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A01690	Christiana-Polemica, or A preparatiue to warre Shewing the lawfull vse thereof. The iust causes that may moue thereunto. The necessitie of preparation for it. The duties of those that wage it. Together with diuers instructions concerning it. A sermon preached at Wooll-Church in London, before the captaines and gentlemen that exercise in the artillerie-garden vpon occasion of their solemne and generall meeting. Aprill 14. 1618. By Abraham Gibson, Bachelour of Diuinity, and then preacher to the temples.	Gibson, Abraham, b. 1586 or 7.	1619 (1619)	STC 11828; ESTC S118766	14,920	48

Christiana-Polemica OR A PREPARATIVE TO WARRE Shewing The lawfull vse thereof The iust causes that may moue thereunto The necessitie of Preparation for it The duties of those that wage it Together with Diuers instructions concerning it A Sermon Preached at Wooll-Church in London before the Captaines and Gentlemen that exercise in the Artillerie-Garden vpon occasion of their solemne and generall meeting Aprill 14. 1618. BY Abraham Gibson Bachelour of Diuinity and then Preacher to the Temples Aug. Epist 205. ad Bonif. Pacem habere debet voluntas bellum necessitas LONDON Printed by Edw. Griffin for Iacob Bloome at the signe of the Grey-hound in Pauls-Church-yard 1619. To the right honourable FRANCIS Lord VERVLAM Lord Chauncellor of England his very singular good LORD A. G. wisheth all happines and felicitie externall internall eternall Right honourable AS is the nature of warre so is the state of this dedication No warre is held lawfull which hath not a speciall reference to peace And this discourse of warre hath nothing in it cōmendable but that it is deuoted to your Lordship the State oracle of Counsell and Preseruer of peace In which case I haue beene more bold to make you the Patron of my endeauours because you haue deigned already to be the Protectour of my person Not knowing to whom more fitly I might nuncupate a Sermon of GOD and GIDEON the two Supporters of euery Souldiers armes the ground vpon which euery field is to bee pitcht then to him who representeth both mediately the person of GOD and immediately the person of GIDEON I humbly therefore beseech your Honour to accept it candidly according to the modell of the Offerer not the magnitude of the Receiuer whose Patronage I shall account the best title to it and the comeliest couer your countenance and the only cum priuilegio your approbation VVhich whilest your Honour shall vouchsafe I in the meane time shall not cease to enlarge this little schedule by greater volumes of continuall Praiers for your Lordshippes welfare that the LORD would please to bee your Keeper on earth and seale you among the number of them that haue the marke of the Lambe in heauen Your Honours most deuoted Chaplaine ABRAH GIBSON TO THE WORTHY and well-deseruing Citizens of LONDON that practise Armes in the Artillery Garden GENTLEMEN THis short Sermon heretofore preached before you finding better acceptance then either it merited or I expected I was importuned by diuers of you to commit it to the Presse Which though I withstood stiffly at the first yet now at length vpon these late rumours of warres I haue with an vnwilling willingnesse yeelded to your suit not doubting but it will haue the same effect of encouragement in others when they reade it as it had in many of you when you heard it For this is one aduantage which writing hath aboue preaching that the benefit thereof is more diffusiue extending the fruit of that doctrine to a whole kingdome which when preached was impaled in the breasts of a priuate auditorie and so doth more conforme vs in this particular to the Apostles times that though our charge be speciall yet our labours may be vniuersall And this is my onely aime at this present the furtherance of the publike good by a discourse small in it selfe as a drop of water or a sparke of fire yet such as by Gods blessing may grow to a pleasant fountaine to satisfie the soules of the thirstie and increase to a pillar of fire to enlighten those that sit in darknesse water to coole the courages of our Countrey hotspurs that will fight in no cause but a bad and fire to enflame the hearts of all trustie subiects that they doe fight in no cause but a good to wit as Tullie said aut pro fide aut pro salute for the peace of Sion or prosperitie of Ierusalem for the quiet of the Church or defense of the Common wealth Ye see how these times make good our blessed Sauiours prediction that wee should heare of warres and rumours of warres I pray God wee may onely heare the rumour of them and not feele the smart Howsoeuer let vs not be troubled or feare seeing we haue both a gratious God to fight for vs and a princely Gideon to leade vs. Let euery man gird his sword vpon his thigh fast fixing his heart vpon God and his eyes vpon Gideon our hope in the name of the Lord and our praiers for the safetie of our King beseeching God who is the King of Kings that after a full reigne on earth he would translate him to the kingdome of kingdomes in heauen Amen Yours in all Christian duties and seruices A. G. Christiana-Polemica OR A PREPARATIVE to Warre IVDG 7. 18. For the Lord and for Gideon THe lawfull vse of Warre amongst Christians howsoeuer the Anabaptists denie it thus sowing the seedes of discord vnder a pretence of peace and stirring vp warre in the Church whilst they would exclude it out of the Common-wealth though it had no Politicall reasons to backe it yet wanteth it not arguments both Physicall and Theologicall fetcht both from the light of Nature which dictates so much and from the authoritie of Scripture which warrants and allowes so much For Nature Indeed created Nature abhorreth nothing more then discord and dissention According to her prime perfection there had beene no iarres either in a mans selfe or with other things Not in a mans selfe the Elements and Humours had lien at peace in our bodies the Iraseible and Epithumeticall faculties had bowed at the becke of reason in our soules Nor with other things the creatures had all beene subiect to mans dominon there had beene no litigious Pronounes no Meum and Tuum to set vs by the eares together So then the originall of discord is from originall sinne warre it is a branch of that accursed tree had there beene no fall of man sure no falling out amongst men our nakednesse as it had needed no garments to couer it so nor no weapons to defend it And therefore for corrupted Nature warre is a necessary concomitant of her condition It must needs be that strifes should arise amongst men and by consequence warres to decide those strifes when law and equitie cannot take place That as it was with the tongues at the confusion they had an ill beginning but an vsefull propagation So is it with warre in this state of corruption It is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a necessary euill adeò nec cum illo nec sine illo we can liue neither with it nor without it Because it is the destroier of nature in indiuiduo but the defender of it in catholico the daughter of iustice as well as peace though Leah like it haue a harder fauour and a more waterish eye more red and rough-handed with Esau That howsoeuer naturally Simile generat simile like begetteth like yet Politically wee see eftsoones one contrary to beget another 〈◊〉

Iudge Belli susceptio penes Principem executio penes Militem saith Augustine For the continuance of our fight we must take heed of relying more vpon Gideon then vpon God Take heed of trusting to the arme of flesh before the outstretched arme of God It is better to trust in the Lord then to put confidence in Princes saith the Princely Prophet And lastly in the end of the fight take we heede of ascribing more honour to Gideon then to God For Gideons power is from God Omne regnum sub regno est God is King among the Gods Reges in ipsos imperium est Iovis For euery King is the Minister of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and though they be Gods with men yet they are but men with God who is Rex regum Dominus dominantium King of kings and Lord of lords Reuel 19. Hence it was that King Henry the fifth of England that good and valiant Prince after his conquest in France would not suffer his Helmet which was full of blowes and dintes to bee brought ouer into England with him nor to be welcomed home with any songs of the successe but would haue all the glory ascribed to God Because the key of victorie God keepeth in his owne power It commeth neither from the east nor from the west nor from the north nor from the south Vnlesse God hold vp his hand Gideon cannot preuaile Not the people without Gideon nor Gideon without God For the Lord and for Gideon And now beloued brethren that I haue ripened my discourse and brought it as it were to a head in it selfe I come in a word to shew you how it fitteth and suiteth this present solemnitie And therefore for you Generous Gentlemen and Heroicke spirits that haue an exemplarie Campe in your companie and a Colledge of Souldiers in your societie it will serue both as a warrant for your profession and an acquittance against all discouragement in that ye know assuredly in whose name for what end to whose seruice you haue dedicated your selues and all your endeuours What though some goe about to slander your societie and discountenance your vndertakings speaking euill of all because some few miscarrie It will be your glory to contemne the cauill and forgiue the wrong remembring that he will neuer endure a blow who cannot concoct a word he is not likely to ouercome an enemie who cannot vanquish himselfe he is vnfit to fight for equitie that hath not learned to passe by an iniurie But if there be any such disordered persons crept in among you who are lead with the spirit not of fortitude but faction not of conscience but of insolence not of zeale but ambition milites non tam emerti quàm malè meriti expell them your lists let them not march vnder your colours that so you may stop the mouthes of your opposers and open the hearts of men in place and gouernment to aduance your intendments both with countenance and maintenance if neede so require In which dutie if they shall be backward wee may well account them as base and ignoble Caitiffes neither good seruants of God nor trustie subiects of our King seeing neither in conscience to the one nor allegeance to the other they will giue due respect nor lend assistance to you who by your continuall practise both for Gods sake and for Gideons sake doe preserue intemerate that honourable forme of militarie discipline which in times of peace vseth to grow obsolete and out of vse Howsoeuer goe ye on happily in your courses your memory shall suruiue in a second age and your names shall be had in euerlasting remembrance those that are yet vnborne shall blesse you and blesse God for you Yet withall be informed that this your daily exercise is but a medium to a further end a preparation to a greater performance You doe but now spend your paines and your purses time may require your persons You now vse rather fulgentibus armis quàm fortibus weapons defensiue then offensiue and fight gloriously without an enemie Time may make triall of your courage in hotter skirmishes and more bloodie opposition Indeed for the present it may be said of vs as of Israel and Iuda 1. Kings 4. euery man dwelleth safely vnder his owne vine and vnder his owne figtree there is no leading into captiuitie no complaining in our streets but peace within our walles and prosperitie within our palaces And long may it bee continued to vs to the glory of God and quiet of our Nation But wee cannot promise to our selues any perpetuitie of this felicitie the hideousnesse of our sinnes may giue vs good cause to expect a change Therefore it is your parts to reserue your selues chiefly for worse times whensoeuer God shall send them lest you bee thought like those doubtfull companions whom Diogenes is said to affect in Laertius that would still bee about to marry and yet did not marry and that would still be about to rule and yet did not rule I may adde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that would still be about to fight and yet did not fight Wherefore I say no more but as Saul to Dauid 1. Sam. 18. Be valiant for your King and fight the Lords battels And as Ioab to the people 2. Sam. 10. Be of good courage and play the men for the people and for the cities of your God In the meane time all true Subiects will pray to the God of peace to gird you with strength vnto the battell to teach your hands to warre and your fingers to fight that so being well appointed both with the spirituall armour of a Christian and the corporeall armour of a Souldier intus fide foris ferro muniti you may be able both to defend your selues against the siege of Sathan and your Country against all forraine inuasions and I doubt not but all true-hearted Subiects will say Amen Wherefore wee humbly beseech thee O Lord God of Hosts looke downe from heauen and behold and visit this vine and the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted amongst vs. Let not the Bore out of the wood destroy it nor the wilde Beasts of the field eat it vp but forgiue the crying sinnes of the same remoue thy iudgements that hang ouer vs and teach vs to know the things which belong vnto our peace And because there is none other that fighteth for vs but only thou O God pleade our cause O Lord with them that striue with vs and fight against them that fight against vs. And thou that art a man of warre whose name is Ichonah oh teach our hands to warre and out fingers to fight that the Heathen may neuer come into thine inheritance and make this our Ierusalem an heape of stones but that thou maist still blesse vs with peace

within our walles and prosperitie within our palaces while the Sunne and the Moone endureth These things we begge at thy hands in the name of thy beloued Sonne and our blessed Sauiour to whom with thee and the holy Spirit be ascribed all praise honour and glory now and for euermore Amen FINIS Matth. 24. 6. The necessary vse of warre appeareth 1. By nature The originall of warre is from originall sinne Genes 11. 7. Gen. 29. 17. Gen. 25 25. 2. By Scripture Ioel 3. 9. Iudg. 5. 23. * Quibꝰ propriū stipendium sufficere debere praecepit militare vtique non prohibuit August epist 5. ad Marcellinum Luk. 3. 14. Gideons warre accompanied with stratagems 1. In reducing the 32000. to 300. verse 6. In taking the aduantage of be night In giuing eue●y man a lampe 4. In putting a Trumpet into euery mans hand 5. In the vse this watchword For the Lord for Gideon The contents of the Text. God and the King Psal 82. 6. The two wayes for a Warriour to walke in 1. Via sacra ● Via regia The persons vpon whom the suc●esse of warres dependeth Matth. 22. 21. Two things to be handled 1. The parts o● the distributio● The first clau●● For the Lord It is not the figh● but the cause that maketh a Souldier August de c●● Dei li. 17. ca. 1 ●o better cause ●●en the cause of ●●rd ●●m 11. 36. * Psal 12 4. Cor. 6. 20. God is euery w●●●● the cause of warre 1. The efficien● cause Prou 8. 15. Matth. 8. 9. 2. The formall cause Psal 144. 1. Psal 18. 39. 3. The instrumentall cause Psal 18. 1. 4. The finall cause Prou. 18. 10. Psal 115. 1. ● Baptisme wee ●●ceiue our presse●oney to become ●hrists souldiers Not that God ●eedeth it ●ut our dutie re●uireth it Mal. 1. 6. Acts 17. 28. Rom. 8. 28. Gen. 2. 17. Iob. 7. 1. Luk. 1. 29. Veri profe●● Israelitae pro●●cedunt ad be●● pacific c. Ber. ser ad m● Tem. cap. 4. For this cause t●● Christians bea●● the Crosse in their ensignes The cruelty and ●mpiety of the Pope of Rome ●mulata san●itas This is not to fight for Christ Neither can it be called a holy Warre Christians must not warre without a calling from God Rom. 8. 32. Rom. 8. 28. Esai 10. 5. Iudg. 20. 27. 2. Sam. 5. 19. Numb 14. 45 Iudg. 4. 8. The second clause For Gideon Added for incouragement to them and terrour to the enemie ● King 19. 17. Gideon a ●eane man Iudg. 6. 15. Not trained vp in armes Psalm 115. 1. A good Captaine is aequipollent to the whole armie In vnius salute salus omnium in Imperatore vniuersorum periculum The weaknesse of the meanes not to be regarded when wee haue Gods warrant 1 Cor. 1. 25. 26. Iudg. 6. 12. 2. Gideon a single-man Better in wa●re to haue one Generall then many Malo vnum Zopyrū quam centum Babilonios capere Note 1. the people content with the Captaine whom God set ouer them 1 Sam. 25. 10. Where God is honoured there Gideon will be obeyed It is requisite that euery warre be grounded either on religion to God or loyaltie to the Magistrate vnder God Prou. 28. 1. Th Aqu 2. 2 2ae qu. 40. Art 1. Against Duellists whose combates haue no iust ground or warrant It is hard to determine in this kinde of quarrells who escapes best whether the partie killing or party killed Gen. 4. 10. Leuit. 24. 17. 2. The order of the parts First for God and then for Gideon A threefold caution to Souldiers 1 Giue not Gideons cause the predominancie before the cause o● God Aug. lib. 21. contra Manichaeos 2. Relie not mor● vpon Gideon then vpon God Psal 118. 8. 3. Ascribe not more to Gideon then to God Rom. 13. 1. Psal 82. 1. Rom. 13. 4. Psal 82. 6. 7. Reuel 19. 16. The royall and religious disposition of KING Henrie the fifth Psal 144. 10. Psal 75. 7. Application of the Text to the Gentlemen assembled Exhortation To contemne a slanders raised against them Prou. 20. 3. ●o expell all fa●tious spirits frō●mong them ● Thess 3. 6. To goe on with an vndaunted spirit in that honourable exercise To prepare for worse and harder times 1. King 4. 25. Psal 144 14. Psal 122. 7. Wee cannot promise to our selues perpetuall peace 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 1. Sam. 18. 17. 1. Sam. 10. 12. Psal 18. 39. Psal 144. 1. Ephes 6. 11. Bern. ser ad mil. tem cap. 4. Psal 80. 14. Luk. 19. 42. 〈…〉 ●sal 144. ● ●sal 79. 1. ●sal 122. 7.