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God needeth not the help of a material sword of steel to assist the sword of the Spirit in the affairs of conscience.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience (1644)
Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience (1644)
All civil states with their officers of justice in their respective constitutions and administrations are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual or Christian state and worship.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience (1644)
God requireth not a uniformity of religion to be enacted and enforced in any civil state; which enforced uniformity (sooner or later) is the greatest occasion of civil war, ravishing of conscience, persecution of Christ Jesus in his servants, and of the hypocrisy and destruction of millions of souls.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience (1644)
The God of Peace, the God of Truth will shortly seal this truth, and confirm this witness, and make it evident to the whole world, that the doctrine of persecution for cause of conscience, is most evidently and lamentably contrary to the doctrine of Christ Jesus the Prince of Peace.
Amen.
The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience (1644)