VEtts.r. AnExpo[itio11, with Not'll ~---~~----~~----~~~~~~~=··£~-==-~-~·<=·~--~· ~·~-~=z~•wnm~~· ~xa~. are forbidden td rejiJ1, mufi.be underfroodof.the:.r(!bliations,of private revenge~ And fo that of Rom•. I 2, zo; li; lZ. vfvenge not yourfelves, @'c. The Magifirates vcngeanc~ is Gods vengeance, he is aperfon authorized by the Lord; therefore is it forbidden toa ·pd•Jate nlJn~ he~ is not Gods "Minifier,. .to acvenge them that dQ ·ill,&c. :1. If there were fomething in the~etter againfi it, it were to be modified by fome commodious Imerprera:tioli ~ rather then Commonwealths lhould be deprived of fuch a necdfary fupport ~ If the aveyding bf aperfon~Zl inconvcnitnce (as one argueth well) bath by allmen been atcou11ted a fufficient r eafon to e~pound lite– r.:! Scriptu1'eS tdajpi11it11t~tlfence," M th?fe ofcuttingoff the right " arm, and the right eye; th'Cn qr~eftitmlefs. the letter of fuch Scrij– tures· mufo be made receptive of othtr Jignification; lefi humane k ~·ibtM pro- Societies lhould be de!l:royed, and difarmed of fo necdfary defence, piium ~ipcndi-. and the worM he turned into one Univer!'al Rout and Confufion • 1 b'm fi' fftr.m ~c- for Religion is reafoli1able :md innocent, anQ. would efiabliili no fuch .ere pr.tccpu , . .. . . . , militarc miquo ~nconven1enc1es to m~nkmd. ~· Th~re ~eemeth to be fomewhat non pr.ohib:uit. 1n che letter ofthe Scnpture for 1t; V'V ars mtheOldTdlament are Aug, Epift, 5. approved and commanded by God : In tke"Apocalips there is a ad MaErall 1 z. .. manifcfi ~pprobation,ifnot excitation,of the p.€ople of God in their nam. t a Ibl W . n A . h ·n B fid h h fi I . 1 ru rz jttfta b·Fl~ a.rs agatou nttc nu. e 1 es, t ~t t ey are not 1~1p yun aw- {1&/cipl pojJent ful,1t may be-pleaded, k That John bemg asked concernmg the druty n[Jwuic~·:t. iis of Souldiers,infhucterh them,but doth not deny their Calling, Lu~ · ar.ma abprue 3· 14. And again, 'Pettr baptizerhCorndim withoat requiring ;;~~:':::. ~~(~: ~i~ to gtve 0v~~ his military Employment, Actno. ~c cm~~irmed Comr 2 • Fau- m lt when relrgtous, Verf. 2. he f.ertt to Peter, >a-1t(<)TI!V cWb's#'it, fiLlm, li b, 2.1, a dtvout Souldier of thtm that V.Jaited. on himeontinua'fly: So cap 74· . Cbrifr commendeth theO~murion, without difallowing his office: d~~::c.~n~:~{ So Pau_l ufedaband ?fSouldiers.againH the treachery·of the Jews: fit:H brubam, All wh1ch Infiances yteld probable Arguments. 4• It may~e p~oc!i- mos gq.1 ti. vcd lawful by lU.ch Rea.fcms at:Jd Confequences-as clo ·well ft.ut wtth bus>&~orit na · the Analogy .;;l Faith, and the intent of the Scripture. ChrifiJcame wra 1PJa .Pr.e. not to defiroy Communities~ NowWar is the folemn J.nfirument [m:> fil u! ortv fJ fi" h fr . f .. d bl' . f! 1 . h f1 110~ [ct~pcr-z,i~r, o u 1ce, 't ~ re .r~H~t· o . v1ce an . pu , tque 1010 enc1es; t e · up~ qli~.Cl:~eque ,.pt por~ ofaBody ~olmck ~gan•fi forretgn Invafions and domefhck Re– f vlja;t, 11 ca1· bdllons: I Twere agafnfi: the I.ntereft !:if aij Government to deny ~~re, a t ~· them t·his Power,to-refi fl: and withfrand the infokn~its of Forr~ign~:: 'r;~p;;;:. ers,or the mutinies?f S~bjects; t~ey_il~e higherP?wcrs, ordai~ed rmt. Cic.Orat.fqr God to rejift ctVtl·, Rorrh! 3~· tnat 13) for thepamfl1ment'ofv1ce, pro mitone. . which
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