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A83437 The casting down of the last and strongest hold of Satan. Or, A treatise against toleration and pretended liberty of conscience: wherein by Scripture, sound reason, fathers, schoolmen, casuists, Protestant divines of all nations, confessions of faith of the Reformed Churches, ecclesiastical histories, and constant practice of the most pious and wisest emperours, princes, states, the best writers of politicks, the experience of all ages; yea, by divers principles, testimonies and proceedings of sectaries themselves, as Donatists, Anabaptists, Brownists, Independents, the unlawfulnesse and mischeif [sic] in Christian commonwealths and kingdoms both of a vniversal toleration of all religions and consciences, and of a limited and bounded of some sects only, are clearly proved and demonstrated, with all the materiall grounds and reasons brought for such tolerations fully answered. / By Thomas Edvvards, Minister of the Gospel. The first part.; Casting down of the last and strongest hold of Satan. Part 1 Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647. 1647 (1647) Wing E225; Thomason E394_6; ESTC R201621 211,214 231

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other_o such_o aught_o to_o be_v restrain_v and_o if_o they_o commit_v idolatry_n or_o other_o corruption_n not_o so_o great_a or_o so_o gross_a yet_o by_o way_n of_o proportion_n and_o equity_n such_o aught_o to_o be_v though_o in_o a_o low_a kind_n and_o way_n and_o it_o be_v evident_a by_o many_o instance_n that_o the_o jewish_a magistrate_n king_n and_o other_o as_o josiah_n nehemiah_n etc._n etc._n do_v punish_v in_o a_o proportion_n though_o not_o with_o death_n those_o who_o violate_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o the_o first_o table_n though_o they_o be_v not_o guilty_a of_o idolatry_n and_o apostafie_a to_o worship_v other_o god_n nor_o of_o worship_v the_o true_a god_n by_o idol_n as_o by_o the_o golden_a calf_n of_o jeroboam_n and_o if_o that_o be_v good_a divinity_n which_o m._n s._n the_o father_n of_o that_o evafion_n of_o idolatry_n and_o idolater_n be_v the_o adequate_a object_n of_o the_o coercive_a power_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n in_o matter_n of_o 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