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A67496 War and its effects, laid out to the life being a seasonable advice to our Protestant brethren now ready to go against the Irish rebels usurping authority in the kingdom of Ireland / by Philopolites. Philopolites. 1689 (1689) Wing W726; ESTC R13383 12,694 30

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WAR AND ITS EFFECTS Laid out to the LIFE BEING A Seasonable Advice TO OUR PROTESTANT BRETHREN Now ready to go against the IRISH REBELS Usurping Authority in the Kingdom of IRELAND By Philopolites With Allowance LONDON Printed for William Miller at the Gilded Acorn in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1689. Where Gentlemen and Others may be furnished with most sorts of Acts of Parliament and other State Matters as also Books of Divinity Church-Government Sermons on most Occasions c. To the Noble Valiant and Generous Undertakers for the Retaking of the Kingdom of IRELAND from the IRISH POPISH REBELS now in Rebellion against the King and Queen of ENGLAND Honoured Sirs BEing assured that your Persons have been ever accompanied with Courage Valour Wisdom and Clemency it hath been a great emboldening unto your Servant to make a dutiful present hereof to your Perusals and Patronage not to the purpose that this can be either your directions or instructions as you be frequently conversant in all passages of this nature but rather to express such things to your view knowing ye are expert in the Original Needless it were to teach Typhis to steer a Ship or to instruct Automedon to guide a Chariot should your Servant apprehend any such Ambition he must necessarily incur the aspersion of Impudence or express such palpable ignorance as might draw him into a just imputation of folly But noble Sirs such is the modesty of your humble servant that by studying to be free from either he may evade the aspersion of both only desiring your best constructions of these his weak and unpolished labours which present themselves so rudely into your presence Noble Spirits upon your generous dispositions I humbly prostrate my self together with these my imperfect labours to your judicious censures whose least distaste is able to stifle the hope of your Servant and whose favourable approbations have Power to give Life to these the weak Endeavours of YOUR Humble Servant to all Posterity Philopolites WAR AND THE EFFECTS thereof laid out to the Life c. WAR in general is a Lawful Defence What War is whereby the Lawful Magistrate for just Causes taking up Arms doth publickly repel Force with Force revengeth publick and general Injuries or recovers general or generally sustained losses In this Definition three things are observable viz. First That War is not to be undertaken but for just Causes Secondly That it belongs only unto the Magistrate to make War and not to private Persons Thirdly That it is not to be moved but repelled not kindled but quenched that is rather for Defence than Offence for the punishing of Injuries than the doing of wrong all which shews evidently the lawfulness of the Protestants against Irish Papists in Ireland being for Religion enacted by Parliament and the Republick's good and defence of the late Setlement all at present being in that Kingdom under Papal Jurisdiction Military and Civil contrary to Law The Query will be what the Ground and Causes of War are Answer First in general Alexander the Great The Causes of War being once demanded why he endeavoured by War to be Lord of the whole World made Answer All the Wars that are raised in this World are for one of these three Causes either to have many Gods many Laws or many Kings Guevara familiar Epist Pag. 240. therefore I desire saith he by War to possess the World and to command it that all the Inhabitants thereof may Honour but one God serve but one King and observe but one Law War comes sometimes from a good Ground or Cause sometimes from a bad Foundation Aug. in lib de verbo Domini Wars from a good Ground as our now Protestant War with Ireland is to make Men live in Peace Whence St. Augustine saith That even amongst yea by the true Worshippers of God Wars are often raised and undertaken not out of Covetousness or Cruelty but out of a true and sincere desire of setling Peace Hence the Emblematists devised this Hieroglyphick to express this Truth Andr. Al●iat Emblem Pag. 445. viz. a Helmet that had been used in War being in time of Peace neglected and laid by a Swarm of Bees Emblems of sweet Peace come and live build and breed therein The Motto was Ex bello pax Peace is the Off-spring of War or War the Parent of Peace much like unto the Souldiers Sword which in Martial was turned in the time of Peace into a Reapers Sickle Pax me certa ducis placidos curvavit in usus Agricolae nunc sum Militis ante fui Secondly Sometimes War comes from a bad bottom as the late Irish War began Anno 1641 and springs from either of these evil roots to wit either First from some unbridled Pleasures and immoderate and inordinate Lusts Or Secondly From diversity of Religion as it did here in England in the Reign of Charles the First sometimes Satan the Father and Prince of Heresies stirs up War against the Woman and Antichrist always having an intestine hatred and bitterness of Spirit and Mind against Christ and his Truth instigates and sets on work still some Instruments or other for the opposing distructing and dividing of those Persons who profess the Gospel Or Thirdly from covetous Designs and Affections The Fountain and Original of all Wars saith Plutarch are the corrupt covetous desires of Men. Fourthly Wars come from Ambition as with Tyrconnil who is Ambitious to Rule Ireland that Kingdom never ruled by Papists since Queen Elizabeth's Reign until now he being there placed it is by a Romish King yet by Act of Parliament contrary to Law and at present he still Usurping contrary to the present established Powers and Authority Having thus far run over the Grounds and Causes of War Our next thing is to consider Requisita what or how many things be requisite in War Three things necessary in War as a Souldier Thuyd lib. 5. These three things are necessary First to be willing to fight because if a Man hunt with unwilling Hounds he will scarcely ever catch the Hare and if a Man fight against his Will he will hardly endeavour as he ought to overcome him or them with or against whom he fighteth Secondly to fear Disgrace and Shame for in case he be shameless and fearless of Disgrace he will quickly flee and forsake his Colours Thirdly to be obedient to Commanders for in case the Souldier does not obey his Captain and Commanders he will quickly be disranked he may be quickly slain or taken by the Enemy and cannot perform any good service for him under whom he fights Three things necessary in War as a Christian But to speak now as a Christian only these three things are necessary in War First a Lawful Authority commanding it for War must not be attempted without the Authority of the Magistrate Secondly 1 Judg. 20.13 2 King 18.14 a Lawful and Just end or cause occasioning and moving it Thirdly A good affection