
             Matters
             ,
             that
             exceed
             the
             Capacity
             of
             ordinary
             Understandings
             ?
             Which
             of
             the
             Parties
             contending
             about
             these
             things
             is
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             which
             of
             them
             is
             guilty
             of
             Schism
             or
             Heresie
             ,
             whether
             those
             that
             domineer
             or
             those
             that
             suffer
             ,
             will
             then
             at
             last
             be
             manifest
             ,
             when
             the
             Cause
             of
             their
             Separation
             comes
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             .
             He
             certainly
             that
             follows
             Christ
             ,
             embraces
             his
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             bears
             his
             Yoke
             ,
             tho'
             he
             forsake
             both
             Father
             and
             Mother
             ,
             separate
             from
             the
             Publick
             Assemblies
             and
             Ceremonies
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             or
             whomsoever
             ,
             or
             whatsoever
             else
             he
             relinquishes
             ,
             will
             not
             then
             be
             judged
             an
             Heretick
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             tho'
             the
             Divisions
             that
             are
             amongst
             Sects
             should
             be
             allowed
             to
             be
             never
             so
             obstructive
             of
             the
             Salvation
             of
             
             Souls
             ;
             
             yet
             nevertheless
             
               Adultery
               ,
               Fornication
               ,
               Vncleanness
               ,
               Lasciviousness
               ,
               Idolatry
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               things
               ,
               cannot
               be
               denied
               to
               be
               Works
               of
               the
               Flesh
            
             ;
             concerning
             which
             the
             Apostle
             has
             expresly
             declared
             ,
             that
             
               they
               who
               do
               them
               shall
               not
               inherit
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
            
             Whosoever
             therefore
             is
             sincerely
             sollicitous
             about
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             thinks
             it
             his
             Duty
             to
             endeavour
             the
             Enlargement
             of
             it
             amongst
             Men
             ,
             ought
             to
             apply
             himself
             with
             no
             less
             care
             and
             industry
             to
             the
             rooting
             out
             of
             these
             Immoralities
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             Extirpation
             of
             Sects
             .
             But
             if
             any
             one
             do
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             whilst
             he
             is
             cruel
             and
             implacable
             towards
             those
             that
             differ
             from
             him
             in
             Opinion
             ,
             he
             be
             indulgent
             to
             such
             Iniquities
             and
             Immoralities
             as
             are
             unbecoming
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Christian
             ,
             let
             such
             a
             one
             talk
             never
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             he
             plainly
             demonstrates
             by
             his
             Actions
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             another
             Kingdom
             he
             aims
             at
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             Advancement
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             That
             any
             Man
             should
             think
             fit
             to
             cause
             another
             Man
             ,
             whose
             Salvation
             he
             heartily
             desires
             ,
             to
             expire
             in
             Torments
             ,
             and
             that
             even
             in
             an
             unconverted
             estate
             ,
             would
             ,
             I
             confess
             ,
             seem
             very
             strange
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             to
             any
             other
             also
             .
             But
             no
             body
             ,
             surely
             ,
             will
             ever
             believe
             that
             such
             a
             Carriage
             can
             proceed
             from
             Charity
             ,
             Love
             ,
             or
             Good-will
             .
             If
             any
             one
             maintain
             that
             Men
             ought
             to
             be
             compelled
             by
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             to
             profess
             certain
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             conform
             to
             this
             or
             that
             exteriour
             Worship
             ,
             without
             any
             regard
             had
             unto
             their
             Morals
             ;
             if
             any
             one
             endeavour
             to
             convert
             those
             that
             are
             Erroneous
             unto
             the
             Faith
             ,
             by
             forcing
             them
             to
             profess
             things
             that
             they
             do
             not
             believe
             ,
             and
             allowing
             them
             to
             practise
             things
             that
             the
             Gospel
             does
             not
             permit
             ;
             it
             cannot
             be
             doubted
             indeed
             but
             such
             a
             one
             is
             desirous
             to
             have
             a
             numerous
             Assembly
             joyned
             in
             the
             same
             Profession
             with
             himself
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             principally
             intends
             by
             those
             means
             to
             compose
             a
             truly
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             is
             altogether
             incredible
             .
             It
             is
             not
             therefore
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             if
             those
             who
             
             do
             not
             really
             contend
             for
             the
             Advancement
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             make
             use
             of
             Arms
             that
             do
             not
             belong
             to
             the
             Christian
             Warfare
             .
             If
             ,
             like
             the
             Captain
             of
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             they
             sincerely
             desired
             the
             Good
             of
             Souls
             ,
             they
             would
             tread
             in
             the
             Steps
             ,
             and
             follow
             the
             perfect
             Example
             of
             that
             Prince
             of
             Peace
             ,
             who
             sent
             out
             his
             Soldiers
             to
             the
             subduing
             of
             Nations
             ,
             and
             gathering
             them
             into
             his
             Church
             ,
             not
             armed
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             or
             other
             Instruments
             of
             Force
             ,
             but
             prepared
             with
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Exemplary
             Holiness
             of
             their
             Conversation
             .
             This
             was
             his
             Method
             .
             Tho'
             if
             Infidels
             were
             to
             be
             converted
             by
             force
             ,
             if
             those
             that
             are
             either
             blind
             or
             obstinate
             were
             to
             be
             drawn
             off
             from
             their
             Errors
             by
             Armed
             Soldiers
             ,
             we
             know
             very
             well
             that
             it
             was
             much
             more
             easie
             for
             Him
             to
             do
             it
             with
             Armies
             of
             Heavenly
             Legions
             ,
             than
             for
             any
             Son
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             how
             potent
             soever
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             Dragoons
             .
          
           
             The
             Toleration
             of
             those
             that
             differ
             from
             others
             in
             Matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             is
             so
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             genuine
             Reason
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             that
             it
             seems
             monstrous
             for
             Men
             to
             be
             so
             blind
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             perceive
             the
             Necessity
             and
             Advantage
             of
             it
             ,
             in
             so
             clear
             a
             Light.
             I
             will
             not
             here
             tax
             the
             Pride
             and
             Ambition
             of
             some
             ,
             the
             Passion
             and
             uncharitable
             Zeal
             of
             others
             .
             These
             are
             Faults
             from
             which
             Humane
             Affairs
             can
             perhaps
             scarce
             ever
             be
             perfectly
             freed
             ;
             but
             yet
             such
             as
             no
             body
             will
             bear
             the
             plain
             Imputation
             of
             ,
             without
             covering
             them
             with
             some
             specious
             Colour
             ;
             and
             so
             pretend
             to
             Commendation
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             carried
             away
             by
             their
             own
             irregular
             Passions
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             that
             some
             may
             not
             colour
             their
             Spirit
             of
             Persecution
             and
             unchristian
             Cruelty
             with
             a
             Pretence
             of
             Care
             of
             the
             Publick
             Weal
             ,
             and
             Observation
             of
             the
             Laws
             ;
             and
             that
             others
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             may
             not
             seek
             Impunity
             for
             their
             Libertinism
             and
             Licentiousness
             ;
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             that
             none
             may
             impose
             either
             upon
             himself
             or
             others
             ,
             by
             
             the
             Pretences
             of
             Loyalty
             and
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             or
             of
             Tenderness
             and
             Sincerity
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ;
             I
             esteem
             it
             above
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             distinguish
             exactly
             the
             Business
             of
             Civil
             Government
             from
             that
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             settle
             the
             just
             Bounds
             that
             lie
             between
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             .
             If
             this
             be
             not
             done
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             end
             put
             to
             the
             Controversies
             that
             will
             be
             always
             arising
             ,
             between
             those
             that
             have
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             pretend
             to
             have
             ,
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             a
             Concernment
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             Mens
             Souls
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             a
             Care
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
          
           
             The
             Commonwealth
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             a
             Society
             of
             Men
             constituted
             only
             for
             the
             procuring
             ,
             preserving
             ,
             and
             advancing
             of
             their
             own
             
               Civil
               Interests
            
             .
          
           
             
               Civil
               Interests
            
             I
             call
             Life
             ,
             Liberty
             ,
             Health
             ,
             and
             Indolency
             of
             Body
             ;
             and
             the
             Possession
             of
             outward
             things
             ,
             such
             as
             Money
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             Houses
             ,
             Furniture
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             by
             the
             impartial
             Execution
             of
             equal
             Laws
             ,
             to
             secure
             unto
             all
             the
             People
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             to
             every
             one
             of
             his
             Subjects
             in
             particular
             ,
             the
             just
             Possession
             of
             these
             things
             belonging
             to
             this
             Life
             .
             If
             any
             one
             presume
             to
             violate
             the
             Laws
             of
             Publick
             Justice
             and
             Equity
             ,
             established
             for
             the
             Preservation
             of
             those
             things
             ,
             his
             Presumption
             is
             to
             be
             check'd
             by
             the
             fear
             of
             Punishment
             ,
             consisting
             of
             the
             Deprivation
             or
             Diminution
             of
             those
             Civil
             Interests
             ,
             or
             Goods
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             he
             might
             and
             ought
             to
             enjoy
             .
             But
             seeing
             no
             Man
             does
             willingly
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             the
             Deprivation
             of
             any
             part
             of
             his
             Goods
             ,
             and
             much
             less
             of
             his
             Liberty
             or
             Life
             ,
             therefore
             is
             the
             Magistrate
             armed
             with
             the
             Force
             and
             Strength
             of
             all
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             punishment
             of
             those
             that
             violate
             any
             other
             Man's
             Rights
             .
          
           
             Now
             that
             the
             whole
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             reaches
             only
             to
             these
             Civil
             Concernments
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             Right
             and
             Dominion
             ,
             is
             bounded
             and
             confined
             to
             the
             only
             care
             of
             promoting
             these
             things
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             neither
             
             can
             nor
             ought
             in
             any
             manner
             to
             be
             extended
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ,
             these
             following
             Considerations
             seem
             unto
             me
             abundantly
             to
             demonstrate
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             Because
             the
             Care
             of
             Souls
             is
             not
             committed
             to
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             to
             other
             Men.
             It
             is
             not
             committed
             unto
             him
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             by
             God
             ;
             because
             it
             appears
             not
             that
             God
             has
             ever
             given
             any
             such
             Authority
             to
             one
             Man
             over
             another
             ,
             as
             to
             compell
             any
             one
             to
             his
             Religion
             .
             Nor
             can
             any
             such
             Power
             be
             vested
             in
             the
             Magistrate
             by
             the
             
               consent
               of
               the
               People
            
             ;
             because
             no
             man
             can
             so
             far
             abandon
             the
             care
             of
             his
             own
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             blindly
             to
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             choice
             of
             any
             other
             ,
             whether
             Prince
             or
             Subject
             ,
             to
             prescribe
             to
             him
             what
             Faith
             or
             Worship
             he
             shall
             embrace
             .
             For
             no
             Man
             can
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             ,
             conform
             his
             Faith
             to
             the
             Dictates
             of
             another
             .
             All
             the
             Life
             and
             Power
             of
             true
             Religion
             consists
             in
             the
             inward
             and
             full
             perswasion
             of
             the
             mind
             ;
             and
             Faith
             is
             not
             Faith
             without
             believing
             .
             Whatever
             Profession
             we
             make
             ,
             to
             whatever
             outward
             Worship
             we
             conform
             ,
             if
             we
             are
             not
             fully
             satisfied
             in
             our
             own
             mind
             that
             the
             one
             is
             true
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             well
             pleasing
             unto
             God
             ,
             such
             Profession
             and
             such
             Practice
             ,
             far
             from
             being
             any
             furtherance
             ,
             are
             indeed
             great
             Obstacles
             to
             our
             Salvation
             .
             For
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             instead
             of
             expiating
             other
             Sins
             by
             the
             exercise
             of
             Religion
             ,
             I
             say
             in
             offering
             thus
             unto
             God
             Almighty
             such
             a
             Worship
             as
             we
             esteem
             to
             be
             displeasing
             unto
             him
             ,
             we
             add
             unto
             the
             number
             of
             our
             other
             sins
             ,
             those
             also
             of
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             and
             Contempt
             of
             his
             Divine
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               second
               place
            
             .
             The
             care
             of
             Souls
             cannot
             belong
             to
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             because
             his
             Power
             consists
             only
             in
             outward
             force
             ;
             but
             true
             and
             saving
             Religion
             consists
             in
             the
             inward
             perswasion
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             without
             which
             nothing
             can
             be
             acceptable
             to
             God.
             And
             such
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Understanding
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             compell'd
             to
             the
             belief
             of
             any
             thing
             by
             outward
             force
             .
             Confiscation
             of
             Estate
             ,
             Imprisonment
             ,
             Torments
             ,
             nothing
             of
             that
             
             nature
             can
             have
             any
             such
             Efficacy
             as
             to
             make
             Men
             change
             the
             inward
             Judgment
             that
             they
             have
             framed
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             indeed
             be
             alledged
             ,
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             may
             make
             use
             of
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             thereby
             draw
             the
             Heterodox
             into
             the
             way
             of
             Truth
             ,
             and
             procure
             their
             Salvation
             .
             I
             grant
             it
             ;
             but
             this
             is
             common
             to
             him
             with
             other
             Men.
             In
             teaching
             ,
             instructing
             ,
             and
             redressing
             the
             Erroneous
             by
             Reason
             ,
             he
             may
             certainly
             do
             what
             becomes
             any
             good
             Man
             to
             do
             .
             Magistracy
             does
             not
             oblige
             him
             to
             put
             of
             either
             Humanity
             or
             Christianity
             .
             But
             it
             is
             one
             thing
             to
             perswade
             ,
             another
             to
             command
             ;
             one
             thing
             to
             press
             with
             Arguments
             ,
             another
             with
             Penalties
             .
             This
             Civil
             Power
             alone
             has
             a
             right
             to
             do
             ;
             to
             the
             other
             Good-will
             is
             Authority
             enough
             .
             Every
             Man
             has
             Commission
             to
             admonish
             ,
             exhort
             ,
             convince
             another
             of
             Error
             ,
             and
             by
             reasoning
             to
             draw
             him
             into
             Truth
             :
             but
             to
             give
             Laws
             ,
             receive
             Obedience
             ,
             and
             compel
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
             belongs
             to
             none
             but
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             And
             upon
             this
             ground
             I
             affirm
             ,
             that
             the
             Magistrate's
             Power
             extends
             not
             to
             the
             establishing
             of
             any
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             Forms
             of
             Worship
             ,
             by
             the
             force
             of
             his
             Laws
             .
             For
             Laws
             are
             of
             no
             force
             at
             all
             without
             Penalties
             ,
             and
             Penalties
             in
             this
             case
             are
             absolutely
             impertinent
             ;
             because
             they
             are
             not
             proper
             to
             convince
             the
             mind
             .
             Neither
             the
             Profession
             of
             any
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             nor
             the
             Conformity
             to
             any
             outward
             Form
             of
             Worship
             (
             as
             has
             already
             been
             said
             )
             can
             be
             available
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ,
             unless
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             acceptableness
             of
             the
             other
             unto
             God
             ,
             be
             thoroughly
             believed
             by
             those
             that
             so
             profess
             and
             practise
             .
             But
             Penalties
             are
             no
             ways
             capable
             to
             produce
             such
             Belief
             .
             It
             is
             only
             Light
             and
             Evidence
             that
             can
             work
             a
             change
             in
             Mens
             Opinions
             ;
             which
             Light
             can
             in
             no
             manner
             proceed
             from
             corporal
             Sufferings
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             outward
             Penalties
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               third
               place
            
             .
             The
             care
             of
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Mens
             Souls
             cannot
             belong
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ;
             because
             ,
             though
             the
             rigour
             of
             Laws
             and
             the
             force
             of
             Penalties
             were
             capable
             to
             convince
             
             and
             change
             Mens
             minds
             ,
             yet
             would
             not
             that
             help
             at
             all
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             their
             Souls
             .
             For
             there
             being
             but
             one
             Truth
             ,
             one
             way
             to
             Heaven
             ;
             what
             Hopes
             is
             there
             that
             more
             Men
             would
             be
             led
             into
             it
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             no
             Rule
             but
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             were
             put
             under
             a
             necessity
             to
             quit
             the
             Light
             of
             their
             own
             Reason
             ,
             and
             oppose
             the
             Dictates
             of
             their
             own
             Consciences
             ,
             and
             blindly
             to
             resign
             up
             themselves
             to
             the
             Will
             of
             their
             Governors
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Religion
             ,
             which
             either
             Ignorance
             ,
             Ambition
             ,
             or
             Superstition
             had
             chanced
             to
             establish
             in
             the
             Countries
             where
             they
             were
             born
             ?
             In
             the
             variety
             and
             contradiction
             of
             Opinions
             in
             Religion
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             World
             are
             as
             much
             divided
             as
             in
             their
             Secular
             Interests
             ,
             the
             narrow
             way
             would
             be
             much
             straitned
             ;
             one
             Country
             alone
             would
             be
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             put
             under
             an
             obligation
             of
             following
             their
             Princes
             in
             the
             ways
             that
             lead
             to
             Destruction
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             heightens
             the
             absurdity
             ,
             and
             very
             ill
             suits
             the
             Notion
             of
             a
             Deity
             ,
             Men
             would
             owe
             their
             eternal
             Happiness
             or
             Misery
             to
             the
             places
             of
             their
             Nativity
             .
          
           
             These
             Considerations
             ,
             to
             omit
             many
             others
             that
             might
             have
             been
             urged
             to
             the
             same
             purpose
             ,
             seem
             unto
             me
             sufficient
             to
             conclude
             that
             all
             the
             Power
             of
             Civil
             Government
             relates
             only
             to
             Mens
             Civil
             Interests
             ,
             is
             confined
             to
             the
             care
             of
             the
             things
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             hath
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             the
             World
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             
               Let
               us
               now
               consider
               what
               a
               Church
               is
               .
            
             A
             Church
             then
             I
             take
             to
             be
             a
             voluntary
             Society
             of
             Men
             ,
             joining
             themselves
             together
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             publick
             worshipping
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             they
             judge
             acceptable
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             effectual
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             their
             Souls
             .
          
           
             I
             say
             it
             is
             a
             free
             and
             voluntary
             Society
             .
             No
             body
             is
             born
             a
             Member
             of
             any
             Church
             ;
             otherwise
             the
             Religion
             of
             Parents
             would
             descend
             unto
             Children
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             
             right
             of
             Inheritance
             as
             their
             Temporal
             Estates
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             would
             hold
             his
             Faith
             by
             the
             same
             Tenure
             he
             does
             his
             Lands
             ;
             than
             which
             nothing
             can
             be
             imagined
             more
             absurd
             .
             Thus
             therefore
             that
             matter
             stands
             .
             No
             Man
             by
             nature
             is
             bound
             unto
             any
             particular
             Church
             or
             Sect
             ,
             but
             every
             one
             joins
             himself
             voluntarily
             to
             that
             Society
             in
             which
             he
             believes
             he
             has
             found
             that
             Profession
             and
             Worship
             which
             is
             truly
             acceptable
             to
             God.
             The
             hopes
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             the
             only
             cause
             of
             his
             entrance
             into
             that
             Communion
             ,
             so
             it
             can
             be
             the
             only
             reason
             of
             his
             stay
             there
             .
             For
             if
             afterwards
             he
             discover
             any
             thing
             either
             erroneous
             in
             the
             Doctrine
             ,
             or
             incongruous
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             that
             Society
             to
             which
             he
             has
             join'd
             himself
             ,
             Why
             should
             it
             not
             be
             as
             free
             for
             him
             to
             go
             out
             as
             it
             was
             to
             enter
             ?
             No
             Member
             of
             a
             Religious
             Society
             can
             be
             tied
             with
             any
             other
             Bonds
             but
             what
             proceed
             from
             the
             certain
             expectation
             of
             eternal
             Life
             .
             A
             Church
             then
             is
             a
             Society
             of
             Members
             voluntarily
             uniting
             to
             this
             end
             .
          
           
             It
             follows
             now
             that
             we
             consider
             what
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             this
             Church
             ,
             and
             unto
             what
             Laws
             it
             is
             subject
             .
          
           
             Forasmuch
             as
             no
             Society
             ,
             how
             free
             soever
             ,
             or
             upon
             whatsoever
             slight
             occasion
             instituted
             ,
             (
             whether
             of
             Philophers
             for
             Learning
             ,
             of
             Merchants
             for
             Commerce
             ,
             or
             of
             men
             of
             leisure
             for
             mutual
             Conversation
             and
             Discourse
             ,
             )
             No
             Church
             or
             Company
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             can
             in
             the
             least
             subsist
             and
             hold
             together
             ,
             but
             will
             presently
             dissolve
             and
             break
             to
             pieces
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             regulated
             by
             some
             Laws
             ,
             and
             the
             Members
             all
             consent
             to
             observe
             some
             Order
             .
             Place
             ,
             and
             time
             of
             meeting
             must
             be
             agreed
             on
             ;
             Rules
             for
             admitting
             and
             excluding
             Members
             must
             be
             establisht
             ;
             Distinction
             of
             Officers
             ,
             and
             putting
             things
             into
             a
             regular
             Course
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             cannot
             be
             omitted
             .
             But
             since
             the
             joyning
             together
             of
             several
             Members
             into
             this
             Church-Society
             ,
             as
             has
             already
             been
             demonstrated
             ,
             is
             absolutely
             free
             and
             spontaneous
             ,
             it
             necessarily
             follows
             ,
             that
             the
             Right
             of
             making
             its
             Laws
             can
             belong
             
             to
             none
             but
             the
             Society
             it self
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             (
             which
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             )
             to
             those
             whom
             the
             Society
             by
             common
             consent
             has
             authorised
             thereunto
             .
          
           
             Some
             perhaps
             may
             object
             ,
             that
             no
             such
             Society
             can
             be
             said
             to
             be
             a
             true
             Church
             ,
             unless
             it
             have
             in
             it
             a
             Bishop
             ,
             or
             Presbyter
             ,
             with
             Ruling
             Authority
             derived
             from
             the
             very
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             continued
             down
             unto
             the
             present
             times
             by
             an
             uninterrupted
             Succession
             .
          
           
             To
             these
             I
             answer
             .
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
            
             ,
             Let
             them
             shew
             me
             the
             Edict
             by
             which
             Christ
             has
             imposed
             that
             Law
             upon
             his
             Church
             .
             And
             let
             not
             any
             man
             think
             me
             impertinent
             if
             ,
             in
             a
             thing
             of
             this
             consequence
             ,
             I
             require
             that
             the
             Terms
             of
             that
             Edict
             be
             very
             express
             and
             positive
             .
             For
             the
             Promise
             he
             has
             made
             us
             ,
             
             that
             
               wheresoever
               two
               or
               three
               are
               gathered
               together
               in
               his
               Name
               ,
               he
               will
               be
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               them
               ,
            
             seems
             to
             imply
             the
             contrary
             .
             Whether
             such
             an
             Assembly
             want
             any
             thing
             necessary
             to
             a
             true
             Church
             ,
             pray
             do
             you
             consider
             .
             Certain
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             there
             wanting
             unto
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ;
             Which
             is
             sufficient
             to
             our
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Next
             ,
             Pray
             observe
             how
             great
             have
             always
             been
             the
             Divisions
             amongst
             even
             those
             who
             lay
             so
             much
             stress
             upon
             the
             Divine
             Institution
             ,
             and
             continued
             Succession
             of
             a
             certain
             Order
             of
             Rulers
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Now
             their
             very
             Dissention
             unavoidably
             puts
             us
             upon
             a
             necessity
             of
             deliberating
             ,
             and
             consequently
             allows
             a
             liberty
             of
             choosing
             that
             ,
             which
             upon
             consideration
             ,
             we
             prefer
             .
          
           
             
               And
               in
               the
               last
               place
            
             ,
             I
             consent
             that
             these
             men
             have
             a
             Ruler
             of
             their
             Church
             ,
             established
             by
             such
             a
             long
             Series
             of
             Succession
             as
             they
             judge
             necessary
             ;
             provided
             I
             may
             have
             liberty
             at
             the
             same
             time
             to
             join
             my self
             to
             that
             Society
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             am
             perswaded
             those
             things
             are
             to
             be
             found
             which
             are
             necessary
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             my
             Soul.
             In
             this
             manner
             Ecclesiastical
             Liberty
             will
             be
             preserved
             on
             all
             sides
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             will
             have
             a
             Legislator
             imposed
             upon
             him
             ,
             but
             whom
             himself
             has
             chosen
             .
          
           
           
             But
             since
             men
             are
             so
             sollicitous
             about
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             I
             would
             only
             ask
             them
             ,
             here
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Conditions
             of
             her
             Communion
             consist
             in
             such
             things
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             only
             ,
             as
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             has
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             declared
             ,
             in
             express
             Words
             ,
             to
             be
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             I
             ask
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             than
             for
             men
             to
             impose
             their
             own
             Inventions
             and
             Interpretations
             upon
             others
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             of
             Divine
             Authority
             ,
             and
             to
             establish
             by
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
             ,
             as
             absolutely
             necessary
             to
             the
             Profession
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             such
             things
             as
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             do
             either
             not
             mention
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             not
             expresly
             command
             .
             Whosoever
             requires
             those
             things
             in
             order
             to
             Ecclesiastical
             Communion
             ,
             which
             Christ
             does
             not
             require
             in
             order
             to
             Life
             Eternal
             ,
             he
             may
             perhaps
             indeed
             constitute
             a
             Society
             accommodated
             to
             his
             own
             Opinion
             and
             his
             own
             Advantage
             ,
             but
             how
             that
             can
             be
             called
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             established
             upon
             Laws
             that
             are
             not
             his
             ,
             and
             which
             excludes
             such
             Persons
             from
             its
             Communion
             as
             he
             will
             one
             day
             receive
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             I
             understand
             not
             .
             But
             this
             being
             not
             a
             proper
             place
             to
             enquire
             into
             the
             marks
             of
             the
             true
             Church
             ,
             I
             will
             only
             mind
             those
             that
             contend
             so
             earnestly
             for
             the
             Decrees
             of
             their
             own
             Society
             ,
             and
             that
             cry
             out
             continually
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             noise
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             upon
             the
             same
             Principle
             ,
             as
             the
             Ephesian
             Silversmiths
             did
             for
             their
             Diana
             ;
             this
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             mind
             them
             of
             ,
             That
             the
             Gospel
             frequently
             declares
             that
             the
             true
             Disciples
             of
             Christ
             must
             suffer
             Persecution
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             should
             persecute
             others
             ,
             and
             force
             others
             by
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             to
             embrace
             her
             Faith
             and
             Doctrine
             ,
             I
             could
             never
             yet
             find
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Books
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
          
           
             The
             End
             of
             a
             Religious
             Society
             (
             as
             has
             already
             been
             said
             )
             is
             the
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             by
             means
             thereof
             the
             acquisition
             of
             Eternal
             Life
             .
             All
             Discipline
             ought
             
             therefore
             to
             tend
             to
             that
             End
             ,
             and
             all
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
             to
             be
             thereunto
             confined
             .
             Nothing
             ought
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             transacted
             in
             this
             Society
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             Possession
             of
             Civil
             and
             Worldly
             Goods
             .
             No
             Force
             is
             here
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             upon
             any
             occasion
             whatsoever
             :
             For
             Force
             belongs
             wholly
             to
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             the
             Possession
             of
             all
             outward
             Goods
             is
             subject
             to
             his
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             be
             asked
             ,
             By
             what
             means
             then
             shall
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
             be
             established
             ,
             if
             they
             must
             be
             thus
             destitute
             of
             all
             Compulsive
             Power
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             They
             must
             be
             established
             by
             Means
             suitable
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             such
             Things
             ,
             whereof
             the
             external
             Profession
             and
             Observation
             ,
             if
             not
             proceeding
             from
             a
             thorow
             Conviction
             and
             Approbation
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             is
             altogether
             useless
             and
             unprofitable
             .
             The
             Arms
             by
             which
             the
             Members
             of
             this
             Society
             are
             to
             be
             kept
             within
             their
             Duty
             ,
             are
             Exhortations
             ,
             Admonitions
             ,
             and
             Advices
             .
             If
             by
             these
             means
             the
             Offenders
             will
             not
             be
             reclaimed
             ,
             and
             the
             Erroneous
             convinced
             ,
             there
             remains
             nothing
             farther
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             but
             that
             such
             stubborn
             and
             obstinate
             Persons
             ,
             who
             give
             no
             ground
             to
             hope
             for
             their
             Reformation
             ,
             should
             be
             cast
             out
             and
             separated
             from
             the
             Society
             .
             This
             is
             the
             last
             and
             utmost
             Force
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Authority
             :
             No
             other
             Punishment
             can
             thereby
             be
             inflicted
             ,
             than
             that
             ,
             the
             Relation
             ceasing
             between
             the
             Body
             and
             the
             Member
             which
             is
             cut
             off
             ,
             the
             Person
             so
             condemned
             ceases
             to
             be
             a
             Part
             of
             that
             Church
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             being
             thus
             determined
             ,
             let
             us
             inquire
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             how
             far
             the
             Duty
             of
             Toleration
             extends
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             required
             from
             every
             one
             by
             it
             .
          
           
             
               And
               first
            
             ,
             I
             hold
             ,
             That
             no
             Church
             is
             bound
             by
             the
             Duty
             of
             Toleration
             to
             retain
             any
             such
             Person
             in
             her
             Bosom
             ,
             as
             ,
             after
             Admonition
             ,
             continues
             obstinately
             to
             offend
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Society
             .
             For
             these
             being
             the
             Condition
             of
             Communion
             ,
             and
             the
             Bond
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             if
             the
             Breach
             of
             them
             were
             permitted
             without
             any
             Animadversion
             ,
             
             the
             Society
             would
             immediately
             be
             thereby
             dissolved
             .
             But
             nevertheless
             ,
             in
             all
             such
             Cases
             care
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             that
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             and
             the
             Execution
             thereof
             ,
             carry
             with
             it
             no
             rough
             usage
             ,
             of
             Word
             or
             Action
             ,
             whereby
             the
             ejected
             Person
             may
             any
             wise
             be
             damnified
             in
             Body
             or
             Estate
             .
             For
             all
             Force
             (
             as
             has
             often
             been
             said
             )
             belongs
             only
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             nor
             ought
             any
             private
             Persons
             ,
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             to
             use
             Force
             ;
             unless
             it
             be
             in
             self-defence
             against
             unjust
             Violence
             .
             Excommunication
             neither
             does
             ,
             nor
             can
             ,
             deprive
             the
             excommunicated
             Person
             of
             any
             of
             those
             Civil
             Goods
             that
             he
             formerly
             possessed
             .
             All
             those
             things
             belong
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             and
             are
             under
             the
             Magistrate's
             Protection
             .
             The
             whole
             Force
             of
             Excommunication
             consists
             only
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             ,
             the
             Resolution
             of
             the
             Society
             in
             that
             respect
             being
             declared
             ,
             the
             Union
             that
             was
             between
             the
             Body
             and
             some
             Member
             comes
             thereby
             to
             be
             dissolved
             ;
             and
             that
             Relation
             ceasing
             ,
             the
             participation
             of
             some
             certain
             things
             ,
             which
             the
             Society
             communicated
             to
             its
             Members
             ,
             and
             unto
             which
             no
             Man
             has
             any
             Civil
             Right
             ,
             comes
             also
             to
             cease
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             Civil
             Injury
             done
             unto
             the
             excommunicated
             Person
             ,
             by
             the
             Church-Minister's
             refusing
             him
             that
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             in
             the
             Celebration
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             bought
             with
             his
             ,
             but
             other
             mens
             Money
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             No
             private
             Person
             has
             any
             Right
             ,
             in
             any
             manner
             ,
             to
             prejudice
             another
             Person
             in
             his
             Civil
             Enjoyments
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             of
             another
             Church
             or
             Religion
             .
             All
             the
             Rights
             and
             Franchises
             that
             belong
             to
             him
             as
             a
             Man
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             Denison
             ,
             are
             inviolably
             to
             be
             preserved
             to
             him
             .
             These
             are
             not
             the
             Business
             of
             Religion
             .
             No
             Violence
             nor
             Injury
             is
             to
             be
             offered
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             be
             Christian
             or
             Pagan
             .
             Nay
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             content
             our selves
             with
             the
             narrow
             Measures
             of
             bare
             Justice
             :
             Charity
             ,
             Bounty
             ,
             and
             Liberality
             must
             be
             added
             to
             it
             .
             This
             the
             Gospel
             enjoyns
             ,
             this
             Reason
             directs
             ,
             and
             this
             that
             natural
             Fellowship
             we
             are
             born
             
             into
             requires
             of
             us
             .
             If
             any
             man
             err
             from
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             it
             is
             his
             own
             misfortune
             ,
             no
             injury
             to
             thee
             :
             Nor
             therefore
             art
             thou
             to
             punish
             him
             in
             the
             things
             of
             this
             Life
             ,
             because
             thou
             supposest
             he
             will
             be
             miserable
             in
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             What
             I
             say
             concerning
             the
             mutual
             Toleration
             of
             private
             Persons
             differing
             from
             one
             another
             in
             Religion
             ,
             I
             understand
             also
             of
             particular
             Churches
             ;
             which
             stand
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             same
             Relation
             to
             each
             other
             as
             private
             Persons
             among
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             has
             any
             one
             of
             them
             any
             manner
             of
             Jurisdiction
             over
             any
             other
             ,
             no
             not
             even
             when
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             (
             as
             it
             sometimes
             happens
             )
             comes
             to
             be
             of
             this
             or
             the
             other
             Communion
             .
             For
             the
             Civil
             Government
             can
             give
             no
             new
             Right
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             nor
             the
             Church
             to
             the
             Civil
             Government
             .
             So
             that
             whether
             the
             Magistrate
             joyn
             himself
             to
             any
             Church
             ,
             or
             separate
             from
             it
             ,
             the
             Church
             remains
             always
             as
             it
             was
             before
             ,
             a
             free
             and
             voluntary
             Society
             .
             It
             neither
             acquires
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Sword
             by
             the
             Magistrate's
             coming
             to
             it
             ,
             nor
             does
             it
             lose
             the
             Right
             of
             Instruction
             and
             Excommunication
             by
             his
             going
             from
             it
             .
             This
             is
             the
             fundamental
             and
             immutable
             Right
             of
             a
             spontaneous
             Society
             ,
             that
             it
             has
             power
             to
             remove
             any
             of
             its
             Members
             who
             transgress
             the
             Rules
             of
             its
             Institution
             :
             But
             it
             cannot
             ,
             by
             the
             accession
             of
             any
             new
             Members
             ,
             acquire
             any
             Right
             of
             Jurisdiction
             over
             those
             that
             are
             not
             joined
             with
             it
             .
             And
             therefore
             Peace
             ,
             Equity
             ,
             and
             Friendship
             ,
             are
             always
             mutually
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             particular
             Churches
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             as
             by
             private
             Persons
             ,
             without
             any
             pretence
             of
             Superiority
             or
             Jurisdiction
             over
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             That
             the
             thing
             may
             be
             made
             yet
             clearer
             by
             an
             Example
             ;
             Let
             us
             suppose
             two
             Churches
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             Arminians
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             Calvinists
             ,
             residing
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Constantinople
             .
             Will
             any
             one
             say
             ,
             that
             either
             of
             these
             Churches
             has
             Right
             to
             deprive
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             other
             of
             their
             Estates
             and
             Liberty
             ,
             (
             as
             we
             see
             practised
             elsewhere
             )
             because
             of
             their
             
             differing
             from
             it
             in
             some
             Doctrines
             or
             Ceremonies
             ;
             whilst
             the
             Turks
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             silently
             stand
             by
             ,
             and
             laugh
             to
             see
             with
             what
             inhumane
             Cruelty
             Christians
             thus
             rage
             against
             Christians
             ?
             But
             if
             one
             of
             these
             Churches
             hath
             this
             Power
             of
             treating
             the
             other
             ill
             ,
             I
             ask
             which
             of
             them
             it
             is
             to
             whom
             that
             Power
             belongs
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             Right
             ?
             It
             will
             be
             answered
             ,
             undoubtedly
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             the
             Orthodox
             Church
             which
             has
             the
             Right
             of
             Authority
             over
             the
             Erroneous
             or
             Heretical
             .
             This
             is
             ,
             in
             great
             and
             specious
             Words
             ,
             to
             say
             just
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
             For
             every
             Church
             is
             Orthodox
             to
             it self
             ;
             to
             others
             ,
             Erroneous
             or
             Heretical
             .
             For
             whatsoever
             any
             Church
             believes
             ,
             it
             believes
             to
             be
             true
             ;
             and
             the
             contrary
             unto
             those
             things
             ,
             it
             pronounces
             to
             be
             Error
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Controversie
             between
             these
             Churches
             about
             the
             Truth
             of
             their
             Doctrines
             ,
             and
             the
             Purity
             of
             their
             Worship
             ,
             is
             on
             both
             sides
             equal
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             any
             Judge
             ,
             either
             at
             Constantinople
             ,
             or
             elsewhere
             upon
             Earth
             ,
             by
             whose
             Sentence
             it
             can
             be
             determined
             .
             The
             Decision
             of
             that
             Question
             belongs
             only
             to
             the
             Supream
             Judge
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             to
             whom
             also
             alone
             belongs
             the
             Punishment
             of
             the
             Erroneous
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             let
             those
             men
             consider
             how
             hainously
             they
             sin
             ,
             Who
             ,
             adding
             Injustice
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             their
             Error
             yet
             certainly
             to
             their
             Pride
             ,
             do
             rashly
             and
             arrogantly
             take
             upon
             them
             to
             misuse
             the
             Servants
             of
             another
             Master
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             at
             all
             accountable
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             further
             :
             If
             it
             could
             be
             manifest
             which
             of
             these
             two
             dissenting
             Churches
             were
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             there
             would
             not
             accrue
             thereby
             unto
             the
             Orthodox
             any
             Right
             of
             destroying
             the
             other
             .
             For
             Churches
             have
             neither
             any
             Jurisdiction
             in
             Worldly
             matters
             ,
             nor
             are
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             any
             proper
             Instruments
             wherewith
             to
             convince
             mens
             minds
             of
             Error
             ,
             and
             inform
             them
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
             Let
             us
             suppose
             ,
             nevertheless
             ,
             that
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             inclined
             to
             favour
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             his
             Sword
             into
             their
             Hands
             ,
             that
             (
             by
             his
             Consent
             )
             they
             might
             chastise
             the
             Dissenters
             as
             they
             
             pleased
             .
             Will
             any
             man
             say
             ,
             that
             any
             Right
             can
             be
             derived
             unto
             a
             Christian
             Church
             ,
             over
             its
             Brethren
             ,
             from
             a
             Turkish
             Emperor
             ?
             An
             Infidel
             ,
             who
             has
             himself
             no
             Authority
             to
             punish
             Christians
             for
             the
             Articles
             of
             their
             Faith
             ,
             cannot
             confer
             such
             an
             Authority
             upon
             any
             Society
             of
             Christians
             ,
             nor
             give
             unto
             them
             a
             Right
             which
             he
             has
             not
             himself
             .
             This
             would
             be
             the
             Case
             at
             Constantinople
             .
             And
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             thing
             is
             the
             same
             in
             any
             Christian
             Kingdom
             .
             The
             Civil
             Power
             is
             the
             same
             in
             every
             place
             :
             nor
             can
             that
             Power
             ,
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             a
             Christian
             Prince
             ,
             confer
             any
             greater
             Authority
             upon
             the
             Church
             ,
             than
             in
             the
             Hands
             of
             a
             Heathen
             ;
             which
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             just
             none
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             it
             is
             worthy
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             lamented
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             violent
             of
             these
             Defenders
             of
             the
             Truth
             ,
             the
             Opposers
             of
             Errors
             ,
             the
             Exclaimers
             against
             Schism
             ,
             do
             hardly
             ever
             let
             loose
             this
             their
             Zeal
             for
             God
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             are
             so
             warmed
             and
             inflamed
             ,
             unless
             where
             they
             have
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             on
             their
             side
             .
             But
             so
             soon
             as
             ever
             Court-favour
             has
             given
             them
             the
             better
             end
             of
             the
             Staff
             ,
             and
             they
             begin
             to
             feel
             themselves
             the
             stronger
             ,
             then
             presently
             Peace
             and
             Charity
             are
             to
             be
             laid
             aside
             :
             Otherwise
             ,
             they
             are
             religiously
             to
             be
             observed
             .
             Where
             they
             have
             not
             the
             Power
             to
             carry
             on
             Persecution
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             Masters
             ,
             there
             they
             desire
             to
             live
             upon
             fair
             Terms
             ,
             and
             preach
             up
             Toleration
             .
             When
             they
             are
             not
             strengthned
             with
             the
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             then
             they
             can
             bear
             most
             patiently
             ,
             and
             unmovedly
             ,
             the
             Contagion
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             Superstition
             ,
             and
             Heresie
             ,
             in
             their
             Neighbourhood
             ;
             of
             which
             ,
             in
             other
             Occasions
             ,
             the
             Interest
             of
             Religion
             makes
             them
             to
             be
             extreamly
             apprehensive
             .
             They
             do
             not
             forwardly
             attack
             those
             Errors
             which
             are
             in
             fashion
             at
             Court
             ,
             or
             are
             countenanced
             by
             the
             Government
             .
             Here
             they
             can
             be
             content
             to
             spare
             their
             Arguments
             :
             which
             yet
             (
             with
             their
             leave
             )
             is
             the
             only
             right
             Method
             of
             propagating
             Truth
             ,
             which
             has
             no
             such
             way
             of
             prevailing
             ,
             as
             when
             strong
             Arguments
             and
             good
             
             Reason
             ,
             are
             joined
             with
             the
             softness
             of
             Civility
             and
             good
             Usage
             .
          
           
             No
             body
             therefore
             ,
             in
             fine
             ,
             neither
             single
             Persons
             ,
             nor
             Churches
             ,
             nay
             ,
             nor
             even
             Commonwealths
             ,
             have
             any
             just
             Title
             to
             invade
             the
             Civil
             Rights
             and
             Worldly
             Goods
             of
             each
             other
             ,
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             .
             Those
             that
             are
             of
             another
             Opinion
             ,
             would
             do
             well
             to
             consider
             with
             themselves
             how
             pernicious
             a
             Seed
             of
             Discord
             and
             War
             ,
             how
             powerful
             a
             provocation
             to
             endless
             Hatreds
             ,
             Rapines
             ,
             and
             Slaughters
             ,
             they
             thereby
             furnish
             unto
             Mankind
             .
             No
             Peace
             and
             Security
             ,
             no
             not
             so
             much
             as
             Common
             Friendship
             ,
             can
             ever
             be
             established
             or
             preserved
             amongst
             Men
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             this
             Opinion
             prevails
             ,
             That
             
               Dominion
               is
               founded
               in
               Grace
            
             ,
             and
             that
             Religion
             is
             to
             be
             propagated
             by
             force
             of
             Arms.
             
          
           
             
               In
               the
               third
               place
            
             :
             Let
             us
             see
             what
             the
             Duty
             of
             Toleration
             requires
             from
             those
             who
             are
             distinguished
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             (
             from
             the
             Laity
             ,
             as
             they
             please
             to
             call
             us
             )
             by
             some
             Ecclesiastical
             Character
             ,
             and
             Office
             ;
             whether
             they
             be
             Bishops
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             Presbyters
             ,
             Ministers
             ,
             or
             however
             else
             dignified
             or
             distinguished
             .
             It
             is
             not
             my
             Business
             to
             inquire
             here
             into
             the
             Original
             of
             the
             Power
             or
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Clergy
             .
             This
             only
             I
             say
             ,
             That
             Whence-soever
             their
             Authority
             be
             sprung
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             Ecclesiastical
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             confined
             within
             the
             Bounds
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             in
             any
             manner
             be
             extended
             to
             Civil
             Affairs
             ;
             because
             the
             Church
             it self
             is
             a
             thing
             absolutely
             separate
             and
             distinct
             from
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
             The
             Boundaries
             on
             both
             sides
             are
             fixed
             and
             immovable
             .
             He
             jumbles
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             together
             ,
             the
             things
             most
             remote
             and
             opposite
             ,
             who
             mixes
             these
             two
             Societies
             ;
             which
             are
             in
             their
             Original
             ,
             End
             ,
             Business
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             perfectly
             distinct
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             different
             from
             each
             other
             .
             No
             man
             therefore
             ,
             with
             whatsoever
             Ecclesiastical
             Office
             he
             be
             dignified
             ,
             can
             deprive
             another
             man
             that
             is
             not
             of
             his
             Church
             and
             Faith
             ,
             either
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             part
             of
             his
             Worldly
             Goods
             ,
             upon
             
             the
             account
             of
             that
             difference
             between
             them
             in
             Religion
             .
             For
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             lawful
             to
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             cannot
             ,
             by
             any
             Ecclesiastical
             Right
             ,
             become
             lawful
             to
             any
             of
             its
             Members
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             not
             all
             .
             It
             is
             not
             enough
             that
             Ecclesiastical
             men
             abstain
             from
             Violence
             and
             Rapine
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             Persecution
             .
             He
             that
             pretends
             to
             be
             a
             Successor
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             takes
             upon
             him
             the
             Office
             of
             Teaching
             ,
             is
             obliged
             also
             to
             admonish
             his
             Hearers
             of
             the
             Duties
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Good-will
             towards
             all
             men
             ;
             as
             well
             towards
             the
             Erroneous
             as
             the
             Orthodox
             ;
             towards
             those
             that
             differ
             from
             them
             in
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             towards
             those
             that
             agree
             with
             them
             therein
             :
             And
             he
             ought
             industriously
             to
             exhort
             all
             men
             ,
             whether
             private
             Persons
             or
             Magistrates
             ,
             (
             if
             any
             such
             there
             be
             in
             his
             Church
             )
             to
             Charity
             ,
             Meekness
             ,
             and
             Toleration
             ;
             and
             diligently
             endeavour
             to
             allay
             and
             temper
             all
             that
             Heat
             ,
             and
             unreasonable
             averseness
             of
             mind
             ,
             which
             either
             any
             mans
             fiery
             Zeal
             for
             his
             own
             Sect
             ,
             or
             the
             Craft
             of
             others
             ,
             has
             kindled
             against
             Dissenters
             .
             I
             will
             not
             undertake
             to
             represent
             how
             happy
             and
             how
             great
             would
             be
             the
             Fruit
             ,
             both
             in
             Church
             and
             State
             ,
             if
             the
             Pulpits
             every
             where
             sounded
             with
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             Peace
             and
             Toleration
             ;
             lest
             I
             should
             seem
             to
             reflect
             too
             severely
             upon
             those
             Men
             whose
             Dignity
             I
             desire
             not
             to
             detract
             from
             ,
             nor
             would
             have
             it
             diminished
             either
             by
             others
             or
             themselves
             .
             But
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             That
             thus
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             .
             And
             if
             any
             one
             that
             professes
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             a
             Preacher
             of
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Peace
             ,
             teach
             otherwise
             ,
             he
             either
             understands
             not
             ,
             or
             neglects
             the
             Business
             of
             his
             Calling
             ,
             and
             shall
             one
             day
             give
             account
             thereof
             unto
             the
             Prince
             of
             Peace
             .
             If
             Christians
             are
             to
             be
             admonished
             that
             they
             abstain
             from
             all
             manner
             of
             Revenge
             ,
             even
             after
             repeated
             Provocations
             and
             multiplied
             Injuries
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             ought
             they
             who
             suffer
             nothing
             ,
             who
             have
             had
             no
             harm
             done
             them
             ,
             forbear
             Violence
             ,
             and
             
             abstain
             from
             all
             manner
             of
             ill
             usage
             towards
             those
             from
             whom
             they
             have
             received
             none
             .
             This
             Caution
             and
             Temper
             they
             ought
             certainly
             to
             use
             towards
             those
             who
             mind
             only
             their
             own
             Business
             ,
             and
             are
             sollicitous
             for
             nothing
             but
             that
             (
             whatever
             Men
             think
             of
             them
             )
             they
             may
             worship
             God
             in
             that
             manner
             which
             they
             are
             persuaded
             is
             acceptable
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             in
             which
             they
             have
             the
             strongest
             hopes
             of
             Eternal
             Salvation
             .
             In
             private
             domestick
             Affairs
             ,
             in
             the
             management
             of
             Estates
             ,
             in
             the
             conservation
             of
             Bodily
             Health
             ,
             every
             man
             may
             consider
             what
             suits
             his
             own
             conveniency
             ,
             and
             follow
             what
             course
             he
             likes
             best
             .
             No
             man
             complains
             of
             the
             ill
             management
             of
             his
             Neighbour's
             Affairs
             .
             No
             man
             is
             angry
             with
             another
             for
             an
             Error
             committed
             in
             sowing
             his
             Land
             ,
             or
             in
             marrying
             his
             Daughter
             .
             No
             body
             corrects
             a
             Spendthrift
             for
             consuming
             his
             Substance
             in
             Taverns
             .
             Let
             any
             man
             pull
             down
             ,
             or
             build
             ,
             or
             make
             whatsoever
             Expences
             he
             pleases
             ,
             no
             body
             murmurs
             ,
             no
             body
             controuls
             him
             ;
             he
             has
             his
             Liberty
             .
             But
             if
             any
             man
             do
             not
             frequent
             the
             Church
             ,
             if
             he
             do
             not
             there
             conform
             his
             Behaviour
             exactly
             to
             the
             accustomed
             Ceremonies
             ,
             or
             if
             he
             brings
             not
             his
             Children
             to
             be
             initiated
             in
             the
             Sacred
             Mysteries
             of
             this
             or
             the
             other
             Congregation
             ,
             this
             immediately
             causes
             an
             Uproar
             .
             The
             Neighbourhood
             is
             filled
             with
             Noise
             and
             Clamour
             .
             Every
             one
             is
             ready
             to
             be
             the
             Avenger
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Crime
             .
             And
             the
             Zealots
             hardly
             have
             the
             patience
             to
             refrain
             from
             Violence
             and
             Rapine
             ,
             so
             long
             till
             the
             Cause
             be
             heard
             ,
             and
             the
             poor
             man
             be
             ,
             according
             to
             Form
             ,
             condemned
             to
             the
             loss
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             Goods
             ,
             or
             Life
             .
             Oh
             that
             our
             Ecclesiastical
             Orators
             ,
             of
             every
             Sect
             ,
             would
             apply
             themselves
             with
             all
             the
             strength
             of
             Arguments
             that
             they
             are
             able
             ,
             to
             the
             confounding
             of
             mens
             Errors
             !
             But
             let
             them
             spare
             their
             Persons
             .
             Let
             them
             not
             supply
             their
             want
             of
             Reasons
             with
             the
             Instruments
             of
             Force
             ,
             which
             belong
             to
             another
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             do
             ill
             become
             a
             Churchman's
             Hands
             .
             Let
             them
             not
             call
             in
             the
             Magistrate's
             Authority
             
             to
             the
             aid
             of
             their
             Eloquence
             ,
             or
             Learning
             ;
             lest
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             whilst
             they
             pretend
             only
             Love
             for
             the
             Truth
             ,
             this
             their
             intemperate
             Zeal
             ,
             breathing
             nothing
             but
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             betray
             their
             Ambition
             ,
             and
             shew
             that
             what
             they
             desire
             is
             Temporal
             Dominion
             .
             For
             it
             will
             be
             very
             difficult
             to
             persuade
             men
             of
             Sense
             ,
             that
             he
             ,
             who
             with
             dry
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             satisfaction
             of
             mind
             ,
             can
             deliver
             his
             Brother
             unto
             the
             Executioner
             ,
             to
             be
             burnt
             alive
             ,
             does
             sincerely
             and
             heartily
             concern
             himself
             to
             save
             that
             Brother
             from
             the
             Flames
             of
             Hell
             in
             the
             World
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               last
               place
            
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             consider
             what
             is
             the
             Magistrate's
             Duty
             in
             the
             Business
             of
             Toleration
             :
             which
             certainly
             is
             very
             considerable
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             already
             proved
             ,
             That
             the
             Care
             of
             Souls
             does
             not
             belong
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             :
             Not
             a
             Magisterial
             Care
             ,
             I
             mean
             ,
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             call
             it
             )
             which
             consists
             in
             prescribing
             by
             Laws
             ,
             and
             compelling
             by
             Punishments
             .
             But
             a
             charitable
             Care
             ,
             which
             consists
             in
             teaching
             ,
             admonishing
             ,
             and
             persuading
             ,
             cannot
             be
             denied
             unto
             any
             man.
             The
             Care
             therefore
             of
             every
             man's
             Soul
             belongs
             unto
             himself
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             be
             left
             unto
             himself
             .
             But
             what
             if
             he
             neglect
             the
             Care
             of
             his
             Soul
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             What
             if
             he
             neglect
             the
             Care
             of
             his
             Health
             ,
             or
             of
             his
             Estate
             ,
             which
             things
             are
             nearlier
             related
             to
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             than
             the
             other
             ?
             Will
             the
             Magistrate
             provide
             by
             an
             express
             Law
             ,
             That
             such
             an
             one
             shall
             not
             become
             poor
             or
             sick
             ?
             Laws
             provide
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             is
             possible
             ,
             that
             the
             Goods
             and
             Health
             of
             Subjects
             be
             not
             injured
             by
             the
             Fraud
             or
             Violence
             of
             others
             ;
             they
             do
             not
             guard
             them
             from
             the
             Negligence
             or
             Ill-husbandry
             of
             the
             Possessors
             themselves
             .
             No
             man
             can
             be
             forced
             to
             be
             Rich
             or
             Healthful
             ,
             whether
             he
             will
             or
             no.
             Nay
             ,
             God
             himself
             will
             not
             save
             men
             against
             their
             wills
             .
             Let
             us
             suppose
             ,
             however
             ,
             that
             some
             Prince
             were
             desirous
             to
             force
             his
             Subjects
             to
             accumulate
             Riches
             ,
             or
             to
             preserve
             the
             Health
             and
             Strength
             of
             their
             Bodies
             .
             Shall
             it
             be
             provided
             by
             
             Law
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             consult
             none
             but
             Roman
             Physicians
             ,
             and
             shall
             every
             one
             be
             bound
             to
             live
             according
             to
             their
             Prescriptions
             ?
             What
             ,
             shall
             no
             Potion
             ,
             no
             Broth
             ,
             be
             taken
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             prepared
             either
             in
             the
             Vatican
             ,
             suppose
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             Geneva
             Shop
             ?
             Or
             ,
             to
             make
             these
             Subjects
             rich
             ,
             shall
             they
             all
             be
             obliged
             by
             Law
             to
             become
             Merchants
             ,
             or
             Musicians
             ?
             Or
             ,
             shall
             every
             one
             turn
             Victualler
             ,
             or
             Smith
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             some
             that
             maintain
             their
             Families
             plentifully
             ,
             and
             grow
             rich
             in
             those
             Professions
             ?
             But
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             There
             are
             a
             thousand
             ways
             to
             Wealth
             ,
             but
             one
             only
             way
             to
             Heaven
             .
             'T
             is
             well
             said
             indeed
             ,
             especially
             by
             those
             that
             plead
             for
             compelling
             men
             into
             this
             or
             the
             other
             Way
             .
             For
             if
             there
             were
             several
             ways
             that
             lead
             thither
             ,
             there
             would
             not
             be
             so
             much
             as
             a
             pretence
             left
             for
             Compulsion
             .
             But
             now
             if
             I
             be
             marching
             on
             with
             my
             utmost
             Vigour
             ,
             in
             that
             way
             which
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Sacred
             Geography
             ,
             leads
             streight
             to
             Ierusalem
             ;
             Why
             am
             I
             beaten
             and
             ill
             used
             by
             others
             ,
             because
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             I
             wear
             not
             Buskins
             ;
             because
             my
             Hair
             is
             not
             of
             the
             right
             Cut
             ;
             because
             perhaps
             I
             have
             not
             been
             dip't
             in
             the
             right
             Fashion
             ;
             because
             I
             eat
             Flesh
             upon
             the
             Road
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             Food
             which
             agrees
             with
             my
             Stomach
             ;
             because
             I
             avoid
             certain
             By-ways
             ,
             which
             seem
             unto
             me
             to
             lead
             into
             Briars
             or
             Precipices
             ;
             because
             amongst
             the
             several
             Paths
             that
             are
             in
             the
             same
             Road
             ,
             I
             choose
             that
             to
             walk
             in
             which
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             streightest
             and
             cleanest
             ;
             because
             I
             avoid
             to
             keep
             company
             with
             some
             Travellers
             that
             are
             less
             grave
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             are
             more
             sowre
             that
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             ;
             or
             in
             fine
             ,
             because
             I
             follow
             a
             Guide
             that
             either
             is
             ,
             or
             is
             not
             ,
             clothed
             in
             White
             ,
             and
             crowned
             with
             a
             Miter
             ?
             Certainly
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             right
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             that
             for
             the
             most
             part
             they
             are
             such
             frivolous
             things
             as
             these
             ,
             that
             (
             without
             any
             prejudice
             to
             Religion
             or
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ,
             if
             not
             accompanied
             with
             Superstition
             or
             Hypocrisie
             )
             might
             either
             be
             observed
             or
             omitted
             ;
             I
             say
             they
             are
             such
             like
             things
             as
             as
             these
             ,
             which
             breed
             implacable
             Enmities
             
             amongst
             Christian
             Brethren
             ,
             who
             are
             all
             agreed
             in
             the
             Substantial
             and
             truly
             Fundamental
             part
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             us
             grant
             unto
             these
             Zealots
             ,
             who
             condemn
             all
             things
             that
             are
             not
             of
             their
             Mode
             ,
             that
             from
             these
             Circumstances
             arise
             different
             Ends.
             What
             shall
             we
             conclude
             from
             thence
             ?
             There
             is
             only
             one
             of
             these
             which
             is
             the
             true
             way
             to
             Eternal
             Happiness
             .
             But
             in
             this
             great
             variety
             of
             ways
             that
             men
             follow
             ,
             it
             is
             still
             doubted
             which
             is
             this
             right
             one
             .
             Now
             neither
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             nor
             the
             right
             of
             enacting
             Laws
             ,
             does
             discover
             this
             way
             that
             leads
             to
             Heaven
             more
             certainly
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             than
             every
             private
             mans
             Search
             and
             Study
             discovers
             it
             unto
             himself
             .
             I
             have
             a
             weak
             Body
             ,
             sunk
             under
             a
             languishing
             Disease
             ,
             for
             which
             (
             I
             suppose
             )
             there
             is
             one
             only
             Remedy
             ,
             but
             that
             unknown
             .
             Does
             it
             therefore
             belong
             unto
             the
             Magistrate
             to
             prescribe
             me
             a
             Remedy
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             because
             it
             is
             unknown
             ?
             Because
             there
             is
             but
             one
             way
             for
             me
             to
             escape
             Death
             ,
             will
             it
             therefore
             be
             safe
             for
             me
             to
             do
             whatsoever
             the
             Magistrate
             ordains
             ?
             Those
             things
             that
             every
             man
             ought
             sincerely
             to
             enquire
             into
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             Meditation
             ,
             Study
             ,
             Search
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Endeavours
             ,
             attain
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             ,
             cannot
             be
             looked
             upon
             as
             the
             Peculiar
             Possession
             of
             any
             one
             sort
             of
             Men.
             Princes
             indeed
             are
             born
             Superior
             unto
             other
             men
             in
             Power
             ,
             but
             in
             Nature
             equal
             .
             Neither
             the
             Right
             ,
             nor
             the
             Art
             of
             Ruling
             ,
             does
             necessarily
             carry
             along
             with
             it
             the
             certain
             Knowledge
             of
             other
             things
             ;
             and
             least
             of
             all
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             .
             For
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             how
             could
             it
             come
             to
             pass
             that
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Earth
             should
             differ
             so
             vastly
             as
             they
             do
             in
             Religious
             Matters
             ?
             But
             let
             us
             grant
             that
             it
             is
             probable
             the
             way
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             may
             be
             better
             known
             by
             a
             Prince
             than
             by
             his
             Subjects
             ;
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             incertitude
             of
             things
             ,
             the
             safest
             and
             most
             commodious
             way
             for
             private
             Persons
             is
             to
             follow
             his
             Dictates
             .
             You
             will
             say
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
             If
             he
             should
             bid
             you
             follow
             Merchandise
             for
             your
             Livelihood
             ,
             
             would
             you
             decline
             that
             Course
             for
             fear
             it
             should
             not
             succeed
             ?
             I
             answer
             :
             I
             would
             turn
             Merchant
             upon
             the
             Princes
             command
             ,
             because
             in
             case
             I
             should
             have
             ill
             Success
             in
             Trade
             ,
             he
             is
             abundantly
             able
             to
             make
             up
             my
             Loss
             some
             other
             way
             .
             If
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             as
             he
             pretends
             ,
             that
             he
             desires
             I
             should
             thrive
             and
             grow
             rich
             ,
             he
             can
             set
             me
             up
             again
             when
             unsuccessful
             Voyages
             have
             broke
             me
             .
             But
             this
             is
             not
             the
             Case
             ,
             in
             the
             things
             that
             regard
             the
             Life
             to
             come
             .
             If
             there
             I
             take
             a
             wrong
             Course
             ,
             if
             in
             that
             respect
             I
             am
             once
             undone
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Magistrates
             Power
             to
             repair
             my
             Loss
             ,
             to
             ease
             my
             Suffering
             ,
             nor
             to
             restore
             me
             in
             any
             measure
             ,
             much
             less
             entirely
             ,
             to
             a
             good
             Estate
             .
             What
             Security
             can
             be
             given
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ?
          
           
             Perhaps
             some
             will
             say
             that
             they
             do
             not
             suppose
             this
             infallible
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             are
             bound
             to
             follow
             in
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Religion
             ,
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             What
             the
             Church
             has
             determined
             ,
             that
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             orders
             to
             be
             observed
             ;
             and
             he
             provides
             by
             his
             Authority
             that
             no
             body
             shall
             either
             act
             or
             believe
             ,
             in
             the
             business
             of
             Religion
             ,
             otherwise
             than
             the
             Church
             teaches
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Judgment
             of
             those
             things
             is
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             himself
             yields
             Obedience
             thereunto
             ,
             and
             requires
             the
             like
             Obedience
             from
             others
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             Who
             sees
             not
             how
             frequently
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             venerable
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             has
             been
             made
             use
             of
             to
             throw
             Dust
             in
             Peoples
             Eyes
             ,
             in
             following
             Ages
             ?
             But
             however
             ,
             in
             the
             present
             case
             it
             helps
             us
             not
             .
             The
             one
             only
             narrow
             way
             which
             leads
             to
             Heaven
             is
             not
             better
             known
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             than
             to
             private
             Persons
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             cannot
             safely
             take
             him
             for
             my
             Guide
             ,
             who
             may
             probably
             be
             as
             ignorant
             of
             the
             way
             as
             my self
             ,
             and
             who
             certainly
             is
             less
             concerned
             for
             my
             Salvation
             than
             I
             my self
             am
             .
             Amongst
             so
             many
             Kings
             of
             the
             Iews
             ,
             how
             many
             of
             them
             were
             there
             whom
             any
             Israelite
             ,
             
             thus
             blindly
             following
             ,
             had
             not
             fall'n
             into
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             thereby
             into
             Destruction
             ?
             Yet
             nevertheless
             ,
             you
             bid
             me
             be
             of
             good
             Courage
             ,
             and
             tell
             me
             that
             all
             is
             now
             safe
             and
             secure
             ,
             because
             the
             Magistrate
             does
             not
             now
             enjoin
             the
             observance
             of
             his
             own
             Decrees
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             Decrees
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Of
             what
             Church
             I
             beseech
             you
             ?
             Of
             that
             certainly
             which
             likes
             him
             best
             .
             As
             if
             he
             that
             compells
             me
             by
             Laws
             and
             Penalties
             to
             enter
             into
             this
             or
             the
             other
             Church
             ,
             did
             not
             interpose
             his
             own
             Judgment
             in
             the
             matter
             .
             What
             difference
             is
             there
             whether
             he
             lead
             me
             himself
             ,
             or
             deliver
             me
             over
             to
             be
             led
             by
             others
             ?
             I
             depend
             both
             ways
             upon
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             he
             that
             determines
             both
             ways
             of
             my
             eternal
             State.
             Would
             an
             Israelite
             ,
             that
             had
             worshipped
             Baal
             upon
             the
             Command
             of
             his
             King
             ,
             have
             been
             in
             any
             better
             condition
             ,
             because
             some
             body
             had
             told
             him
             that
             the
             King
             ordered
             nothing
             in
             Religion
             upon
             his
             own
             Head
             ,
             nor
             commanded
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             done
             by
             his
             Subjects
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             but
             what
             was
             approved
             by
             the
             Counsel
             of
             Priests
             ,
             and
             declared
             to
             be
             of
             Divine
             Right
             by
             the
             Doctors
             of
             their
             Church
             ?
             If
             the
             Religion
             of
             any
             Church
             become
             therefore
             true
             and
             saving
             ,
             because
             the
             Head
             of
             that
             Sect
             ,
             the
             Prelates
             and
             Priests
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             that
             Tribe
             ,
             do
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             might
             ,
             extol
             and
             praise
             it
             ;
             what
             Religion
             can
             ever
             be
             accounted
             erroneous
             ,
             false
             and
             destructive
             ?
             I
             am
             doubtful
             concerning
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Socinians
             ,
             I
             am
             suspicious
             of
             the
             way
             of
             Worship
             practised
             by
             the
             Papists
             ,
             or
             Lutherans
             ;
             will
             it
             be
             ever
             a
             jot
             the
             safer
             for
             me
             to
             join
             either
             unto
             the
             one
             or
             the
             other
             of
             those
             Churches
             ,
             upon
             the
             Magistrates
             Command
             ,
             because
             he
             commands
             nothing
             in
             Religion
             but
             by
             the
             Authority
             and
             Counsel
             of
             the
             Doctors
             of
             that
             Church
             ?
          
           
             But
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             we
             must
             acknowledge
             that
             the
             Church
             (
             if
             a
             Convention
             of
             Clergy-men
             ,
             making
             Canons
             ,
             must
             be
             called
             by
             that
             Name
             )
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             more
             apt
             
             to
             be
             influenced
             by
             the
             Court
             ,
             than
             the
             Court
             by
             the
             Church
             .
             How
             the
             Church
             was
             under
             the
             Vicissitude
             of
             Orthodox
             and
             Arrian
             Emperors
             is
             very
             well
             known
             .
             Or
             if
             those
             things
             be
             too
             remote
             ,
             our
             modern
             English
             History
             affords
             us
             fresh
             Examples
             ,
             in
             the
             Reigns
             of
             Henry
             the
             8
             
               th
               ,
               Edward
            
             the
             6
             
               th
               ,
               Mary
            
             ,
             and
             Elizabeth
             ,
             how
             easily
             and
             smoothly
             the
             Clergy
             changed
             their
             Decrees
             ,
             their
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ,
             their
             Form
             of
             Worship
             ,
             every
             thing
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             inclination
             of
             those
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             .
             Yet
             were
             those
             Kings
             and
             Queens
             of
             such
             different
             minds
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             enjoined
             thereupon
             such
             different
             things
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             in
             his
             Wits
             (
             I
             had
             almost
             said
             none
             but
             an
             Atheist
             )
             will
             presume
             to
             say
             that
             any
             sincere
             and
             upright
             Worshipper
             of
             God
             could
             ,
             with
             a
             safe
             Conscience
             ,
             obey
             their
             several
             Decrees
             .
             To
             conclude
             .
             It
             is
             the
             same
             thing
             whether
             a
             King
             that
             prescribes
             Laws
             to
             another
             mans
             Religion
             pretend
             to
             do
             it
             by
             his
             own
             Judgment
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Authority
             and
             Advice
             of
             others
             .
             The
             Decisions
             of
             Church-men
             ,
             whose
             Differences
             and
             Disputes
             are
             sufficiently
             known
             ,
             cannot
             be
             any
             founder
             ,
             or
             safer
             than
             his
             :
             Nor
             can
             all
             their
             Suffrages
             joined
             together
             add
             any
             new
             strength
             unto
             the
             Civil
             Power
             .
             Tho
             this
             also
             must
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             that
             Princes
             seldom
             have
             any
             regard
             to
             the
             Suffrages
             of
             Ecclesiasticks
             that
             are
             not
             Favourers
             of
             their
             own
             Faith
             and
             way
             of
             Worship
             .
          
           
             But
             after
             all
             ,
             the
             
               principal
               Consideration
            
             ,
             and
             which
             absolutely
             determines
             this
             Controversie
             ,
             is
             this
             .
             Although
             the
             Magistrates
             Opinion
             in
             Religion
             be
             sound
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             that
             he
             appoints
             be
             truly
             Evangelical
             ,
             yet
             if
             I
             be
             not
             thoroughly
             perswaded
             thereof
             in
             my
             own
             mind
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             no
             safety
             for
             me
             in
             following
             it
             .
             No
             way
             whatsoever
             that
             I
             shall
             walk
             in
             ,
             against
             the
             Dictates
             of
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             will
             ever
             bring
             me
             to
             the
             Mansions
             of
             the
             Blessed
             .
             I
             may
             grow
             rich
             by
             an
             Art
             that
             I
             take
             not
             delight
             in
             ;
             I
             may
             be
             cured
             of
             some
             Disease
             by
             Remedies
             that
             I
             have
             not
             Faith
             
             in
             ;
             but
             I
             cannot
             be
             saved
             by
             a
             Religion
             that
             I
             distrust
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             Worship
             that
             I
             abhor
             .
             It
             is
             in
             vain
             for
             an
             Unbeliever
             to
             take
             up
             the
             outward
             shew
             of
             another
             mans
             Profession
             .
             Faith
             only
             ,
             and
             inward
             Sincerity
             ,
             are
             the
             things
             that
             procure
             acceptance
             with
             God.
             The
             most
             likely
             and
             most
             approved
             Remedy
             can
             have
             no
             effect
             upon
             the
             Patient
             ,
             if
             his
             Stomach
             reject
             it
             as
             soon
             taken
             .
             And
             you
             will
             in
             vain
             cram
             a
             Medicine
             down
             a
             sick
             mans
             Throat
             ,
             which
             his
             particular
             Constitution
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             turn
             into
             Poison
             .
             In
             a
             word
             .
             Whatsoever
             may
             be
             doubtful
             in
             Religion
             ,
             yet
             this
             at
             least
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             no
             Religion
             ,
             which
             I
             believe
             not
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             can
             be
             either
             true
             ,
             or
             profitable
             unto
             me
             .
             In
             vain
             therefore
             do
             Princes
             compel
             their
             Subjects
             to
             come
             into
             their
             Church-communion
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             saving
             their
             Souls
             .
             If
             they
             believe
             ,
             they
             will
             come
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             ;
             if
             they
             believe
             not
             ,
             their
             coming
             will
             nothing
             avail
             them
             .
             How
             great
             soever
             ,
             in
             fine
             ,
             may
             be
             the
             pretence
             of
             Good-will
             ,
             and
             Charity
             ,
             and
             concern
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             mens
             Souls
             ,
             men
             cannot
             be
             forced
             to
             be
             saved
             whether
             they
             will
             or
             no.
             And
             therefore
             ,
             when
             all
             is
             done
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             left
             to
             their
             own
             Consciences
             .
          
           
             Having
             thus
             at
             length
             freed
             men
             from
             all
             Dominion
             over
             one
             another
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             let
             us
             now
             consider
             what
             they
             are
             to
             do
             .
             All
             men
             know
             and
             acknowledge
             that
             God
             ought
             to
             be
             publickly
             worshipped
             .
             Why
             otherwise
             do
             they
             compel
             one
             another
             unto
             the
             publick
             Assemblies
             ?
             Men
             therefore
             constituted
             in
             this
             liberty
             are
             to
             enter
             into
             some
             Religious
             Society
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             meet
             together
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             mutual
             Edification
             ,
             but
             to
             own
             to
             the
             world
             that
             they
             worship
             God
             ,
             and
             offer
             unto
             his
             divine
             Majesty
             such
             service
             as
             they
             themselves
             are
             not
             ashamed
             of
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             they
             think
             not
             unworthy
             of
             him
             ,
             nor
             unacceptable
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             finally
             that
             by
             the
             purity
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             Holiness
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             Decent
             form
             of
             Worship
             ,
             they
             may
             draw
             others
             unto
             the
             love
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             perform
             
             such
             other
             things
             in
             Religion
             as
             cannot
             be
             done
             by
             each
             private
             man
             apart
             .
          
           
             These
             Religious
             Societies
             I
             call
             Churches
             :
             and
             these
             I
             say
             the
             Magistrate
             ought
             to
             tolerate
             .
             For
             the
             business
             of
             these
             Assemblies
             of
             the
             People
             is
             nothing
             but
             what
             is
             lawful
             for
             every
             man
             in
             particular
             to
             take
             care
             of
             ;
             I
             mean
             the
             Salvation
             of
             their
             Souls
             :
             nor
             in
             this
             case
             is
             there
             any
             difference
             between
             the
             National
             Church
             ,
             and
             other
             separated
             Congregations
             .
          
           
             But
             as
             in
             every
             Church
             there
             are
             two
             things
             especially
             to
             be
             considered
             ;
             The
             outward
             Form
             and
             Rites
             of
             Worship
             ,
             And
             the
             Doctrines
             and
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ;
             these
             things
             must
             be
             handled
             each
             distinctly
             ;
             that
             so
             the
             whole
             matter
             of
             Toleration
             may
             the
             more
             clearly
             be
             understood
             .
          
           
             
               Concerning
               outward
               Worship
            
             ,
             I
             say
             (
             in
             the
             first
             place
             )
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             has
             no
             Power
             to
             enforce
             by
             Law
             ,
             either
             in
             his
             own
             Church
             ,
             or
             much
             less
             in
             another
             ,
             the
             use
             of
             any
             Rites
             or
             Ceremonies
             whatsoever
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God.
             And
             this
             ,
             not
             only
             because
             these
             Churches
             are
             free
             Societies
             ,
             but
             because
             whatsoever
             is
             practised
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             only
             so
             far
             justifiable
             as
             it
             is
             believed
             by
             those
             that
             practise
             it
             to
             be
             acceptable
             unto
             him
             .
             Whatsoever
             is
             not
             done
             with
             that
             assurance
             of
             Faith
             ,
             is
             neither
             well
             in
             it self
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             be
             acceptable
             to
             God.
             To
             impose
             such
             things
             therefore
             upon
             any
             People
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             own
             Judgment
             ,
             is
             in
             effect
             to
             command
             them
             to
             offend
             God
             ;
             which
             ,
             considering
             that
             the
             end
             of
             all
             Religion
             is
             to
             please
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             Liberty
             is
             essentially
             necessary
             to
             that
             End
             ,
             appears
             to
             be
             absurd
             beyond
             expression
             .
          
           
             But
             perhaps
             it
             may
             be
             concluded
             from
             hence
             ,
             that
             I
             deny
             unto
             the
             Magistrate
             all
             manner
             of
             Power
             about
             indifferent
             things
             ;
             which
             if
             it
             be
             not
             granted
             ,
             the
             whole
             Subject-matter
             of
             Law-making
             is
             taken
             away
             .
             No
             ,
             I
             readily
             grant
             that
             Indifferent
             Things
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             none
             but
             
             such
             ,
             are
             subjected
             to
             the
             Legislative
             Power
             .
             But
             it
             does
             not
             therefore
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             may
             ordain
             whatsoever
             he
             pleases
             concerning
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             indifferent
             .
             The
             Publick
             Good
             is
             the
             Rule
             and
             Measure
             of
             all
             Law-making
             .
             If
             a
             thing
             be
             not
             useful
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             tho
             it
             it
             be
             never
             so
             indifferent
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             presently
             be
             established
             by
             Law.
             
          
           
             
               And
               further
            
             :
             Things
             never
             so
             indifferent
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             brought
             into
             the
             Church
             and
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             are
             removed
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             the
             Magistrate's
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             because
             in
             that
             use
             they
             have
             no
             connection
             at
             all
             with
             Civil
             Affairs
             .
             The
             only
             business
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             :
             and
             it
             no
             ways
             concerns
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             or
             any
             Member
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             this
             ,
             or
             the
             other
             Ceremony
             be
             there
             made
             use
             of
             .
             Neither
             the
             Use
             ,
             nor
             the
             Omission
             of
             any
             Ceremonies
             ,
             in
             those
             Religious
             Assemblies
             ,
             does
             either
             advantage
             or
             prejudice
             the
             Life
             ,
             Liberty
             ,
             or
             Estate
             of
             any
             man.
             For
             Example
             :
             Let
             it
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             washing
             of
             an
             Infant
             with
             water
             is
             in
             it self
             an
             indifferent
             thing
             .
             Let
             it
             be
             granted
             also
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Magistrate
             understand
             such
             washing
             to
             be
             profitable
             to
             the
             curing
             or
             preventing
             of
             any
             Disease
             that
             Children
             are
             subject
             unto
             ,
             and
             esteem
             the
             matter
             weighty
             enough
             to
             be
             taken
             care
             of
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             in
             that
             case
             he
             may
             order
             it
             to
             be
             done
             .
             But
             will
             any
             one
             therefore
             say
             ,
             that
             a
             Magistrate
             has
             the
             same
             Right
             to
             ordain
             ,
             by
             Law
             ,
             that
             all
             Children
             shall
             be
             baptized
             by
             Priests
             ,
             in
             the
             sacred
             Font
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             purification
             of
             their
             Souls
             ?
             The
             extream
             difference
             of
             these
             two
             Cases
             is
             visible
             to
             every
             one
             at
             first
             sight
             .
             Or
             let
             us
             apply
             the
             last
             Case
             to
             the
             Child
             of
             a
             Iew
             ,
             and
             the
             thing
             speaks
             it self
             .
             For
             what
             hinders
             but
             a
             Christian
             Magistrate
             may
             have
             Subjects
             that
             are
             Iews
             ?
             Now
             if
             we
             acknowledge
             that
             such
             an
             Injury
             may
             not
             be
             done
             unto
             a
             Iew
             ,
             as
             to
             compel
             him
             ,
             against
             his
             own
             Opinion
             ,
             to
             practice
             in
             his
             Religion
             a
             thing
             that
             is
             in
             its
             nature
             indifferent
             ;
             
             how
             can
             we
             maintain
             that
             any
             thing
             of
             this
             kind
             may
             be
             done
             to
             a
             Christian
             ?
          
           
             Again
             :
             Things
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             indifferent
             cannot
             ,
             by
             any
             human
             Authority
             ,
             be
             made
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ;
             for
             this
             very
             reason
             ;
             because
             they
             are
             indifferent
             .
             For
             since
             indifferent
             things
             are
             not
             capable
             ,
             by
             any
             Virtue
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             to
             propitiate
             the
             Deity
             ;
             no
             human
             Power
             or
             Authority
             can
             confer
             on
             them
             so
             much
             Dignity
             and
             Excellency
             as
             to
             enable
             them
             to
             do
             it
             .
             In
             the
             common
             Affairs
             of
             Life
             ,
             that
             use
             of
             indifferent
             things
             which
             God
             has
             not
             forbidden
             ,
             is
             free
             and
             lawful
             :
             and
             therefore
             in
             those
             things
             human
             Authority
             has
             place
             .
             But
             it
             is
             not
             so
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             .
             Things
             indifferent
             are
             not
             otherwise
             lawful
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             than
             as
             they
             are
             instituted
             by
             God
             himself
             ;
             and
             as
             he
             ,
             by
             some
             positive
             command
             ,
             has
             ordain'd
             them
             to
             be
             made
             a
             part
             of
             that
             Worship
             which
             he
             will
             vouchsafe
             to
             accept
             of
             at
             the
             hands
             of
             poor
             sinful
             men
             .
             Nor
             when
             an
             incensed
             Deity
             shall
             ask
             us
             ,
             
               Who
               has
               required
               these
               ,
               or
               such
               like
               things
               at
               our
               hands
            
             ?
             will
             it
             be
             enough
             to
             answer
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             commanded
             them
             .
             If
             civil
             Jurisdiction
             extended
             thus
             far
             ,
             what
             might
             not
             lawfully
             be
             introduced
             into
             Religion
             ?
             What
             hodge-podge
             of
             Ceremonies
             ,
             what
             superstitious
             Inventions
             ,
             built
             upon
             the
             Magistrate's
             Authority
             ,
             might
             not
             (
             against
             Conscience
             )
             be
             imposed
             upon
             the
             Worshippers
             of
             God
             ?
             For
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             these
             Ceremonies
             and
             Superstions
             consists
             in
             the
             Religious
             Use
             of
             such
             things
             as
             are
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             indifferent
             :
             nor
             are
             they
             sinful
             upon
             any
             other
             account
             than
             because
             God
             is
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             them
             .
             The
             sprinkling
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             ,
             are
             both
             in
             their
             own
             nature
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             ordinary
             occasions
             of
             Life
             ,
             altogether
             indifferent
             .
             Will
             any
             man
             therefore
             say
             that
             these
             things
             could
             have
             been
             introduced
             into
             Religion
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             part
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             if
             not
             by
             Divine
             Institution
             ?
             If
             any
             Human
             Authority
             or
             Civil
             
             Power
             could
             have
             done
             this
             ,
             why
             might
             it
             not
             also
             injoyn
             the
             eating
             of
             Fish
             ,
             and
             drinking
             of
             Ale
             ,
             in
             the
             holy
             Banquet
             ,
             as
             a
             part
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ?
             Why
             not
             the
             sprinkling
             of
             the
             Blood
             of
             Beasts
             in
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Expiations
             by
             Water
             or
             Fire
             ,
             and
             abundance
             more
             of
             this
             kind
             ?
             But
             these
             things
             ,
             how
             indifferent
             soever
             they
             be
             in
             common
             uses
             ,
             when
             they
             come
             to
             be
             annexed
             unto
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             without
             Divine
             Authority
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             abominable
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             a
             Dog.
             And
             why
             a
             Dog
             so
             abominable
             ?
             What
             difference
             is
             there
             between
             a
             Dog
             and
             a
             Goat
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             ,
             equally
             and
             infinitely
             distant
             from
             all
             Affinity
             with
             Matter
             ;
             unless
             it
             be
             that
             God
             required
             the
             use
             of
             the
             one
             in
             his
             Worship
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             the
             other
             ?
             We
             see
             therefore
             that
             indifferent
             things
             how
             much
             soever
             they
             be
             under
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             upon
             that
             pretence
             be
             introduced
             into
             Religion
             ,
             and
             imposed
             upon
             Religious
             Assemblies
             ;
             because
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             they
             wholly
             cease
             to
             be
             indifferent
             .
             He
             that
             worships
             God
             does
             it
             with
             design
             to
             please
             him
             and
             procure
             his
             favour
             .
             But
             that
             cannot
             be
             done
             by
             him
             ,
             who
             ,
             upon
             the
             command
             of
             another
             ,
             offers
             unto
             God
             that
             which
             he
             knows
             will
             be
             displeasing
             to
             him
             ,
             because
             not
             commanded
             by
             himself
             .
             This
             is
             not
             to
             please
             God
             ,
             or
             appease
             his
             Wrath
             ,
             but
             willingly
             and
             knowingly
             to
             provoke
             him
             ,
             by
             a
             manifest
             Contempt
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             thing
             absolutely
             repugnant
             to
             the
             nature
             and
             end
             of
             Worship
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             will
             here
             be
             asked
             :
             If
             nothing
             belonging
             to
             Divine
             Worship
             be
             left
             to
             human
             Discretion
             ,
             how
             is
             it
             then
             that
             Churches
             themselves
             have
             the
             power
             of
             ordering
             any
             thing
             about
             the
             Time
             and
             Place
             of
             Worship
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ?
             To
             this
             I
             answer
             ;
             That
             in
             Religious
             Worship
             we
             must
             distinguish
             between
             what
             is
             part
             of
             the
             Worship
             it self
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             but
             a
             Circumstance
             .
             That
             is
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Worship
             which
             is
             believed
             to
             be
             appointed
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             well-pleasing
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             therefore
             that
             is
             necessary
             .
             
             Circumstances
             are
             such
             things
             which
             ,
             tho'
             in
             general
             they
             cannot
             be
             separated
             from
             Worship
             ,
             yet
             the
             particular
             instances
             or
             modifications
             of
             them
             are
             not
             determined
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             indifferent
             .
             Of
             this
             sort
             are
             the
             Time
             and
             Place
             of
             Worship
             ,
             the
             Habit
             and
             Posture
             of
             him
             that
             worships
             .
             These
             are
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             perfectly
             indifferent
             ,
             where
             God
             has
             not
             given
             any
             express
             Command
             about
             them
             .
             For
             example
             :
             Amongst
             the
             Iews
             ,
             the
             Time
             and
             Place
             of
             their
             Worship
             ,
             and
             the
             Habits
             of
             those
             that
             officiated
             in
             it
             ,
             were
             not
             meer
             Circumstances
             ,
             but
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Worship
             it self
             ;
             in
             which
             if
             any
             thing
             were
             defective
             ,
             or
             different
             from
             the
             Institution
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             hope
             that
             it
             would
             be
             accepted
             by
             God.
             But
             these
             ,
             to
             Christians
             under
             the
             liberty
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             are
             meer
             Circumstances
             of
             Worship
             ,
             which
             the
             Prudence
             of
             every
             Church
             may
             bring
             into
             such
             use
             as
             shall
             be
             judged
             most
             subservient
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Order
             ,
             Decency
             ,
             and
             Edification
             .
             But
             ,
             even
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             those
             who
             believe
             the
             First
             ,
             or
             the
             Seventh
             Day
             to
             be
             set
             apart
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             consecrated
             still
             to
             his
             Worship
             ,
             to
             them
             that
             portion
             of
             Time
             is
             not
             a
             simple
             Circumstance
             ,
             but
             a
             Real
             Part
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             which
             can
             neither
             be
             changed
             nor
             neglected
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               next
               place
            
             :
             As
             the
             Magistrate
             has
             no
             Power
             to
             impose
             by
             his
             Laws
             ,
             the
             use
             of
             any
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             in
             any
             Church
             ,
             so
             neither
             has
             he
             any
             Power
             to
             forbid
             the
             use
             of
             such
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             as
             are
             already
             received
             ,
             approved
             ,
             and
             practised
             by
             any
             Church
             :
             Because
             if
             he
             did
             so
             ,
             he
             would
             destroy
             the
             Church
             it self
             ;
             the
             end
             of
             whose
             Institution
             is
             only
             to
             worship
             God
             with
             freedom
             ,
             after
             its
             own
             manner
             .
          
           
             You
             will
             say
             ,
             by
             this
             Rule
             ,
             if
             some
             Congregations
             should
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             sacrifice
             Infants
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             the
             Primitive
             Christians
             were
             falsely
             accused
             )
             lustfully
             pollute
             themselves
             in
             promiscuous
             Uncleanness
             ,
             or
             practise
             any
             other
             such
             heinous
             Enormities
             ,
             is
             the
             Magistrate
             obliged
             to
             tolerate
             them
             ,
             
             because
             they
             are
             committed
             in
             a
             Religious
             Assembly
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             No.
             These
             things
             are
             not
             lawful
             in
             the
             ordinary
             course
             of
             life
             ,
             nor
             in
             any
             private
             house
             ;
             and
             therefore
             neither
             are
             they
             so
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             religious
             Meeting
             .
             But
             indeed
             if
             any
             People
             congregated
             upon
             account
             of
             Religion
             ,
             should
             be
             desirous
             to
             sacrifice
             a
             Calf
             ,
             I
             deny
             that
             That
             ought
             to
             be
             prohibited
             by
             a
             Law.
             Melibaeus
             ,
             whose
             Calf
             it
             is
             ,
             may
             lawfully
             kill
             his
             Calf
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             burn
             any
             part
             of
             it
             that
             he
             thinks
             fit
             .
             For
             no
             Injury
             is
             thereby
             done
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             no
             prejudice
             to
             another
             mans
             Goods
             .
             And
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             he
             may
             kill
             his
             Calf
             also
             in
             a
             religious
             Meeting
             .
             Whether
             the
             doing
             so
             be
             well-pleasing
             to
             God
             or
             no
             ,
             it
             is
             their
             part
             to
             consider
             that
             do
             it
             .
             The
             part
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             is
             only
             to
             take
             care
             that
             the
             Commonwealth
             receive
             no
             prejudice
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             be
             no
             Injury
             done
             to
             any
             man
             ,
             either
             in
             Life
             or
             Estate
             .
             And
             thus
             what
             may
             be
             spent
             on
             a
             Feast
             ,
             may
             be
             spent
             on
             a
             Sacrifice
             .
             But
             if
             peradventure
             such
             were
             the
             state
             of
             things
             ,
             that
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             required
             all
             slaughter
             of
             Beasts
             should
             be
             forborn
             for
             some
             while
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             increasing
             of
             the
             stock
             of
             Cattel
             ,
             that
             had
             been
             destroyed
             by
             some
             extraordinary
             Murrain
             ;
             Who
             sees
             not
             that
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             may
             forbid
             all
             his
             Subjects
             to
             kill
             any
             Calves
             for
             any
             use
             whatsoever
             ?
             Only
             't
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             case
             the
             Law
             is
             not
             made
             about
             a
             Religious
             ,
             but
             a
             Political
             matter
             :
             nor
             is
             the
             Sacrifice
             ,
             but
             the
             Slaughter
             of
             Calves
             thereby
             prohibited
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             we
             see
             what
             difference
             there
             is
             between
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
             Whatsoever
             is
             lawful
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             cannot
             be
             prohibited
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Whatsoever
             is
             permitted
             unto
             any
             of
             his
             Subjects
             for
             their
             ordinary
             use
             ,
             neither
             can
             nor
             ought
             to
             be
             forbidden
             by
             him
             to
             any
             Sect
             of
             People
             for
             their
             religious
             Uses
             .
             If
             any
             man
             may
             lawfully
             take
             Bread
             or
             Wine
             ,
             either
             sitting
             or
             kneeling
             ,
             in
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             the
             Law
             ought
             
             not
             to
             abridge
             him
             of
             the
             same
             Liberty
             in
             his
             Religious
             Worship
             ;
             tho'
             in
             the
             Church
             the
             use
             of
             Bread
             and
             Wine
             be
             very
             different
             ,
             and
             be
             there
             applied
             to
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Rites
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             .
             But
             those
             things
             that
             are
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Commonweal
             of
             a
             People
             in
             their
             ordinary
             use
             ,
             and
             are
             therefore
             forbidden
             by
             Laws
             ,
             those
             things
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             permitted
             to
             Churches
             in
             their
             sacred
             Rites
             .
             Onely
             the
             Magistrate
             ought
             always
             to
             be
             very
             careful
             that
             he
             do
             not
             misuse
             his
             Authority
             ,
             to
             the
             oppression
             of
             any
             Church
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             publick
             Good.
             
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             said
             ;
             What
             if
             a
             Church
             be
             Idolatrous
             ,
             is
             that
             also
             to
             be
             tolerated
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             ?
             I
             answer
             .
             What
             Power
             can
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             for
             the
             suppression
             of
             an
             Idolatrous
             Church
             ,
             which
             may
             not
             ,
             in
             time
             and
             place
             ,
             be
             made
             use
             of
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             an
             Orthodox
             one
             ?
             For
             it
             must
             be
             remembred
             that
             the
             Civil
             Power
             is
             the
             same
             every
             where
             ,
             and
             the
             Religion
             of
             every
             Prince
             is
             Orthodox
             to
             himself
             .
             If
             therefore
             such
             a
             Power
             be
             granted
             unto
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             in
             Spirituals
             ,
             as
             that
             at
             Geneva
             (
             for
             Example
             )
             he
             may
             extirpate
             ,
             by
             Violence
             and
             Blood
             ,
             the
             Religion
             which
             is
             there
             reputed
             Idolatrous
             ;
             by
             the
             same
             Rule
             another
             Magistrate
             ,
             in
             some
             neighbouring
             Country
             ,
             may
             oppress
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ;
             and
             ,
             in
             India
             ,
             the
             Christian.
             The
             Civil
             Power
             can
             either
             change
             every
             thing
             in
             Religion
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Prince's
             pleasure
             ,
             or
             it
             can
             change
             nothing
             .
             If
             it
             be
             once
             permitted
             to
             introduce
             any
             thing
             into
             Religion
             ,
             by
             the
             means
             of
             Laws
             and
             Penalties
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             bounds
             put
             to
             it
             ;
             but
             it
             will
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             be
             lawful
             to
             alter
             every
             thing
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             Rule
             of
             Truth
             which
             the
             Magistrate
             has
             framed
             unto
             himself
             .
             No
             man
             whatsoever
             ought
             therefore
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             his
             Terrestrial
             Enjoyments
             ,
             upon
             account
             of
             his
             Religion
             .
             Not
             even
             Americans
             ,
             subjected
             unto
             a
             Christian
             Prince
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             punished
             either
             in
             Body
             or
             Goods
             ,
             for
             not
             imbracing
             our
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             .
             If
             they
             are
             perswaded
             
             that
             they
             please
             God
             in
             observing
             the
             Rites
             of
             their
             own
             Country
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             shall
             obtain
             Happiness
             by
             that
             means
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             left
             unto
             God
             and
             themselves
             .
             Let
             us
             trace
             this
             matter
             to
             the
             bottom
             .
             Thus
             it
             is
             .
             An
             inconsiderable
             and
             weak
             number
             of
             Christians
             ,
             destitute
             of
             every
             thing
             ,
             arrive
             in
             a
             Pagan
             Country
             :
             These
             Foreigners
             beseech
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             by
             the
             bowels
             of
             Humanity
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             succour
             them
             with
             the
             necessaries
             of
             life
             :
             Those
             necessaries
             are
             given
             them
             ;
             Habitations
             are
             granted
             ;
             and
             they
             all
             joyn
             together
             ,
             and
             grow
             up
             into
             one
             Body
             of
             People
             .
             The
             Christian
             Religion
             by
             this
             means
             takes
             root
             in
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             spreads
             it self
             ;
             but
             does
             not
             suddenly
             grow
             the
             strongest
             .
             While
             things
             are
             in
             this
             condition
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Friendship
             ,
             Faith
             and
             equal
             Justice
             ,
             are
             preserved
             amongst
             them
             .
             At
             length
             the
             Magistrate
             becomes
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             means
             their
             Party
             becomes
             the
             most
             powerful
             .
             Then
             immediately
             all
             Compacts
             are
             to
             be
             broken
             ,
             all
             Civil
             Rights
             to
             be
             violated
             ,
             that
             Idolatry
             may
             be
             extirpated
             :
             And
             unless
             these
             innocent
             Pagans
             ,
             strict
             Observers
             of
             the
             Rules
             of
             Equity
             and
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             no
             ways
             offending
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Society
             ,
             I
             say
             unless
             they
             will
             forsake
             their
             ancient
             Religion
             ,
             and
             embrace
             a
             new
             and
             strange
             one
             ,
             they
             are
             to
             be
             turned
             out
             of
             the
             Lands
             and
             Possessions
             of
             their
             Forefathers
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             deprived
             of
             Life
             it self
             .
             Then
             at
             last
             it
             appears
             what
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Church
             ,
             joyned
             with
             the
             desire
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             is
             capable
             to
             produce
             ;
             and
             how
             easily
             the
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             care
             of
             Souls
             ,
             serves
             for
             a
             Cloak
             to
             Covetousness
             ,
             Rapine
             ,
             and
             Ambition
             .
          
           
             Now
             whosoever
             maintains
             that
             Idolatry
             is
             to
             be
             rooted
             out
             of
             any
             place
             by
             Laws
             ,
             Punishments
             ,
             Fire
             ,
             and
             Sword
             ,
             may
             apply
             this
             Story
             to
             himself
             .
             For
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             thing
             is
             equal
             ,
             both
             in
             America
             and
             Europe
             .
             And
             neither
             Pagans
             there
             ,
             nor
             any
             Dissenting
             Christians
             here
             ,
             can
             with
             
             any
             right
             be
             deprived
             of
             their
             worldly
             Goods
             ,
             by
             the
             predominating
             Faction
             of
             a
             Court-Church
             :
             nor
             are
             any
             civil
             Rights
             to
             be
             either
             changed
             or
             violated
             upon
             account
             of
             Religion
             in
             one
             place
             more
             than
             another
             .
          
           
             But
             Idolatry
             (
             say
             some
             )
             is
             a
             sin
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             to
             be
             tolerated
             .
             If
             they
             said
             it
             were
             therefore
             to
             be
             avoided
             ,
             the
             Inference
             were
             good
             .
             But
             it
             does
             not
             follow
             ,
             that
             because
             it
             is
             a
             sin
             it
             ought
             therefore
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             For
             it
             does
             not
             belong
             unto
             the
             Magistrate
             to
             make
             use
             of
             his
             Sword
             in
             punishing
             every
             thing
             ,
             indifferently
             ,
             that
             he
             takes
             to
             be
             a
             sin
             against
             God.
             Covetousness
             ,
             Uncharitableness
             ,
             Idleness
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             things
             are
             sins
             ,
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             which
             yet
             no
             man
             ever
             said
             were
             to
             be
             punished
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             The
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             prejudicial
             to
             other
             mens
             Rights
             ,
             nor
             do
             they
             break
             the
             publick
             Peace
             of
             Societies
             .
             Nay
             ,
             even
             the
             sins
             of
             Lying
             and
             Perjury
             ,
             are
             no
             where
             punishable
             by
             Laws
             ;
             unless
             in
             certain
             cases
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             real
             Turpitude
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             and
             the
             offence
             against
             God
             ,
             are
             not
             considered
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             Injury
             done
             unto
             mens
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
             And
             what
             if
             in
             another
             Country
             ,
             to
             a
             Mahumetan
             or
             a
             Pagan
             Prince
             ,
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             seem
             false
             and
             offensive
             to
             God
             ;
             may
             not
             the
             Christians
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             be
             extirpated
             there
             ?
          
           
             But
             it
             may
             be
             urged
             further
             ,
             That
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             Idolaters
             were
             to
             be
             rooted
             out
             .
             True
             indeed
             ,
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             .
             But
             that
             is
             not
             obligatory
             to
             us
             Christians
             .
             No
             body
             pretends
             that
             every
             thing
             ,
             generally
             ,
             enjoyned
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             practised
             by
             Christians
             .
             But
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             frivolous
             than
             that
             common
             distinction
             of
             Moral
             ,
             Judicial
             ,
             and
             Ceremonial
             Law
             ,
             which
             men
             ordinarily
             make
             use
             of
             .
             For
             no
             positive
             Law
             whatsoever
             can
             oblige
             any
             People
             but
             those
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             given
             .
             
               Hear
               O
               Israel
            
             ;
             sufficienly
             restrains
             
             the
             Obligation
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             only
             to
             that
             People
             .
             And
             this
             Consideration
             alone
             is
             Answer
             enough
             unto
             those
             that
             urge
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             ;
             for
             the
             inflicting
             of
             Capital
             Punishments
             upon
             Idolaters
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             I
             will
             examine
             this
             Argument
             a
             little
             more
             particularly
             .
          
           
             The
             Case
             of
             Idolaters
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Iewish
             Commonwealth
             ,
             falls
             under
             a
             double
             consideration
             .
             The
             first
             is
             of
             those
             Who
             ,
             being
             initiated
             in
             the
             Mosaical
             Rites
             ,
             and
             made
             Citizens
             of
             that
             Commonwealth
             ,
             did
             afterwards
             apostatise
             from
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Israel
             .
             These
             were
             proceeded
             against
             as
             Traytors
             and
             Rebels
             ,
             guilty
             of
             no
             less
             than
             High-treason
             .
             For
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             the
             Iews
             ,
             different
             in
             that
             from
             all
             others
             ,
             was
             an
             absolute
             Theocracy
             :
             nor
             was
             there
             ,
             or
             could
             there
             be
             ,
             any
             difference
             between
             that
             Commonwealth
             and
             the
             Church
             .
             The
             Laws
             established
             there
             concerning
             the
             Worship
             of
             One
             Invisible
             Deity
             ,
             were
             the
             Civil
             Laws
             of
             that
             People
             ,
             and
             a
             part
             of
             their
             Political
             Government
             ;
             in
             which
             God
             himself
             was
             the
             Legislator
             .
             Now
             if
             any
             one
             can
             shew
             me
             where
             there
             is
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             constituted
             upon
             that
             Foundation
             ,
             I
             will
             acknowledge
             that
             the
             Ecclesiastical
             Laws
             do
             there
             unavoidably
             become
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Civil
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Subjects
             of
             that
             Government
             both
             may
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             strict
             conformity
             with
             that
             Church
             ,
             by
             the
             Civil
             Power
             .
             But
             there
             is
             absolutely
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             as
             a
             Christian
             Common-wealth
             .
             There
             are
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             many
             Cities
             and
             Kingdoms
             that
             have
             embraced
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             ;
             but
             they
             have
             retained
             their
             ancient
             Form
             of
             Government
             ;
             with
             which
             the
             Law
             of
             Christ
             hath
             not
             at
             all
             medled
             .
             He
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             hath
             taught
             men
             how
             ,
             by
             Faith
             and
             Good
             Works
             ,
             they
             may
             attain
             Eternal
             Life
             .
             But
             he
             instituted
             no
             Common-wealth
             .
             He
             prescribed
             unto
             his
             Followers
             no
             new
             and
             peculiar
             Form
             of
             Government
             ;
             Nor
             put
             he
             the
             Sword
             
             into
             any
             Magistrate's
             Hand
             ,
             with
             Commission
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             in
             forcing
             men
             to
             forsake
             their
             former
             Religion
             ,
             and
             receive
             his
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             .
             Foreigners
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             Strangers
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Israel
             ,
             were
             not
             compell'd
             by
             force
             to
             observe
             the
             Rites
             of
             the
             Mosaical
             Law.
             But
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             same
             place
             where
             it
             is
             ordered
             that
             
               an
               Israelite
               that
               was
               an
               Idolater
               should
               be
               put
               to
               death
               ,
            
             
             there
             it
             is
             provided
             that
             
               Strangers
               should
               not
               be
               vexed
               nor
               oppressed
               .
            
             I
             confess
             that
             the
             Seven
             Nations
             ,
             that
             possest
             the
             Land
             which
             was
             promised
             to
             the
             Israelites
             ,
             were
             utterly
             to
             be
             cut
             off
             .
             But
             this
             was
             not
             singly
             because
             they
             were
             Idolaters
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             that
             had
             been
             the
             Reason
             ,
             why
             were
             the
             Moabites
             and
             other
             Nations
             to
             be
             spared
             ?
             No
             ;
             the
             Reason
             is
             this
             .
             God
             being
             in
             a
             peculiar
             manner
             the
             King
             of
             the
             Iews
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             suffer
             the
             Adoration
             of
             any
             other
             Deity
             (
             which
             was
             properly
             an
             Act
             of
             High-treason
             against
             himself
             )
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             which
             was
             his
             Kingdom
             .
             For
             such
             a
             manifest
             Revolt
             could
             no
             ways
             consist
             with
             his
             Dominion
             ,
             which
             was
             perfectly
             Political
             ,
             in
             that
             Country
             .
             All
             Idolatry
             was
             therefore
             to
             be
             rooted
             out
             of
             the
             Bounds
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             because
             it
             was
             an
             acknowledgment
             of
             another
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             another
             King
             ;
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             Empire
             .
             The
             Inhabitants
             were
             also
             to
             be
             driven
             out
             ,
             that
             the
             intire
             possession
             of
             the
             Land
             might
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Israelites
             .
             And
             for
             the
             like
             Reason
             the
             Emims
             and
             the
             Horims
             were
             driven
             out
             of
             their
             Countries
             ,
             by
             the
             Children
             of
             Esau
             and
             Lot
             ;
             and
             their
             Lands
             ,
             
             upon
             the
             same
             grounds
             ,
             given
             by
             God
             to
             the
             Invaders
             .
             But
             tho
             all
             Idolatry
             was
             thus
             rooted
             out
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             ,
             yet
             every
             Idolater
             was
             not
             brought
             to
             Execution
             .
             The
             whole
             Family
             of
             Rahab
             ,
             the
             whole
             Nation
             of
             the
             Gibeonites
             ,
             articled
             with
             Iosuah
             ,
             and
             were
             allowed
             by
             Treaty
             :
             and
             there
             were
             many
             Captives
             amongst
             the
             Iews
             ,
             who
             were
             Idolaters
             .
             David
             and
             Solomon
             subdued
             
             many
             Countries
             without
             the
             Confines
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Promise
             ,
             and
             carried
             their
             Conquests
             as
             far
             as
             Euphrates
             .
             Amongst
             so
             many
             Captives
             taken
             ,
             so
             many
             Nations
             reduced
             under
             their
             Obedience
             ,
             we
             find
             not
             one
             man
             forced
             into
             the
             Jewish
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             True
             God
             ,
             and
             punished
             for
             Idolatry
             ,
             tho
             all
             of
             them
             were
             certainly
             guilty
             of
             it
             .
             If
             any
             one
             indeed
             ,
             becoming
             a
             Proselyte
             ,
             desired
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Denison
             of
             their
             Commonwealth
             ,
             he
             was
             obliged
             to
             submit
             unto
             their
             Laws
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             embrace
             their
             Religion
             .
             But
             this
             he
             did
             willingly
             ,
             on
             his
             own
             accord
             ,
             not
             by
             constraint
             .
             He
             did
             not
             unwillingly
             submit
             ,
             to
             shew
             his
             Obedience
             ;
             But
             he
             sought
             and
             sollicited
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             Privilege
             .
             And
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             was
             admitted
             ,
             he
             became
             subject
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             by
             which
             all
             Idolatry
             was
             forbidden
             within
             the
             Borders
             of
             the
             Land
             of
             Canaan
             .
             But
             that
             Law
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             )
             did
             not
             reach
             to
             any
             of
             those
             Regions
             ,
             however
             subjected
             unto
             the
             Iews
             ,
             that
             were
             situated
             without
             those
             Bounds
             .
          
           
             Thus
             far
             concerning
             outward
             Worship
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             consider
             
               Articles
               of
               Faith.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Articles
             of
             Religion
             are
             some
             of
             them
             Practical
             ,
             and
             some
             Speculative
             .
             Now
             ,
             tho
             both
             sorts
             consist
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Truth
             ,
             yet
             these
             terminate
             simply
             in
             the
             Understanding
             ,
             Those
             influence
             the
             Will
             and
             Manners
             .
             Speculative
             Opinions
             ,
             therefore
             ,
             and
             
               Articles
               of
               Faith
            
             (
             as
             they
             are
             called
             )
             which
             are
             required
             only
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             cannot
             be
             imposed
             on
             any
             Church
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land.
             For
             it
             is
             absurd
             that
             things
             should
             be
             enjoyned
             by
             Laws
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             in
             mens
             power
             to
             perform
             .
             And
             to
             believe
             this
             or
             that
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             does
             not
             depend
             upon
             our
             Will.
             But
             of
             this
             enough
             has
             been
             said
             already
             .
             But
             (
             will
             some
             say
             )
             let
             men
             at
             least
             profess
             that
             they
             believe
             .
             A
             sweet
             Religion
             indeed
             ,
             that
             obliges
             men
             to
             dissemble
             ,
             and
             tell
             Lies
             both
             to
             God
             and
             Man
             ,
             for
             the
             Salvation
             of
             their
             Souls
             !
             If
             the
             Magistrate
             
             thinks
             to
             save
             men
             thus
             ,
             he
             seems
             to
             understand
             little
             of
             the
             way
             of
             Salvation
             .
             And
             if
             he
             does
             it
             not
             in
             order
             to
             save
             them
             ,
             why
             is
             he
             so
             so
             sollicitous
             about
             the
             Articies
             of
             Faith
             as
             to
             enact
             them
             by
             a
             Law
             ?
          
           
             Further
             ,
             The
             Magistrate
             ought
             not
             to
             forbid
             the
             Preaching
             or
             Professing
             of
             any
             Speculative
             Opinions
             in
             any
             Church
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             no
             manner
             of
             relation
             to
             the
             Civil
             Rights
             of
             the
             Subjects
             .
             If
             a
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             believe
             that
             to
             be
             really
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             which
             another
             man
             calls
             Bread
             ,
             he
             does
             no
             injury
             thereby
             to
             his
             Neighbour
             .
             If
             a
             Iew
             do
             not
             believe
             the
             New
             Testament
             to
             be
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             thereby
             alter
             any
             thing
             in
             mens
             Civil
             Rights
             .
             If
             a
             Heathen
             doubt
             of
             both
             Testaments
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             therefore
             to
             be
             punished
             as
             a
             pernicious
             Citizen
             .
             The
             Power
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             the
             Estates
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             may
             be
             equally
             secure
             ,
             whether
             any
             man
             believe
             these
             things
             or
             no.
             I
             readily
             grant
             ,
             that
             these
             Opinions
             are
             false
             and
             absurd
             .
             But
             the
             business
             of
             Laws
             is
             not
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             Opinions
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Safety
             and
             Security
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             of
             every
             particular
             mans
             Goods
             and
             Person
             .
             And
             so
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             .
             For
             Truth
             certainly
             would
             do
             well
             enough
             ,
             if
             she
             were
             once
             left
             to
             shift
             for
             her self
             .
             She
             seldom
             has
             received
             ,
             and
             I
             fear
             never
             will
             receive
             much
             Assistance
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             Great
             men
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             is
             but
             rarely
             known
             ,
             and
             more
             rarely
             welcome
             .
             She
             is
             not
             taught
             by
             Laws
             ,
             nor
             has
             she
             any
             need
             of
             Force
             to
             procure
             her
             entrance
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             .
             Errors
             indeed
             prevail
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             forreign
             and
             borrowed
             Succours
             .
             But
             if
             Truth
             makes
             not
             her
             way
             into
             the
             Understanding
             by
             her
             own
             Light
             ,
             she
             will
             be
             but
             the
             weaker
             for
             any
             borrowed
             force
             Violence
             can
             add
             to
             her
             .
             Thus
             much
             for
             Speculative
             Opinions
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             proceed
             to
             Practical
             ones
             .
          
           
             A
             Good
             Life
             ,
             in
             which
             consists
             not
             the
             least
             part
             of
             Religion
             and
             true
             Piety
             ,
             concerns
             also
             the
             Civil
             Govrnment
             :
             
             and
             in
             it
             lies
             the
             safety
             both
             of
             Mens
             Souls
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
             Moral
             Actions
             belong
             therefore
             to
             the
             Jurisdiction
             both
             of
             the
             outward
             and
             inward
             Court
             ;
             both
             of
             the
             Civil
             and
             Domestick
             Governor
             ;
             I
             mean
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             and
             Conscience
             .
             Here
             therefore
             is
             great
             danger
             ,
             least
             one
             of
             these
             Jurisdictions
             intrench
             upon
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             Discord
             arise
             between
             the
             Keeper
             of
             the
             publick
             Peace
             and
             the
             Overseers
             of
             Souls
             .
             But
             if
             what
             has
             been
             already
             said
             concerning
             the
             Limits
             of
             both
             these
             Governments
             be
             rightly
             considered
             ,
             it
             will
             easily
             remove
             all
             difficulty
             in
             this
             matter
             .
          
           
             Every
             man
             has
             an
             Immortal
             Soul
             ,
             capable
             of
             Eternal
             Happiness
             or
             Misery
             ;
             whose
             Happiness
             depending
             upon
             his
             believing
             and
             doing
             those
             things
             in
             this
             Life
             ,
             which
             are
             necessary
             to
             the
             obtaining
             of
             Gods
             Favour
             ,
             and
             are
             prescribed
             by
             God
             to
             that
             end
             ;
             it
             follows
             from
             thence
             ,
             1
             st
             ,
             That
             the
             observance
             of
             these
             things
             is
             the
             highest
             Obligation
             that
             lies
             upon
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             that
             our
             utmost
             Care
             ,
             Application
             ,
             and
             Diligence
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             exercised
             in
             the
             Search
             and
             Performance
             of
             them
             ;
             Because
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             this
             World
             that
             is
             of
             any
             consideration
             in
             comparison
             with
             Eternity
             .
             2
             dly
             ,
             That
             seeing
             one
             Man
             does
             not
             violate
             the
             Right
             of
             another
             ,
             by
             his
             Erroneous
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             undue
             manner
             of
             Worship
             ,
             nor
             is
             his
             Perdition
             any
             prejudice
             to
             another
             Mans
             Affairs
             ;
             therefore
             the
             care
             of
             each
             Mans
             Salvation
             belongs
             only
             to
             himself
             .
             But
             I
             would
             not
             have
             this
             understood
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             meant
             hereby
             to
             condemn
             all
             charitable
             Admonitions
             ,
             and
             affectionate
             Endeavours
             to
             reduce
             Men
             from
             Errors
             ;
             which
             are
             indeed
             the
             greatest
             Duty
             of
             a
             Christian.
             Any
             one
             may
             employ
             as
             many
             Exhortations
             and
             Arguments
             as
             he
             pleases
             ,
             towards
             the
             promoting
             of
             another
             man's
             Salvation
             .
             But
             all
             Force
             and
             Compulsion
             are
             to
             be
             forborn
             .
             Nothing
             is
             to
             be
             done
             imperiously
             .
             No
             body
             is
             obliged
             in
             that
             matter
             to
             yield
             Obedience
             unto
             the
             Admonitions
             or
             Injunctions
             of
             another
             ,
             further
             than
             he
             himself
             
             is
             perswaded
             .
             Every
             man
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             has
             the
             supreme
             and
             absolute
             Authority
             of
             judging
             for
             himself
             .
             And
             the
             Reason
             is
             ,
             because
             no
             body
             else
             is
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             nor
             can
             receive
             any
             prejudice
             from
             his
             Conduct
             therein
             .
          
           
             But
             besides
             their
             Souls
             ,
             which
             are
             Immortal
             ,
             Men
             have
             also
             their
             Temporal
             Lives
             here
             upon
             Earth
             ;
             the
             State
             whereof
             being
             frail
             and
             fleeting
             ,
             and
             the
             duration
             uncertain
             ;
             they
             have
             need
             of
             several
             outward
             Conveniences
             to
             the
             support
             thereof
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             procured
             or
             preserved
             by
             Pains
             and
             industry
             .
             For
             those
             things
             that
             are
             necessary
             to
             the
             comfortable
             support
             of
             our
             Lives
             are
             not
             the
             spontaneous
             Products
             of
             Nature
             ,
             nor
             do
             offer
             themselves
             fit
             and
             prepared
             for
             our
             use
             .
             This
             part
             therefore
             draws
             on
             another
             care
             ,
             and
             necessarily
             gives
             another
             Imployment
             .
             But
             the
             pravity
             of
             Mankind
             being
             such
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             rather
             injuriously
             prey
             upon
             the
             Fruits
             of
             other
             Mens
             Labours
             ,
             than
             take
             pains
             to
             provide
             for
             themselves
             ;
             the
             necessity
             of
             preserving
             Men
             in
             the
             Possession
             of
             what
             honest
             industry
             has
             already
             acquired
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             preserving
             their
             Liberty
             and
             strength
             ,
             whereby
             they
             may
             acquire
             what
             they
             further
             want
             ;
             obliges
             Men
             to
             enter
             into
             Society
             with
             one
             another
             ;
             that
             by
             mutual
             Assistance
             ,
             and
             joint
             Force
             ,
             they
             may
             secure
             unto
             each
             other
             their
             Proprieties
             ,
             in
             the
             things
             that
             contribute
             to
             the
             Comfort
             and
             Happiness
             of
             this
             Life
             ;
             leaving
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             to
             every
             Man
             the
             care
             of
             his
             own
             Eternal
             Happiness
             ,
             the
             attainment
             whereof
             can
             neither
             be
             facilitated
             by
             another
             Mans
             Industry
             ,
             nor
             can
             the
             loss
             of
             it
             turn
             to
             another
             Mans
             Prejudice
             ,
             nor
             the
             hope
             of
             it
             be
             forced
             from
             him
             by
             any
             external
             Violence
             .
             But
             forasmuch
             as
             Men
             thus
             entring
             into
             Societies
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             their
             mutual
             Compacts
             of
             Assistance
             ,
             for
             the
             Defence
             of
             their
             Temporal
             Goods
             ,
             may
             nevertheless
             be
             deprived
             of
             them
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             Rapine
             and
             Fraud
             of
             their
             Fellow-Citizens
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             hostile
             Violence
             of
             Forreigners
             ;
             the
             Remedy
             of
             this
             Evil
             consists
             in
             Arms
             ,
             Riches
             ,
             and
             Multitude
             of
             Citizens
             ;
             
             the
             Remedy
             of
             the
             other
             in
             Laws
             ;
             and
             the
             Care
             of
             all
             things
             relating
             both
             to
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             is
             committed
             by
             the
             Society
             to
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Original
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Use
             ,
             and
             these
             are
             the
             Bounds
             of
             the
             Legislative
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Supreme
             )
             Power
             ,
             in
             every
             Commonwealth
             .
             I
             mean
             ,
             that
             Provision
             may
             be
             made
             for
             the
             security
             of
             each
             Mans
             private
             Possessions
             ;
             for
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Riches
             ,
             and
             publick
             Commodities
             of
             the
             whole
             People
             ;
             and
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             possible
             ,
             for
             the
             Increase
             of
             their
             inward
             Strength
             ,
             against
             Forreign
             Invasions
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             being
             thus
             explain'd
             ,
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             understand
             to
             what
             end
             the
             Legislative
             Power
             ought
             to
             be
             directed
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             Measures
             regulated
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             Temporal
             Good
             and
             outward
             Prosperity
             of
             the
             Society
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             sole
             Reason
             of
             Mens
             entring
             into
             Society
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             thing
             they
             seek
             and
             aim
             at
             in
             it
             .
             And
             it
             is
             also
             evident
             what
             Liberty
             remains
             to
             Men
             in
             reference
             to
             their
             eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             should
             do
             what
             he
             in
             his
             Conscience
             is
             perswaded
             to
             be
             acceptable
             to
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             on
             whose
             good
             pleasure
             and
             acceptance
             depends
             their
             eternal
             Happiness
             .
             For
             Obedience
             is
             due
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             the
             Laws
             .
          
           
             But
             some
             may
             ask
             ,
             
               What
               if
               the
               Magistrate
               should
               enjoyn
               any
               thing
               by
               his
               Authority
               that
               appears
               unlawful
               to
               the
               Conscience
               of
               a
               private
               Person
               ?
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             if
             Government
             be
             faithfully
             administred
             ,
             and
             the
             Counsels
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             be
             indeed
             directed
             to
             the
             publick
             Good
             ,
             this
             will
             seldom
             happen
             .
             But
             if
             perhaps
             it
             do
             so
             fall
             out
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             private
             Person
             is
             to
             abstain
             from
             the
             Action
             that
             he
             judges
             unlawful
             ;
             and
             he
             is
             to
             undergo
             the
             Punishment
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             not
             unlawful
             for
             him
             to
             bear
             .
             For
             the
             private
             Judgment
             of
             any
             Person
             concerning
             a
             Law
             enacted
             in
             Political
             Matters
             ,
             for
             the
             publick
             Good
             ,
             does
             not
             take
             away
             the
             Obligation
             of
             that
             Law
             ,
             nor
             deserve
             a
             Dispensation
             .
             But
             
             if
             the
             Law
             indeed
             be
             concerning
             things
             that
             lie
             not
             within
             the
             Verge
             of
             the
             Magistrate's
             Authority
             ;
             (
             as
             for
             Example
             ,
             that
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             any
             Party
             amongst
             them
             ,
             should
             be
             compell'd
             to
             embrace
             a
             strange
             Religion
             ,
             and
             join
             in
             the
             Worship
             and
             Ceremonies
             of
             another
             Church
             ,
             )
             men
             are
             not
             in
             these
             cases
             obliged
             by
             that
             Law
             ,
             against
             their
             Consciences
             .
             For
             the
             Political
             Society
             is
             instituted
             for
             no
             other
             end
             but
             only
             to
             secure
             every
             mans
             Possession
             of
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             .
             The
             care
             of
             each
             mans
             Soul
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             things
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             which
             neither
             does
             belong
             to
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             subjected
             to
             it
             ,
             is
             left
             entirely
             to
             every
             mans
             self
             .
             Thus
             the
             safeguard
             of
             mens
             lives
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             things
             that
             belong
             unto
             this
             life
             ,
             is
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ;
             and
             the
             preserving
             of
             those
             things
             unto
             their
             Owners
             is
             the
             Duty
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Magistrate
             cannot
             take
             away
             these
             worldly
             things
             from
             this
             man
             ,
             or
             party
             ,
             and
             give
             them
             to
             that
             ;
             nor
             change
             Propriety
             amongst
             Fellow-Subjects
             ,
             (
             no
             not
             even
             by
             a
             Law
             )
             for
             a
             cause
             that
             has
             no
             relation
             to
             the
             end
             of
             Civil
             Government
             ;
             I
             mean
             ,
             for
             their
             Religion
             ;
             which
             whether
             it
             be
             true
             or
             false
             ,
             does
             no
             prejudice
             to
             the
             worldly
             concerns
             of
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             things
             that
             only
             belong
             unto
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
          
           
             
               But
               what
               if
               the
               Magistrate
               believe
               such
               a
               Law
               as
               this
               to
               be
               for
               the
               publick
               Good
               ?
            
             I
             answer
             :
             As
             the
             private
             Judgment
             of
             any
             particular
             Person
             ,
             if
             erroneous
             ,
             does
             not
             exempt
             him
             from
             the
             obligation
             of
             Law
             ,
             so
             the
             private
             Judgment
             (
             as
             I
             may
             call
             it
             )
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             does
             not
             give
             him
             any
             new
             Right
             of
             imposing
             Laws
             upon
             his
             jects
             ,
             which
             neither
             was
             in
             the
             Constitution
             of
             the
             Government
             granted
             him
             ,
             nor
             ever
             was
             in
             the
             power
             of
             the
             People
             to
             grant
             :
             much
             less
             ,
             if
             he
             make
             it
             his
             business
             to
             enrich
             and
             advance
             his
             Followers
             and
             Fellow-sectaries
             ,
             with
             the
             Spoils
             of
             others
             .
             But
             what
             if
             the
             Magistrate
             
             believe
             that
             he
             has
             a
             Right
             to
             make
             such
             Laws
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             are
             for
             the
             publick
             Good
             ;
             and
             his
             Subjects
             believe
             the
             contrary
             ?
             Who
             shall
             be
             Judge
             between
             them
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             God
             alone
             .
             For
             there
             is
             no
             Judge
             upon
             earth
             between
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             and
             the
             People
             .
             God
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             Judge
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             who
             will
             retribute
             unto
             every
             one
             at
             the
             last
             day
             according
             to
             his
             Deserts
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             sincerity
             and
             uprightness
             in
             endeavouring
             to
             promote
             Piety
             ,
             and
             the
             publick
             Weal
             and
             Peace
             of
             Mankind
             .
             But
             what
             shall
             be
             done
             in
             the
             mean
             while
             ?
             I
             answer
             :
             The
             principal
             and
             chief
             care
             of
             every
             one
             ought
             to
             be
             of
             his
             own
             Soul
             first
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             next
             place
             of
             the
             publick
             Peace
             :
             tho'
             yet
             there
             are
             very
             few
             will
             think
             't
             is
             Peace
             there
             ,
             where
             they
             see
             all
             laid
             waste
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             Contests
             amongst
             men
             ;
             the
             one
             managed
             by
             Law
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             Force
             :
             and
             these
             are
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             that
             where
             the
             one
             ends
             ,
             the
             other
             always
             begins
             .
             But
             it
             is
             not
             my
             business
             to
             inquire
             into
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             in
             the
             different
             Constitutions
             of
             Nations
             .
             I
             only
             know
             what
             usually
             happens
             where
             Controversies
             arise
             ,
             without
             a
             Judge
             to
             determine
             them
             .
             You
             will
             say
             then
             the
             Magistrate
             being
             the
             stronger
             will
             have
             his
             Will
             ,
             and
             carry
             his
             point
             .
             Without
             doubt
             .
             But
             the
             Question
             is
             not
             here
             concerning
             the
             doubtfulness
             of
             the
             Event
             ,
             but
             the
             Rule
             of
             Right
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             come
             to
             particulars
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             First
             ,
             No
             Opinions
             contrary
             to
             human
             Society
             ,
             or
             to
             those
             moral
             Rules
             which
             are
             necessary
             to
             the
             preservation
             of
             Civil
             Society
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             tolerated
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             But
             of
             these
             indeed
             Examples
             in
             any
             Church
             are
             rare
             .
             For
             no
             Sect
             can
             easily
             arrive
             to
             such
             a
             degree
             of
             madness
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             should
             think
             sit
             to
             teach
             ,
             for
             Doctrines
             of
             Religion
             ,
             such
             things
             as
             manifestly
             undermine
             the
             Foundations
             of
             Society
             ,
             and
             are
             therefore
             condemned
             by
             the
             Judgment
             of
             all
             Mankind
             :
             because
             their
             own
             Interest
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Reputation
             ,
             every
             Thing
             ,
             would
             be
             thereby
             endangered
             .
          
           
           
             Another
             more
             secret
             Evil
             ,
             but
             more
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             is
             ,
             when
             men
             arrogate
             to
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             those
             of
             their
             own
             Sect
             ,
             some
             peculiar
             Prerogative
             ,
             covered
             over
             with
             a
             specious
             shew
             of
             deceitful
             words
             ,
             but
             in
             effect
             opposite
             to
             the
             Civil
             Right
             of
             the
             Community
             .
             For
             Example
             .
             We
             cannot
             find
             any
             Sect
             that
             teaches
             expresly
             ,
             and
             openly
             ,
             that
             men
             are
             not
             obliged
             to
             keep
             their
             Promise
             ;
             that
             Princes
             may
             be
             dethroned
             by
             those
             that
             differ
             from
             them
             in
             Religion
             ;
             or
             that
             the
             Dominion
             of
             all
             things
             belongs
             only
             to
             themselves
             .
             For
             these
             things
             ,
             proposed
             thus
             nakedly
             and
             plainly
             ,
             would
             soon
             draw
             on
             them
             the
             Eye
             and
             Hand
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             awaken
             all
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             to
             a
             watchfulness
             against
             the
             spreading
             of
             so
             dangerous
             an
             Evil.
             But
             nevertheless
             ,
             we
             find
             those
             that
             say
             the
             same
             things
             ,
             in
             other
             words
             .
             What
             else
             do
             they
             mean
             ,
             who
             teach
             that
             
               Faith
               is
               not
               to
               be
               kept
               with
               Hereticks
               ?
            
             Their
             meaning
             ,
             forsooth
             ,
             is
             that
             the
             priviledge
             of
             breaking
             Faith
             belongs
             unto
             themselves
             :
             For
             they
             declare
             all
             that
             are
             not
             of
             their
             Communion
             to
             be
             Hereticks
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             may
             declare
             them
             so
             whensoever
             they
             think
             fit
             .
             What
             can
             be
             the
             meaning
             of
             their
             asserting
             that
             
               Kings
               excommunicated
               forfeit
               their
               Crowns
               and
               Kingdoms
               ?
            
             It
             is
             evident
             that
             they
             thereby
             arrogate
             unto
             themselves
             the
             Power
             of
             deposing
             Kings
             :
             because
             they
             challenge
             the
             Power
             of
             Excommunication
             ,
             as
             the
             peculiar
             Right
             of
             their
             Hierarchy
             .
             That
             
               Dominion
               is
               founded
               in
               Grace
            
             ,
             is
             also
             an
             Assertion
             by
             which
             those
             that
             maintain
             it
             do
             plainly
             lay
             claim
             to
             the
             possession
             of
             all
             things
             .
             For
             they
             are
             not
             so
             wanting
             to
             themselves
             as
             not
             to
             believe
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             as
             not
             to
             profess
             ,
             themselves
             to
             be
             the
             truly
             pious
             and
             faithful
             .
             These
             therefore
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             who
             attribute
             unto
             the
             Faithful
             ,
             Religious
             and
             Orthodox
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             plain
             terms
             ,
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             any
             peculiar
             Priviledge
             or
             Power
             above
             other
             Mortals
             ,
             in
             Civil
             Concernments
             ;
             
             or
             who
             ,
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             ,
             do
             challenge
             any
             manner
             of
             Authority
             over
             such
             ,
             as
             are
             not
             associated
             with
             them
             in
             their
             Ecclesiastical
             Communion
             ;
             I
             say
             these
             have
             no
             right
             to
             be
             tolerated
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             ;
             as
             neither
             those
             that
             will
             not
             own
             and
             teach
             the
             Duty
             of
             tolerating
             All
             men
             in
             matters
             of
             meer
             Religion
             .
             For
             what
             do
             all
             these
             and
             the
             like
             Doctrines
             signifie
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             may
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             upon
             any
             occasion
             to
             seise
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             possess
             themselves
             of
             the
             Estates
             and
             Fortunes
             of
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             only
             ask
             leave
             to
             be
             tolerated
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             so
             long
             until
             they
             find
             themselves
             strong
             enough
             to
             effect
             it
             ?
          
           
             Again
             :
             That
             Church
             can
             have
             no
             right
             to
             be
             tolerated
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             which
             is
             constituted
             upon
             such
             a
             bottom
             ,
             that
             all
             those
             who
             enter
             into
             it
             ,
             do
             thereby
             ,
             
               ipso
               facto
            
             ,
             deliver
             themselves
             up
             to
             the
             Protection
             and
             Service
             of
             another
             Prince
             .
             For
             by
             this
             means
             the
             Magistrate
             would
             give
             way
             to
             the
             settling
             of
             a
             forrein
             Jurisdiction
             in
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             and
             suffer
             his
             own
             People
             to
             be
             listed
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             for
             Souldiers
             against
             his
             own
             Government
             .
             Nor
             does
             the
             frivolous
             and
             fallacious
             distinction
             between
             the
             Court
             and
             the
             Church
             afford
             any
             remedy
             to
             this
             Inconvenience
             ;
             especially
             when
             both
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             are
             equally
             subject
             to
             the
             absolute
             Authority
             of
             the
             same
             person
             ;
             who
             has
             not
             only
             power
             to
             perswade
             the
             Members
             of
             his
             Church
             to
             whatsoever
             he
             lists
             ,
             either
             as
             purely
             Religious
             ,
             or
             in
             order
             thereunto
             ,
             but
             can
             also
             enjoyn
             it
             them
             on
             pain
             of
             Eternal
             Fire
             .
             It
             is
             ridiculous
             for
             any
             one
             to
             profess
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             Mahumetan
             only
             in
             his
             Religion
             ,
             but
             in
             every
             thing
             else
             a
             faithful
             Subject
             to
             a
             Christian
             Magistrate
             ,
             whilst
             at
             the
             same
             time
             he
             acknowledges
             himself
             bound
             to
             yield
             blind
             obedience
             to
             the
             Mufti
             of
             Constantinople
             ;
             who
             himself
             is
             intirely
             obedient
             to
             the
             Ottoman
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             frames
             the
             feigned
             Oracles
             of
             that
             Religion
             according
             to
             his
             pleasure
             .
             
             But
             this
             Mahumetan
             living
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
             would
             yet
             more
             apparently
             renounce
             their
             Government
             ,
             if
             he
             acknowledged
             the
             same
             Person
             to
             be
             Head
             of
             his
             Church
             who
             is
             the
             Supreme
             Magistrate
             in
             the
             State.
             
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             Those
             are
             not
             at
             all
             to
             be
             tolerated
             who
             deny
             the
             Being
             of
             a
             God.
             Promises
             ,
             Covenants
             ,
             and
             Oaths
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Bonds
             of
             Humane
             Society
             ,
             can
             have
             no
             hold
             upon
             an
             Atheist
             .
             The
             taking
             away
             of
             God
             ,
             tho
             but
             even
             in
             thought
             ,
             dissolves
             all
             .
             Besides
             also
             ,
             those
             that
             by
             their
             Atheism
             undermine
             and
             destroy
             all
             Religion
             ,
             can
             have
             no
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             whereupon
             to
             challenge
             the
             Privilege
             of
             a
             Toleration
             .
             As
             for
             other
             Practical
             Opinions
             ,
             tho
             not
             absolutely
             free
             from
             all
             Error
             ,
             if
             they
             do
             not
             tend
             to
             establish
             Domination
             over
             others
             ,
             or
             Civil
             Impunity
             to
             the
             Church
             in
             which
             they
             are
             taught
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             Reason
             why
             they
             should
             not
             be
             tolerated
             .
          
           
             It
             remains
             that
             I
             say
             something
             concerning
             those
             Assemblies
             ,
             which
             being
             vulgarly
             called
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             having
             sometimes
             been
             Conventicles
             ,
             and
             Nurseries
             of
             Factions
             and
             Seditions
             ,
             are
             thought
             to
             afford
             the
             strongest
             matter
             of
             Objection
             against
             this
             Doctrine
             of
             Toleration
             .
             But
             this
             has
             not
             hapned
             by
             any
             thing
             peculiar
             unto
             the
             Genius
             of
             such
             Assemblies
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             unhappy
             Circumstances
             of
             an
             oppressed
             or
             ill-setled
             Liberty
             .
             These
             Accusations
             would
             soon
             cease
             ,
             if
             the
             Law
             of
             Toleration
             were
             once
             so
             setled
             ,
             that
             all
             Churches
             were
             obliged
             to
             lay
             down
             Toleration
             as
             the
             Foundation
             of
             their
             own
             Liberty
             ;
             and
             teach
             that
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             is
             every
             mans
             natural
             Right
             ,
             equally
             belonging
             to
             Dissenters
             as
             to
             themselves
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             body
             ought
             to
             be
             compelled
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             either
             by
             Law
             or
             Force
             .
             The
             Establishment
             of
             this
             one
             thing
             would
             take
             away
             all
             ground
             of
             Complaints
             and
             Tumults
             upon
             account
             of
             Conscience
             .
             And
             these
             Causes
             of
             Discontents
             and
             Animosities
             being
             once
             removed
             ,
             there
             would
             remain
             nothing
             in
             these
             Assemblies
             that
             were
             not
             
             more
             peaceable
             ,
             and
             less
             apt
             to
             produce
             Disturbance
             of
             State
             ,
             than
             in
             any
             other
             Meetings
             whatsoever
             .
             But
             let
             us
             examine
             particularly
             the
             Heads
             of
             these
             Accusations
             .
          
           
             You
             'll
             say
             ,
             That
             
               Assemblies
               and
               Meetings
               endanger
               the
               Publick
               Peace
               ,
               and
               threaten
               the
               Commonwealth
               .
            
             I
             answer
             :
             If
             this
             be
             so
             ,
             Why
             are
             there
             daily
             such
             numerous
             Meetings
             in
             Markets
             ,
             and
             Courts
             of
             Judicature
             ?
             Why
             are
             Crowds
             upon
             the
             Exchange
             ,
             and
             a
             Concourse
             of
             People
             in
             Cities
             suffered
             ?
             You
             'll
             reply
             ;
             Those
             are
             Civil
             Assemblies
             ;
             but
             These
             we
             object
             against
             ,
             are
             Ecclesiastical
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             'T
             is
             a
             likely
             thing
             indeed
             ,
             that
             such
             Assemblies
             as
             are
             altogether
             remote
             from
             Civil
             Affairs
             ,
             should
             be
             most
             apt
             to
             embroyl
             them
             .
             O
             ,
             but
             Civil
             Assemblies
             are
             composed
             of
             men
             that
             differ
             from
             one
             another
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ;
             but
             these
             Ecclesiastical
             Meetings
             are
             of
             Persons
             that
             are
             all
             of
             one
             Opinion
             .
             As
             if
             an
             Agreement
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             were
             in
             effect
             a
             Conspiracy
             against
             the
             Commonwealth
             ;
             or
             as
             if
             men
             would
             not
             be
             so
             much
             the
             more
             warmly
             unanimous
             in
             Religion
             ,
             the
             less
             liberty
             they
             had
             of
             Assembling
             .
             But
             it
             will
             be
             urged
             still
             ,
             That
             Civil
             Assemblies
             are
             open
             ,
             and
             free
             for
             any
             one
             to
             enter
             into
             ;
             whereas
             Religious
             Conventicles
             are
             more
             private
             ,
             and
             thereby
             give
             opportunity
             to
             Clandestine
             Machinations
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             this
             is
             not
             strictly
             true
             :
             For
             many
             Civil
             Assemblies
             are
             not
             open
             to
             every
             one
             .
             And
             if
             some
             Religious
             Meetings
             be
             private
             ,
             Who
             are
             they
             (
             I
             beseech
             you
             )
             that
             are
             to
             be
             blamed
             for
             it
             ?
             those
             that
             desire
             ,
             or
             those
             that
             forbid
             their
             being
             publick
             ?
             Again
             ;
             You
             'll
             say
             ,
             That
             Religious
             Communion
             does
             exceedingly
             unite
             mens
             Minds
             and
             Affections
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             is
             therefore
             the
             more
             dangerous
             .
             But
             if
             this
             be
             so
             ,
             Why
             is
             not
             the
             Magistrate
             afraid
             of
             his
             own
             Church
             ;
             and
             why
             does
             he
             not
             forbid
             their
             Assemblies
             ,
             as
             things
             dangerous
             to
             his
             Government
             ?
             You
             'll
             say
             ,
             Because
             he
             himself
             is
             a
             Part
             ,
             and
             even
             the
             
             Head
             of
             them
             .
             As
             if
             he
             were
             not
             also
             a
             Part
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             whole
             People
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             therefore
             deal
             plainly
             .
             The
             Magistrate
             is
             afraid
             of
             other
             Churches
             ,
             but
             not
             of
             his
             own
             ;
             because
             he
             is
             kind
             and
             favourable
             to
             the
             one
             ,
             but
             severe
             and
             cruel
             to
             the
             other
             .
             These
             he
             treats
             like
             Children
             ,
             and
             indulges
             them
             even
             to
             Wantonness
             .
             Those
             he
             uses
             as
             Slaves
             ;
             and
             how
             blamelesly
             soever
             they
             demean
             themselves
             ,
             recompenses
             them
             no
             otherwise
             than
             by
             Gallies
             ,
             Prisons
             ,
             Confiscations
             ,
             and
             Death
             .
             These
             he
             cherishes
             and
             defends
             :
             Those
             he
             continually
             scourges
             and
             oppresses
             .
             Let
             him
             turn
             the
             Tables
             :
             Or
             let
             those
             Dissenters
             enjoy
             but
             the
             same
             Privileges
             in
             Civils
             as
             his
             other
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             quickly
             find
             that
             these
             Religious
             Meetings
             will
             be
             no
             longer
             dangerous
             .
             For
             if
             men
             enter
             into
             Seditious
             Conspiracies
             ,
             't
             is
             not
             Religion
             inspires
             them
             to
             it
             in
             their
             Meetings
             ;
             but
             their
             Sufferings
             and
             Oppressions
             that
             make
             them
             willing
             to
             ease
             themselves
             .
             Just
             and
             moderate
             Governments
             are
             every
             where
             quiet
             ,
             every
             where
             safe
             .
             But
             Oppression
             raises
             Ferments
             ,
             and
             makes
             men
             struggle
             to
             cast
             off
             an
             uneasie
             and
             tyrannical
             Yoke
             .
             I
             know
             that
             Seditions
             are
             very
             frequently
             raised
             ,
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Religion
             .
             But
             't
             is
             as
             true
             that
             ,
             for
             Religion
             ,
             Subjects
             are
             frequently
             ill
             treated
             ,
             and
             live
             miserably
             .
             Believe
             me
             ,
             the
             Stirs
             that
             are
             made
             ,
             proceed
             not
             from
             any
             peculiar
             Temper
             of
             this
             or
             that
             Church
             or
             Religious
             Society
             ;
             but
             from
             the
             common
             Disposition
             of
             all
             Mankind
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             groan
             under
             any
             heavy
             Burthen
             ,
             endeavour
             naturally
             to
             shake
             off
             the
             Yoke
             that
             galls
             their
             Necks
             .
             Suppose
             this
             Business
             of
             Religion
             were
             let
             alone
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             were
             some
             other
             Distinction
             made
             between
             men
             and
             men
             ,
             upon
             account
             of
             their
             different
             Complexions
             ,
             Shapes
             ,
             and
             Features
             ,
             so
             that
             those
             who
             have
             black
             Hair
             (
             for
             example
             )
             or
             gray
             Eyes
             ,
             should
             not
             enjoy
             the
             same
             Privileges
             as
             
             other
             Citizens
             ;
             that
             they
             should
             not
             be
             permitted
             either
             to
             buy
             or
             sell
             ,
             or
             live
             by
             their
             Callings
             ;
             that
             Parents
             should
             not
             have
             the
             Government
             and
             Education
             of
             their
             own
             Children
             ;
             that
             all
             should
             either
             be
             excluded
             from
             the
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Laws
             ,
             or
             meet
             with
             partial
             Judges
             ;
             can
             it
             be
             doubted
             but
             these
             Persons
             ,
             thus
             distinguished
             from
             others
             by
             the
             Colour
             of
             their
             Hair
             and
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             united
             together
             by
             one
             common
             Persecution
             ,
             would
             be
             as
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             as
             any
             others
             that
             had
             associated
             themselves
             meerly
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             Religion
             ?
             Some
             enter
             into
             Company
             for
             Trade
             and
             Profit
             :
             Others
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             Business
             ,
             have
             their
             Clubs
             for
             Clarret
             .
             Neighbourhood
             joyns
             some
             ,
             and
             Religion
             others
             .
             But
             there
             is
             one
             only
             thing
             which
             gathers
             People
             into
             Seditious
             Commotions
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Oppression
             .
          
           
             You
             'll
             say
             ;
             What
             ,
             will
             you
             have
             People
             to
             meet
             at
             Divine
             Service
             
               against
               the
               Magistrates
               Will
            
             ?
             I
             answer
             ;
             Why
             ,
             I
             pray
             ,
             against
             his
             Will
             ?
             Is
             it
             not
             both
             lawful
             and
             necessary
             that
             they
             should
             meet
             ?
             Against
             his
             Will
             ,
             do
             you
             say
             ?
             That
             's
             what
             I
             complain
             of
             .
             That
             is
             the
             very
             Root
             of
             all
             the
             Mischief
             .
             Why
             are
             Assemblies
             less
             sufferable
             in
             a
             Church
             than
             in
             a
             Theater
             or
             Market
             ?
             Those
             that
             meet
             there
             are
             not
             either
             more
             vicious
             ,
             or
             more
             turbulent
             ,
             than
             those
             that
             meet
             elsewhere
             .
             The
             Business
             in
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             ill
             used
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             suffered
             .
             Take
             away
             the
             Partiality
             that
             is
             used
             towards
             them
             in
             matters
             of
             Common
             Right
             ;
             change
             the
             Laws
             ,
             take
             away
             the
             Penalties
             unto
             which
             they
             are
             subjected
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             will
             immediately
             become
             safe
             and
             peaceable
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             those
             that
             are
             averse
             to
             the
             Religion
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             will
             think
             themselves
             so
             much
             the
             more
             bound
             to
             maintain
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             as
             their
             Condition
             is
             better
             in
             that
             
             place
             than
             elsewhere
             ;
             And
             all
             the
             several
             separate
             Congregations
             ,
             like
             so
             many
             Guardians
             of
             the
             Publick
             Peace
             ,
             will
             watch
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             nothing
             may
             be
             innovated
             or
             changed
             in
             the
             Form
             of
             the
             Government
             :
             Because
             they
             can
             hope
             for
             nothing
             better
             than
             what
             they
             already
             enjoy
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             equal
             Condition
             with
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             ,
             under
             a
             just
             and
             moderate
             Government
             .
             Now
             if
             that
             Church
             ,
             which
             agrees
             in
             Religion
             with
             the
             Prince
             ,
             be
             esteemed
             the
             chief
             Support
             of
             any
             Civil
             Government
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             no
             other
             Reason
             (
             as
             has
             already
             been
             shewn
             )
             than
             because
             the
             Prince
             is
             kind
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             are
             favourable
             to
             it
             ;
             how
             much
             greater
             will
             be
             the
             Security
             of
             a
             Government
             ,
             where
             all
             good
             Subjects
             ,
             of
             whatsoever
             Church
             they
             be
             ,
             without
             any
             Distinction
             upon
             account
             of
             Religion
             ,
             enjoying
             the
             same
             Favour
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Laws
             ,
             shall
             become
             the
             common
             Support
             and
             Guard
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             where
             none
             will
             have
             any
             occasion
             to
             fear
             the
             Severity
             of
             the
             Laws
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             do
             Injuries
             to
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             and
             offend
             against
             the
             Civil
             Peace
             ?
          
           
             That
             we
             may
             draw
             towards
             a
             Conclusion
             .
             The
             
               Sum
               of
               all
            
             we
             drive
             at
             is
             ,
             
               That
               every
               Man
               may
               enjoy
               the
               same
               Rights
               that
               are
               granted
               to
               others
               .
            
             Is
             it
             permitted
             to
             worship
             God
             in
             the
             Roman
             manner
             ?
             Let
             it
             be
             permitted
             to
             do
             it
             in
             the
             Geneva
             Form
             also
             .
             Is
             it
             permitted
             to
             speak
             Latin
             in
             the
             Market-place
             ?
             Let
             those
             that
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             it
             ,
             be
             permitted
             to
             do
             it
             also
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             Is
             it
             lawfull
             for
             any
             man
             in
             his
             own
             House
             ,
             to
             kneel
             ,
             stand
             ,
             sit
             ,
             or
             use
             any
             other
             Posture
             ;
             and
             to
             cloath
             himself
             in
             White
             or
             Black
             ,
             in
             short
             or
             in
             long
             Garments
             ?
             Let
             it
             not
             be
             made
             unlawful
             to
             eat
             Bread
             ,
             drink
             Wine
             ,
             or
             wash
             with
             Water
             ,
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             In
             a
             Word
             :
             Whatsoever
             things
             are
             
             left
             free
             by
             Law
             in
             the
             common
             occasions
             of
             Life
             ,
             let
             them
             remain
             free
             unto
             every
             Church
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             .
             Let
             no
             Mans
             Life
             ,
             or
             Body
             ,
             or
             House
             ,
             or
             Estate
             ,
             suffer
             any
             manner
             of
             Prejudice
             upon
             these
             Accounts
             .
             Can
             you
             allow
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Discipline
             ?
             Why
             should
             not
             the
             Episcopal
             also
             have
             what
             they
             like
             ?
             Ecclesiastical
             Authority
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             administred
             by
             the
             Hands
             of
             a
             single
             Person
             ,
             or
             many
             ,
             is
             every
             where
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             neither
             has
             any
             Jurisdiction
             in
             things
             Civil
             ,
             nor
             any
             manner
             of
             Power
             of
             Compulsion
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             at
             all
             to
             do
             with
             Riches
             and
             Revenues
             .
          
           
             Ecclesiastical
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             Sermons
             ,
             are
             justified
             by
             daily
             experience
             ,
             and
             publick
             allowance
             .
             These
             are
             allowed
             to
             People
             of
             some
             one
             Perswasion
             :
             Why
             not
             to
             all
             ?
             If
             any
             thing
             pass
             in
             a
             Religious
             Meeting
             seditiously
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             publick
             Peace
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             punished
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             ,
             than
             as
             if
             it
             had
             happened
             in
             a
             Fair
             or
             Market
             .
             These
             Meetings
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             Sanctuaries
             for
             Factious
             and
             Flagitious
             Fellows
             :
             Nor
             ought
             it
             to
             be
             less
             lawful
             for
             Men
             to
             meet
             in
             Churches
             than
             in
             Halls
             :
             Nor
             are
             one
             part
             of
             the
             Subjects
             to
             be
             esteemed
             more
             blameable
             ,
             for
             their
             meeting
             together
             ,
             than
             others
             .
             Every
             one
             is
             to
             be
             accountable
             for
             his
             own
             Actions
             ;
             and
             no
             Man
             is
             to
             be
             laid
             under
             a
             Suspition
             ,
             or
             Odium
             ,
             for
             the
             Fault
             of
             another
             .
             Those
             that
             are
             Seditious
             ,
             Murderers
             ,
             Thieves
             ,
             Robbers
             ,
             Adulterers
             ,
             Slanderers
             ,
             &c.
             of
             whatsoever
             Church
             ,
             whether
             National
             or
             not
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             punished
             and
             suppressed
             .
             But
             those
             whose
             Doctrine
             is
             peaceable
             ,
             and
             whose
             Manners
             are
             pure
             and
             blameless
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             upon
             equal
             Terms
             with
             their
             Fellow-Subjects
             .
             Thus
             if
             Solemn
             Assemblies
             ,
             Observations
             of
             Festivals
             ,
             publick
             Worship
             ,
             be
             permitted
             
             to
             any
             one
             sort
             of
             Professors
             ;
             all
             these
             things
             ought
             to
             be
             permitted
             to
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               Anabaptists
               ,
               Arminians
               ,
               Quakers
               ,
            
             and
             others
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             Liberty
             .
             Nay
             ,
             if
             we
             may
             openly
             speak
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             as
             becomes
             one
             Man
             to
             another
             ,
             neither
             Pagan
             ,
             nor
             Mahumetan
             ,
             nor
             Iew
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             excluded
             from
             the
             Civil
             Rights
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             because
             of
             his
             Religion
             .
             The
             Gospel
             commands
             no
             such
             thing
             .
             
             The
             Church
             ,
             which
             
               judges
               not
               those
               that
               are
               without
               ,
            
             wants
             it
             not
             .
             And
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             which
             embraces
             indifferently
             all
             Men
             that
             are
             honest
             ,
             peaceable
             and
             industrious
             ,
             repuires
             it
             not
             .
             Shall
             we
             suffer
             a
             Pagan
             to
             deal
             and
             Trade
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             pray
             unto
             and
             worship
             God
             ?
             If
             we
             allow
             the
             Iews
             to
             have
             private
             Houses
             and
             Dwellings
             amongst
             us
             ,
             Why
             should
             we
             not
             allow
             them
             to
             have
             Synagogues
             ?
             Is
             their
             Doctrine
             more
             false
             ,
             their
             Worship
             more
             abominable
             ,
             or
             is
             the
             Civil
             Peace
             more
             endangered
             ,
             by
             their
             meeting
             in
             publick
             than
             in
             their
             private
             Houses
             ?
             But
             if
             these
             things
             may
             be
             granted
             to
             Iews
             and
             Pagans
             ,
             surely
             the
             condition
             of
             any
             Christians
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             worse
             than
             theirs
             in
             a
             Christian
             Commonwealth
             .
          
           
             You
             'll
             say
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             :
             Because
             they
             are
             more
             inclinable
             to
             Factions
             ,
             Tumults
             ,
             and
             Civil
             Wars
             .
             I
             answer
             :
             Is
             this
             the
             fault
             of
             the
             Christirn
             Religion
             ?
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             truly
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             is
             the
             worst
             of
             all
             Religions
             ,
             and
             ought
             neither
             to
             be
             embraced
             by
             any
             particular
             Person
             ,
             nor
             tolerated
             by
             any
             Commonwealth
             .
             For
             if
             this
             be
             the
             Genius
             ,
             this
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             to
             be
             turbulent
             ,
             and
             destructive
             to
             the
             Civil
             Peace
             ,
             that
             Church
             it self
             which
             the
             Magistrate
             indulges
             will
             not
             always
             be
             innocent
             .
             But
             far
             be
             it
             from
             us
             to
             say
             any
             such
             
             thing
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             which
             carries
             the
             greatest
             opposition
             to
             Covetousness
             ,
             Ambition
             ,
             Discord
             ,
             Contention
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             inordinate
             Desires
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             most
             modest
             and
             peaceable
             Religion
             that
             ever
             was
             .
             We
             must
             therefore
             seek
             another
             Cause
             of
             those
             Evils
             that
             are
             charged
             upon
             Religion
             .
             And
             if
             we
             consider
             right
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             it
             to
             consist
             wholly
             in
             the
             Subject
             that
             I
             am
             treating
             of
             .
             It
             is
             not
             the
             diversity
             of
             Opinions
             ,
             (
             which
             cannot
             be
             avoided
             )
             but
             the
             refusal
             of
             Toleration
             to
             those
             that
             are
             of
             different
             Opinions
             ,
             (
             which
             might
             have
             been
             granted
             )
             that
             has
             produced
             all
             the
             Bustles
             and
             Wars
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             in
             the
             Christian
             World
             ,
             upon
             account
             of
             Religion
             .
             The
             Heads
             and
             Leaders
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             moved
             by
             Avarice
             and
             insatiable
             desire
             of
             Dominion
             ,
             making
             use
             of
             the
             immoderate
             Ambition
             of
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             the
             credulous
             Superstition
             of
             the
             giddy
             Multitude
             ,
             have
             incensed
             and
             animated
             them
             against
             those
             that
             dissent
             from
             themselves
             ;
             by
             preaching
             unto
             them
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Gospel
             and
             to
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Charity
             ,
             That
             Schismaticks
             and
             Hereticks
             are
             to
             be
             outed
             of
             their
             Possessions
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             .
             And
             thus
             have
             they
             mixed
             together
             and
             confounded
             two
             things
             that
             are
             in
             themselves
             most
             different
             ,
             the
             Church
             and
             the
             Commonwealth
             .
             Now
             as
             it
             is
             very
             difficult
             for
             men
             patiently
             to
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             stript
             of
             the
             Goods
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             got
             by
             their
             honest
             Industry
             ;
             and
             contrary
             to
             all
             the
             Laws
             of
             Equity
             ,
             both
             Humane
             and
             Divine
             ,
             to
             be
             delivered
             up
             for
             a
             Prey
             to
             other
             mens
             Violence
             and
             Rapine
             ;
             especially
             when
             they
             are
             otherwise
             altogether
             blameless
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Occasion
             for
             which
             they
             are
             thus
             treated
             does
             not
             at
             all
             belong
             to
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             but
             intirely
             to
             the
             Conscience
             of
             every
             particular
             man
             ;
             for
             the
             Conduct
             
             of
             which
             he
             is
             accountable
             to
             God
             only
             ;
             What
             else
             can
             be
             expected
             ,
             but
             that
             these
             men
             ,
             growing
             weary
             of
             the
             Evils
             under
             which
             they
             labour
             ,
             should
             in
             the
             end
             think
             it
             lawful
             for
             them
             to
             resist
             Force
             with
             Force
             ,
             and
             to
             defend
             their
             natural
             Rights
             (
             which
             are
             not
             forfeitable
             upon
             account
             of
             Religion
             )
             with
             Arms
             as
             well
             as
             they
             can
             ?
             That
             this
             has
             been
             hitherto
             the
             ordinary
             Course
             of
             things
             ,
             is
             abundantly
             evident
             in
             History
             :
             And
             that
             it
             will
             continue
             to
             be
             so
             hereafter
             ,
             is
             but
             too
             apparent
             in
             Reason
             .
             It
             cannot
             indeed
             be
             otherwise
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Principle
             of
             Persecution
             for
             Religion
             shall
             prevail
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             done
             hitherto
             ,
             with
             Magistrate
             and
             People
             ;
             and
             so
             long
             as
             those
             that
             ought
             to
             be
             the
             Preachers
             of
             Peace
             and
             Concord
             ,
             shall
             continue
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             Art
             and
             Strength
             ,
             to
             excite
             men
             to
             Arms
             ,
             and
             sound
             the
             Trumpet
             of
             War.
             But
             that
             Magistrates
             should
             thus
             suffer
             these
             Incendiaries
             ,
             and
             Disturbers
             of
             the
             Publick
             Peace
             ,
             might
             justly
             be
             wondred
             at
             ;
             if
             it
             did
             not
             appear
             that
             they
             have
             been
             invited
             by
             them
             unto
             a
             Participation
             of
             the
             Spoil
             ,
             and
             have
             therefore
             thought
             fit
             to
             make
             use
             of
             their
             Covetousness
             and
             Pride
             as
             means
             whereby
             to
             increase
             their
             own
             Power
             .
             For
             who
             does
             not
             see
             that
             
               these
               Good
               Men
            
             are
             indeed
             more
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Government
             ,
             than
             Ministers
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             flattering
             the
             Ambition
             ,
             and
             favouring
             the
             Dominion
             of
             Princes
             and
             men
             in
             Authority
             ,
             they
             endeavour
             with
             all
             their
             might
             to
             promote
             that
             Tyranny
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             they
             should
             not
             be
             able
             to
             establish
             in
             the
             Church
             ?
             This
             is
             the
             unhappy
             Agreement
             that
             we
             see
             between
             the
             Church
             and
             State.
             Whereas
             if
             each
             of
             them
             would
             contain
             it self
             within
             its
             own
             Bounds
             ,
             the
             one
             attending
             to
             the
             worldly
             Welfare
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             
             the
             other
             to
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             ,
             it
             is
             impossible
             that
             any
             Discord
             should
             ever
             have
             hapned
             between
             them
             .
             
               Sed
               ,
               pudet
               haec
               opprobria
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             God
             Almighty
             grant
             ,
             I
             beseech
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Peace
             may
             at
             length
             be
             preached
             ,
             and
             that
             Civil
             Magistrates
             growing
             more
             careful
             to
             conform
             their
             own
             Consciences
             to
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             less
             sollicitous
             about
             the
             binding
             of
             other
             mens
             Consciences
             by
             Humane
             Laws
             ,
             may
             ,
             like
             Fathers
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             direct
             all
             their
             Counsels
             and
             Endeavours
             to
             promote
             universally
             the
             Civil
             Welfare
             of
             all
             their
             Children
             ;
             except
             only
             of
             such
             as
             are
             arrogant
             ,
             ungovernable
             ,
             and
             injurious
             to
             their
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             Ecclesiastical
             men
             ,
             who
             boast
             themselves
             to
             be
             the
             Successors
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             walking
             peaceably
             and
             modesty
             in
             the
             Apostles
             steps
             ,
             without
             intermedling
             with
             State-Affairs
             ,
             may
             apply
             themselves
             wholly
             to
             promote
             the
             Salvation
             of
             Souls
             .
          
           
             
               Farewell
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             PErhaps
             it
             may
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             add
             a
             few
             things
             concerning
             Heresy
             and
             Schism
             .
             A
             Turk
             is
             not
             ,
             nor
             can
             be
             ,
             either
             Heretick
             or
             Schismatick
             ,
             to
             a
             Chrishian
             :
             and
             if
             any
             man
             fall
             off
             from
             the
             Christian
             Faith
             to
             Mahumetism
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             thereby
             become
             a
             Heretick
             or
             Schismatick
             ,
             but
             an
             Apostate
             and
             an
             Infidel
             .
             This
             no
             body
             doubts
             of
             .
             And
             by
             this
             it
             appears
             that
             men
             of
             different
             Religions
             cannot
             be
             Hereticks
             or
             Schismaticks
             to
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             to
             enquire
             therefore
             ,
             what
             men
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Religion
             .
             Concerning
             which
             ,
             it
             is
             manifest
             that
             those
             who
             have
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             ,
             are
             of
             the
             same
             Religion
             :
             and
             those
             who
             
             have
             have
             not
             the
             same
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             and
             Worship
             are
             of
             different
             Religions
             .
             For
             since
             all
             things
             that
             belong
             unto
             that
             Religion
             are
             contained
             in
             that
             Rule
             ,
             it
             follows
             necessarily
             that
             those
             who
             agree
             in
             one
             Rule
             are
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Religion
             :
             and
             
               vice
               versa
            
             .
             Thus
             Turks
             and
             Christians
             are
             of
             different
             Religions
             :
             because
             these
             take
             the
             
               Holy
               Scriptures
            
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             and
             those
             the
             Alcoran
             .
             And
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             different
             Religions
             also
             even
             amongst
             Christians
             .
             The
             Papists
             and
             the
             Lutherans
             ,
             tho'
             both
             of
             them
             profess
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             are
             therefore
             called
             Christians
             ,
             yet
             are
             not
             both
             of
             the
             same
             Religion
             :
             because
             These
             acknowledge
             nothing
             but
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             Rule
             and
             Foundation
             of
             their
             Religion
             ;
             Those
             take
             in
             also
             Traditions
             and
             the
             Decrees
             of
             Popes
             ,
             and
             of
             these
             together
             make
             the
             Rule
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
             And
             thus
             the
             Christians
             of
             St.
             Iohn
             (
             as
             they
             are
             called
             )
             and
             the
             Christians
             of
             Geneva
             are
             of
             different
             Religions
             :
             because
             These
             also
             take
             only
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             Those
             I
             know
             not
             what
             Traditions
             ,
             for
             the
             Rule
             of
             their
             Religion
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             setled
             ,
             it
             follows
             ;
             First
             ,
             that
             Heresy
             is
             a
             Separation
             made
             in
             Ecclesiastical
             Communion
             between
             men
             of
             the
             same
             Religion
             ,
             for
             some
             Opinions
             no
             way
             contained
             in
             the
             Rule
             it self
             .
             And
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             amongst
             those
             who
             acknowledge
             nothing
             but
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             their
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ,
             Heresy
             is
             a
             Separation
             made
             in
             their
             Christian
             Communion
             ,
             for
             Opinions
             not
             contained
             in
             the
             express
             words
             of
             Scripture
             .
             Now
             this
             Separation
             may
             be
             made
             in
             a
             twofold
             manner
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             When
             the
             greater
             part
             ,
             or
             (
             by
             the
             Magistrate's
             Patronage
             )
             the
             stronger
             part
             ,
             of
             the
             Church
             separates
             it self
             from
             others
             ,
             by
             excluding
             them
             out
             of
             her
             Communion
             ,
             because
             they
             will
             not
             profess
             their
             Belief
             of
             
             certain
             Opinions
             which
             are
             not
             the
             express
             words
             of
             the
             Scripture
             .
             For
             it
             is
             not
             the
             paucity
             of
             those
             that
             are
             separated
             ,
             nor
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Magistrate
             ,
             that
             can
             make
             any
             man
             guilty
             of
             Heresy
             .
             But
             he
             only
             is
             an
             Heretick
             who
             divides
             the
             Church
             into
             parts
             ,
             introduces
             Names
             and
             Marks
             of
             Distinction
             ,
             and
             voluntarily
             makes
             a
             Separation
             because
             of
             such
             Opinions
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             When
             any
             one
             separates
             himself
             from
             the
             Communion
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             because
             that
             Church
             does
             not
             publickly
             profess
             some
             certain
             Opinions
             which
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             do
             not
             expresly
             teach
             .
          
           
             Both
             these
             are
             
               Hereticks
               :
               because
               they
               err
               in
               Fundamentals
               ,
               and
               they
               err
               obstinately
               against
               Knowledge
               .
            
             For
             when
             they
             have
             determined
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             to
             be
             the
             only
             Foundation
             of
             Faith
             ,
             they
             nevertheless
             lay
             down
             certain
             Propositions
             as
             fundamental
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             in
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             and
             because
             others
             will
             not
             acknowledge
             these
             additional
             Opinions
             of
             theirs
             ,
             nor
             build
             upon
             them
             as
             if
             they
             were
             necessary
             and
             fundamental
             ,
             they
             therefore
             make
             a
             Separation
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             either
             by
             withdrawing
             themselves
             from
             the
             others
             ,
             or
             expelling
             the
             others
             from
             them
             .
             Nor
             does
             it
             signifie
             any
             thing
             for
             them
             to
             say
             that
             their
             Confessions
             and
             Symboles
             are
             agreeable
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Analogy
             of
             Faith.
             For
             if
             they
             be
             conceived
             in
             the
             express
             words
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             there
             can
             be
             no
             question
             about
             them
             ;
             because
             those
             things
             are
             acknowledged
             by
             all
             Christians
             to
             be
             of
             Divine
             Inspiration
             ,
             and
             therefore
             fundamental
             .
             But
             if
             they
             say
             that
             the
             Articles
             which
             they
             require
             to
             be
             profess'd
             ,
             are
             Consequences
             deduced
             from
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             it
             is
             undoubtedly
             well
             done
             of
             them
             who
             believe
             and
             profess
             such
             things
             as
             seem
             unto
             them
             so
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith.
             But
             it
             would
             be
             very
             ill
             done
             to
             obtrude
             those
             things
             upon
             others
             ,
             unto
             whom
             they
             do
             not
             seem
             to
             be
             the
             indubitable
             Doctrines
             
             of
             the
             Scripture
             .
             And
             to
             make
             a
             Separation
             for
             such
             things
             as
             these
             ,
             which
             neither
             are
             nor
             can
             be
             fundamental
             ,
             is
             to
             become
             Hereticks
             .
             For
             I
             do
             not
             think
             there
             is
             any
             man
             arrived
             to
             that
             degree
             of
             madness
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             dare
             give
             out
             his
             Consequences
             and
             Interpretations
             of
             Scripture
             as
             Divine
             Inspirations
             ,
             and
             compare
             the
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             that
             he
             has
             framed
             according
             to
             his
             own
             Fancy
             with
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Scripture
             .
             I
             know
             there
             are
             some
             Propositions
             so
             evidently
             agreeable
             to
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             no
             body
             can
             deny
             them
             to
             be
             drawn
             from
             thence
             :
             but
             about
             those
             therefore
             there
             can
             be
             no
             difference
             .
             This
             only
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             however
             clearly
             we
             may
             think
             this
             or
             the
             other
             Doctrine
             to
             be
             deduced
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             we
             ought
             not
             therefore
             to
             impose
             it
             upon
             others
             ,
             as
             a
             necessary
             Article
             of
             Faith
             ,
             because
             we
             believe
             it
             to
             be
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ;
             unless
             we
             would
             be
             content
             also
             that
             other
             Doctrines
             should
             be
             imposed
             upon
             us
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             should
             be
             compell'd
             to
             receive
             and
             profess
             all
             the
             different
             and
             contradictory
             Opinions
             of
             
               Lutherans
               ,
               Calvinists
               ,
               Remonstrants
               ,
               Anabaptists
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Sects
             ,
             which
             the
             Contrivers
             of
             Symbols
             ,
             Systems
             and
             Confessions
             ,
             are
             accustomed
             to
             deliver
             unto
             their
             Followers
             as
             genuine
             and
             necessary
             Deductions
             from
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             .
             I
             cannot
             but
             wonder
             at
             the
             extravagant
             arrogance
             of
             those
             men
             who
             think
             that
             they
             themselves
             can
             explain
             things
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
             more
             clearly
             than
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             the
             Eternal
             and
             Infinite
             Wisdom
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Thus
             much
             concerning
             Heresy
             ;
             which
             word
             in
             common
             use
             is
             applied
             only
             to
             the
             Doctrinal
             part
             of
             Religion
             .
             Let
             us
             now
             consider
             Schism
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Crime
             near
             a-kin
             to
             it
             .
             For
             both
             those
             words
             seem
             unto
             me
             to
             signifie
             an
             
               ill-grounded
               Separation
               in
               Ecclesiastical
               Communion
               ,
               made
               about
               things
               not
               necessary
               .
            
             But
             
             since
             Use
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Supream
             Law
             in
             matter
             of
             Language
             ,
             has
             determined
             that
             Heresy
             relates
             to
             Errors
             in
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Schism
             to
             those
             in
             Worship
             or
             Discipline
             ,
             we
             must
             consider
             them
             under
             that
             Distinction
             .
          
           
             Schism
             then
             ,
             for
             the
             same
             reasons
             that
             have
             already
             been
             alledged
             ,
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             Separation
             made
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             upon
             account
             of
             something
             in
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             or
             Ecclesiastical
             Discipline
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             any
             necessary
             part
             of
             it
             .
             Now
             nothing
             in
             Worship
             or
             Discipline
             can
             be
             necessary
             to
             Christian
             Communion
             ,
             but
             what
             Christ
             our
             Legislator
             ,
             or
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             by
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             have
             commanded
             in
             express
             words
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             word
             :
             He
             that
             denies
             not
             any
             thing
             that
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             teach
             in
             express
             words
             ,
             nor
             makes
             a
             Separation
             upon
             occasion
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             not
             manifestly
             contained
             in
             the
             Sacred
             Text
             ;
             however
             he
             may
             be
             nick-named
             by
             any
             Sect
             of
             Christians
             ,
             and
             declared
             by
             some
             ,
             or
             all
             of
             them
             to
             be
             utterly
             void
             of
             true
             Christianity
             ,
             yet
             indeed
             and
             in
             truth
             this
             man
             cannot
             be
             either
             a
             Heretick
             or
             Schismatick
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             might
             have
             been
             explained
             more
             largely
             ,
             and
             more
             advantageously
             :
             but
             it
             is
             enough
             to
             have
             hinted
             at
             them
             ,
             thus
             briefly
             ,
             to
             a
             Person
             of
             your
             parts
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Books
           lately
           Printed
           for
           
             Awnsham
             Churchill
          
           at
           the
           
             Black
             Swan
          
           at
           Amen-Corner
           .
        
         
           
             AN
             Historical
             Account
             of
             Making
             the
             
               Penal
               Laws
            
             by
             the
             Papists
             against
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Protestants
             against
             the
             Papists
             .
             Wherein
             the
             true
             Ground
             and
             Reason
             of
             Making
             the
             Laws
             is
             given
             ,
             the
             Papists
             most
             barbarous
             Usage
             of
             the
             Protestants
             here
             in
             England
             ,
             under
             a
             Colour
             of
             Law
             ,
             set
             forth
             ;
             and
             the
             Reformation
             Vindicated
             from
             the
             Imputation
             of
             being
             Cruel
             and
             Bloody
             ,
             unjustly
             cast
             upon
             it
             by
             those
             of
             the
             
               Romish
               Communion
            
             .
             By
             
               Samuel
               Blackerby
            
             ,
             Barrister
             of
             Grays-Inn
             .
             Fol.
             
          
           
             A
             Modest
             Enquiry
             ,
             Whether
             St.
             Peter
             were
             ever
             at
             Rome
             ,
             and
             Bishop
             of
             that
             Church
             ?
             Wherein
             ,
             I.
             The
             Arguments
             of
             Cardinal
             Bellarmine
             and
             others
             ,
             for
             the
             Affirmative
             ,
             are
             considered
             .
             II.
             Some
             Considerations
             taken
             Notice
             of
             ,
             that
             render
             the
             Negative
             highly
             Probable
             .
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Politick
               Maxims
            
             of
             Lewis
             XIV
             .
             laid
             open
             to
             the
             World.
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             Memorials
             of
             the
             Method
             and
             Manner
             of
             Proceedings
             in
             Parliament
             in
             Passing
             Bills
             :
             Together
             with
             several
             Rules
             and
             Customs
             ,
             which
             by
             long
             and
             constant
             Practice
             have
             obtained
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Orders
               of
               the
               House
            
             .
             Gathered
             by
             Observation
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Journal-Books
             ,
             from
             the
             time
             of
             Edward
             VI.
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Burnet's
             Tracts
             in
             Two
             Volumes
             .
             Vol.
             I.
             Containing
             ,
             1.
             
             His
             Travels
             into
             
               Switzerland
               ,
               Italy
            
             and
             Germany
             ;
             with
             an
             Appendix
             .
             2.
             
             Animadversions
             on
             the
             Reflections
             upon
             the
             Travels
             .
             3.
             
             Three
             Letters
             of
             the
             
               Quietists
               ,
               Inquisition
            
             ,
             and
             State
             of
             
               Italy
               .
               Vol.
            
             II.
             4.
             
             His
             Translations
             of
             Lactantius
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             Persecutors
             .
             5.
             
             His
             Answers
             to
             Mr.
             Varillas
             :
             In
             Three
             Parts
             .
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             A
             Collection
             of
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             with
             short
             Notes
             upon
             them
             And
             some
             other
             Observations
             against
             the
             Principal
             
               Popish
               Errors
               .
               Twelves
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Fallibility
             of
             the
             Roman
             Church
             ,
             Demonstrated
             from
             the
             Manifest
             Error
             of
             the
             Second
             Nicene
             and
             Trent
             Councils
             ,
             which
             Assert
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Veneration
               and
               Honorary
               Worship
               of
               Images
               ,
               is
               a
               Tradition
               Primitive
               and
               Apostolical
               .
            
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             
             A
             Demonstration
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             her
             Councils
             ,
             have
             Erred
             ;
             by
             shewing
             ,
             That
             the
             Councils
             of
             
               Constance
               ,
               Basil
            
             ,
             and
             Trent
             ,
             have
             ,
             in
             all
             their
             Decrees
             touching
             Communion
             in
             one
             Kind
             ,
             contradicted
             the
             Received
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             :
             with
             an
             Appendix
             ,
             in
             Answer
             to
             the
             XXI
             .
             Chapter
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             
               A
               Papist
               Misrepresented
               ,
               and
               Represented
               .
            
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             Traditions
             ,
             Part
             I.
             Wherein
             it
             is
             proved
             ,
             That
             we
             have
             Evidence
             sufficient
             from
             Tradition
             ;
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             the
             Word
             of
             God.
             2.
             
             That
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             owns
             the
             true
             Canon
             of
             the
             Books
             of
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             .
             3.
             
             That
             the
             Copies
             of
             the
             Scripture
             have
             not
             been
             corrupted
             .
             4.
             
             That
             the
             Romanists
             have
             no
             such
             Evidence
             for
             their
             Traditions
             .
             5.
             
             That
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             present
             Church
             of
             Rome
             can
             be
             no
             sure
             Evidence
             of
             
               Apostolical
               Tradition
            
             .
             6.
             
             What
             Traditions
             may
             securely
             be
             relied
             upon
             ,
             and
             what
             not
             .
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             Traditions
             ,
             Part
             II.
             Shewing
             the
             Novelty
             of
             the
             pretended
             Traditions
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ;
             as
             being
             ,
             1.
             
             Not
             mentioned
             by
             the
             Ancients
             of
             their
             Discourses
             of
             
               Traditions
               Apostolical
            
             ,
             truly
             so
             called
             ,
             or
             so
             esteemed
             by
             them
             .
             Nor
             ,
             2.
             
             In
             their
             Avowed
             Rule
             ,
             or
             Symbol
             of
             Faith.
             Nor
             ,
             3.
             
             In
             the
             Instructions
             given
             to
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             concerning
             all
             those
             things
             they
             were
             to
             teach
             the
             People
             .
             Nor
             ,
             4.
             
             In
             the
             Examination
             of
             a
             Bishop
             at
             his
             Ordination
             .
             Nor
             ,
             5.
             
             In
             the
             Ancient
             Treatises
             designed
             to
             instruct
             Christians
             in
             all
             the
             Articles
             of
             their
             Faith.
             6.
             
             From
             the
             Confessions
             of
             
               Romish
               Doctors
            
             :
             with
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             Arguments
             of
             Mr.
             Mumford
             for
             Traditions
             ;
             And
             a
             Demonstration
             ,
             That
             the
             Heathens
             made
             the
             same
             Plea
             from
             Tradition
             as
             the
             Romanists
             do
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Answer
             of
             the
             Fathers
             to
             it
             doth
             fully
             justifie
             the
             Protestants
             .
             Quarto
             .
          
        
         
           
             All
             these
             four
             Books
             Written
             by
             the
             Reverend
             
               D.
               Whitby
            
             ,
             D.
             D.
             
          
           
             An
             Exhortation
             to
             Charity
             (
             and
             a
             Word
             of
             Comfort
             )
             to
             the
             Irish
             Protestants
             :
             Being
             a
             Sermon
             Preached
             at
             Steeple
             in
             Dorsetshire
             ,
             upon
             occasion
             of
             the
             Collection
             for
             Relief
             of
             the
             Poor
             Protestants
             in
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             lately
             fled
             from
             Ireland
             :
             By
             
               Samuel
               Bold
            
             ,
             Rector
             of
             Steeple
             .
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             
             Foxes
             and
             Firebrands
             ,
             or
             a
             Specimen
             of
             the
             Danger
             and
             Harmony
             of
             Popery
             and
             Separation
             ,
             First
             ,
             Second
             ,
             and
             Third
             Parts
             .
          
           
             Sir
             W.
             Temple's
             Observation
             on
             Holland
             .
          
           
             —
             Miscellanea
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
             Selden's
             Table-Talk
             ,
             or
             Discourses
             on
             various
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             A
             List
             of
             the
             present
             Parliament
             ,
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             ,
          
           
             Present
             Case
             stated
             about
             Allegiance
             to
             King
             William
             and
             Queen
             Mary
             .
          
           
             Debates
             of
             the
             late
             Oxford
             and
             Westminster
             Parliament
             .
          
           
             Monsieur
             
             Ierew's
             Accomplishment
             .
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             Scripture-Prophesies
             ,
             Compleat
             :
             in
             2
             Vol.
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             A
             New
             System
             of
             the
             Revelations
             .
             Twelves
             .
          
           
             Voyages
             of
             Syam
             .
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             Obedience
             due
             to
             the
             present
             King
             ,
             notwithstanding
             our
             Oaths
             to
             the
             former
             :
             By
             a
             Divine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             The
             late
             Lord
             
             Russell's
             Case
             ,
             with
             Observations
             upon
             it
             .
             Writ
             by
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             Henry
             Lord
             Delamere
             .
             Fol.
             
          
           
             Considerations
             humbly
             offered
             for
             taking
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             King
             William
             and
             Queen
             Mary
             .
             Quarto
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Masters
             of
             Submission
             to
             Divine
             Providence
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Worthington
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             .
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             Bishop
             
             Lake's
             (
             late
             of
             Chichester
             )
             Declaration
             of
             his
             dying
             in
             belief
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
               Passive
               Obedience
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Dr.
             
             Carsael's
             Assize-Sermon
             at
             
               Abingdon
               ,
               Aug
            
             6.
             1689.
             
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A48884-e410
           
             Luk.
             22.25
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             Luke
             22.32
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             18.20
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             22.20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             2.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             5.12
             ,
             13.
             
          
        
      
    
  

