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Show i6o ,. ; ' ofWulnd ~e,~e War mull: be conG..dered. So, faith Ariftotle, We muft think}orp !1klny and hfm ~tnexpeflcd ~tlttr4tions do happen if! war, And in DiodorH,s,i'na tertairi Oration fot ·Peace , they are cenfur'd, wno glory in the greatno£s of their ~t.tlions, .u if it wm not Fortunes cuftom, to difpen[e her fa. vours, and (ur:cej[es, by turnes. And be- • fides, there is one thing more, which may be feared moil , the Boldnefs of defperare men, like unto the fierceG biting of dyino t .t.*~ppttimtn- beafis t. But , if both Parties feem r~ d_a'etJaml {lm•- themfelves equal, that indeed, in CttJm nLeenomtui 11 ' ' J•U dg ment, t·s t h e be 1n1 t1· me to treat of • peace, whilefl: they have Both {ome con· fi.dence in their own Hrength. And, when Peace is made,.on whatfoevcr terms, it is by all means to be preferved by reafon of that fan&imony of Faith aforefaid: and with all care muH: be avoided , not only ,perfidiou[ne[s, but alfo whateve! exafpe· rates the mind. For , what Cicero faid of · printe , you may apply as well to thefe publick friendfhi ps, As they are. all to be ma'mtained with exaCt fidelity and Reli· gion , [o thofe efpecially which after en· mities a1·e mad~ up again and refiored. qod G·.Od ( rPho alone can . do it) infcrib~ theft things in their hearts, who have the@...4jfairs of [hr~ftendom in their hands ; and grant them a· Mind intelligent ~f Vivine and Human Cf?..ight, and ever remembring that foe is eleEled by (jod to govern man, a creature moft dear unto t chryfuft. hz• m ,; 1 e: I f t • fmeromfy. ndae; E;.,l9e,,e._- "' n' mecn•- hsv' e•· .,.~ '''i· |