69 QueLtions and Aníwers lì. Cóli.rrranl !Ánfw. No, onely they haue lawfully fliedmans blond y. which haue had a calling of the Lorde to the f ame,as the Maóiflrate, Qcfl Andmha fa. yatso the rartour? Anfw. Wee muff comprehend him vnder the Lytle ofamagifirate, for fo indeede Lakes; he is ,if he bee thereunto appoynted. The calling alto lohn Bapt f -ap prooucrh in th t hisfpeachuntothcSoldiours, vl+ hornh 'edoothnotbidtoleavethatdit`ec, but to vi r rightly which yet he would not haue aduifed them,ifit had been3vtrgodly Alf() in the Mattis g. GofpolbChriff touchethnot the Cemctrion for his kindoof life,ne2Her,perrr Cornelltu,. Ads. 19. who was a Captaine,or yet his mef enger,which was a Souldiet. And !comevntvehee ( faith 5aásid) in thename ofthe Lord;ßná bided bee the Lorde which teacheth my hander Pfalm.i43. towarrcandmyfingers I'd fight. 4Rittff lsonlyt hëee5hall killing of man fork d!en? Anfw. -No, butcuenafwel alto the ordinary forerunners ofmurther, to wit, figh- ting andquarelling .For,ifamancaufeanyb'vm leinhitneighbour, (.faieth the lawc) .0 he haWadsne,fofhalla bee done vnte him. Eyefor ere, toothfortooth,handforhand_foote for foote,br+rningfsrburiaing,weund for'soound,, tr:pefirfkipe. Whetchy,we fee plai ,ely how the God of heauen alloweth that hurting and laming of our brethren in .fk ghe L0i,.24. r9. v<'hieb a flclhlie map taketh to bee fo lawfìtll,fo glorious,and an argument offuch va- Exo. 21.24 lure in him. And no doubt but this Lawe ot God thus executed vponvs woulde 15, quickely coole that raginbheate within vs,which no cöunfel l of our friendes,no coi fideration ofneceflarie circumfiances,as of our calling, the place where wefiueathe charge of VIlife,Children,andfuch like hanging upon our fafetie, thelaw.e of man,no nor the law e of GOD it felfe condemning vs tor it,c an'flay or aflwage A gaine,Reff Matbf39 Vor cui/I ,(faith the Lord) hut whofocuerJhallfMi te thee on the right n&eke tame tohim the otheralfoï That is bee fofarte fromyei 'dingrotherageoochy l eIlions,- whìcla provoke thee to (hike againe , that even rather bee thou content to take as much more,than to difpleafe thy GOD, by vogodly and forbidden reucnge. And for qua - telhng what a fwtet and vehement perfwafon is it of the Apofl]ragamfl fuck bitter w_ordes ofa bapling and boy fl Brous heart ? N w therefore (faith he)'ai the elekk of God, Çoloß3.13 holy and belotied,put on tender mereie and kpdnes,humblenes of mind,Mpekene Along Mil-- ring forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man haue a quc.rell to another, creep as Chr :ff forgaut you ,euen fo dooye. Hateful) therefore before God are as I lay, the ordinarie forerunners of murder ,quarelling and fighting with their fellowes what - foeuer. Andiffuredlie if the Lotde.were in vs , as we thmke bee is,thatmecke fpirit ofhis would kill more andmore that fearetull haflineffe toreuenge,thatts tutu in all, and we w ould learnt ofhim, for he is mer ke and lowlic in heart. ucll. what thinkke), suof killing by combat? Anfw. I mull needes thinke that the pradtife in a Chriflian commonwealth beeing naught and vulaufull, the death that thereby infues,is horrible murther , and con- Mara 1.20, demned in this commandement. Now , that to fight a combat in a godly flare is not tollerable,it mayeafilie appeare if you weigh the caules for which it is at anytimeta -. ken in hand. For it they be not (as it will appeare) tuff cient to warrant it, then is it notwarrantaltle. The firft caufe that is alleadgedfor it, is to trie a truth, which other- wife cannot bekoowne fay they. )#ut it may be anfwercd that the end good,doth not by andby make the meanes good : to trie out a trueth is good,but to trie it with the hazard of life, is more than can be warranted. There are many lawful) meanes to findc out trueth by,and if all thofefaile,then is it- euident that the Lord for fome cáule referueth it to himfelfe foraferret : and to feeke iinportunatelie and impatiently by extraordinarie meanes (as a combate) to finde it out is to temptthe Lorde, and euen as itwereby violence to drawefrom him the ma. nifeflationofthat which as yet he would not haue reueiled. Secondly, the one partie is innocent, yet either of them defircth the death of the. . other indifferently fo that murtber is in the heart ofboth of them, which amongíl Chriflians should not bee.countenaunced. Sometimes the Combat is craned for vain oflentation of courage, and flrcngth, many a Thrafo thinking hís glory to flande iii the
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