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for a Naples, or a Milan, or a Portugal, or a Bohe 

 mia, yet these wars were but as the wars of hea 

 thens, of Athens, or Sparta, or Rome, for secular 

 interest, or ambition, not worthy of the warfare of 

 Christians. The Church, indeed, maketh her mis 

 sions into the extreme parts of the nations and isles, 

 and it is well : but this is &quot; Ecce unus gladius hie.&quot; 

 The Christian princes and potentates are they that 

 are wanting to the propagation of the faith by their 

 arms. Yet our Lord, that said on earth, to the dis 

 ciples, tf lie et predicate,&quot; said from heaven to Con- 

 stantine, &quot; In hoc signo vince.&quot; What Christian 

 soldier is there that will not be touched with a reli 

 gious emulation to see an order of Jesus, or of St. 

 Francis, or of St. Augustine, do such service, for 

 enlarging the Christian borders ; and an order of 

 St. Jago, or St. Michael or St. George, only to 

 robe, and feast, and perform rites and observances? 

 Surely the merchants themselves shall rise in judg 

 ment against the princes and nobles of Europe ; for 

 they have made a great path in the seas, unto the 

 ends of the world ; and set forth ships, and forces, 

 of Spanish, English, and Dutch, enough to make 

 China tremble ; and all this, for pearl, or stone, or 

 spices : but for the pearl of the kingdom of heaven, 

 or the stones of the heavenly Jerusalem, or the spi 

 ces of the spouse s garden, not a mast hath been set 

 up : nay, they can make shift to shed Christian 

 blood so far off amongst themselves, and not a 

 drop for the cause of Christ. But let me recall my 

 self; I must acknowledge, that within the space 



