CHAP.2.r 5 . v1Corsamentarie vpon the 546 for euenChrifl himfelfe having a blow on one checke turned not the o. ther : but was readier and would haue done it before hewould haue re- turned the wrong as he might. Latily, Chrit+ians may not reuenge. But reuenge is twofold;either lawfull,or vnlawfull. This latter is private re- uenge done by a mans felfe,or by the help oftheMa.gif+rate; whc a man feeketh to right his wrong with the hatred, andwreckinghimfelfe vp- on the perfon,or anyother finilier end;and chis mull be far from a Chri- flian. But there is apublike reuenge put in the hands of the Magifirate, (loath .a' who is the MinitierofGod to take vengeance on the culli doers ; and this hriatzevn ms- maybe prolecuted in a good manner,and for a goodende , without ha. i iMit' tred of the partyoffendin ea andexecuted according to the contlant The malice p y ñ+Y g m may forgi. orders and laws of thecountry agreeable toGodsword: and this execu- dsmago is re- Lion is nothingelfe but themanifeliation of Gods vengeance and righ- quired and re- teous fentence. couerca Vfe, 2. This doErine further meeteth with all chofe common flan- ' ders railed by Satan,and his inllruments,againft Chritl,& his kingdom, and ordinances, by which the dcuill bath mofi powerfully preuailed a- gain(+the Church in all ages :namely,by perfwading ciuill gouernours, that Chrifis kingdome is the greateti enemy to their flares and king- domes;and fuch an encroacher as will at length, vnlef a it be warily pre- uented ,pull downe their greatneffe. This imputation bath the father of lies euer laid before the eyes ofgreat ones,to alienate the minds of Prin- ces and people from the fame : for the euidence of which, how bath flee made it goe for currant , that whereas all errors are eafily tolerated and countenanced, onely true religion,and the profeffors ofit,haue been the eaufcsof all fibres and tumults? as though thedoarine and teachers of the Golpel ofpeaee,carried nothing elfe but fire and fwords where they goe. By what other meanes did Haman incenfe king Ahafhuerofh a- gainfl the Iewes,but by telling himof a difperfed people, dwelling a- part fromothers,haning laws (which yet wereGods own)different frb all other people: and they would notobey the kings laws,and therefore it was not for the kings profit to let them liue ? By what other meanes did the Chaldean courtiers, incenfe Nebuchadnezzar againli the three companions ofDaniel,butby intimating their contempt of him and his ed i Et ? Theft men haue not regarded thy commaundement nerwill[true thy gods, nor wsrfhip thy image which thouhall [et vp. By what other meanes did Rehum andShimlhai,and their companions,htnder the building of the temple, then bywriting unto Artathafi , that ifthe Iewes had once fortified thetalelues within walls,they would be rebellious as of old, & would payneither toll, tribute, nor cufiome; and that they wrote thus much, becaufe they would not fee the kings difhonour ? In the newTe- (lament, Het1.1.8. nan.3.I7. Ezr.{.13.
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