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Show A Di/jmte concerning the mflm'ifig 0f the Indians. if God's intention had bin only to chafiil‘e 'em for came. _But when thefe barbarous People were at peace With the Chriftians, and olfer'd 'e-m no Injury they were fulfcr'd to live at quiet. ' He adds in the 4th place, That if we would do a; ny good upon Pagans, it muft be by the power of good Examples, and not by Violence. He cites to this purpole a palTage of St. Auger/fin, who fays it 154 their Idolatry, he would alfo have punilh'd all the Nations of the whole World after the fame manner, feeing they were all polluted with the fame Sin. Whereas God fpecified only thefe Nations to be abandon'd to the Sword of the Ijmelires, to Ihew that it was rather to accomplilh the Promil'e he had made to Abraham, than to punifli thefe ldolaters that he deliver'd 'em into the hands of their Eno mics. That God himfelf exprelly forbad the 11m. lite: to ofier any Violence to the Edomz'tes, or to the Egyptians who had entertain‘d 'em when they were firangers in their Country. Secondly, That the PalTage of Luke I4. where it is faid, Compel them to come in, is not to be underfltood of an externalConftraint by War and Arms, but ought to be interpreted of internal lnfpiration, and the Motions which God produces in the Hearts of Men, either immediatly, or by the Miniltration of Angels. In the third place the Bilhop maintains, that Chriftian Emperors have never engag'd in War with Heathen Nations to oblige 'em to renounce Idolatry, and to induce 'em to imbrace the Chriftian Faiths that the Wars of Confirmtz‘rze were purely on a po- litic account, and that the PaITage of the Ecclefiaftical Hiftorian, lib. 10. cap. 6. is to be underfloqd in that fenfe. That this Prince who was fo ammated with Piety, when he fubdued by his Arms the Goths, Sarmaticmr, and other barbarous Nations, ex- cepted thofe that fought his Friendlhip, and defir'd Peace. That becauf'ej he fubjeéted himfelf to the I 5' 5 belongs only to men tranfported with Rage, and to ,Aflaflins to ufe force againl‘t thofe that are inferior to emin Power: that this Father alfo condemns fuch as were not able to do the Pagans any hurt, and yet ralhly ofi'er'd themfelves to death, to gain the reputation of Martyrs. He alfo quotes a PalTage out of Deut. 7. W hen the Lord thy God [hall bring thee into the Land whzther thou goefl to pojfefs it, &C. ver. 1. Te [hall defiro} their Altar:, and break down their Images, dad cut down their Grover, and burn their graven Images wzth-Fzre, ver. 3. Upon which Pallage he fays St. Au- gufim exprefTes himfelf after this manner : Many of the Pagans have Idols in their Fields, muft we take upon us to break thefe Idols in pieces? 'Tis much better to endeavour to get 'em out of their Hearts. When they have embrac'd Chriltianity, and exhort us themfelves to break thefe Idols, we Ihall do it with Pleafure. We muft in the mean time pray for their Converfion, without appearing violent and paflio- nateagamlt 'em becaufe of their Idolatry: We are not ignorant where they hide their Idols, and yet We let fem alone, becaufe God has not given us a Esmmilfion to take 'em away without their leave. th her; then does God give us leave to take 'em from Divine Commands, God was pleas'd to recompenfe em :_ Not till the owners of thefe Idols are become Chriftians. his Virtue in fubjeé'ting all the People of the World to his Dominion. Befides, he fays, Confiamine madc a"(Ii-lledfarther produces the examples of the Apoltles War with the Goth: and Sarmariam, becaul'e thel' Idol bartyrs, who took no other courfe to overthrow 0 f8 ut by theirDoétrme. He grants thatindeed made incredible RaVage and Spoil wherever thefv' fl Ome accounts War may be made with lnfidels; t camt‘. for |