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Show of W.tr antl Peace Co1trov. 3 . ;. Seneca : A fervant is not a ~enfurer, hut a minifter of his Mafters wzll. And fpe· cially in this quellion of warfare Augu· Lib.u. ,_ 14.Jfin thoug~t fo; forhf9r he fpheak~~h: J.A unt. F~Nflum. juft man,if perhaps e J ervet unaer ll acrilegious King, may rightly fight at his command , if k._!eping ~ivil order , he b~ either [ure what is commanded him is not againft the Command of God, or be not Jure that it is : fo that pe,rhaps the King may he gutlty of iniquity in his c~mmand, but the foldier innocent in his obedience. *De Ci'Oit. Dti, The like he faith * in other places. And tih._•· c. ~,.& hence it is a common received opmion ' dt tS 1i1l1.1 . inA rvbeJrt.il.. t· , t ha t,as to r. b · n. b b h 1U Je'-i~S,a w~r may . e. on. ot 6ell. •· n. 9· fides iuft, that 1s, without lOJU!hce t; ,one/.4. C11{l. in Yet th1s is not without its difficu I ty. And l •. f ·D. de In· our Countryman ~drian *,who was the P•t. Stto,t. f·~· lafl: Bd'hop of ~me of the Ci{dpins,de· I· 11rt.7. O'(Jar. ~ h . . h' h in c. ,ecc. p. :z.. rends t e contrary opm:on :_ w lC ~nay §.Jo. Q.uis ju- be confirmed,not by that rca!on preetfely ftiusin~uat3r- that he bnngs, but by this which is more l!la·, Se1re ne- urgent : Becaufe he that doubts conrem· f..a sA. Jr. qu~t{i. p1 a u·v e 1y ,oug ht b y h'l S acau.·v e J·U dg ment to qr~od.l. ,, See chu[e the fafer part : Apd it is the fafer an example of part to abfl:ein from war. The EJ!ens are thofe th~t fol: commended ' for [ wear'mo, amono other J~wcd. th 5 15 oapfl• thinos That thev would ~ever do ~ny one llJon m c - ;:, ' 1 . d d naburgenfts. harm , no not if they were com man e : And their Imitators the Tythag-oreans, '"(AI' ~p•,t-ru who as Jamblicm te!lifies,abHeined from 19 re,ue91'fll1 o war, adding this for the rea[on, h_ecau(e.tt n''ll.•fA~.]atnb· is fa blocdy. Nor is it any material obJe• etion,that on the other fide there IS dan· · gcr The fecot~d Part. ger of inobedience. For , when Both are uncertain ( for if the vvar is unjull, then in avoiding thereof is no inobedience ) that is faulcle~s, wh~ch of the two is ~efs. Baltbu "· CM(. Now, inobed1ence, m fuch matters, IS of 38S'. Sotsu de its own nature lefs evil! than homicide Det. /icr.meml~ and £laughter, efpecially of many Inno- !dq. s. i'flrtfp. cents. The Ancients tell how Jv!Jrcury , v;a: de j11re being accus'd for killing t!Argm at the bet1.11. "1· command of ]Hpiter, defended himfelf, - and yet the Gods durfl not abfolve him t. t Nee Pothi4 Nor is it of great rwm weioht which Come Prolo~:ri fatellir~m ~:mialis, cum ~i~: . o ' Antom tamen eft ptjor, quam cau(a Potbnn; brmg on the cen~ Hie facimu domino pr~tflitie ifle jfli. trary; That it will ' cometopafs,ifthat be admitted, that the Commonwealth will be oft undone; becauie it is not expedient ( for the mofl: part) the rca!ons of Cot:nfells {hou1d be publiihed and made known to the people. For , grant t"his to be tme concerning the Juafory caufes of war, it is not true of the juftifick; which mull be clear and evident, and therefore fuch as may and ought co be openly declaredt · t Tertull. C~tterumfu[pella ltx t{l,~u~~ 1riAnd thus do fome bari {t no» vult:improba autta,fi no1r probAtA learned men inter~ domintwr.t\chilles :~pud P3pinium lllyffi: that in qenejis 14. -~tef?a~tUlfntiprimordiab~lli,, , h . r r l Ede: l1bet ,vaa& bmc {Iemere JI'OlJnU4 1rttJ. J 4· to t lS 1en1e, t "la t Apud eundem Thefeus: .Abrahams fervants, Ite Ala em, tant~tq; prccor cDnfidite cau[4t~ before the battell , Propert, dixeut. were fully inllrueted Fr•nti~ e'9: attollit vim in ~ilitt cau[a: . b h' · ~u~t nift JU{lA [M6tfl,excuw arma pudor. Y 1m concermng Cui par illud p1negyriftz : T antum inter f'tma bon• conf cimti• jibi vind1cat , ut Jam c~tptrit non virtutu IIJ/If.li quam integritati& ,P 11ifloria~ H h 3 the |