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Show of W.er At~tl I' tAct *Herod in Jo the Jufiice of his arms *. Certainly , dcfe1phu3s tellsfi nuntiations, as we !hall ilievv hereafter t 1e cws a rer ' =anovenhrow were wont to be made openly , and the .inArabia:t aO" caule cxp~efi, that all mankind, as it willin& to ~ew were, mig\ lt examin and know the jufiice rou, hod JUft· of it. Prudence indeed is a vertue ( as it t;cl~ ~~~~ ~;r feemed to Ar.i.fl-otle ) proper to Goverbeing com· 'nori; but JuHice to man, as he is man. pel4 by the Now , in my judgment , that opinion of affro~ts of our Adrian is clearly to be followed, if the enom1es. For (, b . .n. I b . d b b . by ~he know- u J e ~I nor on y e 1fi ou t , ut ts jn-lcdge h~ reof, duc·d by probable Arguments, and indi· you will be ned rather to believe that the w:u is ungreatllh ftirred jufl; efpecially, if it be not defenfive, but ~Eurroco:~ge, offenfi~e. And fo It is probable, that ~he u£gid.K.cgiU4 dt Executtoner of a man condetpned, either tJCl.fupenl.di.fP. by his prefence at the Tryall , or by the 31. dl~b. f· n. confeffion of the party , ouoht fo far to if.B.mneJ 7..%.. d 11 d l f" h h o b rr 'd g. 4 o.art. 1 • un ernan ne ca e,r at e may e anm Molina trlltl. 1• he: hath deferved death t :which, in iome difp. 113. p'aces, is the cu!lome: and the Hcbrm t Wherefore Law* looks this way, when in the !la-the fer yams of · f J - _~ • ' · h Saul,more ho- nt.ng of1. one con(lemnc::u- . 1t reqUires t e neft than WltnC es to go before the people. Doeg,would hodlay the Prielh of Nob, their pufe rein~ unheard,, Sam. &\• 17. And Ahabs third C:aprain of fifty would not hurt Elij~b, ,_Reg. I. I 3· An~ fome Executioners, convened to Chrift, af· serward uf(d nOf this office, as unfafe. Vide M.trty ·ol. & Bed118 l. 1. e. 7• * Dcur. 17. · cxxxvn. C X XXV I I. Such are to be dif·· pmfea with, upQ.n parment of e).:traordinarJ Tribuu. M <?reover , if the ~n~es of the Sub- silv. in 'Vtr~. . Je~h cannot be fatistyed by Decla- IJtll~m. P· •71 • ·ratm· n o f t h€ cau fce ,t· t wt· 11 certa·m Iy be t h e 7 • '"'a fin. office of a good Magiflrat , rather to im ... poie upon them doubLe C ontrtbution,than military fervice;efpecially when there art not wanting enow Vobmtiers to fcrvtt. Whofe will , not only good, but evil too, a jufi I(ing may uf~, as God doth ufc the ready fervic~ of the Devil and wicked men :and as he is without fault, who be-ing in n-:~d of money takes it up at hard rates from an oppreffing ururer. y ca fur-ther , if there can be no doubt made about the CauCe of the war , never-thelefsit feemeth to be much againlt equi-ty , that Chrifliam aga infl th~ir wills f.bou\d be compeli'd and preft Souldiers 1 feeing, to abflein from war, even when it is \awfull to wage it, is a point of greater fanCl:ity ; which, was exacted both of Clergy-men and Penitents , and to all othe-r perfom many wayes commended. ?ti~e~ to (et[us objecting againll the C~r1fha~s,that they declined war,flupes · thiS Ant we:~; f T11 Infidels, who wDuld Orittrt. cont. have Hl £0 to Wtlr for the ·Cominonwea;lth , Ctlfi~m. of11a kjtJ lnen, #e will tuzfwer thPis , They that art Ptiifh of yoiir idols , and Fla- · mens |
