providence, according to which men must act, unlesse they would be
guilty of tempting God, there is need of, and ought to be employed
against the enemy, such a competency of power as is required in
right and warrantable prudencie, and may be had, not being of itself
sinful. This certainly is mans duety, whatever God, out of his
soveraignity, hath done, or may doe in the case of want, or
disproportion of meanes."--Answer of the Commission, ut supra, p.
6.--_Ed._]

352 ["In such parts of the kingdome, as are yet free from the oppression
of the enemy, and so out of which any men can be raised, there is
not a possibility to get such a competencie of power, unlesse there
be a more generall calling foorth of the body of the people than
hath been before, this as it is most certain in itselfe, so it is
most apparent, and evident unto all, that doe understand these parts
of the kingdome. And whereas faithfull and honest men in the State,
well acquainted with the severall shares of that part of the
kingdome, have publickly declared that when all shall be brought
together, that can be called foorth of these parts, according to
publick resolution, there will scarce be a competent power against
the power of the enemy, we cannot but much wonder, if any, not so
acquainted therewith, shall hold the contrary, and not give credit
to the declaration of honest and faithfull men, especially in
authority, the matter being such, as in the immediate knowledge
thereof dependeth on sense, and, as to those that have not that
knowledge, pertaineth to humane faith, which giveth credit to the
testimony _testium idoneorum_ of competent witnesses such as these
are whom we have designed."--Id. pp. 6, 7.--_Ed._]

353 ["We need say no more unlesse there were some show of proofe to the
contrary. Yet we shall say somewhat particularly to one place that
which is said in the case of Amaziah's associating with and taking
to him the Israelits for help in his just defence, (2 Chron. xxv. 7:
'O king let not the army of Israel goe with thee for the Lord is not
with Israel even with all the house of Ephraim,') as being mainly
urged and as it seems most to stick with some in the present
businesse to which sundry things may be answered, which clear the
present b