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Show ·448 .of w~r ~ntJ ~t~&t. . . . j e%{tqui. Mufomus Jta a1t ~ S1911u 'Z{on _imptr«ta 1'!''' •t~ •~t Domint~ turpi• aut ;mqua fcllu 1mpe.1 rf!aMntt 1f "mtm" p' aaruttt ,m ~t,ifl(~tllbl ditm t{l nee injunam [acit' ;ec pee~•t, ~nee mo ~ , Stob. tit. Jib, parent. honorand. this is right. upon which place .Hi~rom: It is a fin for children not to ob~r the~r pa· rents; yet becaufe parents might perkaps mmand fomewhat amifs , he addei., In :he Lord. And he annexed this of fer· vants' when the Lord of the flefh enjoi »eth a thing divers from the Lord of rht Spirit,Obedience is not due.And elfwhere, In thofe things only ought men to be f~hjeEt to their Mafters and Parents 'whr'h are not againft the (om~ands of God. For the fame Apofl:le alfo fatth , Every man fhall recetve a reward of his own worke, Wh-her he be bond or free .Seneca*; Net· . If ne benefic. \..L h lib. 3. ~o. ther clln we command ali t ings' nor our fervants perform. They muft not obey us litgainfl- the Commonwealth .= They mHft not lend their hand to avy wtck.fdncfs. Sopater: Obey thy Fathe~. If accordmg ~~ ri ht 'well : if otherwife, not fo. Strato cfer was irrided, of old, who P1opoun 1 ded a Law at .A.1hens, that whatfoever Pea· fed Kino 7Jem:etriuJ, might be accounted ious tooward God, and juG toward men. *Lib~ ;.epi~. ~tiny * faith he labour:d fo~ewhere to ~d Mtnut. . make it evident, That it ts a cnt":e.toierve t Ex~mplcs II- another t in doino evil. The C1Vll aws luftnous both D of puni !b.mem:_ t 8 13 . 2. Reg.r: and praife, See 1 Sam. u .. t~, 19£./ Ref~uid~orgiusretufed Io,l2., 14. Among theChn(hans a!luc on the P~gans ~he fen ice of killin& the fmprc:Cs. N~&et~t~. Am g . arc The /tc6nd part. 46 ~ are two noble examples of thofc rh:it would not obey rhe unjult commands of Princes,thar of P:a pin;an fo famous, and another of Helpidius · Ammianus lib. 2.1, Scverus woul~ n?t .have the~ . fcape unpunifhcd, who obeyed an Emperour m ~·Umg ~ ·senator. Vide XJphilin. Tcrru11. de Anim~ : PI~ cted1tur qu1 j~6et, quando nee qui obfequitNr excufatur. V1de Ga1l. dt pace pMb, l•b. J, cap. 4· n11m. 14· · ·themlelves , which do ealily give pardon to exculable faults,favour thote that muH needs obey ,but not in all rhings:for they except things whic,h have atrocity, which arc heinous and wicked in their own na4 ture , as Tullr !"peaks , and not by the interpretation of Lawyers. Jofophm relates out of HecatttUI, that the Jews which ftr-ved under C!.Alexander the Great, could not be compell' d , either by words nor blows, to carry earth, with the other foldiers, to the repairing of Belm"s Temple at Babylon. But we have a more proper example in the Thehttan Legion( of which above) and in Julian's foldiers, of whom ft' . tA· mhrofe thus: Julian* t he Emperottr, * A'futo"u S m 'd· though an Apoftate, had under him Ghri- ~~nifac~· juftianfoldiers: whom when he Commanded~ianrtS .t%ftitit to Draw out in defenfe of the Common- m{idelu lmpewealth. they obeyed him, But , when he ~~t~r. Nonnfletex-r ·d ; r. . , /1. h h . ,.,lit Apo a a J41 , UJe your arms t agatnJ• t e C rt• ini'1uw & 1d11- · /11/a!ra? Mili· UJ Chrifliani {erT>iermrt Imp, in(ideli : uhi.venieh.nt ad cart(am chri-pi, no,. llf.no[cebant'ni(i ilium qui in tre/o trat: quando 1.:oLehat ut id11l1. coltrent & thNri(iwent, pr.eporubfl;nt ilti Deum. t For J1;1lim abftei- ' ned not from all violence :againft the Chrillians , then cfpccially when he had gotten any colour for it , a10 he thought. Jerom t9· Nepotian calls him , The Cue throat of the' Chriftian ArQ1y. Aug. de Civit. Dei l. J, c. f2., tells of a perfe<ution bcgua at .An;.- . H h . tioch |