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Show - I X C·V I I I. whether w~r may be nndertak!n for of- : fenfes againjf . God. NExt we come to thofe offenfes which are committed againfl: God : for it is enquired , whether , for the vtndica· tin·g of them , war may be u. nclertake11 .· pc.. 2p.e. cfcealtl.t ~m. 10 • which is largely handled py {ovarruvitU, But he , following others , thinks there is no punitive power without juri1ditl:ion properly fo called : which opinion we 3 -r~ lt1llg8~1Ju.l ha.~e before rej,ec1:~d. ~hence it fo1lows, ,.171"1 11~. Eft ~s m ~hurch-affa1rs Bdhops are faid in id in conftit. iome tort , *to have received the charge pra:terentibus cf the univerfa!Church · [o alfo Kings be· n9m~n CClc-. fide the peculiar care of ~heir ow~ {h;es .:man unsttcsp. iftY Pn -.n.t ave 1y m. g upon them the care ofhuman' Omnes enim• 3noo ; 'J.l 0~1• e.ty. T he chie f reafon for the negative decct !ro ctJrpo- opm10n, that fuch wars are not juft, is ft totJr~ Eccte- this : Becaufe God is fufficient to revenae -u~ri;;41·:ts fiper offenfes done againfl: himfelf · whence it provinqc.iaaq/,·' ·l .s r~ a1'd. , ,.1.,h e Go ds tak$ care o'f their OJ'9n .membra diujla tn] Wf'tes ; and , Tis enough that periury fltnt ,exc;;bare. hath God for an Avenger. But we ~ull: E Er d 1 e 6 Unir:are know, thlt the fame ~ay be iaid of other f.Opcca trcu l uX; u·Esp if(l - 0 ffi~ n fe s too. For, God, no doubt, is fuf· ~rtjtu a flngu:i.' fiCJent for the punilhing of them alfo j •n j olid111n pars and yet are they riohtly puniilied by ~r1ntt14": fxem· men, no man ,contradicting. Some will p 1 hUJU cur:e ~ i~~rfalis patlim apud Cyprianum. Tllufl:re imprimis cpift.6'1; ;ro.1ue Chry[oftom, in laudibuli S. Euftachii. · · reply T]Je focond ttply and fay ,other offenfes are punilhed by men ,' ·as other men are thereby harmed <?r 'endangered. But on the other fide we mutt note, not only thofe offenfes are punifhed by men, which direElly hurt oth·cr men , but chofe alio that do to by con[equence , as killing one felf, befl:iali-ty, and fame others. Now, thouoh Reli-gion by i~ felf prevailes fingularly to pro-cure Gods favour, yet hath it alfo, in hu· man fociety, very great effeCts. And it is not without good reafon, that Plato calls religion the fortre[s of power , and the · · • bo~d. of Laws and vertuous dt[ciplin t· Ir- t Plurarchus reh~wn, on the con\rary is the caufe Qf fimiliter,coaall miquity '. Jamblichru hath a fayirig gulum o.mnis ef PythagorM : To k,.now God is vertl~e fifocl~wu, & d · r. d d f:. 1 unaamentum an WtJe om.;an per1eElhappine[s.HencelegijltttiDal4. Ck?Jippus ta1d, The Law is the Queen of Philoni quo9.; Dtv1r.eand human things; and ArifttJtle eft ,!f.fficaciffi· accounts, among publick cares,that about ~umap~at~things diyine t to be t.he. chiefell *: and ~~u:/;~;:;:~the Romans defined skll m Law to be the bite benevol.e a. knqwledge of things divine a1¥! human; mi~iti~t , uni~ And Philo * defcribes the art of oovern- Del C/4/tTM. ment, the o1·dering of thin~...,s priva~e , pub- ltdUd emme :d~l;f .fotmnf:iu-d' ac mAxima con-cor ~~ cau{a, de un~ o:o [en{~s .: .ex quD veltlt (onte proctdit infolubili& & am~ounter ft vme~ens amzcJlz11. )oiep~us autem comra Appio· ne~ hbro :. E.anJemde Deo ~abere fente~uam, nibilq; vita & injtitu• t~ mter fe tllfcrepare '"lchernmam m ammiJ haminr11n concordi1arn ex. e1tat.,. Silius.ltali~us : Htu prim~ (celerum cauf"' mortalibt/4 tt[.ru, N aturam nefe~re 'DtJ.- So J ofephus againft A ppi:m rendrin the reafons why m:a.ny Cotumonwealrhs were ill cfiabliihed fait~ lc: )VaS becaufe theu Founders did Ot.lt :lt tirft ree the true ~~cure' of God, and through ignoran,e-of him, and of utle Religion were . ' not |
