The book Sixteen Sermons On Various Subjects And Occasions was written by author George Horne Here you can read free online of Sixteen Sermons On Various Subjects And Occasions book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Sixteen Sermons On Various Subjects And Occasions a good or bad book?
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Doubdeis^ the fight of Cbriftianf Cstbth Kc, Faitifuly and Apoft^lic princes^ fending their numer^s regiment* to flaughtcr one another* in the field of batde, forms a ihocking contri^ to the fpirit of the meek and lotvly Jefiis -^{o Ihocking, that ibmc have been thereby induced to maintain the titter unlawrfolnefs of all war. But what then is to be done t^^ Who can prevent a reftlefs and ambitious ibite from attacking it's neighbour ? In thefe circumflances, i^^ men muft either defend thenxfdve...s^ er be defehded by others, or God muft in- terpofe miraculouily in their defence, or idl muft quietly iubnnt to conqueft and capdrvity by an unjuft invader. Had this laft been intended, that rigid moraliii:, the Bs^tiil, would not have regulated, but prohibited the military profeffion; tm wottUk;Giirifiians have &rved^ as we know l^aitj^^di^ witii fideli^ and diligence, ixi tiu: armies of the Pagan cmpeiars« The ZZ4 ^ P^ Sermoff. The lawfulnefi of a war muft therefore be refted now,*undcr the Gofpel, upon the fame foot on which it hath erer flood from the beginning, namely, the juitice of It ; and upon a fuppoiitioh that our qiufe )s good — as we humbly trufl it is — ^we may undoubtedly accept the permiffion, or rather comxniffion, implied in the iirfl words of the text ; " When the hoft goeth ^* forth againft thine enemies" — The peo- ple of God may ftill be brought under a neceffity of engaging in war, defenfive or offenfive, to maintain their rights, or to avenge their wrongs; and that, whether againii: foreign enemies, or rebellious iiib- jeds : much more, if the latter, after having ereAed the ftandard of indepen- dency, Ihould unite with the former, and exclaim concerning thofe who nourilhed and brought them up, like the children of Lot, when Aflur had acceded to the League — " Come, and let us root alio ^^ them out, that they may be no more a f ^ people ; and that the name of Ifirael may ^' be no .more in remembrance V\ In cir-s .
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