Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	david_n	hand_n	saul_n	2,591	5	9.7819	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28353	The souldiers march to salvation wherein is shewn the lawfulness of voluntary serving upon the assured knowledge of a just cause, how it is lawful and necessary for prest souldiers to obey authority in case of doubting ...	Bland, Francis.	1647 (1647)	Wing B3156; ESTC R13075	31,824	51

pacification at the King of Israels hands whom he had unjustly by warre provoked because they had heard that the Kings of the house of Israel were mercifull Kings And of Tygrane● King of Armenin his willing submission as an Authour reportes to Pompey is ascribed to his assurance of Pompeys clemency whereas on the other part if there be not a certain● expectation of gentle and kind usage upon submission it makes enemies that they will fight it out to the last man and rather chuse to die in battell then to submit yea perchance being death upon thems selves as Rhas●s of whom in the history of the Maccabe●s it is reported That he first fell upon his own sword then leaped downe from awall amongst his enemies and at last pulled out his owne gutts and threw them among them chusing rather such a death then to fall into the hands of the wicked and be abused otherwise then beseemed him or if captives be discourteously used it will drive them to worke some feate to bring destruction upon their Victors or Conquerours yea though it be purchased with their owne ruine also As Sampson pulling the house upon himselfe and the Philistines triumphing over him so ●he became revenged for the great indignitie which he suffered and at his death he flew more then he had done in his life The sum of all these arguments is that Humaniti● Christianitie consideration of like future condition and the motive to induce others opponents and enemies to voluntary submission and pacification may plead for and obtaine clemency and courteous dealing with enemies subdued and conquered Something would yet be spoken of dealing humanely and courteously with a enemie and that even after his death● which in a word is to commend his body to due burials There was a law among the Hebrewes that they should not suffer the dead bodies of their enemies to lie unburied and we find how David did take in good part the action of the men of Jabesh-Gilead that buryed Saul who had been his enemie and slaine by anothers hand And of the worthy Judas Maccubaeus that he used to burie the bodies of his slaine enemies yea we have the heroique Heathens performing thus much as Caesar to his enemie Pompey whose head being cut off and lying long unburied forgetting that he had been an enemie he caused to have an honourable funerall fire perfumed with many precious and sweet spices And Marcus Antonius gave the body of Marcus Brutus his late enemie unto one that had been Brutus his servant that it might be buried and to the end it might have the more honourable rites he gave him his owne Roabes to cover his Corps in the funerall His hatred being laid aside counting him being dead not as an enemie but a Citizen And Hannibat would not suffer the bodies of his enemies Aemylius Paulus Tiberius Gracchus and Marcus Marcellus to lie unburied but caused them to be interred saying that Taulus Gracchus and Marcellus brought him somewhat greater honour being buried then being subdued by him These examples from holy and humane Stories are enough to convince the inhumanitie of those who rifle and strippe the bodies of their slaine enemies and so leave them naked to be a prey to ravenous Birdes and Beasts I wish it might not be sometime said of such The dead Bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the Ayre and the flesh of thy Saints unto the beasts of the land There are yet another sort of Enemies which upon the offer of conditions of peace which as we have shewed asore out of Deut. 20. 10 11. were to be made at the beginning of Warre shall accept of such conditions and submit or shall desire to be received into protection upon conditions to be agreed upon these upon the performance of such conditions may challenge a greater measure of kindnesse and gentle dealing then any of which it is yet spoken they are not onely to be suffered but to be saved and kept harmlesse Thus Josh●ah did not onely spare the Gibeonites that they should not suffer by any under his command but did also protect them against the Kings of the Amorites which came against them And when Saul out of his zeal to the Children of Israel would have broken the League and destroyed the Gibeonites God punished his attempt with three yeers Famine and at last by hanging up seven of Sauls Sons And David was much offended and cursed the act of ●oab● who was Generall of his Forces against Ishbosheth treacherously murthering Abner who had been in open actuall Rebellion against him and Generall of Ishbosheth his Forces after he had granted him pardon And of the noble and victorious Emperour Constantine it is recorded that if those that were of the contrary part finding themselves to weak to resist his power would come and lay down Armes and falling down at his feet crave quarter and pardon he would receive them all and keep them safe As taking delight in saving of men It would be too long to relate all examples of this sort as of Pompey who having conquered Tygranes King of Armenia would not suffer him to bee long craving his favour but with good words comforted him and restored him his Crown which he had cast down at Pompey his feet and restored him to his former estate Judging it alike honourable to create Kings as to conquer them And the famous act of Lucius Paulus who hearing that Perses who of a King in a short time was made a captive was brought to him he went out to meete him in his Impertiall Roabes and when the captivated King would have fallen on his knees before Lucius Paulus he would not suffer him but lifted him up bad him be of good comfort brought him into his Tent made him sit beside him in his counsell vouchsafed him the honour of his Table with other courteous Respects In which Spectacle of Perse● subjected and Lucius Paulus so humanely and kindely dealing with him it may appeare that if it bee a famous Act to subdue an enemie it is No lesse praise worth to know how to take pitie upon the affllicted and him that is in misery Thus from sacred and humane Authoritie may be learned with what gentle and courteous Respect to entertaine and fidelitie to protect enemies upon conditious of peace and submission The Application of this which hath been spoken will be of singular use to all souldiers and all men whosoever are employed in militarie Affaires to prevent that excuse which S. Austen notes to have been common among souldiers and other officers of publicke businesses when they greatly offend they excuse themselves at first with this saying that they are souldiers as if then it were lawfull for them to doe any thing Tertullian speaking of souldiers that are Christians requires two things of them the