A Reply to his sixth Chapter Discussing Civill peace, and the Disturbance of it.
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CHAP. 6. A Reply to his sixth Chapter Discussing Civill peace, and the Disturbance of it.
IN this Chapter, the Discusser undertaketh to declare what Civill peace is, and to show, that the Toleration of different Religions, is no Disturbance of Civill Peace.
IN this Chapter, the Discusser undertaketh to declare what Civill peace is, and to shew, that the Toleration of different Religions, is no Disturbance of Civill Peace.
First, for Civill peace, what is it, saith he, but Pax Civitatis, whether English, or Irish, Spanish or Turkish City.
Reply.
Be it so, and if the Civill State, or Common-wealth contain many Cities, or Townes, and so become a whole Country or Common-wealth, let Civill Peace be the peace of the Country, or of the Common-wealth. But what is then the peace of the City, or Country? Is it not Tranquillitas Ordinis the tranquility of order in every Society, wherein the Public Weal of the City, or Country is concerned? And is it not the proper work of the Civill Magistrate to preserve the Civill Peace, and to prevent or reform the disturbance of the Tranquility or Peace of any such Societies, in whose Peace, the Peace or Weal of the City or Society is concerned? Suppose a Society of Merchants or Clothiers, ⟨p. 11⟩