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A01974	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.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.; Gouge, William, 1578-1653. Dignitie of chivalrie.; Gods three arrowes. aut	1631 (1631)	STC 12116; ESTC S103284	362,085	493

not but slay both man and woman c. And the Lord himselfe d d d Ezek. 9. 6. slay utterly old and yong 2. For practice note the patternes of e e e Gen. 14. 17. Abraham and of the people of God under f f f Num. 31. 7. Moses g g g Ios 8. 22. Ioshua h h h 2 Sam. 8. 2. David and others guided by the Spirit of God 3. For Gods approbation we have a memorable instance thereof by the ministry of Melchizedek a Priest of God i i i Heb. 7. 1. who met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings and blessed him 4. For Gods remuneration The continuance of Iehu his raigne k k k 2 King 10. 30. unto the fourth generation for flaying Ahabs stocke And l l l Ezek. 29. 19. the reward which the Lord gave to Nebuchadnezzar for destroying Tyrus are evident proofs 5. For Gods vengeance on such as did not slay those enemies that should have been slaine there is instance in m m m 1 Sam. 15. 13 19. Saul and n n n 1 King 20. 42 Ahab When enemies are slaine it is in a defensive or offensive warre If in defensive warre then there is no other way to preserve our owne lives from such as band themselves together in armes but by slaying them They shew that they seeke the lives of them against whom they come The slaughter therefore of enemies is but a preservation of our owne lives And the bloud which in defensive warre is shed is shed se defendendo in defending ones selfe which was never counted unlawfull Such are a cause of their own death And he that is the cause of death is more infault then Qui causa mortis est potius in culpâ est quam iile qui occidit Aug. Macedon Epist 54. he that killeth As for offensive warre when it is rightly undertaken it is either for some unsufferable wrong done or for just feare of wrong in time to come In such a case warre is a publique execution of justice So that it is as lawfull in these cases for souldiers to slay true enemies as for executioners to put to death malefactors arraigned condemned and delivered to them for that end Besides by slaughter of enemies the land against which they are enemies hath rest and security as towns and high waies are safe and quiet by executing theeves This effect of destroying enemies is oft noted in Scripture Iudg. 3. 10 11 Cum homo ab homine occiditur multum distat utrum fiat nocendi cnpiditate vel injustè aliquid auferendi sicut à latrone an ulcisc endi vel obediendi ordine sicut à judice sicut à car●ifice●an evadend● sive subveniendi necessitate sicut interimitur hostis à milite Aug. Ib. 30. 5. 31. 2 Chro. 15. 15. 20. 30. Thus just and due causes of slaying enemies must rightly be observed For when one man is kild of another there is great difference whether it be done with a desire of wrong and robbery as theeves do or in course of punishment and obedience to law as Iudges and executioners do or thorow necessity of avoiding danger and affording succour as souldiers do Ob. David seemeth to be branded for slaying so many enemies as he did For as a reason why he was not thought fit to build the Temple it is said to him Thou hast shed bloud abundantly and hast made great warres c. Thou hast beene a man of warre and shed blouds 1 Chro. 22. 8. 28. 3. Answ This is not upbraided to David as a crime or as a matter of ignominy For it was his glory that he q q q 1 Sam. 25. 28. fought the Lords battels and r r r Heb. 11. 32. for that he is put into the catalogue of Gods Worthies But first thereby is implied that David could not have such leasure as was meet for so great a work as the Temple was which is more fully expressed by Salomon in these words s s s 1 King 5. 3. David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the warres which were about him on every side c. 2. The building of that Temple was a type of the building of the spirituall Temple the Church of Christ The builder thereof must be an answerable type of the builder of the spirituall Temple who was t t t Isa 9. 6. the Prince of peace Thus Souldiers need not be daunted at the bloud which they shed in warre much doth God himselfe thus intimate to David u u u 1 Chro. 22. 9 10. A sonne shal be borne to thee which shal be a man of rest c. He shall build an house for my name c. The good warrant which souldiers have for slaying their enemies in warre giveth good encouragement to them for Miles hostem judex vel Minister ejus n●centem non mihi videntur peccare cunshominem occidunt Aug. de lib. arbitr l. 1. c. 4. a cheerfull going to warre and for valiant fighting therein And though by their valour much bloud may be shed yet they need not be any more daunted thereat then Iudges Iuries Executioners and other Ministers of Iustice for putting many malefactors to death Souldiers are no more guilty of bloud in slaying enemies in warre then Ministers of Iustice in putting capitall malefactors to death It is indeed a matter of pity and it ought to move our bowels of compassion that people should be so wicked and desperate as to give occasion to have their bloud shed but the occasion being given a a a Deut. 13. 8. 19. 13. pity must be laid aside b b b Ier. 13 14. Ezek. 5 11. Zec. 11. 6. God himselfe in such cases casteth off pity Wherefore shedding of bloud in just warre is so far from unlawfull cruelty as it is a point of most warrantable equity Pity in this case may prove the ruine of the citie and more prejudiciall to a State then tolerating theeves murtherers traiters and such other pernicious malefactors Onely that which is lawfull must lawfully be used to Directions about killing enemies which end receive these few directions 1. Shew that thou delightest not in bloud Shed no more then of necessity thorow the obstinacy of enemies thou art Pagani necandi non essent si quomodo aliter possent à nimiâ infestatione seu oppressione fidelium cohiberi Bern. ad Mil. Temp. cap 3. Magnum Babyloniae crudelitatis indicium est ne senibus quidem pepercisse quorum aetas etian interhostes venerabilis est Hier. Com in Isa 46 In what cases no mercy to any forced to shed If enemies yeeld and relinquish their hostility spare them Read the charge which the divine law giveth to this purpose Deut. 20. 11. 2. Slay not such as cannot hurt thee as weake women aged men and young

children This exception the Law expressy maketh Deut. 20. 14. Ob. In other places Gods people are commanded to slay men and women infant and suckling 1 Sam. 15. 3. Answerably the Israelites dealt with many of their enemies They utterly destroyed all both man and woman young and old c. Ios 6. 21. Answ 1. Particular charges make extraordinary cases as g g g Gen. 22 2. the charge given to Abraham for sacrificing his sonne Extraordinary cases are not exemplary They are rather matters of admiration then imitation 2. The people who were so to be dealt withall were by God devoted to utter destruction Some because their land was given by the supreme possessour of heaven and earth for an inheritance to his people The Law therefore that speaketh of sparing enemies hath this exception h h h Deut 20. 16. But of the cities of those people which the Lord thy God doth give thee for inheritance thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth Others were devoted to destruction because of their implacable hatred unsatiable wrath and intolerable wrongs against the people of God As i i i Exo 17. 14. Deut. 25. 17 18 19. 1 Sam. 15. 2 3. Amalek 3. If enemies will hearken to no conditions of peace but obstinately stand out to the very uttermost in such a case saith the Law k k k Deut. 20. 13. Cur irasceretur Deus adversus Chaldaeos quos ipse misit ad capiendum Israel Respondit illos abusos esse crudelitate suá plus imposuisse plagarum quam Dei ultio flagitabat Hier. Comment in Isa 46. In what cases enemies may be tortured Thou shalt smite every male with the edge of the sword 3. Put not those whom thou flayest to exquisite torments God protesteth against the Syrians Am. 1. 3. for their cruelty in that having overcome Gilead they threshed the inhabitants thereof with threshing instruments of iron and against the Ammonites who ript up the women with child of Gilead Am. 1. 13. Quest May not enemies in any case be tortured Answ Yes 1. In case of question when otherwise they will not confesse the truth 2. In case of talio or requiting like for like as n n n Iudg. 1. 6 7. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Radamanthi jus ut Arist Eth. l. 5. c. 8. the Israelites dealt with Adonibezek whose thumbs and great toes they cut off For so had he done to threescore and ten Kings before 3. In case of revenging unsupportable insolences and injuries Hereby was o o o 2 Sam. 12. 31. David moved to put the Ammonites under sawes and harrowes of iron c. For they had p p p 10. 4. Villanously entreated the Ambassadors whom David in kindnes had sent unto them which was an insolency against the law of nations 4. In case of treachery perjury and breach of fidelity For this cause q q q Ier. 39. 6 7. Nebuchadnezzar slew the sonnes of Zedekiah before his eyes and then put out his eyes 4. What thou doest against thine enemies do in love 4. Slay in love Love their persons though thou hate their practises r r r Mat. 5. 44. Pray therefore for them Pray that God would turne their hearts and move them to cease from their hostility or pardon their sin Thus pious Magistrates will pray for the salvation of their soules whose bodies they adjudge to death 5. Avenge not thy selfe 5. Take heed of making that publique execution of justice an occasion of executing private revenge s s s 2 Sam. 3. 27 29. So dealt Ioab with Abner t t t 1 King 2. 32. which pulled vengeance on Ioabs head §. 61. Of the meaning method and matter of the foureteenth Verse EXOD. XVII XIIII And the LORD said unto Moses Write this for a memoriall in a booke rehearse it in the eares of Ioshua for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven THe * * * See §. 1. Event following on the fore-named victory remaineth to be handled It was a Memoriall thereof and that of two kinds One enjoyned by God The other made by Moses The former of these is here noted in this 14. verse which consisteth of two parts 1. To make a Memoriall of it 2. To rehearse it before Ioshua The primary and principall Authour of the memoriall here mentioned is Iehovah the LORD The Minister is Moses of whom we have spoken on the 9. Verse This charge was here given to him because he was the Lords Prophet to the people and the Recorder of Canonicall Scripture at that time The meanes of making this a memoriall is writing it in a Benefits of writing things booke Things written remaine Herein lieth a difference betwixt speaking and writing that things uttered by Vox audita perit littera scripta manet speech if they be not at the time of uttering fast laid up in a strong memory they vanish in the aire or if they be not remembred they onely who are then present when they are uttered have the benefit of that uttering But things written remaine againe and againe to be read to be read by those that are present at the writing or farre absent yea not only at that time but in future ages Thus that the covenant which the Israelites made with God might not vanish with the making of it b b b Neh. 9. 38. they write it And that all people neare at hand and farre off might take notice of the decree both for destroying and also for rescuing the Iewes the c c c Est. 3. 12. one and the d d d 8. 9. other decree were both written And that future ages might reape benefit by the mercy of God manifested in former ages it is said e e e Psal 102. 18. This shal be written for the generation to come Writing is then especially of use in the fore-named respects when things are written in a booke Loose papers are like loose broomes soone scattered and of little use But bookes are of sheets of paper rolled and bound up together so as they may easily and are ordinarily kept yeare after yeare age after age Q. What booke may this be thought to be Answ Because it is not expresly set downe mens conjectures thereabouts are various f f f Tostatus Quaest in hunc loc Some think that it was the book of the warres of God mentioned Num. 21. 14. Or the book of Iasher mentioned 2 Sam. 1. 18. which they suppose to be one and the same booke g g g Osian de Others that it was a booke then extant but now lost The notes in the former English translation take it to be the book of the law meaning therby as I take it this very booke of Exodus So do h h h Tuis Commentarijs de rebus istis ut infr 34. 27. Deut. 31. 9. Trem. Iun. in annot in