310 'DECA'D. I V. I All caufes ofpublike right are Gods:when we put to ourhond in Gods caufe,then A wemay look for his. In v3ine we hope for fuccdfe, 1fwe doe not ourutmo!l1 where. fore either warre mull be determined without fwords, orwith many: why fhonld all the h.ads of the Comm0n-wealth !land upon the neck nod fhoulders ofone champi. on~ If he mifcarry,itis injury to lofe her; ifhe prevail<, yet iris injury to hazard her: yet refpetlioo the parties themfelves, I cannot bur grant it neare!l ro equity, and the bell of comb~ts,that fome blood fhould be hazarded, that more might be our ofha· zard, I defcend to your cafe, which is further from likelihood or approofe; for what can you ple•d bur your credit ~ others opinion~ You light~ not fo much agaio!l anothers life, as your own~ reproach:you are wronged,and now 1fyou challenge not; or you are challenged,aod ifyou accept not,the world condemnes you for a coward: who would not rather hazard his life, then blemifl1 hiHeputation ~ It were well, if B this refoltnion were as wife as gallant. If! fpeake to aChrillian,this couragemull b< retlified. Tdl me, what world i$ thi,, whofe ceofureyou feare ~ Is it oat that which God bath branded long agoe with PojittH in m•ligm ~ Is it not that which hath ever mifcon!lrued, difcouraged,difgraced,perfecured goodndfc~ that which reproached, condemned your Saviour~ What doe you under thefe colours, ifyou regard the f:,. vour ofth•t,whofeamiry is enmity with God!What carr you forthe cenfure of him, whom you lhould both fcoroe and vanquifh~Did ever wile Chriniaos, did ever your Maller, allow either this Manhood, or this feare ~ Was there ever any thing niore !lritlly, more fearefully forbidden ofhim, then revenge in the chalknge ; then in the anfwer, paiment ofevil!; and murder in both! It is pity, that everrhe water ofB3p· tifme was fpilt upon his face, that cares more to difcontent the world, then to wrong c God:He faith,rengt~nce iJ mine;and you lleale it from him in aglorious thefr,hazarding your foule more then your body. You are weary of your fdfe, while you thrull one part upon the fword ofan enemy; the other, on Gods. Yet perh3ps I have yeelded too much.Letgoe Chrillians; Thewiferwmld ofmen (and \Vhoelfeare worth refped) will not palfe this odious verdict upon your refufall: valiant men have rejetled challenges,with their honours untainted. A•g•Jiu', when he received addiance, and brave appointment ofcombat from Ant•ny, could aofwer him, That if Ant'"J werewearyofliving, there were wayes enow bdides to death. And that Scythian King retll1'ned n6 other reply to I1bn the Emperour of co,JI•ntinople. And r.,.,",tmflus challenged by Stmriw, durll anfwer fcornfully, with his pen, not with his fword; That it was not for a Captaineto die a Souldiers dearh. !t was not dill10nourabl< for D thefe wife and noble Heathens to torne olfthefe defperate offers. What law hath ll;lade it fo with us!Sball I ferioully tell you~ Nothing but the meere opiniQn offome humorous Gallants, that have more bean then braine; confirmed by a more idlecullome: Worthy grounds, whereon to fpend both·life and fouk; wheredrt ro nrgletl God, hiiiifelfc, pollerity ! Goe now and take up that fword,ofwhofe fharpndlc you haveboalled, andha!lento the field; whether you die or kill, you have murdered. If you furvive, you are haunted with the confcienceofblood; if you die, with the torments; and ifneither ofthefe,yetit is murder, that you would have killed. See whether the fame ofa brave light canyedd you a countervaileable redrelfe of thefc mifchiefes: how,much more happily valiant had it beeoe to mallet your felfc, to feare finne more then fhame, to contemne the world, ro pardon wrong, to prefme true E Chrillianity boforeidle man-hood,ro live and to doe well~ ~~~~~A~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~J.~J.~tJ.~~ll~!~l~~J.J.~J.~~J.J.~~J.~:~~ ToM.MAT. MILWARD, E P. I I l. A diftMfo•fthe plea(ureofJl•dy •nd <Mt<mpl•tio»,with the •mietits •J fcbo. l.rlike imploymtnts, 111t without iJteiwionoflthtrs thtrtunt•; •nd • unf•r< if their ntgltfl. I Can wonder at oothing'more,theohow a man can be idle;but ofallother,a ScholJt; in fo many improvements ofreafon, in fuch fweetnelfe ofknowledge,in fuch variety oftludies, infuch importunity ofthoughts. Other Artizans doe bur pratlife,
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