·4 2 4 Vs R s.I. . An E~pojitioiJ, -,.,itb.N.o.te~ r CHAP·4· , - ~ ' "' .. particular ~eafons, you fin. ' 2. ~~en tb~re i.s no goo.d ·Authority to warrant 1r, the Power of the ClVll Sword IS commtttcd to Ma– gifiracy, though for the peoples good : •fis not for every one that is · ·difcontented with the prefe.nt Government, to take up Arms at pleafure ; that layeth a ground of all diforder and confuGon. But now what ~ut?ority is necdf~ry; may b~ ~athered. fr?m the parti. cular Confhtutton of every Kmgdom: dtfimtl Soctettes have their di.fiintl Forms and Adminifirations ; in mol\ the Supream Power doth not conGO: in one, but more perfons. 3· When there is not a ri~ht end in thofe that raife the War~, a~d in all that ingage in it, wh1ch mufi be not only the glory of God mthe general, but thofe particular civil and righteous ends which are proper to War, as the jufi defence of the Community,or the punilhment of fuch enormous Tber 0 . offences as cannot. mherways be redrdfed: In lhor_t, ~he ~nd of all Al 6 { · .~ ef. 1 e War i11ould be a nghteous Peace ; o not to enlarge Terrttortes.to rext~nw.cr wJs · . ' called Toti bY• venge affronts, to weaken:!. growmg Power; not to feed adefire of bi& Pr.£do, rhe gain, not to give vent to pride by a difcovery of our force and puif– publique Rob- fance,not to roil the waters that we may fi{h the better.not towork b~r_ fJ lhe publique changes 8;linnovations for the accomplilhing of fuch things wo, • as·our covetoufnefs and ambition deGreth; not for honour pay, but in obedi.ence to the higher Powersb and a fenfe of the common good. · ' 4- When 'tis pot managed in a righteous way, as with cruelty and oppreffion: Before Engagement there lhould be treating, ~eut. 2.0.1 o. They were firO: to.proclaim Peace : So z Sam. zo.I8. The] {ha{/ ask..at vtbell, a-;Jdfo tJ)ak$ anend. We lhould not run upon one another,like beafis,not fraying for any capitulations:In the battel you mull (hed as little blood as poffibly may be ; after the battel you lhould take nothing from the vanquilhed, but the power of hurting : Briefly, nothing lhould be done, but what fuiteth with tke jufl: ends of the War, nothing that violateth the Law of Nature or Nations. 'Many things might be fpoken to this purpofe, but I would not dwell upon.the Difcourfe.; one fcruple I fhall but touch upon, aRd . that is, l'Vhether Religion be to be defended 'With Arm!, .or r;o ? I an[wer : Spiritual things are befi defended with fpiritual weapons-; ChriHs warfare is not carnal: but yet fometimes tbe outward ex– erc.ifes of Religion and Wodbip may be efiablilhed and fec:ured by Laws, and among·other Privil~dges and Rights tfie liberty of pure Wodhip may be one, which if it be invaded by violence, may be · · · . ·- · defended
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