Postscript.
IF any enemies of the Christian Ministry and Ordinances shall take of∣fence at my seeking to the Civil or Military Power to support Religion, contrary to the Great Church-door, which is erected for the letting out of the Reformed Religion, and the letting in of Popery, I mean this As∣sertion, That the Magistrate, qua Magistrate, is not to meddle with matters of Religion. My Defence is this, That the contrary is my be∣lief, and my addresse is the exercising the Liberty of my Conscience; And why may not I that so believe more acceptably move the Higher Powers for Religion, then they against it, who therein cross their own profes∣sed opinion, as they have very much done of late years, by the multitude of motions, in Councels, Books, Papers, Letters, which they have sent or delivered unto every pretended Authority for these many years for the pulling down the Ministry and the Steeple-houses, and the obtaining leave to disturb all the Ministers and Assemblies, contrary unto their way. Their very importuning the Magistrate to pull down the publick Mini∣stry and worship, is a yeelding the cause, and an owning his Authori∣ty in the matters in question, though thereby they contradict them∣selves, while they say, he hath no such Authority, which if they did believe to be a truth, they would move him, in stead of pulling them down, to let them alone, as matters beyond the sphere of his calling. And un∣doubtedly if the Magistrate, as such, ought not to meddle with the things of Religion, then it is a sinne for him to pull down, as well as build. Oh the worth of a truly tender conscience, how rare is it!