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Sermonz..
a_nd
FAsT
1
Nu.
vedthis.
Fafly;may
(ometimes: and
thenf4Ji'in$,
lookeyou fall not into
bypo-
iji
And as in that fo mrh1s: Goeyemay,fomwmes : Only, Whenyegoe fee
~~;~aine
fromftnne,
;nd then
~oe
and fpare nor.
0
ut ofwhich match ofrhefe r;,.,o,
F
aft.;
and warrc, we
may
uf~J1•g_her.
,
.
.
' It
is
no telfe ufuall with the
Prophets
,to fay
Sanc7ijicatepnel1um(
a~
Joe{
3.
)thln to
fa
Sanc1ijicabo jejuniutn. (Ioel_z:)Sanc1tfie
a
rvar
,as well as a
faft.And
m
another
,c~
...
ro
1I 1.9 : :
r,
Y'
te
mamt•
veftrtU hodie Do111mo,
confecrate your hands,tlus day unto the
L
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W~ieh
fl
1
eweth,
war
IS not
10
lccu ar a matter, ut t aF it at 1 ot 1 ·
!S
aw; u
ne/J e
·
d
hisbolinejfe:
and that the very
hands.may
be
famdor hallowed, by
fighnng f01ne ,
,; ,.
~n
ttels And therefOt'e,in
theca/enderofsaints,
we
have ngrninated, not
Abel,En•ch,
i.
,
a~d ~ea!
one, men of peace and devotion, who fpent theirrime in prayer·and fer-
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1
;
.
viceofG
0
o:
Bu.t
Gtdeon, Iepbe, Samfon,
wonhies and
m~n.ofw~r,
wJ1o(fairh the
,j{po.ftle) thr011ghfaith were
valia~ti~
battel{,
4ndthrough f,aitb put toflight the armies-
Vcric
p.34:
~r
Aliens. wam
therefore harh h1s t1meand
commijlrm
from Go
o.
Secondly,
I
adde that this kind ofwar; Not only
~e(enftve
war,but uffenjive
too;
bath his
wpen.
And that, out ofthis very
Text:whteh
IS (If
wemarke well)not when
they
c~me
forth
~airi!l:
thce
1
but
wbenthoNgoeftforthagainfl tbem;nwi<f!a•:?·m([:;.y
the
i
seventy)
to
invadt,or anmy
them. Both rhefe .have their time: fhefouiler to
main<
taine8urright:
thelatrer,
toavengeo!'r wrong.
Byboththefewaycs, doth GoD
fend His people forth: Both have warrant.
·, Before
Mofes: AbrahA..m:s
warre; to
G<n r 4
r
4 :
·
refcueLot his ally, was
De(e'!five
and
Lawful!: Iacob's
w.a(re, to win from
~he
Amo-
Gen 48 ..,,
rite
by
hisfword
and
bow, Of{erift"!e
and
Law[l'll
too.. Vnder
Mo(is
.,
Theiwar agaib.!l:
E d
8
Arnalek,who
cameOI.tt again(t them:
and
tht:warre agairi!l:'<.Madian, agfin!l: who'm'
N'u:,.;~
.•."
they
wentfort b,
to
wreaketbemfelvesfBr tbejin11e of Peor;
both la\vfitll. After
Mo-
fes;
King
DAvid,
in the
ba~tell
of
Pa{-dawtmm
kee.pmg
~heenem1~
from.
t~en
gqtes; ,
Ch•a. "·' !·
In the battell of
G
tth,
feekmg the enem1e at h1s owne
!i'at~s,
and glVIng.lum battell· •
Chtan.•a.•.
in
his
owneterritory.
And thiS; as good
,Lpw: Co Jigredere,& eompelle eoitntrare;
Luke , 4 'l·
Gge forth, and eompe!lthem to come in,
is
good
Gojpc!Jroo.
So thaq warre, and this
kinde ofwarre bath hiscommillion.
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Thirdly :And to frrengthen the hands ofour men ofwariYet funher.As
war,
and
Togoeforth to war;
Again.fr our enemies,any enemies, whether forren foes, or rebel.
Jious
Cub
jeers:
So;ofall enemies,again!l: the lanerfolgain!l:-them
togaforth,hath
ever
beene counted mofi jufiand lawfull.Many
Commifions
are upon record in the law,of
journeyes in this kind. Again!l:the tribe of
Rwbe,.
,
for erecting them
an Altar
,bdide.
Iaf.>•.,
i:
that
ofMo(ts:
And,rhar haveth1:fe ofours done too. Again!l: the tribe of
Benjamin,
Iud~
.. io .•:
for a barbarous,andbruti01 outrage committed at
Gibea:
And, that,have thefe too;
And not one,bur many.Againll:
Seba,for
blowing
:i
rn,unpet and crying,f\'
opart have
•
sam.>o. '· ;
wem
David,no inheritance in thefon of Ifai :
And, fo far hath tl-ieir madneile procee-
ded. And the
GofPell
is nor behind neither. Againll: them that fend word,N
olt~mm
bunt
Luke
•9·•4·•1,
regnare[uper nos,producite
&
occldite
(faith our
Savio11r
CH
R
r s
T
Himfelfe.) In ef-
~eCl:,thefe
fay
a~
much as
NolumH<
:andas much may be faid and done to them. Nay,
1fonce he fay,no
part inDavid;ifhe
were
Abfalom,or Adoniah
(ofthebloud royall)he
1
King.•·•i,; ·
hatbjjokentbat wordagainft bu owne life;
Much m<>re,tfbut fuch
a
one as
Seba
the,fon
of
Btchn.And
yer,even he was nothing fo deepe
as
this. For,neither had King
David
vouchfafed him'any favour,any time b:fore;neither offered him peace, or ro receive
h•m to grace,after he had
lift up hi; heele
again!t him. But here,here have been divers
Pr!~cely
favours vouchfafed,and moll: unkindly rejected: meanes of Clcmencie ma-
ny
~lmes
moll: gracioufiy offered, and moll: ung1'acioufiy refufed: yea, faith fallified,
~nU
expectation deluded;
con~empt ~pon
comem_pr heaped up, th:ir th.e meafure_ is
u • Thefe then are the enern1es agamll:, and, Th1s the time
when.
When; not only
~~tay,
but mull:, and that, not with Go
o's
leave only . but with
His
liking and
u ficom,.m•ffion,
Goe forth
in this caufe. Sothar· warre
is
l~wfull:
and this kiride;
to
ghoe
/'
1
:
a_ndagain!l: thcfe enemies, mollJ'uil
a~d
rrtofi lawful!, At this time againll:
t e.eenem
· ·
·
ii
.
j-
•es,1t
~~a
warre fanctified, they
ih~ll i:onfecr.at~
their hands,
they lball
pu.
an
pr.e
14
D01n1m,
that fight againftthctn. So much for the
Commifion.
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