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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97144	The anatomy of warre, or, Warre with the wofull, fruits, and effects thereof, laid out to the life: VVherin from scripture, and experience, these things are clearly handled; to wit, 1. What warre is. 2. The grounds, and causes of warre. 3. The things requisite in war, 4. The nature, and miseries of war, both [brace] civill, and forraigne. 5. What things are justly taxed in war. 6. When war is lawfull. 7. Whether it be lawfull for Christians to make war. 8. Whether subjects may take up armes against their soveraignes. 9. The remedies against war. 10. The meanes to be freed from war. 11. The remedies, and meanes both military, and morall for the obtaining of victory in war. / By R. W. Minister of the Word at Stansteed Mount Fitchet in Essex.	Ward, Richard, 1601 or 2-1684.	1642 (1642)	Wing W800; Thomason E128_15; ESTC R22226	22,409	26

or lot and carries all away The Emblematists have observed this and discribed it by a Lyon and wild Bore who fight so long for victory or mastery that at length they both become a prey unto the Vulture who awaits them untill they have so weakned one another that they are unable to defend themselves the word is Ex damno alterius alterius utilitas The losse of the Inhabitants in Civill and uncivill wars is the gaine of forragn Invaders 8. Civill war beget want of reverence towards God for the madnesse and outrage thereof is such and so great that it profanes and polutes every holy thing and place (g) Bellorum civilium insania omne sanctum sacrum profanatur Sen. lib. 1. de benef cap. 1● neither times places nor persons that is neither the Lords day nor his House nor his Deputies the Magistrates nor his Messengers the Ministers being regarded by rude uncivill souldiers in Civill wars 9. Civill war makes that King who undertakes unjust wars against his subjects to repent him of his victory when he truly sees what hee hath done and he overcomes in Civill wars wofully who repents him of his victory and had therefore much better pardon his subjects if they doe offend him then repent after Conquest the slaughter and destruction of them (h) Malè vicit quipaenitet victoriae Melius est enim ignoscere quam post victoriam paenitere Senec. epist 15. 10. Civill war maketh many poore according to that of Antisthenes to whom one saying That in wars the poore perish answered (i) Imò tum ●lures fiunt ●tob serm 48. Nay in war the poore are multiplied many being impoverished thereby as we finde it true both in this Land and in Ireland 11. Civill war brings good and bad into misery or the sword of civill warre wounds yea murders both the innocent and guilty for when the fire or flame thereof breaks forth in a Land both guilty and guiltlesse both wicked and righteous feele equally the smart and misery thereof (i) Vbi belium civile ing●uir innocentes novi juxta cadunt Tac. ●hi neither love nor hatred being knowne by any externall thing (k) Ecles 9.1 And thus by these particulars we may easily ghesse at the Nature and Misery of civill warres Quest 9. It may in the next place be demanded when warre is lawfull or seeing that sometimes it is lawfull to fight and sometimes not how may we know when with the peace of a good conscience we may wage warre or aid and assist those who fight Answ 1. War is lawfull when it is for Religion and the Republicks good When Pope Eugenius offred to bestow some Cities upon Alphonsus because he had recovered Picenum and subjected it to the Sea of Rome he answered That he neither fought for profit nor prey but only for Religion and the Churches cause (l) Se nequaquā quaestus aut praedae sed ecclesiae gratia liane expediticnem suscepisce Panorn lib. 3 de reb gest Alphon And 2. When it is to procure the continuance and setling of peace and quietnesse Men prepare war when they desire peace because as we say in a proverb weapons bode peace (m) qui desiderat pacem praep●rat bellum Vigetius yea wars are undertaken that men may live in peace without injury and oppression (n) suscipienda bella sunt ut in Pace sine injuria vivetur Tul. 1. offic And as men sustaine and endure hard labour upon hope of rest and ease so wise men make warre in hope and for the effecting of tranquility and peace (o) Sapientis pacis causa bellum gerunt ut laborem spe otir sustentant Salust ad Caes Indeed men doe not desire peace that war may follow but make war that peace may be obtained Let those therefore who wage war with or against any be peace-makers in their warring that is by labouring to overcome those against whom they fight and contend that so they may bring them to embrace the sweet and profitable conditions of peace (p) Non quaeritur pax ut bellū exerceatur sed bellum geritur ut pax acquiratur esto ergo be lando pacificus ut eos quos ex pugnas ad pacis utilitatem vincendo perdu cas Aug. in ● de verb. dom In war we say the end must be good which end in generall is Gods glory in speciall the conservation of justice and confirmation of peace Pugna pacis mater war is the mother of peace 3. War is lawfull when it is for the defence of a mans owne right or for the safety safeguard and preservation of our Cities and habitations (q) 2 Sam 10.12 For reason teacheth the learned necessity the rude custome the Gentiles and nature the wilde beasts to repay war with war and force by force when they are robbed and deprived of their right by injustice and oppresion (r) Hoc ratio doctis necessitas barbaris mos gentibus c Cic. pro Milone 4. War is lawfull when it is to repulse our enimies Moses (s) Exo. d 17. ●● said to Ioshua chuse us out men and goe fight upon which words Piscator observes that it is lawfull for the people of God to defend themselves with weapons against their enimies for Moses doth here nothing of himselfe but by Gods direction And 5. When it is deliberately begun and speedily ended undertaken with good advice and given over with all willingnesse when it may with safety conveniency and the good of Church and State And 6. When it is in defence of the innocent for that war whereby either our Countrey is defended from invaders or the weak and innocent from oppression or our friends from theeves and wicked persons is a most just war (a) Forti udo quae per bella tuetur a barbris pat●●●m v●l defend● infirmos vela latronibus locios plena just tia est Amoros de effic Or when war is attempted and enterprized to deliver the oppressed and to bridle the insolency and cruelty of the wicked (b) Gen. 14.14 7. War is lawfull when it is for the punishment of publick injuries and wrongs for just wars were wont to be thus defined contentions whereby we endeavour to punish publick injuries and wrongs (c) ●usta bella s●lent 〈…〉 quae ●●●scuntar injuris 〈◊〉 and therefore that war was not only of old held just but also necessary which defended sorce by force (d) Be●lum ●lud est non mdo iustum see iam necessarium quum vvis illata defenditur Cicer. pro Mione And 8. When it is for Gods people it is lawfull 2 Sam. 10.12 And 9. When the cause is iust and weighty not light and frivolous 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vel de lana caprina as about the shadow of an Asse or the fleece of a Goat as the Proverbs are that is for trifles and things of no value but as Suetonius said