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Show of WAr 4nd Pe~.a~ , they iufferd nothing , but only were forb'tdden to dolo -any more. · ~I. Wars are. not juffly made againft them that wtlL not embrace Chnftian Re-ligion. ·wHat "fuall we fay of thofe Arms ' which are carried againH any 'people fdr thi.s ~aufe , t~~t they will not entertain Chnlban Rehgton propofed to them ? I will not now enquire, whether lt be propofed in fuch a q4ality , and in fuch a manner, as it ought. Suppofe it be: two things we fay are to be noted. The firfi is !)his ; that the truth of Chri· fiian ReligioR. (to wit , io far as it fuper• addes to natural and prim~tive R~ligion chinos not a few) cannot be peri waded by a~gumentsmeerly natural,?u.t depends upon the hiflory both of ClmH s Refitr· re&ion, and of the miracles w·oughr by himfelf and his A.po£Hes : which is a m~t· ter of fa&,of old indeed confirmed ~y Irrefragable tefl:imonies; but , of old; fo chat this ts a queflion of faCt , and that now very anti em~ Whence it h~ ppens .' . ~nat this doetrin cannot throughly fink m mro the minds of fuch as,now firlt,hear it, uri· lefs it be feconded by the fecret. affiHa?ces of God; and thefe, as they are not g1ven to them that have them for a reward of any, work , Co if t h~y be denyed to any or any, any,or granted more fparingly,thiscomes to pais for caufes,not unjltll indeed,but for the molt pare unknown to us,and therefore by human judgment not pm1jthable. Per- 371 tinent here ts the Can()n of the To/-etan Council -.: The precept of the Holy Synod cap. de ]11d~t4 U , that henceforth t:one De* compelled t'O di{t. of~. helieve. Por God will have mercy on whom "'Jofc:phus ira he will, ai-zd whom he 1vill he hardeneih. cenfec: Dtbtrt For it is the manner of Scripture, when 'rf~f11!1J; lifmo athe caufes of chinos are lectet to us to af- nun.• .prt~pofito fi. h ·1 · 0 ' Dtlttn t~lwt non gn t e WI 1 ot God for the caufe of vi coa{lulfi' them t· The .next thing to be noted is, . • t.hat Chrill the Author of the new law his t Servius :td will ahd pleafure is ' that no mall fhould ihitium J.lEo. be drawn to receive his Law by the pu- ~otiefc1~111tJ.; nutnLm ents of t h't s 1·I r r: e, or rH: rar of them * • ,ra. tte"t' ve..t JUdz- · h' h r · · . ' n II'# no,. appam w tc 1enie that of 'rertullian is molt rtl, fie .Yifum true , The new law doth not vindicate it inttrpttnitkr.Sic felf OJ the revenging [word. In that nn- & Don:ltus ~d tient book , entitled the Conltitutions of Ea~h· S"~ fc. ~· Ln~ ement, l· t l·S 1ra 1' d o· f Ch' rian : He hath cuum .f.e. tnqfu; mIh left .unto men ~h~ freedom of their .own po~iHebbrum chotec, not punifhmg them with 'temporaJ3l'!ln n~rat death , hut calling them to account in the ~blrb:tmd. world to come. e.Athnna fitts * . The Lord Jbom. 8· 1 f· J• ' n~; . 2.. If, , Jo. 6. 67. Lu. 9· f4· M2tth. 13 • .,4·· Trafrat hoc Gregorius Nai. oru. Cum alfumtus eft a parre; & Beda lib. 2.6. Ifitlorus de Sifebuto Regc ,; ~ ui i~ initio re~ni [ui J uti~tos ad fidem cbrifllaHdJ ptriltrJ' lJtns, temufatzoncm q_u,dem Dej habuit, fed non [mmdum jeitntiam; PtJt~fllltt em"! con:pu/1~, qrm provocare oportuit fidei ratio•e. Tranfcr1plit hoc m htit~nam Rodericus 2..1 3.Pofteriorc$ in Hifpania Re~es eodem nom1ne culpam Ofodus & Mariana quem vide l-6, I-f, a7, 1• ~ Epift. ad foJicarios. ' B B :r. not |