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

means which might prevent such evils of sin and sorrow Qu. 9. Whether he was not reproved that would have fire from heaven to devour those that rejected Christ Luk. 9. 54 55. Ans. 1. That we mistake not Christs meaning in this and other Scriptures we must wisely compare the context and scope with the Text and other Scriptures for through ignorance and unstableness Scriptures are wrested to mens perdition The scope here appears clearly to be a condemning of the Disciples rashness whose blind zeal would have carried Christ beyond his present work in that state of humiliation for the conversion of souls 2. Distinguish between Christs humiliation and exaltation In the former he acted as the son of man in all parts of humane weakness conforming to us sin only excepted Therein was he to act as a servant not intending to take on him the Magistrates Office in any such cases Luk. 12. 14. nor was it fit that harsh means should be used to those strangers at his first coming which might have scared them away from Christ and his salvation But in his state of exaltation he is King of Kings and Lord of Lords by him Kings reign and Princes execute justice who hath all power given him in heaven and earth and he gives his Witnesses whether Magistratical or Ministerial or both power to consume his enemies with fire out of their mouth 3. Distinguish between Samaritan strangers and Jewish rebels between the grosly ignorant heathens and the wilfully obstinate Christians Against Jewish rebels the Lord sent his Armies to destroy the destroyers and abusers of his Embassadors though he would not fetch fire from heaven against the mongrel heathenish Samaritans 4. Distinguish between Magistratical and Ministerial censures on offenders Christ would not have his Disciples and Ministers to usurp the Magistrates work in civil bodily censures but to keep within their sphere with spiritual weapons such as are answerable to the nature of their Ministry as admonition c. towards their members ordinarily The case of Ananias and Sapphira was extraordinary was extraordinary as also was the Call Abilities and Work of Apostles The Civil sword still being left to the Magistrates right use who is regulated about it so frequently in the Old and New Testament Qu. 10. Whether it 's not a burden enough for the Magistrate to govern and judge in Civil causes to preserve the subjects right and safety Ans. 1. The Magistrates burden is great indeed Honos and Onus Honour and Burden ever went together Providence orders all things so wisely that they who have most from God should be obliged to do most for God It 's more Royal to give than to receive in Christs account Magnates are Magnetes Great Men are Precious Loadstones They should be Optimi that are Maximi to answer Gods Title and Nature whom they represent The highest Spheres of heaven carry the most influence of light and life to all inferiours Magistrates have a greater burden of care and trouble of danger and account to make them the more humble and holy the more diligent and self denying the more active and zealous in their places 2. The choice part of the Magistrates business is to be most for God in being most like God whose substitute and Vice-Gerent he is What the Lord tenders most should be most rendred by him God begins still at his Glory in the matter and means in the manner and time of his Worship The first Table therefore should be the Magistrates first care Those that honour him he will honour but they that despise him though never so great shall be vilified Is it not most rational that the best things should have the best care from the best men Doth not Gods honour deserve the preeminence still Doth he not still appear against the neglecters and slighters thereof Even Pagan Monarchs could easily discern it Observe the special working of Gods Spirit directing Ezra to request and the King to grant that Magistratical power of corporal punishment against offenders of his worship by comparing Ezra 7. 6. with Ezra 7. 11 27. How little beholding is the Lord to those Rulers that care more for their honour than for his that defend their Word more than his that will not suffer personal injuries but regard not what affronts are put on Christ They that tender not his Name and Truth his Worship and Ordinances are like to smart dearly for it at last Can you think that those persons will spare you that spare not what is dearest to God Will they honour you that vilifie God Remember Eli's case that you may repent who have made light of Christs great concernments Did not Salomon find it the best way to Wisdom and Glory to peace and plenty thus to begin with God A Jove principium was the great Maxim even of Heathen Schools to the shame of most Christians Is not Christs interest the best way to settle yours Can you be safe when that miscarries The Lord awaken all our Magistrates to mind this in earnest This Principium is certainly dimidium totius yea dimidium plus toto Will not the late experiences of our English Worthies with those of the former Champions of Christ demonstrate fully this Was it not their zeal for God that made them great before God and good men Consult all Records Hebrew and Greek Latin and French German and English for proof Our famous Alfred our conquering Edward 3d in the very heat of continual Warres made it their chief work to preferre Christ in all and to cast all their Crowns at his feet Their glorifying of him so eminently made them truly glorious in their own and future ages Such a Whet will never prove a Let to any from any true good Are not the subjects right peace and safety the proper gifts of God Can we finde out any better way of procuring or preserving them than by keeping close to him and being active for him Whilst we cordially mind his interest will not he surely minde ours If we forget him can we look to be remembred of him Qu. 11. If Magistrates must judge and punish of matters of Religion the Magistrate must ever be troubled with such persons and such causes and if after his conscience be convinced he had no such power what horrors of conscience is he like to possess Ans. The Magistrate is the Lords Shepherd as he cals Cyrus and must look for contest against Foxes and Wolves from time to time He is Gods Lieutenant that must still be in a posture of warre against his Sovereigns enemies He is Pater patriae the Father of his Country who cannot but be often taken up in composing the differences of that great Family He is the Lords Gardiner and will not think much to be still troubled with weeding work He is a Nursing father and knows what renewed troubles attend that employment

in their Inquisitory practises and whether so long as they are hardned and confirmed by us there be any likelihood that the Gospel should take footing in Spain or Italy Ans. Our Doctrine and practise are no encouragement to Spanish and Romish Inquisitions no more than the execution of Justice upon Malefactors may be called encouragement to the bloodiness of wicked men against honest righteous persons Let Justice be done what ever become of it said that famous Emperour upon good ground The great favour shewed to the Irish Papists against the Laws of God and man before the late unparallel'd Rebellion did no good but much hurt to all sorts The pampering of a foul body is no good way to the curing of it but effectuall physick diet and dressing Evil men will take advantage from and offence at the best things as good men will extract good out of the worst Spain and Italy were awed in Queen Elizabeths time when good Laws were vigorously prosecuted against perverters and pretenders of conscience who carried on hellish designes under specious disguises But the sinfull compliances of King James and King Charles Courts though from pretended depths of politick interest proved fatall to all as in these Nations so in foreign parts Thereby were very many thousands of Protestants betrayed and deserted in Bohemia and the Palatinate in France and Germany in Denmark and Hassia c. Thereby were these Nations almost enslaved under Romish and Spanish tyranny and the Reformed Religion brought to its last gasp if an extraordinary hand of heaven had not made way towards our hopes of recovery in the severall parts of Europe Spain and Italy have been the Mother and Nurse of Antichrist from his first rise hitherto which way soever you please to reckon it Some begin about Anno 396. at the division of the Roman Empire after the death of Theodosius the Great between his sons Honorius and Arcadius Others begin about Anno 408. when the Empire was torn into ten parts by the barbarous invasions of the Huns and Goths Vandals and Franks Heruls and Burgundians Alemans and Jepids c. which gave rise to that ten-horned Beast in Politicals and to that two horned Beast in Ecclesiasticals Others rather begin it about Anno 607. when Mahomet did rise in the East and Bonifacius the Romish Prelate in the West first obtained the Title of Universall Bishop from bloody Phocas who gave it him to gain a friend in the West who soon overtopp'd all Gregory the Great Bishop of Rome Bonifacius his Predecessor had declared a while before the Patriarch of Constantinople to be the fore-runner of Antichrist for usurping that Title of Universall Bishop The Italian and Spanish Churches did suck in apace the multiplicious Errors and Idolatrous Superstitions which did from time to time infest Christianity witness the many Councils and Synods of Rome Braga Toledo Sevill and of other Cities of Spain and Italy in their successive progress Since the setting up of the Austrian family first in the German Empire and in the Kingdom of Spain both Italy and Spain have been twisting into one Antichristian interest though some particular States and Princes of Italy sometimes be over-ruled by their own proper byas And the Jesuites of all Nations have learned to center all their designes in the advancement of the same for the framing of a new European Monarchy under an Austrian Head and the Popes guidance All their mysteries of State their Arcana Imperii move towards this Head-plot in every Nation They have knit so fast into mutuall intimacy that what the one gains shall help the other Thus were Navarre and France England and America given up to the Spaniard by the Popes bounty under pretence of executing his Holinesses decrees There is therefore little hopes of doing them any good or expecting converts there Their doom seems to have been signally foretold That they should not repent neither by fair nor foul means whilst the judiciall Vials of Gods wrath are pouring forth upon that Antichristian Sun the Austrian family and on Rome it self the Metropolitan Seat of that Antichristian Beast This our brave Queen Elizabeth with her wise Council did still well observe maintaining all in a flourishing state by keeping the Spaniard and Pope at the swords point They clearly discerned the interest of England to lie in uniting of all Protestants and keeping all close to the truth and waies of Christ against the renewed combinations of Spain and Rome Some few sprinklings of converts have indeed formerly been found in those places as Zanchius Peter Martyr the Noble Marquess Caracciolus of Vico c. But of late they have been much rarer since the desperate Inquisition the Spaniards right eye as he cals it hath been so exquisitely cruell and tyrannicall Thus the nearer they draw to their dregs the worse they prove It 's observable that the great Merchants of the Beast the Spanish and Italian Grandees are not amended by her ruine but only cast into despairing horrors and lamentations So that little hope is left us of doing them good upon any terms though we be still bound and ready to pray for them and further their good who may be found there to belong to God so farre as we may go without neglect of our duty and without breach of Gods Law which hath been sufficiently cleared as to the Magistrates charge in the preceding Discourse Qu. 13. Whether it be wisdom and safe to make such Judges in matters of Religion and to follow their dictates who are not infallible but as subject to errours as others Ans. In this our Querist begins more overtly to open his Romish pack and usher in a Popish infallibility from the triple Crown for supream Judge of all Controversies This insinuation would make Protestants believe that there is neither wisdom nor safety in their Religion and consequently that they must be looked for from that Church alone where they pretend that Judge to be found that is in their own Thus the Papist and Quaker do boast of that most whereto they are the greatest strangers viz. Perfection and Infallibility We indeed confess our selves at the best subject to errour and pretend not to be infallible Judges We would not seem wiser than Paul who knew but in part 1 Cor. 13. 12. or better than James and John who tell us that in many things we sin all both in opinion and practice But what then Who shall be Judge of the meaning of Scripture We answer 1. The Spirit of truth speaking in his Word is the supream infallible Judge 2. Where he seems to speak obscurely his words in the context scope and other places must be compared to clear his meaning to our shallow judgements 3. Much industry study and sobriety are required to attain thereto in sundry places yet the Fundamentals of Religion are plainly laid down for the meanest capacity The Lamb may