A01974:1661
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the…Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the…
Gods three arrows plague, famine, sword, in three treatises. I. A plaster for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friars, London.Gods three arrovves plague, famine, svvord, in three treatises. I. A plaister for the plague. II. Dearths death. III. The Churches conquest over the sword. By William Gouge Doctor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word in Black-Friers, London.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 90. Of Christians backwardness to war.
§. 90. Of Christians backwardnesse to warre.
III. Christians ought to be very backward to war. The evils thereof are ordinarily so many, as they should make a Christian try all other fair means for retaining or recovering his own, and for preventing or redressing wrongs, then by war to seek the accomplishing of his desire. Christians should be affected to war as the Apostle would have them to law, 1 Cor. 6. 1, &c. They ought not to use it but in the last place, after all other good means have been used, as a desperate remedy, when no other remedy will serve the turn. Urgent necessity should force Christians to war. The evil effects of war cannot but be ⟨p. 351⟩very grievous to a true Christian soul. How then may he be forward to that which causeth such evil effects? See the caution even for just wars, before given in the latter end of §. 18.
III. CHristians ought to be very backward to warre. The evils thereof are ordinarily so many, as they should make a Christian trie all other faire meanes for retaining or recovering his owne, and for preventing or redressing wrongs, then by warre to seeke the accomplishing of his desire. Christians should be affected to warre as the Apostle would have them to law, 1 Cor. 6. 1, &c. They ought not to use it but in the last place, after all other good meanes have beene used, as a desperate remedy, when no other remedy will serve the turne. Vrgent necessity should force Christians to warre. The evill effects of warre cannot but be