A Reply to his Chap. 67.
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CHAP. 64. A Reply to his Chap. 67.
Discusser.
IN the second place, I ask, what glory to God, what good to the souls and bodies of their Subjects, did these Princes bring, in persecuting?
IN the second place, I aske, what glory to God, what good to the soules and bodies of their Subjects, did these Princes bring, in persecuting?
Defender.
Persecution of Innocents never brought good to Princes, or Subjects, but accidentally: as the Discusser said above, that Nero in persecuting, made the hearts of Christians, more sweet, and fragrant like pounded Spices. But such evil ought not to have been done, that such good in such a way might come of it.
Persecution of Innocents never brought good to Princes, or Subjects, but accidentally: as the Discusser said above, that Nero in persecuting, made the hearts of Christians, more sweet, and fragrant like pounded Spices. But such evill ought not to have been done, that such good in such a way might come of it.