Anonymous

Samuel Johnson; L. L. D.

Beilby Porteus, D. D. Bishop of London.

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William Cowper, Esq.

Battle of Blenheim

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AUTHORITIES AGAINST THE PRACTICE OF WAR.

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THE REV. WILLIAM LAW, A. M.

N the darkest ages of Romish superstition, a martial spirit of zeal and glory for the gospel, broke forth in kings, cardinals, bishops, monks, and friars, to lead the sheep of Christ, saints, pilgrims, penitents, and sinners of all kinds, to proceed in battle array, to kill, devour, and drive the Turks from the land of Palestine, and the old earthly Jerusalem.-These blood-thirsty expeditions were called holy-wars, because it was fighting for the holy land; they were called also Croisades, because crosses and crucifixes made the greatest glitter amongst the sharpened instruments of human murder. Thus under the banner of the cross, went forth an army of church wolves, to destroy the lives of those, whom the Lamb of God died on the Cross to save.

The light which broke out at the reformation, abhorred the bloody superstitious zeal of these catholic heroes. But mark,-What followed from this new-risen, reforming light.-What came forth instead of these holy Croisades?

Why, wars, if possible, still more diabolical. Christian kingdoms with blood-thirsty piety, destroying, devouring, and burning one another, for the sake of that which was called popery, and that which was called protestantism.

Now who can help seeing, that SATAN, the prince of the powers of darkness, had here a much greater triumph over Christendom, than in all the holy wars, and Croisades that went before? For all that was then done, by such highspirited fighters for old Jerusalem's earth, could not be said to be so much done against gospel light, because not one in a thousand of those holy warriors, were allowed to see what was in the gospel. But now with the gospel opened in every one's hands, papists and protestants make open war against every divine virtue that belonged to Christ, or which can unite them with that Lamb of GoD, that taketh away the sins of the world :--I say against every divine, redeeming virtue of the Lamb of GoD, for these are the enemies which christian war conquers: for there is not a virtue of gospel goodness, but has its death blow from it :-for no virtue hath any gospel goodness in it any farther, than it hath its birth, and growth, in and from the spirit of Christ; where his nature and spirit is not, there is nothing but the heathen to be found, which is but saying the same truth, as when the Apostle said, that he who hath not, or is not led by the spirit of Christ, is none of his.

Now fancy to yourself, CHRIST The Lamb of

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GOD, after his divine sermon on the mount, putting himself at the head of a blood-thirsty army or ST. PAUL going forth with a squadron of fire and brimstone, to make more havock in human lives than a devouring earthquake!

But if this be too blasphemous an absurdity to be supposed, what follows, but that the christian who acts in the destroying fury of war, acts in full contrariety to the whole nature and spirit of Christ, and can no more be said to be led by his spirit, or be one with him, an those his enemies, who came forth with swords and staves to take him.

Blinded protestants think they have the glo of slaughtering had paps; and the victo rious papist claims the merit of having conquered troops of heretics: but alas! the conquest is equally great on both sides, both are entitled to the same victory; and the glorious victory on both sides, is only that of having trampled gospel goodness equally under their feet.

When a most Christian majesty with his catholic church sings a TE DEUM* at the high altar, for rivers of protestant blood poured out; or an evangelical church sings praise and glory to the Lamb of God for helping them from his holy throne in heaven, to make popish towns like Sodom and Gomorrah, they blaspheme GoD as much as Cain would have done, had he offered a sacrifice of praise to GoD, for helping him to murder his brother.-Let such worshipers of God be told, that the field of blood gives all its

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glory to Satan, who was a murderer from the beginning, and who will, to the end of his reign, be the only receiver of all the glory that can come from it!

A glorious Alexander in the heathen world, is a shame and reproach to human nature, and does more mischief to mankind in a few years, than all the wild beasts in every wilderness upon earth, have ever done from the beginning of the world to this day. But the same hero, making the same ravages from country to country, with christian soldiers, has more thanks from the devil, than twenty Pagan Alexanders" would ever have had. To make men kill men, is meat and drink to that roaring adversary of mankind, who goeth about seeking whom he may devour. But to make christians kill christians for the sake of Christ's church, is his highest triumph over the highest mark, which Christ hath set upon those whom he hath purchased by his blood.-This commandment, saith he, I give unto you, that ye love one another.-By this shall all men know that je are my disciples, if ye love one another as I have loved you.

Can the duellist, who would rather sheathe his sword in the bowels of his brother, than stifle that which he calls an affront,-Can he be said to have this mark of his belonging to Christ? and may not he that is called his second, more justly be said to be second to none in the love of human murder?

Now