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Show of War And PtAGAl · cy made again A: P aut : and many other . examples of like for~ are e~tant both in ! C~JUS & hoc Philo t , and in Jofephl! s. Moreover · a-m hbro de fa- l b h , crificamibu~· mong many peop e, ot to Mailers over Punimdus taiu their iervants,a,nd Parents over their chilue hoflis,Pu!Jii- dren , ~emaim:d a full right of puniibing e:u ommum_, them, even to death. So :tt Sparta, the ~::,~~ ,tU:,'; Epho~i might put a Citizen to death wirhnwj] itudint, out Judgment. Thus by what we have tju{q; [uafionts faid,may be underltood what the riaht of fJUig~11d.e omni- Nature is touchmg punifhmems ~ and bMspJ.etattm •- how far it hath remained 11Jant1bus, ut fi- · nt mora a&eur· rant u11diqj •d txp.tttndum de viro impr1bo {upplicium, fir me credenw r aullam e ~ WIJ .eJ U{~No.di ~,,;,, M inter ficiendi appe titrt m. E t alter lo. ~us non mmus mlign1s cuca .finem de )itonar~thia. t X X XVII. what the Evangelical Law hath conftitt.tted about · this matter. NOw mull: we confider , whether the Evangelical Law hath more narrowly circumfcribed that Liberty. Surely, as we have elf where fpoken, it is no wonder ,chat fome things, which by nature and the Civil :J..aws are Lawful, are forbid- ~ Servomm (i- den by Divine Law , and that moit perliorumq; .fuca· fe8: , and promi.ling a reward above hu4 tit no11coercm, man nature;to the attainino whereof, not 11tccntl~m efi. d r dl · 'd 0 LL a. d . un e1erve . y are requ1r vertues t 11 at ex· ~-. t.anr. e tra d · . Dei cnp. 1 a. cec the ll}~~r precepts of Nature. Cafh· ubi plura d gatr,:ms *, ~hich do leave neither infamy bane rep1. nor p~r~~~.qt lois , and arc necelfary in refpect The fecoml 3l9 refpe6t of age or other quality , if they ~ome from thofe hands , which are per.- Il}itted by human Laws to in£li6t thfm, (namely , Parents, Tutors, MaH:ers and Teachers) have nothing repugnant to the l! vangelical Precepts, as we may fuf-ficiently conceive by the nature of the thing it felf. For theie are remedies for the tllind , not lefs innocent than medi-cines ungrateful ~o the fenfe. Of revenge we muft have another opinion. For, as it only e~fatiats the mind of the offended perion , it is io far fl'Om agreement with the Gofpel , that , as we luve £hew' d a4 fore , it is even ·naturally unhtwfull. But the Hebrew Law not only forbids hatred . to be kept againfi the neighbour, that is, Levit. 19· •1. one of the fame nation, but alfo com- Exod.l3•4,f· mand~ certain common benefits to be. conferrd 'up,on fuch enemies. Wherefore, the name of neighbour being extended by the Gofpel to a]J men, it is manifefl: here is required of us, not onely chat we hurt not our enemies' bJ.It that we do them good: which is alfo plainly commanded <...Matth. 5· 44· Yet the Law permitted the Hebrews to revenge greater injuries , noc with the hand , but by addrefs unto ~he Judge. But Chrilt doth not permit the fame to us, as appears by that oppofition, Ye have heard it h(lth been [aid, An ere for an eye : and after: But I fay unto you. For although the w.ords that follow ,pro~ perly fpeak of .repelling in jury , (andref..{ rain |