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Show of W~r Ana Pe~ce haft ivm me, have I loft nont: nor ChriJ i for he woul~ not be d~fended. Therefore he add :s m John, thts _caufe of his prohibition, Shall! not drtn~ of the cHp which my Father h~th gtven me~ and in Matthew he fatth, How the~ {hould the ScriptHres be fulfilled, which fay tht[ohings ought to be done/ Wherefore Peter a man of a hot Spirit, was t;anfported, itfccms, wit~ a 111md of revenging, not of defendmg his MaHer. Adde, that he took arms · againfi thofe that came in the name of the publicfc. "ower5; \Vhom, ~hether i~ any cafe it bela wful to refill, 15 a pe~ t'uliar qudtion, to be handled by _us hereafter. That which the Lord. faith after, ~/l thiJ that tak.f th~ f11'ord, · ,• .~ jbaJJperifh 6y the (word, either 15 a prow ·= • . I.!: ver~ taken from vulgar ufe ; whereby . ... · ' ~!)' bl d d h bl d •11. ~: ls lignified, that ou rawet . ou , .•. " r and fo the ufe of arms is never Without • tt'\11 Orige.. peril: or, it declares*, that we llave no 1;,, Tbtopbylt- !eafon to prevent God in taking revenge, eli, Tiri& E.t4· which he in hts time will duly exaa: tbplii{t111111tla jufl: as in the .Apoc~!Jp.r, He that kjileth t/1. a1 with the Jiwwd muft b~kflled with the Apoc .IJ· ' '- d h t 'th 10• (word: Here is trre pat~ence an t e ;at of the St~ints. Wherew1th agrees, that of fltlt• (lids ;a,_ Tertu/lian ... So . boNnteo~ " rewarde.r """ pt~rimti• tJf patience u God ; that if JOU commtt ftfuefttr Deus : di (i m~r· ft Jnjurillm dtpo(utfu Jll1lll 111111 ult~ t~ ; f! doWtm. ,, hc~b; dtbi· ttm r.tfu{eitMDI' ~~ : quAIIMIJ p•tatntllf Utet, ut DtUI/I a ent ttrei;,. Tc1tuJ. JDIIr 1our inj~try to him, he is 11 1{Jvenglr '; ifp11r grief. A He~~ler ;.if your death, A 71. Reviver. How great u the power of patitnce, to have God him{elf a Debrer to it? And with all, in thefe words of Chrifl:, fcem5 to be conteined a prophecy of the • i . · reverioe~ which was to be executed up• on th~ bloudy J cws by the fword of the .RDmall.r. To the example of 1Chrift, who istaid to have dyed for his enemieS', ... · .• /i ·' ·it may be anfwered, That it is true, all th~ ~ions of Chrift are fu\l of vertue, and i'uch as ( fo far ·is rna y be) it is laudable to imitate, and 'twill not want a reward : yet are they not :all of fuch a fort, that they either proceed from fome Law, orimpofe a Law on us. For, that Chrifl: dyed for his enemies ~Nl the wicked, was noe determined bJ anr Law, but by agr~emenc as it were, a(l4 fpecial Covenant made·with his Fathtr: who, upon that condition, promi!'ed him not only the higheR glory, but a feed to en4J.lrC for ever. Bcfides, Pa11l Bt4J•'o; lhews this to · be • fingular and unpa- Rom.f·1· ralleld aCt of Chrift: and Chrifl: com!" 1 1'-'· 1• 1,, mands us to expofe our lives to dan· g~r. not for all torts of men, hut for dlofe that are partakers of the f&mc ~ifcipline. As for t~e f~yings produ- ., ccd out of Chriftian writers, thcry feem partly to contein Couttfel rather and a commendation of amore excellent way, than any llJ'i6l precept; a~d pardy'are their ' ' |
