CHAP. 3.2. LeiCommetstarie vpen the 574 !or iniurie,from Church or common wealth , whatfoeuer the Manichces Auguf.co.tra ¡ haue. doated todie contrarie, p who condemnedMofes himlelfe becaufe l:b.a.ca Pe.Man"h' he wasa manofwarre and.fhed muchblood , or the Anaba tifiñof our +.;. dayes: for if it had beetle altogether vnlawfull,Iohu Baptiii would bane Lnk.3.14. aduifed the foldiers rather tohaue giuen ouer their calling , and taken 3 r no wages at all,chen tohaue beenecontent with their wages. 3. Private amen may feeke the faceof the Ruler, to preuent , or red:effe an iniurie, and thuscontend in iudgment,which is no finne vnleffe it be for trifles, Aft.Erao, ; or ofreuenge : foPaul appealed to Celar, and helped himf'elfe by the 4 benefit of law. q.It is lawfull for euery Chriftian in dcfeél of the Mat- giflrats aid, in the lawfull defenceofthemfelues, hues , and goods to become Magifirats vnco themfelues;inwhich cafe they may without fin both flrike and flay,lo as delire ofreuenge,and intent ofbloodfhedding $ beabfent. 5.Neicher is domeflicall difciplineexcluded by thisprecept, whereby fathers and matters may,if the fault require put on feuerity in their iull corre6+ionsof their feruancs and children. But the finne here condemned is, when men fuller their lulls fo farce A C1 rifian tofway,as they notonly notfollow the things which make to Chriftian common maynor be n: bar. peace,but are enemies vnco concord andbrotherly lone :men offuch vi- rater. oient affections as are ready not only to returne iniury with iniury, but I with feauenty fold reuenge: right Lamechs, and rough Ifmaels, whole hand is again(+ euery man;men ofaword anda blow,fitter for thecamp then the congregation of Chriflian men. Nowwhat an hateful thing is it that a Chritlian fhould be endited at the Lords barrefor a commonbarrater, and quarreller ? How vnlike rTh01T5.33. ¡ 4houldhe be to God , who is a God ofpeace and louech peace, and the tonnes of peace? how farce fromhaving any part in the merit of Chrili, jwho bath dearly by his precious blood bought the reconcilement ofall things ? how vnanfwerable wete it vnco this profeflion of Chriflianity, whichcannot become a kingdome deuided againfi it felfe? how preiu- diciall toChriftian duties, both interrupting prayers, and withftanding theacceptationofthem when the gift is brought without a reconcilia- ble mind ?HowBoth this courfe inCains wayviolence all bonds both of nature andofgrace? figning a man tobeoutof the commiffion , out of thenaturali fraternirie in thefirfi Adam , and much more out of,the fpirituall in the fecond: yea arguing fuch Peircemen to be rather of the ferpents and crocodiles feed, between which and manGod bathput an I enmity, thenofinen,feeing theyhaueput off all refpeét of creation, of Pretencesa- adoption,offleth,andof faith. gainO this do, I But becaufemany thinke they haue fome reafon,toTooke bigge and w` cattle refoluce f.3omackes, and high (picks in their breafls and asbigge words
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