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Show Cap. 6. XXXV I. About acquifition of thin as taken ·m war. what is the L~w ll of N•ture : what , of Nat ions. BE~de the impunity. of fome ads a. ga1hfi r_ne111. ~ of whtch we have lpo. ~eti, there 1s alio anothet eftect in folcmn War, properly arifing out of the Law of ~ationsJ And truly by the law of N~.. ·. ~.~t-el· in a jufl W~r, t~ofe things are ac· . t qt,linl to us , w h1ch euher are equal to that , which being dl,le unto us we. can• ~; ilot othcrwi[e obtain J Qr altO, which do :lnftt. damage to the guilty part, within fit ·:.. - .. meaiure of punHhmenc:,as hath been laid .. ~·rood to aboYe. By this right eAhrahllm ' of the hisTc:rv~ncs 7 fpoyles he had taken from the five Kings, andfart~ft~cga'!~the Tithe toG~*, as ,~~he Divill( fpoy to~11 Wttte't·to the Hehreri?s ellplains the Hi· compantons. 11 . • · ~ide Jo(tpbu111 nory extant 1.n qenefis. Afcer the fame "' htt' hiflori•. tnanner, .the Gree.k.,.t. too , the CArt h~glni• Hcbr. 7· 4· d?zs, ~nd Romans, c;cmfecrate'd the Tenth Gco. 1 4· of tM fpoyle to their Gods, as to .Apollo, Gen. 4&, u. Herculu, JHpiter. Feretrim. And ]d&a~ * ~e Chat. b~queathin~ a J:,ega<::Y. to Jo[eph abovt ~e tmerprcu hts brethren faith Moreover I give tl at done by ~ ' · Prayers to thee om portton ahove thjbrethrtn,wht:h God, who by a I too'k_ oHt of the ha11d of the ~11Jortte fin,t.dar &- with "'1 fliord,and-withmy how. In which 'Y<!"r prefcrved place,., I took._, feemeth by a Prophcdck ~Sich.acamd fho.r Ja- wayo f rt.p ea k'f ng,tomean, 1 'WI·~1'1· CIYt~ti.~i•i •tJ. toitcritt. t~k.!; and hc:re is attribuce<i to ]11coUnat . which • ,hich hls poRcrity called by his name thould do afterward; a$ if the perf on of the progenitor and. his children were tht fame. For , this is righter , than with the Hehrew.r to dtaw thcfe words to that fpoyle of the Si~hemites , which "' made before by the fons of JA• · tfi : S~hich being joyned with ,perfidi .. Gen. N··JO.' oufnets was con4emrted by the piety of 4'• f. · · Jie~.as we may f.~~ in the Story .. Now, · that the right of ta~!n~ fp9yle w~l'~ ·~p· · ·} · proved· of, God , wtthm thofe natural bounds whicb I have menciond, i5 mani• ·. fcft.alfo in other places. God in his Law Dcut. t.o. r•; i~ing of a City conquerd atter the re- !Ufd of peace , faith thus : eA //the fpoil thtre•f Jhalt thou tal{! unto thy fe/f,,anJ. t'- (halt eA.t the {poi/ •f thine .. ene~Jes, 11/Htb the Lord thy God hath given :Wee. ~. R~uhenites, Gadites, and part of the M~ttJ!itt.r at'e fai~ to ~~ve conquerd the Jr,;~,,,, ~rid the1r ndghbours , and to ' have taken from them much fpoil, this na~~ bei?g adde~ ; becaufe they called 1• Par. f / t.o, upon·God m t~e war, and CSod had heard a1, il. ~ gracioufiy : As alfo that pious King ~. Par.r+ IJ. &J4f.r~ is faid , ~ter prayer to God,to have gotten .both viC\:ory and fpoil of the E-rhitp;.,,, that provoked him by unjuft 'WII: which is the more to. be obferved , heca.ufe thofe arms were taken , nofby fpecsal mandate , hut by cotnmori rioht. .4M Jo[hlla encouraging the faid Re:be- ~~~1, fjA#litts» and Mttnll){ttts 1.faichj Be Jof. u. I. ' ' · ·~ . .'.,. Jll |