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Show of WAr attJ. Pttttl another (fame part of which fad fl:ory · is to be fee.q in * JotCphUJ) had their .A~Jtl~.l.t S. J' eap.x '· & lj(J. rife frpm caufe~ not commendable : a Jeq. thing 'y'Vhich comes to pals in our daye:; t D . . • h alfo, as we fee witp grief t. As for v•t1IuVmZ.etJ~l a0u&r i.. that wJn•c ' h was l•p o k' en to T eter, T,h e y nee btlla fue,e, rhat ~ak§ the fwo; d {hail pertfh , by the Fnt,i,tul ~#" fwtJrd, feeino it properly pertains not hat ' ''"' ''1PbMs to War conftdcred in common, but to aTrJ tbeu dJa pes. prt.v Me W ar ( t'o r even Ch rt·nJl:. h'u nl'el f Luca~- o gives ~his reafon, why he fcr?ad ot· neg· prodigia rerum ldted the defence of himielf, becaule J ux ,rieJ, mer~~ his Kingdom was not qf this world) quam p~trv o • IL ll b · h 1 1 dl d · · eontentll par~t 1t wa ~ e mo1·c ng t y tan c m ltS t#, &c. Cic.'tlc own place. · fin. I ~ £,; cu~ . Jidrllt tbul odia, dijJidit~,di[Gordi~,{cdititnU, bllla nafcrmtur.Max; Tyr us. Nunc omni·1 brltis, plena : ubique enim o.bemmt cupiditaw, & per omntl terrlr4 eXC!taJJt> appetitum rerum aluuafuTn. Diogenis dictum hue pertinet: Non tnim ex his. qui po!entam edum, aul {Mm exjftunt, t1U' bellerurn artEfortJ. H1crony~s adv<' rfus Jo· vin:anum ,.. Diogenes t;rannos 0. fubv tr[ores urb1um belttJque fill ho]t1lia v el ci-uili«, non pro (tmpl1ci via11 oltrum pomorrm.qut, (ed pro c11r; um c-, epularllm d.eliciis aflirit excitar~ Polybius : ~ni· mus 71t,effafiil &~n:J.tntus·, •ho ad {apeerldum Magz{lro non cgp. XXVI Oftl'e opinion ofthe ltJ'Jtient Fa· thcrs. The ftrftObfervatirm. WHen the q~efl:ion is about the fe?fe of a writm~, both the fotlowmg p~·a&ice, and the authority of wife men is wont ~o ha-ye much value. This is a good rule in the interpreta.tion of ho· ly Scripture. For it is not probable, that the Church~s founded by the A· po!Ucs . ' . '11Je Firft : po!Hes, did either fuddainly , or all of ~hem depart fr~m th~fe things; whic~ the A.poi~les havmg bnefly written, had explamed mo:e largely by word of .m?uth, or alfo mtroduccd into the pra-, cbce and ufc of Chriflians. Now, OUt oppone~lt~ that .fight againfl: Wars, ufually clraw out unto their aid fome fpe~ches of the antient ChrifHa;s : to whtch I have three tbinas to fay The firfl: is th.is _: N;o more c~n be co.lletfed ou~ ?f th~ie fp_eeches, than the private ~pm!On of the tpcakers, not the publick Judgement of the Churches. It is more- ' ovc~ to b.e noted, thit the Authors of thole faymgs love ·to go fingle, fur the ~ofl: part, and to teach fomewhat of a .Plg.hcr fl:rain ' than others ; namely )X .\ Ortgen and Tertullian; who et ar~ . not. very c~nfbnt to thcmfelvc!. For ' the fame Or11ren faith Gcd }lath . l rr . ~ ' · 0 ·tven us a euon m the Bee-s, 7 hat ju/1 a;;cl ~rderly W.zr.J m.1y he JMoed amon ft . :Y: ffi .!> :g mer. t - tJ ncce uy requiu. And the farne 7i ' t dcm Ter·· · tttlltan faith, That it is good wh ;;._- cul. .de anim2. fender; tire punijhedno d . en r ~!mnonpr~ . ·he is at a ft d ma~ emes t. And fe~~t jttmlitu- · £ . . • an conccrnm~ 'Varfarc • ~mam' q(lam . orm.lusDcld,;fan-ia , he pro c.:>reth th'& ApofioltM · que!hon, whether ChriftiarJS p . c n~n{tH{lragta- . m flJ turn d:o a' cinlftJt» pro bomint fitvicm{, reti~iofa t~) E d C'nteflatttr, q u.e P te ttrremrM, 111; nee ti~ti'J1IIr, S;d . ~· a Proconf. Scapula; N 0~· ~J!s, m~t~eRdt u; ~G • ~ u lm lit orn.ne! falvos f'a.we por- &1;6- ht~mAmtitii mebri:t:!e· :e;tes ~ :!'10 J~trifdifliollrl tuft fim· . · 'JJ'' , qttza v·. tiCS /IIV gladi~ ej/is, . , E z |