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Show j ~~.·~•-P.tut · · ufed that ~11 obfcurities may b~ clea.red, The. ,Jhore are Kings. to. etnbra~e •lt; ErA:, for Confcience , fake', arid then for their Credi~ fake and R._eputat'ion, upon which depends the .Au~hority of their govern· , nit!rU~ '--Wherefore, .let dhem be atfuted, thau fuch as inflill into them the art.S•gf deceiving, do that very thing whic)l,they teach.! That dod:rin ctnnot long be· profitable:, whtch maketh man in(ociabte. wi~h man··· add a\fo, odious to God. Next, .t~ the· ,;_,hole adminifiration of War, ~he · mind ca.nnot .be kept ferene ,and conh~ent in God, unlefs it a\w:~.ys make a p~6l p.~a Sallu~. Or1t. toward Peace: Foritis roofl truly \aid~ tld ~~~[. Sa.lluft : Wife men rnak! war , t~ obtetp · ·"' · ~ •• 1 P~ace,.".Wherewith agrees that lemence Augr;~!" · tpz/1. of S. Au'l,u/l.in: Peace u not fought,thar tuJ B~liJ{AC. ..b j• • 'd I. rxT · d · wAr m117 e exer.cu. ; PUt rrar u rwtge , · Arift; 1. pol,2., that • Peace m.f.y b·e acquir' d. efiriffot/e eo 14. himCelf more thanonce,,accofes t~e N:l· tions ~ chat pr~pofcd to them\elves a&io~s .,-f .:1:,_. • ' ' of War , as their ulrimare end. Force IS a thina that belongs to wild beafts: and this', i~ War, is moll eminen~: the mo~e r diligent care muft be ' us· d , to te~p~r}t wicn·humanity, lell by ·coo neer Hl)ttl· t The Embaf .. cion 'of thofe bealls ·, we forget that we fadors of Jufti- are men , and lofe the.fofmefs of our na· n!an in Proco- ture t· If then a fafe Peace may be had' pius(Ptrfft,J..) · · :addrefs their • d {( here fpcech ro Chofroes after this ma~Aer: D1 we not ce yo~ we with our own eyes , and pronounce thefe words in your .,gib~~Ju fb uld never haye believed that Chofroes the fon of d w~uld bring his army ,and enter forc;i~ly ~nto the Rom:m !:~a~ ontr2ry to his O:uh; the .6n:neft·bond of Truth among men · contrary to his Lc:a~ue, 'hd 'oAlJ hope left to thofc rbat :are ~f~ Bitted wi~}_l_wa.r :. For what is this, but ro change the Hfr.: of men jnto thel1fe pt Wild beafts. Take away League$, there wil b eternal Wus.,And Wars without end have this cff'eet, to put men betide Jhemfelves,and deveft rhem of thei r.naturc. it is well w9rch the forgivenefs ofi7tjuries, and lo!fes : ~ndcharges: efpccially among Chrifiians., to whom their MaHer hath bcque~th'd his Peace. Who\·e belt Inter_. Rom. u . 11. precer will ha vc: us,as far ·as is poffible,au.d as much as in us lyech , ltvc peaceably with all men. It is the pro percy Qf a gPod man, as w,e read i-n Sall~tft, tv begin ·wan ·l with an unwilling mind, a,nd to proledm; it no farther than he needs mull. This ono conlideration rna y be enough , but for tlte moll pa~t aHo mens Imerell and procarryes them to this end : firfi them ; are inferiour in firength;becaufe.J-ong with one more .mighty is full ofdan- ; And , :as on lhipboard , a greater icy is to be redeemed With fome Jofs;. ng dfanger and hope,de<;eicful coun' as Livy rightly call'd them. This is thusexpreil: by A rljfotle: Better · io ,- to yti'.ld fame of our g.oods to tho[~ are rr~ore pote~t, than to contend with, and lofe alL*. And ·as to the tnl re "Philo de con· Peace is for their Interelt too : fiitur:one ufe: whi le their affairs are profperous princi~is:Pax, b . d L . . t l . q11am1.m cum e n?w-cne zvy iaitu no ets tru- m11gno detri-ce IS honorable to thofe that give ~baw,btllo uri· better and fa fer than · ~he vittory leor. • for. For the Common Chance~ of CMommums 'U u 2 Vvar ars. |
