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Show l .~4 of without injul'y take away. !his is .~ore plain, fince by Law and ~ie Dom1~11~n is e!hblifhed : which I w1ll expre1s m , De oiic.3; 'Pullies words : If every member fhou/d thin't to gather m()re ftrength by drtn"P· ingto it Jeff the ftreng·th of the member next it, tbc whole body mufl needs ht w-eRkped and deftroyed: So, if ever_r one of-m fnatch unto himfilf the commodi· ties of other men, and draw tnvay ftcm every orJe what .he can to advanrage him[e!f, hum'ane focictJ can~ot J!And, / 'Nj,ture giveJ ~ttl!'cn: to every man, tn the a6qutjition of things u[e.full, to fupplr hrmfelfbeforta?Jo~hcr; but by th~ (poils of another to entrcafe :.his ow~ftore, that natHrt doth not ·. permYt. It 1s not t~en aaainfi · fociet.y to provide for one !elf, · fg.that anothets rioht b~ not diminifhed: noris that violenc~ unjull, which doth not viola~e the right of. a·nother, :1s the fame An~hor faith : Of the two kJt~dJ of, contention, hy debate,andbyforcc, theone attreetnf, to men; the other more becortl· ;';g beafts, we ·m,uft ~1 unto the ~attr,when EpHl.Pam; the former witlnot.ferve. And el[ewhe!e: u.J. what u thtre that can he done agamft I:.r.Sect.yim force, put hffqrce ?.Ulpian faith: Ca!Ji.m 1 ~·D devt& writes' tht~t it ut bj ndtflre lawful/ ta -.urma~ a. repell 'force !Jy forte ; ilnA Arms bl • ArmtttJIIt in ' arms; * · «rJJWif (umtre 'j· • '·· 71Aftlr.lj J•r• Jintmt. Ovid. c~! .. sJuri(cOAs. drAfJtr/IIS ptfltUIIIIII ,.,;, pnaitlit ft dlft~WI. - .. 'f • ~ j XI. further XI. Further proC~f; oHt ofthe facred H.iflory, that ail War. /4 not ttgai":fo the Law .. of(l'{atllre. TH\s.is·lurtber rp.tove<ii· out a£: tlte1 f~ cred Hifi4lJIY. FJ)r when . .Ahr-IL~ ham, having_ armed his. iervantsl aruli friends1 purfued tbc:four ~ -*ings chat had fpoiled: So{iom, attd ~ returued wi~h vi"' t\ory; G.od. by his: Pr\eil1 Me /abh .. edecl apprQy~d hi~ at\i{)n, Blej[ed. /Je 'tha1 moft . high god; !ajdMelt~hiftdecl(_, whrJ · hm:h:Gen.a1.~ Jt/wer'J thine entmiel into thint~ hAtul..,. .A/mt-ha~, as appears by the , Llory, had ' ·' · taken A,~ms w.ithout any fpeci<d com .. miffibt} from God : therefore the Luw.of Namre was his warr.ant;r whole wJJaom!1. was no lc=fs eminent . tban hi~ tan~Pt:y, tven by ,the report of aliens, namely of Be~f~~J, and Orphet«. TheHifiory . ofithe. feyen Nations, whom God. gave up tn , be deihoy~~ by the h<lind of lfrad~ I r 1 ~~~11 nqt,-u{e : becaufe there- was a_ 1 fpe• ' tlal mandate to ex~cute Gods , judgc...m~ nt up~>n people .gutlty 0f 'the greatcft <nll1¢s.; Whence, m the Sa.riprure, the1e ·. VVars arJ:proper y-cal1ed the VVns·of ' God, undenakfn by his l:ommanq noc I; by hull)ane Countel. It is more perti- . • r nent, that the Hebrews, under the conelua of Mofts and Jofhua, when they were , oppof(d by the eAmale~<tes repulfed them by Armies. The Aetion' was not Exod.af~·· ' ·' ,· |