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JAY TO JOHN MURRAY, JUN. 413
enable the several temporal rulers of the states and
kingdoms of this world to maintain their authority
and protect themselves and their people ; and our
Saviour expressly declared that if his kingdom had
been of this world, then would his servants fight to
protect him ; or, in other words, that then, and in
that case, he would not have restrained them from
fighting. The lawfulness of such fighting, therefore,
instead of being denied, is admitted and confirmed
by that declaration.
This exposition coincides with the answer given
by John the Baptist (who was "filled with the Holy
Ghost") to the soldiers who asked him what they
should do, viz. : " Do violence to no man, neither
accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages."
Can these words be rationally understood as meaning
that they should receive wages for nothing; or
that, when ordered to march against the enemy, they
should refuse to proceed ; or that, on meeting the
enemy, they should either run away, or passively
submit to be captured or slaughtered ? This would
be attaching a meaning to his answer very foreign to
the sense of the words in which he expressed it.
Had the gospel regarded war as being in every
case sinful, it seems strange that the apostle Paul
should have been so unguarded as, in teaching the
importance of faith, to use an argument which clearly
proves the lawfulness of war, viz.: " That it was
through faith that Gideon, David, and others waxed
valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of
aliens"; thereby confirming the declaration of David,
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000440 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO JOHN MURRAY, JUN. 413 enable the several temporal rulers of the states and kingdoms of this world to maintain their authority and protect themselves and their people ; and our Saviour expressly declared that if his kingdom had been of this world, then would his servants fight to protect him ; or, in other words, that then, and in that case, he would not have restrained them from fighting. The lawfulness of such fighting, therefore, instead of being denied, is admitted and confirmed by that declaration. This exposition coincides with the answer given by John the Baptist (who was "filled with the Holy Ghost") to the soldiers who asked him what they should do, viz. : " Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages." Can these words be rationally understood as meaning that they should receive wages for nothing; or that, when ordered to march against the enemy, they should refuse to proceed ; or that, on meeting the enemy, they should either run away, or passively submit to be captured or slaughtered ? This would be attaching a meaning to his answer very foreign to the sense of the words in which he expressed it. Had the gospel regarded war as being in every case sinful, it seems strange that the apostle Paul should have been so unguarded as, in teaching the importance of faith, to use an argument which clearly proves the lawfulness of war, viz.: " That it was through faith that Gideon, David, and others waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of aliens"; thereby confirming the declaration of David, |
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