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Show ofWat; ttttd Pt~t..~ try"'m~ll were perfccuted, for ob[ervino the Layvs of their Fathers. Ne~erthelef~ as often as ~he Jews could cfchew thcfe incommoditles, they ba~e ~.arms, evefl. ,. Jofeph. under foreigt,l Kings ; blJt, * perfift ind' u.Hitoria: ifJ their Fathas Ordinances,andliving aut qua:. according to their pre[cript: which they were wont to fccure themfclves of, by agreement aforehand, as : tht fame Jofephm teGificth. To thefe. hazards ~re thofe .mo~ like~ w_hich.Ter!uliian obj~~ eteth agamtt icrvmg m the Wars in, Lii. d~ Idol. his time : The enjign of {hrift hath no agreement with the rnjign of the devil, nor the oarh of God wtth that of man: for tht: Souldi~r~ were made to fwear by the Gods of the (;e~tiJe~, Jove, Lib. dew. mi- .Mars, a~d t~e refr. Ag:1in : [hall4Chri· l1tis. ft.ian I<Jep watch for the Temples, which he hath renounced, and eat there where the .Apoffle w~ll not perrpit him? JhaU 1 he guard , t hofe C'llil fpirits hy night, wh1m he hath exorcifed . by . day ? a lit· tle after : How many other great offen· ces maJ be vicJJied in the Cttmp-Offiw, which muft needs be inurpreted tranf· greffions of.qur Law ? XXV Ill,. 'rbe third ()b[ervation. THirdly we note, that the · ChriRians _ of the firfi tlmes were enfla m~ d witn fo gteat ardour to undertake all things W,hich were. ~~ft c::xcellent, that the1 \ - · · oft 'l ·" 'Tht jrj1 nA¥1~- oft embraced divine Counfels mands. The Chrifiians (faith .Athena-gorM) do not go to law wtth theM th~tt by violence takf away their goods~ Sal-vian faith, it is the will of ChriH; ~hat we let go the things flbout which· i.siny concrov:rfie, that ,'w.e _tnay be a~quitted of the iute. But th~s, fo generally ta-ken, is perhaps ,a :nfltCer of (::ounfel, an~ df a more fuhilim~ an~ perfect .. way ofhfe *, ,but not. under :my precif( com- ,. Concil. man,d: .In like. manne~-, very many of Ca.nh.4. Bthe ·anuents dtfapp_rove a}l .oaths', ,wich- P1fcopllh nee · p 1 ·· • · ( .. provocatU6 dl ouft . exctepuon. ; yrlct au_ ~ m ;J- 1 matter rebPA tranfitorilJ · o grea , cont~que ce , . uted ~n oath. lit1gtt. 1\d,\e Tatiat~ fpeaks' of 'a certa'n Cl1ri(tian A .• brof l,1o. thit tetufed the £~xtorihq'> : aild faith off. c.2. 1 · & 'Tertulban, a Chri(fiajj lows' nbt td be GJegdc>•· M.~. d ., 'Ed 'l . >-~ L n • , ~.In .u.;:.., mit e·. an I ~, . :SO. ' 1CI,anf't/tJ . Will pift, 58-. no~ lec_a juil mann (f~th he would have . ' ~- · every Cbriflian·:).~ gd to War _r- neithe_r . , .• ld h !.i' I wou · ~ have him · go _to Scfl. .And how -. • , : : ... many of the o d Do&ors dchort 'Chri· Hianf:from Ma!'fia:Je? All whi~_h par-· ticu\an, f~ppofe· they be buqflble, ex-cellent, very aceeptaple to God, yet '.lr~ th~y not r~qui~~l at o~r ha,nds by the neceffity of ~ny 1 Law. And ,t~is is fu'ffi'cient for ~hr {olut\on of . ()bjedi- 01\t,· ., • 'J ; • 1 ', n• · (1 ' • l '.b; • ' ·. I': , :.. ~ TI'i d ! t: ' "'• r ~ I • ·E'·+·~'.' ,• • '., .. XX.IX • ..(4 'I Jf J ., |