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Show of w.cr ,,JleAet IJ· d Souldters (hriftillnJ; SDN "'ers , ~n . h · Wh h \eems to inchne to t r. op1· . ere aei nfi War. But ..m h' D _lS e ~oro· nlOU ~f,IIS carhen be had ditputed tome 1flt ri'JIII ' v• \ h d' things againfi wartare, pl·clentJy . e . 1· fiu.guilhes thofe that ~ere Souldlers be· fore tbelr Baptiim, from others ~hat after Baptiim enter in~o Arms~ PlatJJly, faith be, rl:eir cafe ts other-wife, whom Chrrftian Relrgioli fout,d out after the] wereengag'd m the proftffion &[.Arms, • Diftintlio.. 114 1 he Souldurs whoti'J John adn-~med nem ~u~m ~~~to hit Eapti>n; IU tl:e moft fatthflll .c~ 011 1~1b~ .. d (entur;ons wfDm Chri}f commen~eth, ~nu \n'r,iaa ~•a p•p·l i· and whom ' Peter m· flru.,o~.e t h• 1' rovt' d~ d, car, tum },b. th~tt afie.r thetr receiving of the faith de. Monf'ga· *and fig,Jing it, they _forftt k_( thq W;~r, h~::~t~::~;. IU ma~y ~haw done ; or e lfe, b 1 11/1 me~ns {\it am. hew are, they comr;; it no t !fence agamft t Te,tul.de qed. His opinion therefore was, ~hat dolauia. they continued Souldiers after B ~ pttlm: .A.d "tl!fi""' h' h t 'n1y the"~ wou1d nN have Wllfl admattun- w 1c cer a 1 1 f tHr,qui "''' done, had they underfiood wa~ are to cx~ee1t, q1uu have been forbirlden by Chn~ _; no Dti di{ciflint& m )fe than SN1 th-fa yers , Ma gtctans, non red''Pfi•td• .. and other profdft rs ~f unlawfull t Art.s, Aoup.~ . e • ~ . d f B · (J to rematn }t{erttrim were pe1 mltte a ter a ptt m e- bift,iont~. & in their Art former I y profe~ed. In ~he tfuili.fnt •'''. fame Bn<'k, praifing a c~rt~m Souldter: rub~"." turpJ- d nc: that W3S a Chn{ban, he fpa tudnau ,ofefftr- a 0 0 d }' 1 h' * ~ ru ni{t folutu reth not to cxclame' an l 1 e tm, •r1t' diru.Ptis ~~~- Sould1er glorious in God. libru vmt1tl14, . J D h'{\rioneelCtftl• d C L.·n; ra .... amtnt" non ptrnnttt~lltf4t' tltct.wt. e. 1 1 .. r •' 4 mlr•rl'"' • n il'l mJfll>lllf fYIDJ' • plumvidcapud CyprianumEp.6S • .,.Ill If XXVI. Tbt XXVII. The focond Ohfervation. OUr fecond Oblerva tion is, That the Chrifiians have either difallovved ora voided (erving in the Wars, by rea• fon of circumfl:ances and condition of the times, which would icarce permit Military orders to be executed Without fome a6\s repugnant to the Chriflian Law. In the L~tters of DoJ.,~!Jella to the Ephelians, extant in JoJephuJ, we fee the Jews requefied immunity from expedicions of War; becauie in fuch a mixcure with !hangers, they were not able co keep their legal rites with due obfervance : and becaufe they were confl:reined to carry Arms, and make long marches upon the Sabbath dayc:s. For which caufes, they obccined a difmiffion from 1 •• Lentu./HI, as the fame Jofephm lheweth. He declares in another place, that when the Jews were commanded to depart the City of '1\!Jme, fome of them were lifl:cd, others punifhed for their refuta 1 out of a reverence toward their owR Country-Laws • for thofe reafons which we have menti~ned: unto which fometimes a third was added, becaufe they had a neccffity impo• fed on them to fight againG their own Co.untry men. But , to ta~ arms a• g•mft thoft of their uwn Nation 'WM greAt iiNpiltJ, to wit, w~n theirCoun- E 3 try-me~ |