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           Souldiers
           Counselled
           and
           Comforted
           .
        
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           Delivered
           unto
           some
           part
           of
           the
           FORCES
           Engaged
           in
           the
           
             Iust
             War
          
           of
           NEW-ENGLAND
           Against
           the
           Northern
           &
           Eastern
           INDIANS
           .
           Sept.
           1.
           1689.
           
        
         
           By
           
             Cotton
             Mather
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           in
           Boston
           ,
        
         
           
             In
             publico
             discrimine
             omnis
             Homo
             Miles
             est
             .
          
        
         
           BOSTON
           Printed
           by
           
             Samuel
             Green.
          
           1689.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           Much
           Honoured
           FRIENDS
           ;
           The
           Pious
           and
           Valiant
           COMMANDERS
           ,
           Of
           the
           FORCES
           now
           engaged
           against
           our
           
             Indian
             Enemies
          
           .
        
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           
             A
             Request
          
           from
           One
           of
           you
           ,
           was
           that
           which
           I
           esteemed
           a
           Command
           ,
           for
           my
           Preaching
           of
           a
           Sermon
           fill'd
           with
           Counsils
           and
           Comforts
           to
           part
           of
           the
           Forces
           now
           under
           your
           auspicious
           Conduct
           .
           I
           was
           too
           dull
           to
           apprehend
           it
           either
           an
           Impudent
           or
           an
           Improper
           thing
           for
           me
           to
           do
           That
           ,
           While
           I
           found
           a
           Minister
           (
           and
           Him
           none
           of
           the
           oldest
           neither
           )
           charged
           with
           a
           very
           great
           Solemnity
           ,
           
             Preach
             the
             Word
             ,
             Be
             instant
             in
             season
             ,
             out
             of
             season
             ,
             WATCH
             thou
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             fulfil
             the
             Ministry
             .
          
        
         
         
           That
           which
           most
           wants
           an
           excuse
           is
           the
           Printing
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           Service
           that
           I
           have
           not
           been
           so
           much
           a
           Voluntier
           unto
           .
           But
           the
           Reasons
           that
           produc'd
           my
           Labour
           in
           Preaching
           ,
           which
           were
           ,
           my
           Desire
           to
           save
           the
           Souls
           ,
           and
           mend
           the
           Lives
           ,
           and
           promote
           the
           Edification
           of
           those
           ,
           for
           whom
           
             my
             Hearts
             Desire
             and
             Prayer
             to
             God
             ,
          
           is
           ,
           
             That
             they
             may
             be
             Happy
          
           ;
           and
           my
           Ambition
           to
           Encounter
           and
           Abolish
           what
           I
           can
           ,
           the
           
             Unchristian
             Temper
          
           of
           those
           who
           take
           advantage
           from
           the
           other
           Difficulties
           and
           Entanglements
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           to
           refuse
           doing
           their
           part
           in
           carrying
           on
           the
           
             Indian
             War
          
           ;
           the
           same
           Reasons
           have
           procur'd
           my
           Consent
           to
           Printing
           of
           this
           Little
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           As
           I
           never
           can
           endure
           that
           mischievous
           Impertinency
           ,
           of
           making
           the
           first
           or
           chief
           Exercise
           after
           our
           Hearing
           ,
           to
           be
           upon
           that
           Question
           ,
           
             How
             did
             you
             like
             the
             Sermon
             to
             day
          
           ?
           So
           I
           am
           not
           much
           concerned
           about
           the
           Reception
           and
           Entertainment
           which
           may
           be
           given
           to
           this
           poor
           Sermon
           by
           the
           Readers
           of
           it
           .
           My
           not
           having
           more
           than
           half
           a
           day
           to
           prepare
           it
           in
           ,
           made
           it
           incapable
           of
           being
           thus
           written
           ,
           till
           since
           the
           Delivery
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           now
           written
           ,
           as
           near
           as
           well
           could
           be
           to
           what
           it
           was
           when
           Spoken
           :
           without
           many
           more
           
             Additions
             ,
             I
          
           suppose
           ,
           than
           may
           somewhat
           Ballance
           the
           
             Omissions
             made
          
           in
           the
           Transcription
           .
           The
           Substaneous
           and
           so
           much
           Extemporaneous
           uttering
           of
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           indeed
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           accounting
           a
           matter
           of
           Applause
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           esteem
           it
           Evil
           and
           Sinful
           ,
           and
           never
           free
           from
           Blame
           ,
           unless
           Gods
           Providence
           ,
           and
           not
           our
           Election
           have
           made
           it
           Unavoidable
           ▪
           nor
           is
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           
           more
           fulsome
           and
           nauseous
           ,
           than
           for
           a
           Preacher
           to
           value
           himself
           upon
           such
           a
           Crime
           ,
           as
           
             his
             not
             spending
             much
             time
             in
             Study
             .
             I
          
           do
           therefore
           beg
           pardon
           ,
           that
           I
           offer
           you
           what
           is
           no
           
             better
             Studied
          
           ;
           not
           without
           expectations
           ,
           that
           whether
           you
           pardon
           me
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           there
           are
           those
           that
           will
           make
           me
           run
           the
           Gantlets
           of
           their
           Censures
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           had
           I
           never
           so
           much
           leisure
           for
           study
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           offer
           you
           a
           more
           
             Needful
             Thing
          
           than
           the
           Matter
           ,
           however
           I
           might
           offer
           you
           a
           more
           Curious
           thing
           than
           the
           Method
           of
           this
           Discourse
           .
           Accept
           the
           Sermon
           as
           a
           Little
           Messenger
           now
           sent
           into
           the
           Camp
           ,
           after
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           
             parched
             Corn
          
           ,
           to
           refresh
           them
           ,
           against
           their
           Facing
           of
           the
           Philistines
           ;
           and
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           let
           none
           of
           them
           have
           their
           Anger
           so
           kindled
           ,
           as
           to
           tell
           me
           ,
           
             Why
             camest
             thou
             down
             hither
             ?
             I
             know
             thy
             Pride
          
           ;
           for
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           it
           ,
           
             What
             have
             I
             now
             done
             ?
             is
             there
             not
             a
             Cause
          
           ?
        
         
           Gentlemen
           !
           It
           is
           the
           
             War
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           which
           you
           are
           now
           Engaged
           in
           :
           and
           it
           is
           the
           
             Help
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           at
           Home
           affectionately
           imploring
           for
           you
           .
           We
           have
           made
           a
           fair
           and
           just
           purchase
           of
           our
           Country
           from
           the
           Natives
           here
           ;
           not
           encroaching
           on
           them
           after
           the
           
             Spanish
             Fashion
          
           ,
           in
           any
           of
           their
           Properties
           and
           Possessions
           .
           Yet
           they
           are
           now
           molesting
           of
           us
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           what
           
             our
             God
          
           (
           because
           
             our
             Right
          
           )
           hath
           made
           
             our
             own
          
           ;
           which
           my
           Pen
           cannot
           mention
           without
           Jehoshaphats
           Ejaculation
           ,
           
             We
             destroy'd
             them
             not
             ,
             but
             behold
             how
             
             they
             Reward
             us
             ,
             to
             come
             to
             cast
             us
             out
             of
             thy
             Possession
             ,
             which
             thou
             hast
             given
             us
             to
             inherit
             .
             O
             our
             God
             ,
             Wilt
             thou
             not
             Judge
             them
             ?
             I
          
           believe
           ,
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           and
           Confident
           ,
           
             He
             will.
          
           But
           your
           Wisdom
           and
           Courage
           is
           now
           to
           be
           Employ'd
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ;
           and
           we
           all
           wish
           you
           such
           large
           measures
           of
           Both
           ,
           as
           the
           
             matter
             does
             require
          
           .
           Yow
           are
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           such
           as
           in
           the
           
             former
             War
          
           ,
           ventured
           as
           far
           as
           any
           men
           Alive
           ;
           and
           the
           
             God
             of
             Armies
          
           then
           blessed
           you
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           safety
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           success
           also
           ,
           which
           we
           should
           be
           very
           unworthy
           if
           we
           should
           be
           unthankful
           for
           .
           As
           you
           have
           thereby
           learn'd
           what
           a
           Treacherous
           .
           Barbarous
           ,
           Dangerous
           Enemy
           you
           have
           to
           deal
           withal
           ;
           so
           you
           are
           not
           without
           a
           gracious
           Invitation
           to
           Trust
           in
           God
           for
           your
           future
           preservation
           ;
           You
           may
           animate
           your selves
           with
           such
           an
           Hope
           as
           that
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             that
             delivered
             me
             out
             of
             the
             paw
             of
             the
             Lion
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             paw
             of
             the
             Bear
             ,
             He
             will
             also
             deliver
             me
             out
             of
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             Philistine
             .
          
           Your
           former
           Deliverances
           whereof
           the
           
             Honourable
             Wounds
          
           upon
           some
           of
           you
           are
           perpetual
           Monitors
           and
           Memorials
           ,
           are
           a
           Dish
           of
           
             Leviathans
             Heads
          
           well
           drest
           ,
           for
           your
           Faith
           to
           feed
           upon
           .
           Feed
           and
           Fight
           now
           with
           a
           
             strong
             Faith
          
           ;
           By
           That
           you
           may
           
             wax
             Valiant
             in
             fight
          
           ,
           and
           
             turn
             to
             flight
             the
             Armies
             of
             the
             Aliens
             .
          
        
         
           Gentlemen
           !
           Your
           Forces
           are
           Happy
           in
           you
           ;
           none
           of
           you
           being
           that
           Debauched
           sort
           of
           Captains
           ,
           which
           will
           Drink
           and
           Swear
           and
           Curse
           and
           profane
           the
           Sabbath
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           give
           out
           that
           
           Perilous
           Word
           of
           Command
           ,
           
             Follow
             your
             Leader
          
           ;
           alas
           ,
           whither
           do
           they
           Lead
           them
           !
           But
           I
           assure
           my self
           that
           you
           are
           such
           as
           have
           long
           since
           Listed
           your selves
           under
           the
           Banner
           of
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           ;
           [
           Let
           
             His
             Banner
          
           over
           you
           be
           Love
           !
           ]
           and
           are
           concerned
           that
           all
           your
           men
           may
           under
           that
           Banner
           oppose
           the
           
             Lusts
             which
             war
             against
             their
             Souls
          
           'T
           is
           the
           design
           of
           this
           Publication
           that
           you
           may
           be
           as
           Happy
           ,
           in
           your
           Forces
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           For
           whom
           and
           With
           whom
           you
           are
           every
           day
           pouring
           out
           your
           Prayers
           to
           the
           
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
          
           ,
           may
           not
           want
           Encouragements
           to
           any
           of
           those
           Combates
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           would
           see
           them
           all
           Victorious
           .
           You
           are
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           Companies
           ,
           whom
           you
           are
           generously
           willing
           not
           only
           to
           Live
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           Dy
           withal
           ;
           and
           the
           chief
           thing
           that
           I
           am
           pursuing
           is
           ,
           That
           whether
           Death
           join
           you
           to
           them
           ,
           or
           part
           you
           from
           them
           ,
           
             You
             may
             meet
             them
             all
             e're
             long
             at
             the
             Right-hand
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           I
           have
           had
           many
           Fears
           upon
           my
           Spirit
           ,
           lest
           the
           wonderful
           Deafness
           to
           ,
           and
           Contempt
           of
           the
           Everlasting
           Gospel
           found
           in
           the
           
             Rising
             Generation
          
           here
           ,
           may
           not
           cause
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           to
           say
           ,
           
             That
             He
             will
             not
             have
             pleasure
             in
             our
             young
             men
          
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           will
           take
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           lay
           them
           waste
           by
           the
           plagues
           of
           a
           destructive
           War.
           To
           prevent
           such
           Omens
           ,
           may
           be
           motive
           enough
           unto
           many
           such
           endeavours
           as
           you
           are
           here
           treated
           with
           .
           May
           These
           Warnings
           reach
           some
           of
           them
           that
           had
           slighted
           too
           many
           others
           heretofore
           !
           I
           have
           done
           when
           I
           have
           told
           you
           ,
           That
           I
           hope
           you
           have
           not
           all
           your
           Forces
           with
           you
           ;
           all
           the
           
             praying
             people
          
           of
           New-England
           
           have
           Embarked
           themselves
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           assist
           your
           present
           Expedition
           .
           It
           was
           not
           at
           all
           Displeasing
           unto
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           our
           most
           Gracious
           and
           Illustrious
           King
           WILLIAM
           ,
           to
           hear
           those
           words
           in
           a
           Speech
           made
           unto
           Him
           by
           one
           concerned
           for
           us
           ,
           
             It
             may
             be
             Humbly
             spoken
             to
             Your
             Majesty
             ,
             The
             very
             Prayers
             of
             your
             poor
             Subjects
             in
          
           New-England
           ,
           
             may
             do
             Your
             Majesty
             as
             much
             Service
             as
             an
             Army
             of
             Forty
             Thousand
             Men.
          
           'T
           will
           surely
           be
           a
           satisfaction
           unto
           you
           ,
           to
           think
           what
           an
           Army
           of
           Prayers
           (
           
             quasi
             manu
             facta
          
           ,
           as
           Tertullian
           expresses
           it
           )
           is
           every
           day
           besieging
           and
           beseeching
           of
           Heaven
           for
           your
           Prosperity
           .
           We
           are
           no
           ways
           tainted
           with
           a
           Popish
           Fancy
           ,
           of
           I
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           Protection
           to
           arise
           from
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           
             Dead
             Saints
          
           that
           are
           inhum'd
           among
           us
           ;
           though
           a
           very
           
             Rich
             Crop
          
           of
           them
           will
           be
           afforded
           by
           this
           little
           Spot
           of
           Ground
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Just.
          
           'T
           is
           foretold
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             honour
             the
             God
             of
          
           Mahuzim
           ,
           besides
           ,
           (
           for
           so
           I
           read
           it
           )
           
             the
             God
             which
             his
             Fathers
             knew
             not
             ,
             :
             Besides
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           Christ
           whom
           they
           despise
           ,
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           the
           French
           ,
           like
           other
           Papists
           ,
           have
           their
           Mahuzim
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           their
           Defenders
           ,
           or
           Guardians
           ;
           and
           those
           are
           the
           
             Saints
             Departed
          
           .
           Hence
           even
           some
           of
           the
           Ancients
           (
           or
           shall
           I
           call
           them
           by
           a
           contrary
           Name
           ?
           for
           ,
           
             Antiquitas
             seculi
             est
             Juventus
             mundi
          
           )
           themselves
           ,
           betimes
           became
           so
           vain
           ,
           as
           to
           count
           the
           Reliques
           of
           the
           
             Dead
             Saints
          
           ,
           the
           Towers
           and
           Ramparts
           of
           the
           places
           that
           Enjoy'd
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Dead
             Bodies
          
           of
           two
           Apostles
           in
           the
           City
           made
           the
           Poet
           cry
           out
           ,
           
           
             A
             Facie
             Hostili
             duo
             propugnacula
             praesunt
             .
          
        
         
           But
           instead
           thereof
           ,
           you
           have
           the
           Prayers
           of
           
             Living
             Saints
          
           to
           increase
           your
           Protection
           in
           the
           worst
           of
           your
           Adventures
           .
           I
           hope
           they
           may
           make
           you
           
             Forty
             thousand
             strong
          
           .
           Our
           
             Lively
             Prayers
          
           to
           the
           
             God
             whom
             our
             Fathers
             knew
          
           ,
           will
           be
           the
           best
           Mahuzim
           or
           Forces
           for
           you
           ;
           if
           we
           do
           but
           choose
           and
           love
           and
           serve
           the
           blessed
           
             God
             of
             our
             Fathers
          
           ,
           and
           Reform
           the
           Sins
           that
           have
           provoked
           Him
           to
           
             Avenge
             with
             a
             Sword
             the
             quarrel
             of
             his
             Covenant
          
           ;
           which
           O
           that
           our
           God
           would
           enable
           us
           unto
           !
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           
             Tho
             I
             am
          
           neither
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           nor
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           
             yet
             you
             will
             allow
          
           me
           
             that
             have
             heretofore
             published
             my
             concern
             for
          
           Military
           Persons
           
             by
             the
             pressing
             of
          
           Military
           Duties
           ,
           
             to
             continue
             my
             Affection
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             to
             perform
             some
             part
             of
             my
          
           Devoirs
           
             unto
             yourselves
             ,
             by
             now
             subscribing
             my self
             ,
          
        
         
           
             
               Your
               Sincere
               Servant
            
             C.
             Mather
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Souldiers
           Counselled
           and
           Comforted
           ▪
           It
           is
           written
           in
           PSAL.
           CXIX
           .
           109
           .
           My
           Soul
           is
           continually
           in
           
             my
             Hand
          
           ;
           yet
           I
           do
           not
           forget
           
             thy
             Law.
          
           
        
         
           WHEN
           there
           was
           made
           unto
           the
           famous
           and
           faithful
           Iohn
           of
           old
           ,
           that
           Application
           whereof
           we
           have
           that
           Account
           in
           Luc.
           3.14
           .
           
             The
             Souldiers
             demanded
             of
             Him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             What
             shall
             we
             do
             ?
          
           We
           find
           that
           He
           left
           them
           not
           without
           those
           Divine
           
             Words
             of
             Command
          
           ▪
           which
           He
           thought
           proper
           and
           useful
           for
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           in
           Conformity
           to
           his
           Great
           and
           Good
           Exemple
           ,
           that
           I
           count
           my self
           under
           Obligations
           at
           this
           Time
           to
           attempt
           the
           satisfaction
           and
           answer
           the
           Expectation
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           whose
           worthy
           Leader
           has
           brought
           them
           into
           this
           
           Assembly
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           hear
           a
           short
           Sermon
           adapted
           unto
           Their
           peculiar
           Circumstances
           .
           We
           are
           informed
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Pages
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Expedition
           of
           the
           Israelites
           against
           the
           Canaanites
           ,
           There
           came
           down
           
             those
             that
             Handled
             the
             Pen
             of
             the
             Writer
             .
          
           'T
           is
           the
           unhappiness
           of
           the
           Expedition
           which
           we
           are
           at
           this
           day
           concerned
           in
           ,
           that
           our
           present
           and
           pressing
           Dangers
           involve
           every
           person
           some
           way
           in
           it
           .
           Even
           Scholars
           must
           either
           Accompany
           or
           Encourage
           Souldiers
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           have
           handled
           none
           but
           Pens
           ,
           must
           either
           carry
           or
           sharpen
           Swords
           .
           We
           are
           in
           the
           
             Briars
             of
          
           a
           Perplexity
           ,
           wherein
           ,
           
             Omnis
             Home
             Miles
             est
          
           ,
           Every
           man
           is
           in
           his
           way
           to
           
             bear
             Arms
          
           ;
           and
           Those
           that
           I
           have
           to
           assist
           you
           with
           ,
           I
           must
           fetch
           out
           of
           that
           
             Christian
             Panoply
          
           the
           Holy
           Bible
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           there
           ,
           my
           Fellow-Souldiers
           ,
           that
           I
           find
           the
           Copy
           of
           a
           Renowned
           Souldier
           ,
           to
           suit
           your
           Enquiries
           ,
           when
           you
           repair
           unto
           me
           with
           your
           
             What
             shall
             we
             do
          
           ?
           Behold
           in
           That
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           ,
           both
           your
           own
           Condition
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           Direction
           .
           Your
           Condition
           is
           ,
           
             To
             have
             your
             Lives
             continually
             in
             our
             Hands
             .
          
           Your
           Direction
           is
           ,
           
             To
             not
             forget
             Gods
             Law.
          
           
        
         
           The
           Text
           now
           offered
           unto
           your
           Consideration
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           longest
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           sweetest
           of
           all
           the
           Psalms
           .
           'T
           is
           in
           a
           Psalm
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           one
           saith
           )
           consisteth
           of
           words
           ,
           
             Non
             tam
             Legenda
             quam
             Vivenda
          
           ,
           to
           be
           Lived
           rather
           than
           Read
           or
           Heard
           ;
           
           a
           Psalm
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           another
           says
           )
           is
           ,
           
             Quanto
             rolixior
             eo
             prestantior
          
           ,
           having
           an
           Excellency
           transcendent
           like
           its
           Prolixity
           ;
           a
           Psalm
           which
           the
           wittiest
           of
           the
           Ancients
           in
           a
           Dream
           or
           Vision
           had
           presented
           unto
           him
           ,
           as
           
             The
             Tree
             of
             Life
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Paradise
             of
             God
          
           ;
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           more
           ?
           a
           Psalm
           which
           well
           deserves
           to
           be
           set
           as
           the
           Preface
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           being
           the
           Encomium
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           Epitome
           of
           it
           all
           .
        
         
           A
           Coherence
           ,
           and
           so
           an
           Analysis
           ,
           of
           the
           several
           Paragraphs
           in
           the
           Psalm
           ,
           is
           not
           sollicitously
           to
           be
           sought
           :
           the
           Regard
           had
           unto
           the
           Order
           and
           Number
           of
           the
           
             Hebrew
             Letters
          
           ,
           throughout
           the
           whole
           ,
           giving
           us
           cause
           to
           look
           for
           a
           Cohaerence
           of
           Letters
           rather
           than
           of
           Matters
           in
           it
           ;
           however
           in
           our
           Context
           there
           seems
           to
           be
           some
           Dependence
           .
           We
           have
           here
           the
           Lovely
           David
           ,
           that
           Eminent
           Servant
           and
           Souldier
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           asserting
           his
           own
           Integrity
           ,
           against
           the
           Temptations
           of
           a
           
             Various
             Assault
          
           ;
           an
           Assault
           both
           from
           Snares
           and
           Swords
           .
           He
           was
           Assaulted
           one
           while
           by
           Fraud
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           Temptations
           thereof
           he
           says
           ,
           
             The
             Wicked
             have
             laid
             a
             Snare
             for
             me
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             not
             erred
             from
             thy
             Precepts
             .
          
           He
           was
           Assailied
           another
           while
           by
           Force
           ;
           &
           as
           to
           the
           Temptations
           thereof
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             My
             soul
             is
             continually
             in
             my
             Hands
             ;
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             forget
             thy
             Law.
          
           Suppose
           this
           incomparable
           General
           ,
           now
           skulking
           and
           scowring
           about
           the
           Woods
           ,
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           of
           Palestine
           ;
           pursued
           like
           a
           Patridge
           ,
           by
           that
           bloody
           Fowler
           Saul
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           cruel
           
             setting
             Dogs
          
           about
           
           him
           .
           Suppose
           him
           ,
           now
           in
           Arms
           ,
           and
           
             thus
             Expressing
          
           of
           himself
           .
           Behold
           in
           our
           Text
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           the
           Affliction
           of
           a
           great
           Souldier
           .
           'T
           is
           ,
           
             my
             soul
             is
             continually
             in
             my
             Hand
             .
          
           By
           the
           Soul
           may
           be
           meant
           the
           Life
           ,
           which
           does
           consist
           in
           a
           Vital
           Union
           between
           the
           Soul
           and
           the
           Body
           .
           But
           how
           may
           this
           be
           said
           to
           be
           ,
           
             In
             the
             Hand
          
           ?
           remember
           Austin
           upon
           this
           place
           ,
           confesses
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           conceive
           what
           the
           Psalmist
           meant
           .
           But
           Ierom
           hits
           the
           Nail
           ,
           by
           noting
           that
           it
           is
           an
           
             Hebraism
             ,
             Quo
             significatur
             vitam
             habere
             periculo
             Expositam
          
           ;
           signifying
           
             to
             go
             in
             Danger
             of
             ones
             Life
             .
          
           The
           Graecians
           have
           a
           Proverb
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Hebrews
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ;
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           He
           hath
           his
           Soul
           in
           his
           Hand
           .
           To
           put
           it
           out
           of
           Doubt
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           Intent
           of
           the
           Psalmist
           here
           ,
           we
           find
           it
           elsewhere
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Life
           of
           this
           very
           person
           had
           been
           obnoxious
           to
           an
           extraordinary
           Danger
           ,
           't
           is
           thus
           deciphered
           in
           1
           Sam.
           19.5
           .
           
             He
             did
             put
             his
             Life
             in
             his
             Hand
             .
          
           And
           hence
           the
           never
           enough
           Regarded
           and
           Commended
           French
           Translation
           ,
           so
           renders
           the
           passage
           ,
           we
           are
           now
           upon
           ,
           
             Ma
             Vie
             a
             este
             continuellement
             en
             Hazard
          
           ;
           my
           Life
           has
           been
           continually
           in
           Hazard
           .
           A
           Souldier
           must
           continually
           look
           to
           be
           Hazarding
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           the
           Affection
           of
           a
           good
           Souldier
           .
           'T
           is
           
             Yet
             I
             do
             not
             forget
             thy
             Law.
          
           A
           Souldier
           must
           indeed
           Forget
           all
           things
           ,
           but
           
             Gods
             Law
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             own
             Sword.
          
           For
           the
           Object
           which
           he
           is
           to
           be
           Affected
           with
           ,
           't
           is
           
             Gods
             Law.
          
           That
           is
           one
           of
           the
           
             Ten
             
             Words
          
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           is
           used
           in
           almost
           every
           verse
           of
           this
           glorious
           Hymn
           ,
           to
           denote
           ,
           
             The
             ways
             and
             means
             by
             which
             the
             blessed
             God
             reveals
             His
             Will
             unto
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             ;
             and
             the
             Will
             it self
             revealed
             in
             those
             ways
             and
             means
             .
          
        
         
           And
           then
           for
           the
           Respect
           which
           he
           is
           to
           place
           upon
           this
           Object
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           
             Not
             Forgetting
          
           .
           But
           we
           are
           to
           bear
           in
           mind
           ,
           That
           according
           to
           the
           Received
           Rule
           of
           Expounding
           
             Scripture
             Phrases
          
           to
           Remember
           ,
           denotes
           also
           ,
           to
           Know
           ,
           to
           Love
           ,
           to
           Do.
           All
           That
           is
           intended
           here
           .
        
         
           And
           hence
           the
           Doctrine
           here
           provided
           for
           you
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           Remembrance
           of
           Gods
           Law
           ,
           is
           a
           Thing
           of
           no
           small
           Importance
           to
           them
           that
           have
           their
           Lives
           continually
           in
           their
           Hands
           .
        
         
           As
           the
           little
           time
           given
           me
           for
           Preparation
           ,
           will
           not
           allow
           me
           to
           be
           very
           Accurate
           and
           Pertinent
           in
           improving
           my
           present
           opportunity
           ,
           which
           until
           too
           late
           yesterday
           I
           knew
           nothing
           of
           :
           so
           the
           little
           strength
           left
           me
           by
           the
           excessive
           .
           Labours
           of
           this
           morning
           supervening
           upon
           the
           Languors
           of
           a
           late
           Illness
           ,
           will
           not
           permit
           me
           to
           be
           long
           ,
           in
           this
           Discourse
           ;
           I
           have
           only
           two
           Propositions
           to
           entertain
           you
           with
           .
        
         
           
           
             Proposition
             I.
             To
             have
             their
             Lives
             in
             their
             Hands
             ,
             is
             a
             Condition
             which
             the
             Children
             of
             Men
             are
             liable
             unto
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             indeed
             a
             Threefold
             Condition
             which
             brings
             the
             Lives
             of
             Men
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             Men
             ;
             with
             a
             
               Gradual
               Descent
            
             from
             Generals
             to
             Specials
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             set
             before
             you
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             Condition
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             of
             
               All
               Men
            
             :
             Accordingly
             our
             Observation
             is
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Men
             have
             their
             Lives
             brought
             into
             their
             their
             Hands
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             Mortality
             .
             Our
             Lives
             are
             come
             out
             from
             our
             Hearts
             unto
             our
             Hands
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             in
             a
             sort
             ready
             to
             
               shake
               Hands
            
             with
             us
             .
             Our
             Lives
             do
             as
             it
             were
             take
             us
             by
             our
             Hands
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             
               Well
               ,
               I
               am
               going
               ,
               Fare
               you
               well
               .
            
          
           
             Our
             Lives
             are
             come
             into
             our
             Hands
             for
             the
             Brevity
             of
             them
             .
             Once
             indeed
             there
             was
             a
             Longevity
             in
             Fallen
             Man
             that
             seem'd
             almos●
             Aemulous
             of
             that
             Immortality
             ,
             which
             Uprigh●
             man
             should
             have
             had
             experience
             of
             .
             The
             Antediluvian
             Patriarchs
             might
             have
             broke
             up
             Company
             ,
             with
             probable
             Agreements
             to
             have
             met
             again
             in
             the
             same
             Place
             and
             Form
             an
             Hundred
             Years
             afterwards
             .
             But
             that
             LONG
             LIFE
             ,
             i●
             
             by
             our
             Vice
             ,
             and
             Gods
             Curse
             ,
             now
             terribly
             Abbreviated
             .
             Our
             own
             Corruption
             has
             Enfeebled
             the
             principles
             of
             Life
             in
             our
             Successive
             Generations
             ,
             and
             Gods
             just
             Malediction
             has
             confirm'd
             that
             Feebleness
             ,
             whereby
             we
             
               Dy
               before
               our
               Time
               ,
               for
               being
               wicked
               overmuch
               .
            
             The
             
               Sacred
               Law
            
             of
             God
             has
             now
             Abridged
             our
             Lives
             into
             
               Seventy
               Years
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Common
               Law
            
             of
             Man
             ,
             into
             Seven
             .
             Our
             Lives
             are
             now
             IN
             our
             Hands
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             not
             an
             Handful
             thereof
             .
             The
             psalmist
             could
             say
             ,
             in
             Psal.
             39.5
             .
             
               Behold
               ,
               Thou
               hast
               made
               my
               Days
               as
               an
               Hands
               Breadth
               .
            
             In
             an
             
               Hands
               Breadth
            
             may
             be
             grasped
             the
             whole
             of
             the
             Lives
             which
             we
             have
             in
             our
             Hands
             .
          
           
             Our
             Lives
             are
             likewise
             come
             into
             our
             Hands
             for
             the
             Uncertainty
             of
             them
             .
             What
             is
             in
             our
             Hands
             is
             
               Extra
               nos
            
             ,
             't
             is
             uncertain
             whether
             we
             shall
             keep
             it
             or
             no.
             Our
             Lives
             are
             so
             in
             our
             Hands
             ,
             that
             we
             know
             not
             whether
             they
             will
             stay
             with
             us
             They
             may
             be
             wrested
             out
             of
             our
             Hands
             :
             and
             in
             a
             Turn
             of
             an
             Hand
             they
             are
             gone
             ,
             before
             we
             are
             aware
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             in
             James
             4.14
             .
             
               What
               is
               your
               Life
               ?
               It
               is
               even
               a
               vapour
               .
            
             It
             is
             as
             a
             Vapour
             ,
             or
             a
             Candle
             ,
             that
             we
             bear
             (
             not
             in
             Horns
             ,
             but
             )
             in
             Hands
             .
             'T
             is
             liable
             to
             be
             Extinguished
             by
             every
             puss
             of
             Wind.
             
          
           
             The
             Second
             Condition
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             of
             
               Old
               Men.
            
             And
             so
             our
             Observation
             is
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             Men
             have
             their
             Lives
             brought
             into
             their
             Hands
             in
             point
             of
             Infirmity
             .
             Aged
             persons
             Lean
             with
             their
             Hands
             ;
             and
             on
             their
             Staves
             they
             carry
             
             their
             Lives
             .
             The
             Life
             may
             be
             put
             for
             the
             
               whole
               Man
            
             ;
             with
             the
             
               Old
               Man
            
             't
             is
             come
             into
             the
             Hands
             ;
             his
             Feet
             cannot
             now
             support
             him
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             of
             him
             in
             Eccles
             12.3
             .
             
               The
               strong
               men
            
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
             his
             Legs
             )
             
               bow
               themselves
            
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             Trembling
             Hands
             must
             be
             the
             
               Keepers
               of
               the
               House
            
             .
             All
             the
             strength
             left
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Life
             is
             in
             his
             Hands
             .
             He
             does
             all
             things
             with
             a
             
               Staff
               in
               Hand
            
             ,
             and
             so
             with
             a
             
               Life
               in
               Hand
            
             ;
             as
             't
             is
             noted
             of
             the
             Gray-headed
             and
             Decrepit
             Iacob
             ,
             in
             Heb.
             11.21
             .
             
               He
               Worshipped
               ,
               leaning
               on
               the
               Top
               of
               his
               Staff
               :
            
             When
             he
             rose
             off
             his
             Couch
             to
             worship
             God
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             rise
             without
             a
             Staff
             ;
             his
             Life
             was
             relieved
             and
             exerted
             mostly
             by
             his
             Aged
             palsey
             Hand
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             Condition
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             Confessors
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Souldiers
             .
             And
             our
             Observation
             upon
             it
             is
             ,
          
           
             3
             Men
             have
             their
             Lives
             brought
             into
             their
             Hands
             in
             point
             of
             Danger
             to
             
               Loose
               their
               Lives
            
             .
             'T
             is
             the
             Chaldee
             Paraphrase
             upon
             this
             place
             ,
             
               Anima
               mea
               periclitatur
               ac
               si
               esset
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               in
               super
               ficie
               manus
               meae
               .
            
             Our
             Lives
             are
             sometimes
             by
             Dangers
             placed
             ,
             as
             t'
             were
             on
             the
             Back
             of
             our
             Hands
             .
             We
             have
             no
             hold
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             will
             take
             wing
             ,
             and
             be
             gone
             ,
             in
             the
             Twinkling
             of
             an
             Eye
             .
             We
             are
             sometimes
             to
             venture
             our
             Lives
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             do
             so
             ,
             We
             may
             say
             ,
             as
             in
             1
             Sam.
             28.21
             .
             
               Behold
               I
               have
               put
               my
               Life
               in
               my
               Hand
               .
            
             That
             which
             is
             in
             our
             Hands
             ,
             is
             easy
             to
             be
             Taken
             away
             ;
             yea
             ,
             What
             is
             ready
             to
             be
             Given
             
             away
             ,
             we
             take
             in
             our
             Hands
             .
             In
             both
             respects
             ,
             our
             God
             often
             calls
             us
             to
             have
             our
             Lives
             in
             our
             Hands
             .
             We
             are
             sometimes
             to
             engage
             in
             those
             things
             ,
             wherein
             't
             is
             but
             a
             Peradventure
             ,
             whether
             we
             shall
             ever
             come
             off
             Alive
             .
             Yea
             ,
             we
             are
             sometimes
             not
             only
             to
             Expose
             our
             Lives
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             Resign
             them
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             go
             out
             of
             our
             Hands
             ,
             and
             pour
             them
             forth
             as
             a
             Drink-offering
             before
             the
             Lord.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             case
             of
             Confessors
             .
             They
             Dy
             Often
             ;
             they
             are
             as
             't
             is
             said
             in
             2
             Cor.
             11.23
             .
             
               In
               Deaths
               often
            
             .
             Yea
             ,
             they
             Dy
             Daily
             ;
             they
             can
             say
             as
             in
             1
             Cor.
             15.31
             .
             I
             
               Dy
               Daily
            
             .
             That
             is
             ,
             They
             are
             Often
             ,
             they
             are
             Daily
             in
             Danger
             in
             Dying
             ;
             and
             so
             they
             have
             their
             Lives
             in
             their
             Hands
             .
             There
             is
             a
             Number
             of
             people
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             who
             profess
             the
             Truths
             and
             Ways
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             serve
             Him
             according
             to
             His
             Word
             .
             This
             people
             are
             a
             sort
             of
             Army
             ,
             under
             the
             Colours
             and
             Commands
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             but
             the
             
               Ancient
               Legend
            
             (
             pardon
             me
             that
             I
             call
             it
             so
             )
             of
             the
             
               Thebaean
               Legion
            
             is
             verifyed
             in
             the
             usage
             that
             they
             meet
             withal
             .
             They
             have
             so
             many
             Hands
             against
             them
             ,
             that
             their
             Lives
             are
             in
             their
             Hands
             ;
             and
             from
             that
             
               Flock
               of
               Slaughter
            
             ,
             now
             one
             ,
             and
             then
             another
             is
             made
             a
             prey
             to
             Wolvish
             Persecutors
             ;
             before
             whole
             Rabid
             Violence
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               For
               thy
               sake
               We
               are
               killed
               all
               the
               Day
               Long.
               
            
          
           
             And
             this
             is
             the
             case
             of
             Souldiers
             too
             .
             It
             was
             remarked
             by
             a
             notable
             man
             of
             that
             Character
             ,
             〈◊〉
             2
             Sam.
             11.25
             .
             
               The
               Sword
               Devoureth
               One
               as
               
               Well
               as
               another
               .
            
             The
             Hebrews
             call
             War
             ,
             by
             a
             Name
             that
             signifies
             ,
             
               A
               Devourer
            
             .
             And
             Souldiers
             carry
             in
             their
             Hands
             ,
             what
             the
             Monster
             feeds
             upon
             ;
             the
             Leviathan
             devours
             the
             Lives
             of
             them
             who
             do
             Encounter
             him
             .
             The
             Lives
             of
             Souldiers
             are
             where
             their
             Arms
             are
             ,
             even
             in
             their
             Hands
             ;
             for
             they
             know
             not
             whether
             they
             shall
             return
             Alive
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Battels
             which
             they
             are
             push'd
             upon
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             is
             for
             a
             double
             Reason
             that
             our
             God
             carves
             out
             such
             a
             condition
             for
             us
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             It
             is
             to
             check
             our
             Worldly-mindedness
             :
             It
             was
             said
             unto
             that
             good
             man
             ,
             in
             Jer.
             45.5
             .
             
               Seekest
               thou
               great
               things
               for
               thy self
               ,
               seek
               them
               not
               ;
               for
               —
               thy
               Life
               will
               I
               give
               unto
               thee
               for
               a
               prey
               .
            
             When
             our
             Life
             is
             for
             a
             prey
             ,
             our
             Life
             is
             then
             in
             our
             Hand
             ;
             we
             have
             it
             by
             a
             meer
             snatch
             as
             it
             were
             .
             This
             now
             prohibits
             our
             
               seeking
               of
               great
               things
               for
               our selves
               ,
            
             in
             as
             much
             as
             we
             cannot
             secure
             to
             our selves
             the
             Enjoyment
             of
             That
             ,
             which
             alone
             makes
             us
             capable
             of
             Enjoying
             all
             other
             Sublunary
             Things
             .
             By
             bringing
             our
             Lives
             into
             our
             Hands
             ,
             our
             Hands
             are
             knock'd
             away
             from
             too
             fast
             a
             gripe
             or
             grasp
             after
             Secular
             Objects
             .
             When
             our
             Life
             is
             in
             our
             Hand
             ,
             God
             has
             a
             voice
             in
             His
             Mouth
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             
               Dream
               not
               of
               mighty
               Things
               ,
               no
               ,
               nor
               of
               any
               Things
               in
               this
               Transitory
               World
               ,
               until
               thou
               hast
               better
               Assurance
               of
               thy
               continuance
               here
               .
            
             The
             blessed
             God
             thus
             inviteth
             us
             ,
             and
             obligeth
             us
             ,
             to
             look
             after
             the
             glorious
             Crowns
             and
             Ioyes
             in
             another
             VVorld
             .
             He
             Inviteth
             us
             ,
             and
             obligeth
             
             us
             ,
             
               To
               set
               our
               Affections
               upon
               the
               Things
               which
               are
               above
            
             ;
             and
             ,
             
               To
               Look
               at
               the
               Things
               which
               are
               not
               seen
               and
               are
               Eternal
            
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             sure
             of
             an
             
               Hope
               in
               Christ
            
             ,
             without
             which
             we
             see
             (
             when
             we
             have
             
               Life
               in
               Hand
            
             )
             
               our selves
               to
               be
               of
               all
               men
               most
               miserable
               .
            
          
           
             Secondly
             ;
             It
             is
             to
             cure
             our
             Creature-Confidence
             .
             It
             was
             said
             by
             the
             Apostle
             in
             2
             Cor.
             1.9
             .
             
               We
               had
               a
               Sentence
               of
               Death
               in
               our selves
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               not
               trust
               in
               our selves
               ,
               but
               in
               God
               ,
               which
               raises
               the
               Dead
               .
            
             A
             Condemned
             Malefactor
             carries
             his
             Life
             in
             his
             Hand
             ,
             from
             the
             Bar.
             VVe
             are
             sometimes
             in
             as
             perilous
             a
             Likelihood
             of
             Dying
             ,
             as
             a
             condemned
             Malefactor
             ;
             and
             we
             are
             hereby
             called
             upon
             to
             Trust
             in
             God
             alone
             for
             the
             Reversing
             and
             Repealing
             of
             the
             Sentence
             .
             By
             having
             our
             Lives
             in
             our
             Hands
             ,
             we
             are
             under
             a
             Necessity
             of
             Reliance
             upon
             God
             alone
             to
             keep
             them
             there
             .
             VVhen
             we
             have
             our
             Life
             in
             our
             Hand
             ,
             we
             have
             also
             that
             call
             in
             our
             
               Ear
               ,
               Do
               not
               Lean
               upon
               any
               Temporal
               Visible
               ,
               Interest
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               thy
               Life
               ;
               let
               all
               thy
               Expectations
               be
               ,
               as
               all
               thy
               Salvations
               are
               ,
               from
               God
               alone
               .
            
             The
             Lord
             breaks
             down
             the
             Hedge
             on
             every
             side
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             we
             Ly
             open
             to
             Death
             every
             way
             :
             't
             is
             that
             we
             may
             reserve
             our
             Dependance
             for
             all
             support
             ,
             and
             all
             succour
             ,
             to
             be
             placed
             upon
             God
             alone
             ;
             't
             is
             that
             we
             may
             learn
             the
             Song
             of
             him
             that
             returned
             with
             his
             Life
             in
             his
             Hand
             from
             the
             maw
             of
             the
             great
             
               Shark
               ;
               Salvation
               is
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Proposition
             II.
             The
             Direction
             proper
             for
             them
             that
             have
             their
             Lives
             in
             their
             Hands
             ,
             is
             to
             Remember
             the
             Law
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             VVhen
             you
             have
             considered
             a
             few
             Conclusions
             ,
             your
             thoughts
             will
             rightly
             apprehend
             the
             Intent
             and
             Extent
             of
             this
             Assertion
             .
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               I.
               
            
             
               Their
               Memories
               being
               Fraighted
               and
               Stored
               with
               Divine
               Truths
               ,
               do
               marvellously
               assist
               those
               that
               have
               their
               Lives
               in
               their
               Hands
               .
            
             
               Our
               Souls
               have
               an
               admirable
               Faculty
               of
               laying
               up
               in
               themselves
               the
               Images
               of
               Things
               ,
               which
               have
               made
               their
               Impressions
               on
               us
               .
               This
               is
               our
               Memory
               .
               VVe
               have
               both
               a
               Retaining
               Memory
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               Sensitive
               and
               a
               Regaining
               Memory
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               Rational
               :
               a
               Memory
               ,
               that
               can
               both
               
                 keep
                 Safe
              
               and
               
                 fetch
                 Back
              
               what
               Idaeas
               we
               have
               been
               Entertained
               with
               .
               This
               Memory
               is
               a
               Treasury
               ,
               to
               be
               replenished
               with
               such
               Things
               as
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               affords
               unto
               us
               .
               'T
               is
               Required
               in
               Prov.
               3.1
               .
               
                 My
                 Son
                 forget
                 not
                 my
                 Law.
              
               'T
               is
               Resolved
               in
               Psal.
               119.16
               .
               
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 Forget
                 thy
                 Word
                 .
              
               The
               Law
               of
               God
               contains
               Commandments
               ,
               
               every
               one
               of
               which
               are
               
                 Holy
                 ,
                 and
                 Iust
                 ,
                 and
                 Good
              
               ;
               it
               contains
               Promises
               ,
               every
               one
               of
               which
               are
               
                 Great
                 and
                 Precious
              
               ;
               it
               contains
               Threatnings
               ,
               every
               one
               of
               which
               are
               
                 Quick
                 and
                 Powerful
              
               :
               and
               these
               are
               all
               to
               be
               Treasured
               up
               in
               our
               Memories
               .
               VVhen
               they
               have
               been
               communicated
               unto
               us
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               take
               heed
               that
               ,
               Menasseh
               ,
               or
               Forgetfulness
               be
               not
               the
               Name
               of
               our
               Souls
               .
               The
               Distillations
               of
               Gods
               Law
               ,
               like
               Manna
               ,
               fall
               about
               our
               Tents
               from
               Day
               to
               Day
               :
               our
               Duty
               now
               is
               that
               in
               2
               Pet.
               1.15
               .
               
                 To
                 have
                 these
                 Things
                 always
                 in
                 Remembrance
              
               ;
               and
               Gods
               Law
               will
               not
               like
               Manna
               ,
               corrupt
               ,
               but
               rather
               sweeten
               ,
               by
               being
               Reposited
               until
               
                 To
                 morrow
              
               .
               The
               Law
               of
               our
               God
               is
               both
               Written
               and
               Preached
               among
               us
               :
               now
               't
               is
               declared
               in
               Heb.
               2.1
               .
               
                 We
                 ought
                 to
                 give
                 earnest
                 heed
                 unto
                 the
                 Things
                 ,
                 lest
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 we
                 let
                 them
                 slip
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               Lest
               we
               be
               like
               
                 Leaky
                 Vessels
              
               thereunto
               .
               The
               Truths
               couched
               in
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               are
               to
               be
               like
               Nails
               fastned
               in
               our
               Souls
               ;
               never
               to
               be
               remov●d
               ,
               never
               to
               be
               displaced
               .
               After
               we
               have
               been
               sitting
               under
               the
               Dispensations
               of
               Gods
               Law
               ,
               He
               will
               ask
               of
               u●
               ▪
               as
               in
               Heb.
               12.5
               .
               
                 Have
                 you
                 forgotten
                 the
                 Exhortation
              
               ?
               To
               which
               we
               should
               be
               able
               to
               Reply
               as
               the
               Psalmist
               of
               old
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 forgotten
                 thy
                 Law.
              
               And
               hence
               we
               should
               Receive
               the
               Truths
               therein
               offered
               unto
               us
               ,
               with
               that
               Affectionate
               and
               Agreeable
               Ejaculation
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 keep
                 it
                 for
                 ever
                 in
                 the
                 Imagination
                 of
                 the
                 Thought
                 of
                 my
                 Heart
                 !
              
            
             
             
               Now
               those
               of
               you
               that
               carry
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               will
               have
               this
               peculiar
               Benefit
               ,
               by
               having
               of
               Gods
               Laws
               thus
               in
               your
               Minds
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               your
               Memory
               will
               suggest
               Necessary
               Truths
               unto
               you
               .
               You
               cannot
               always
               come
               at
               those
               Ordinances
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               
                 Wells
                 of
                 Salvation
              
               ,
               being
               driven
               to
               wander
               in
               the
               Dry
               paths
               of
               a
               
                 Solitary
                 Wilderness
              
               .
               But
               your
               well-furnished
               Memories
               will
               supply
               you
               with
               the
               
                 words
                 whereby
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 saved
                 ,
              
               &
               bring
               a
               
                 Little
                 Sanctuary
              
               to
               you
               when
               you
               are
               Banished
               from
               the
               
                 Great
                 Ones
              
               .
               They
               will
               render
               you
               the
               
                 Instructed
                 Scribes
              
               which
               will
               not
               want
               Things
               New
               and
               Old
               ,
               for
               the
               Repast
               of
               your
               Souls
               in
               the
               Desert
               which
               you
               range
               forth
               into
               .
               Salvation
               was
               to
               come
               unto
               you
               by
               your
               Hearing
               while
               you
               were
               here
               ;
               it
               may
               now
               come
               unto
               you
               by
               your
               Remembring
               ;
               for
               the
               Apostle
               said
               ,
               in
               1
               Cor.
               15.2
               .
               
                 Ye
                 are
                 sav̄ed
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 keep
                 in
                 Memory
                 ,
                 What
                 I
                 Preached
                 unto
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               ,
               Secondly
               ,
               Your
               Memories
               will
               suggest
               Seasonable
               Truths
               unto
               you
               .
               You
               are
               going
               into
               a
               Warfare
               ,
               wherein
               you
               will
               often
               have
               occasion
               for
               some
               Advice
               from
               God.
               While
               you
               were
               among
               us
               ,
               you
               could
               seldom
               labour
               under
               any
               Doubt
               ,
               or
               Snare
               ,
               but
               you
               would
               have
               it
               met
               withal
               ,
               in
               the
               Ordinances
               ,
               that
               you
               conscientiously
               repair'd
               unto
               ;
               you
               might
               say
               with
               him
               ,
               I
               
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 Sanctuary
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 understood
                 .
              
               But
               your
               Memories
               must
               now
               be
               your
               Monitors
               ;
               if
               they
               be
               not
               Empty
               ,
               they
               will
               not
               
               be
               Silent
               .
               It
               was
               said
               by
               some
               that
               were
               hurried
               away
               from
               the
               place
               where
               the
               Institutions
               of
               the
               most
               High
               did
               use
               to
               be
               maintained
               ,
               in
               Lam.
               3.21
               .
               
                 I
                 Recal
                 to
                 mind
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 have
                 Hope
                 .
              
               So
               you
               may
               quickly
               have
               cause
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 Recal
                 to
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 Life
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               
                 I
                 Recal
                 to
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 light
              
               ;
               and
               ,
               I
               
                 Recal
                 to
                 mind
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 to
                 do
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               2.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               a
               
                 Practical
                 Remembrance
              
               of
               Divine
               Truths
               ,
               which
               they
               that
               have
               their
               Lives
               in
               their
               Hands
               are
               to
               be
               most
               concerned
               for
               .
               Let
               Remembring
               and
               Practising
               go
               
                 Hand
                 in
                 Hand
              
               ,
               since
               you
               have
               your
               Life
               in
               your
               Hand
               .
               It
               is
               said
               in
               Numb
               .
               15.39
               .
               
                 Remember
                 all
                 the
                 Commandments
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 Do
                 them
                 .
              
               Behold
               ,
               God
               has
               joined
               these
               two
               ,
               and
               
                 what
                 God
                 has
                 join'd
                 ,
                 Let
                 no
                 man
                 put
                 asunder
                 .
              
               The
               
                 Best
                 Remembrance
              
               is
               that
               which
               produces
               Repentance
               .
               'T
               was
               said
               in
               Matth.
               26.75
               .
               Peter
               
                 Remembred
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 went
                 out
                 and
                 wept
                 bitterly
                 .
              
               Thus
               we
               should
               so
               
                 Remember
                 the
              
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               to
               weep
               for
               all
               our
               violations
               of
               it
               ;
               weep
               and
               Mourn
               and
               Bleed
               at
               the
               Thoughts
               of
               our
               own
               Unanswerableness
               thereunto
               .
               And
               ,
               the
               Best
               Remembrance
               is
               that
               which
               produces
               Obedience
               .
               'T
               was
               said
               ,
               in
               Psal.
               22.27
               .
               
                 They
                 shall
                 Remember
                 ,
                 and
                 Turn
                 unto
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               Thus
               we
               should
               so
               Remember
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               to
               Turn
               from
               all
               our
               
               own
               Behaviours
               that
               are
               contrary
               thereunto
               to
               Turn
               from
               all
               Sin
               to
               God
               in
               Christ
               for
               ever
               .
               A
               little
               of
               this
               Remembring
               will
               go
               further
               than
               the
               Largest
               and
               Longest
               Repetition
               else
               .
               A
               Pious
               Person
               being
               asked
               ,
               
                 What
                 do
                 you
                 Remember
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 Sermon
              
               ?
               Reply'd
               ,
               
                 I
                 don't
                 Remember
                 much
                 ;
                 but
                 so
                 much
              
               I
               
                 do
                 Remember
                 that
                 I
                 shall
                 Endeavour
                 to
                 mend
                 a
                 miscarriage
                 that
                 the
                 Sermon
                 convinc'd
                 me
                 of
                 .
              
               That
               was
               Well
               Remembred
               !
               Tho'
               your
               Memories
               may
               serve
               you
               like
               a
               Sieve
               that
               seem'd
               full
               while
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Water
               ,
               but
               has
               nothing
               in
               it
               ,
               immediately
               on
               its
               Taking
               out
               ;
               yet
               therein
               however
               let
               them
               be
               like
               the
               Sieve
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               be
               made
               pure
               and
               clean
               by
               the
               
                 Waters
                 of
                 Life
              
               that
               are
               passing
               thorough
               them
               .
               This
               is
               the
               Remembrance
               which
               you
               are
               to
               be
               most
               ambitious
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               3.
               
            
             
               Our
               having
               our
               Lives
               in
               our
               Hands
               ought
               not
               to
               Affright
               us
               from
               any
               thing
               that
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               makes
               incumbent
               on
               us
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               the
               principal
               Intendment
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               here
               ;
               
                 q.
                 d.
              
               Tho'
               I
               have
               my
               Life
               in
               my
               Hand
               ,
               yet
               I
               will
               do
               no
               Indirect
               Thing
               ,
               to
               keep
               it
               there
               .
               We
               should
               never
               Warp
               ,
               never
               Sin
               ,
               to
               avoid
               any
               peril
               whatsoever
               .
               When
               we
               have
               our
               Lives
               in
               our
               Hands
               ,
               we
               are
               then
               Try'd
               ,
               whether
               we
               will
               
                 put
                 forth
                 our
                 Hands
                 
                 unto
                 Iniquity
              
               to
               secure
               what
               is
               in
               them
               .
               But
               having
               a
               clear
               Call
               to
               your
               Service
               ,
               you
               should
               say
               as
               the
               Martyr
               once
               ,
               
                 If
                 every
                 Hair
                 of
                 my
                 Head
                 were
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 the
                 Lives
                 of
                 them
                 all
                 sacrificed
                 ,
                 rather
                 than
                 desert
                 the
                 cause
                 I
                 am
                 engaged
                 in
                 .
              
               You
               should
               be
               above
               all
               carnal
               motions
               ,
               or
               passions
               ,
               or
               Impressions
               ,
               that
               may
               discourage
               you
               in
               the
               work
               which
               you
               are
               to
               attend
               with
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               .
               'T
               was
               said
               by
               that
               wise
               man
               ,
               in
               Gal.
               6.14
               .
               
                 I
                 am
                 Crucified
                 unto
                 the
                 World.
              
               A
               crucified
               man
               has
               his
               Life
               in
               his
               Hands
               with
               a
               witness
               ,
               when
               his
               Hands
               are
               Nailed
               and
               Hanging
               on
               the
               Tree
               .
               You
               should
               have
               no
               more
               Carnal
               Joyes
               and
               Griefs
               ,
               no
               more
               Carnal
               Hopes
               and
               Fears
               ,
               then
               a
               man
               whose
               Life
               is
               going
               out
               at
               his
               Hands
               Gratify
               not
               any
               Enemy
               ,
               by
               a
               
                 Sinful
                 Compliance
              
               ,
               to
               Escape
               Danger
               ;
               for
               God
               can
               Restrain
               your
               Adversary
               .
               'T
               is
               said
               in
               Proverb
               16.7
               .
               
                 When
                 a
                 mans
                 ways
                 please
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 his
                 Enemies
                 shall
                 be
                 at
                 peace
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               Oftentimes
               to
               prevent
               mischiefs
               from
               Enemies
               our
               Way
               does
               Displease
               the
               Lord
               :
               but
               we
               then
               take
               a
               
                 Wrong
                 Way
              
               !
               God
               can
               make
               Pharoah
               afraid
               of
               Moses
               ,
               and
               Herod
               afraid
               of
               Iohn
               .
               The
               Lord
               has
               Hornets
               to
               buz
               and
               sting
               Terrors
               into
               those
               whom
               we
               may
               be
               too
               much
               terrified
               withal
               .
               And
               Gratify
               not
               any
               Corruption
               upon
               such
               a
               score
               ;
               for
               God
               will
               Reward
               your
               Fidelity
               :
               Said
               he
               in
               Matth.
               19.27
               .
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 Forsaken
                 All
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 shall
                 we
                 have
                 Therefore
                 ?
              
               Good
               Sir
               ,
               All
               What
               ?
               Why
               All
               a
               Net
               ,
               All
               a
               Boat
               ,
               All
               a
               small
               Craft
               which
               they
               had
               some
               
               Subsistence
               on
               .
               This
               was
               All
               !
               yet
               it
               follows
               ,
               
                 Iesus
                 said
                 ,
                 Ye
                 that
                 have
                 followed
                 me
                 ,
                 shall
                 in
                 the
                 Regeneration
                 ,
                 When
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 Man
                 shall
                 sit
                 on
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
                 his
                 Glory
                 ,
                 then
                 also
                 sit
                 upon
                 Twelve
                 Thrones
                 .
              
               You
               cannot
               Receive
               the
               Exposition
               of
               it
               :
               but
               —
               surely
               then
               they
               that
               will
               forsake
               their
               very
               Lives
               rather
               than
               do
               amiss
               ,
               will
               not
               miss
               a
               most
               glorious
               Recompence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Conclusion
               4.
               
            
             
               Some
               people
               that
               have
               their
               Lives
               in
               their
               Hands
               ,
               are
               more
               prone
               to
               
                 Forget
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               then
               others
               that
               undergo
               less
               Dangers
               are
               .
               This
               may
               seem
               an
               Intimation
               ,
               or
               Insinuation
               of
               the
               Psalmist
               here
               ;
               
                 q.
                 d.
                 l.
              
               I
               been't
               like
               other
               people
               who
               carry
               their
               Lives
               in
               their
               Hands
               .
               I
               extreamly
               Value
               the
               Law
               ,
               which
               they
               commonly
               Forget
               .
               'T
               is
               very
               strange
               ,
               and
               very
               sad
               ;
               but
               also
               very
               True
               ;
               That
               there
               is
               often
               
                 least
                 Grace
              
               in
               the
               Hearts
               of
               those
               that
               most
               have
               their
               Life
               in
               their
               Hands
               .
               How
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               ,
               I
               don't
               know
               ;
               but
               so
               it
               is
               ,
               That
               they
               whose
               nearest
               and
               oftnest
               Approaches
               unto
               Eternity
               should
               awaken
               them
               to
               be
               the
               Best
               people
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               are
               frequently
               the
               worst
               of
               all
               .
            
             
               We
               see
               it
               in
               Sailors
               and
               in
               Souldiers
               .
               As
               for
               them
               that
               follow
               the
               Sea
               ,
               't
               is
               said
               of
               them
               ,
               in
               Psal.
               107.22
               .
               
                 They
                 Reel
                 to
                 and
                 fro
                 ,
                 and
                 Stagger
                 like
                 a
                 Drunken
                 Man
                 ;
                 and
                 are
                 at
                 their
                 Wits
                 Ends
              
               
               Thus
               't
               is
               with
               them
               in
               regard
               of
               Storm
               ;
               and
               when
               that
               is
               over
               ,
               't
               is
               thus
               again
               with
               them
               in
               regard
               of
               Sin
               too
               ;
               even
               after
               they
               come
               a
               Shore
               ,
               still
               (
               and
               upon
               a
               sadder
               Account
               )
               they
               will
               many
               of
               them
               
                 Reel
                 to
                 and
                 fro
                 ,
                 and
                 Stagger
                 ,
              
               not
               
                 like
                 a
                 Drunken
                 man
              
               ;
               but
               thro'
               being
               really
               so
               .
               They
               make
               deeper
               Descents
               towards
               Hell
               by
               their
               Vice
               ,
               than
               in
               their
               Ship
               ;
               and
               no
               Sea-sickness
               will
               turn
               into
               a
               Sin-sickness
               with
               them
               .
               Tho
               they
               may
               pray
               in
               a
               Tempest
               ,
               how
               horribly
               will
               they
               Swear
               and
               Curse
               ,
               and
               how
               filthily
               will
               they
               Talk
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               out
               of
               their
               Amazements
               !
               It
               has
               been
               doubted
               ,
               Whether
               they
               were
               to
               be
               reckoned
               among
               the
               Living
               or
               the
               Dead
               .
               But
               the
               sense
               of
               this
               keeps
               few
               of
               them
               ,
               from
               th●se
               Remarkable
               .
               Extravagancies
               ;
               which
               quickly
               plunge
               them
               down
               into
               the
               Congregation
               of
               those
               that
               
                 Roar
                 under
                 the
                 Waters
                 for
                 evermore
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               as
               for
               them
               that
               follow
               the
               Field
               ,
               Forgive
               the
               plain
               Dealing
               ,
               my
               Fellow-Souldiers
               ,
               if
               I
               tell
               you
               ,
               That
               Wickedness
               ,
               Impiety
               ,
               Profanity
               ,
               is
               one
               of
               the
               Things
               that
               has
               made
               their
               Character
               Extraordinary
               in
               the
               World.
               Their
               Names
               are
               up
               ,
               for
               an
               Acquaintance
               with
               an
               Excess
               of
               Rudeness
               and
               Lewdness
               ,
               and
               all
               manner
               of
               Debauchery
               .
               How
               rarely
               have
               Armies
               been
               the
               Schools
               of
               true
               Vertue
               and
               Honour
               ?
               but
               not
               rather
               the
               Nurseries
               of
               all
               those
               Abominations
               ,
               that
               would
               render
               the
               lowest
               Hell
               Visible
               and
               Incarnate
               here
               .
               It
               was
               complained
               in
               Psal.
               119
               :
               6.
               
               
                 The
                 Bands
                 of
                 the
                 Wicked
                 have
                 Robbed
                 me
                 .
              
               How
               
               seldome
               do
               Bands
               consist
               of
               those
               who
               are
               not
               a
               who
               do
               not
               so
               ?
               It
               has
               been
               of
               old
               noted
               ,
               
                 
                   Nulla
                   Fides
                   ,
                   Pietasque
                   Viris
                   ,
                   qui
                   Castra
                   Sequntur
                   ▪
                
              
            
             
               That
               Armies
               have
               but
               few
               Christians
               in
               them
               .
               We
               say
               ,
               That
               Laws
               are
               not
               Heard
               ,
               where
               Arms
               are
               Clashing
               .
               Alas
               ,
               no
               Laws
               are
               so
               much
               drowned
               and
               slighted
               there
               ,
               as
               the
               Laws
               of
               the
               
                 Holy
                 One
                 of
                 Israel
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               USE
               I
               The
               Improvement
               of
               these
               things
               remains
               ;
               &
               first
               the
               Whole
               Congregation
               is
               concerned
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               Unto
               you
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               Take
               heed
               that
               your
               Lives
               be
               not
               snatch'd
               out
               of
               your
               Hands
               ,
               before
               your
               Souls
               are
               well
               provided
               for
               .
               Your
               Souls
               are
               not
               well
               provided
               for
               without
               Regeneration
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               told
               ,
               
                 Except
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 born
                 Again
                 ,
                 he
                 cannot
                 see
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 God.
              
               Nor
               without
               Conversion
               :
               for
               we
               are
               told
               ,
               
                 Except
                 ye
                 be
                 Converted
                 ,
                 ye
                 shall
                 not
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Heaven
                 .
              
               Nor
               without
               Believing
               ;
               for
               we
               are
               told
               ,
               
                 If
                 you
                 
                 Believe
                 not
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 Dy
                 in
                 your
                 Sins
                 .
              
               O
               Look
               after
               these
               Important
               things
               ,
               they
               all
               make
               up
               
                 The
                 One
                 Thing
                 Necessary
                 .
                 I
              
               am
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               loose
               the
               Life
               which
               I
               now
               carry
               in
               my
               Hand
               ,
               if
               I
               tell
               you
               not
               ,
               That
               
                 Necessity
                 is
                 laid
                 upon
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 Wo
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 do
                 it
                 not
                 .
              
               If
               your
               Souls
               are
               drag'd
               away
               before
               you
               have
               had
               a
               Comfortable
               Experience
               of
               these
               
                 Needful
                 Things
              
               ,
               you
               are
               horribly
               undone
               ;
               Flatter
               not
               yourselves
               ,
               
                 He
                 that
                 made
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 have
                 mercy
                 on
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 He
                 that
                 Formed
                 you
                 ,
                 will
                 shew
                 you
                 no
                 Favour
                 .
              
               The
               Souls
               which
               are
               now
               so
               much
               in
               your
               Own
               Hands
               ,
               must
               then
               fall
               into
               Other
               Hands
               ,
               which
               
                 how
                 can
                 your
                 Hearts
                 be
                 strong
                 ,
                 or
                 how
                 can
                 your
                 Hands
                 Endure
              
               at
               the
               fore-sight
               of
               ?
               Your
               Souls
               must
               then
               fall
               into
               the
               Hands
               of
               God
               ,
               whose
               Hands
               (
               whose
               fiery
               iron
               Arms
               )
               
                 't
                 is
                 a
                 fearful
                 thing
                 to
                 fall
                 into
                 .
              
               And
               your
               Souls
               must
               then
               fall
               into
               the
               Hands
               of
               Satan
               too
               ,
               Who
               
                 goes
                 about
                 seeking
                 whom
              
               to
               catch
               and
               gripe
               in
               his
               cruel
               claws
               .
               And
               are
               these
               the
               Hands
               ,
               that
               ,
               O
               ye
               Souls
               in
               peril
               ,
               ye
               will
               rush
               into
               ?
               Hearken
               to
               that
               voice
               of
               the
               Eternal
               God
               ,
               which
               says
               in
               Heb.
               3.7
               .
               
                 To
                 Day
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 Hear
                 his
                 voice
                 .
              
               What
               you
               do
               for
               the
               Wellfare
               of
               your
               Souls
               ,
               must
               be
               done
               
                 To
                 Day
                 ,
                 To
                 Day
              
               !
               Your
               Souls
               may
               have
               taken
               Wing
               before
               
                 To
                 morrow
              
               .
               I
               may
               say
               as
               't
               was
               once
               said
               in
               a
               worse
               case
               ,
               
                 What
                 thou
                 do●
                 do
                 quickly
              
               !
               'T
               is
               the
               Solemn
               Caution
               ,
               in
               Prov.
               27.1
               .
               
                 Boast
                 not
                 thy self
                 of
                 To
                 morrow
                 ,
                 for
                 thou
                 knowest
                 not
                 what
                 a
                 Day
                 may
                 bring
                 forth
                 .
              
               'T
               is
               not
               safe
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               very
               
               dangerous
               Folly
               and
               Phrensy
               ,
               to
               leave
               a
               Soul
               miserable
               for
               One
               Day
               together
               .
               A
               Renewed
               man
               has
               before
               now
               seen
               cause
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 in
                 my
                 Natural
                 Estate
                 again
                 one
                 Hour
                 ,
                 for
                 ten
                 thousand
                 Worlds
                 ;
                 Lest
                 my
                 Death
                 should
                 come
                 in
                 that
                 Hour
                 ,
                 and
                 carry
                 my
                 miserable
                 Soul
                 away
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Torments
                 of
                 the
                 Pit
                 below
                 .
              
               O
               that
               every
               one
               of
               you
               then
               would
               
                 this
                 Night
              
               set
               yourselves
               to
               answer
               the
               Calls
               of
               the
               
                 Everlasting
                 Gospel
              
               ;
               O
               that
               you
               would
               
                 this
                 Night
              
               make
               yourselves
               Happy
               ,
               by
               giving
               up
               yourselves
               to
               God
               in
               Christ
               with
               an
               
                 Everlasting
                 Covenant
              
               .
               If
               any
               Person
               go
               away
               ,
               without
               Resolutions
               to
               make
               Essays
               hereunto
               ,
               I
               have
               only
               this
               to
               add
               ,
               
                 Thou
                 Fool
                 ▪
                 This
                 Night
                 thy
                 Soul
                 may
                 be
                 Required
                 of
                 thee
              
               ;
               and
               where
               then
               will
               the
               wretched
               L●dgings
               of
               it
               be
               ?
               Where
               throughout
               Eternal
               Ages
               ?
            
          
           
             
               USE
               II.
               
            
             
               But
               I
               behold
               in
               the
               Congregation
               a
               part
               of
               the
               Forces
               ,
               that
               are
               carrying
               their
               Liues
               in
               their
               Hands
               ,
               against
               the
               Barbarous
               Enemies
               by
               which
               the
               Territory
               is
               at
               this
               time
               Distressed
               and
               Invaded
               ,
               and
               unto
               
                 these
                 I
              
               shall
               Address
               the
               Rest
               of
               my
               Discourse
               ,
               with
               a
               very
               particular
               Application
               ,
               'T
               is
               with
               a
               very
               due
               Respect
               and
               
               Esteem
               ,
               that
               I
               look
               upon
               you
               ,
               my
               good
               Friends
               and
               Neighbours
               ;
               as
               many
               of
               you
               as
               have
               given
               cause
               for
               that
               Acknowledgment
               of
               you
               ,
               in
               Judge
               5.2
               .
               
                 Praise
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 people
                 willingly
                 offered
                 themselves
              
               :
               and
               while
               I
               am
               touch'd
               with
               an
               Ambition
               to
               Assist
               you
               (
               I
               might
               have
               said
               ,
               to
               Accompany
               you
               )
               in
               your
               present
               Expedition
               ,
               I
               cannot
               find
               a
               fitter
               way
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               than
               by
               giving
               you
               that
               part
               of
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               which
               your
               worthy
               Commander
               has
               asked
               for
               you
               .
               You
               may
               say
               like
               that
               Souldier
               ,
               in
               Judg.
               12.2
               .
               I
               
                 put
                 my
                 Life
                 in
                 my
                 Hands
                 ,
                 and
                 passed
                 over
                 against
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 Ammon
                 :
              
               God
               grant
               you
               may
               quickly
               say
               the
               rest
               :
               
                 And
                 the
                 Lord
                 delivered
                 them
                 into
                 my
                 Hand
                 .
              
            
             
               That
               you
               may
               Happily
               and
               Cheerfully
               go
               on
               ,
               with
               what
               you
               have
               
                 in
                 Hand
              
               ,
               a
               few
               Counsils
               ,
               a
               few
               Cordials
               ,
               and
               a
               few
               Blessings
               ,
               are
               to
               make
               up
               the
               Remainder
               of
               our
               present
               Exercise
               .
            
          
           
             
               COUNSILS
               .
            
             
               By
               way
               of
               Counsil
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               say
               ,
            
             
               First
               ,
               Be
               sensible
               that
               you
               go
               forth
               with
               your
               Souls
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               .
               That
               word
               ,
               
                 A
                 Soul
                 ,
                 A
                 Soul
              
               !
               methinks
               it
               sounds
               bigger
               than
               a
               World.
               A
               Precious
               and
               an
               Immortal
               Soul
               ,
               O
               't
               is
               too
               big
               a
               Thing
               to
               be
               thrown
               away
               .
               Think
               ,
               That
               you
               have
               every
               one
               of
               you
               ,
               a
               Soul
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Iewel
               too
               valuable
               to
               be
               Despised
               :
               he
               is
               a
               Fool
               indeed
               ,
               of
               whom
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               
                 He
                 Despises
                 his
                 own
                 Soul.
              
               Now
               you
               are
               going
               forth
               against
               Indians
               with
               your
               Souls
               in
               
               your
               Hands
               ,
               pray
               ,
               be
               apprehensive
               that
               you
               should
               not
               make
               Indian-Bargains
               about
               those
               Inestimable
               Souls
               .
               The
               Indians
               would
               sell
               to
               the
               Europeans
               at
               their
               first
               Arrival
               in
               the
               Southern
               Regions
               ,
               the
               best
               Jewels
               ,
               and
               Metals
               ,
               for
               a
               few
               Glass-beads
               .
               Let
               your
               Thoughts
               be
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               Souls
               not
               to
               be
               so
               basely
               Truckt
               away
               ;
               Souls
               not
               to
               be
               Sold
               for
               Songs
               ,
               whatever
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               the
               World
               ,
               or
               the
               Devil
               may
               sing
               unto
               you
               .
               It
               is
               wholsome
               Advice
               ,
               in
               Prov.
               4
               20.
               
               
                 Keep
                 thy
                 Soul
                 with
                 all
                 Diligence
                 .
              
               Consider
               ,
               That
               you
               have
               Souls
               ,
               which
               will
               stand
               like
               Rocks
               in
               the
               Sea
               of
               Eternity
               for
               ever
               ;
               and
               O
               Consider
               ,
               What
               will
               become
               of
               them
               Souls
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               not
               New-born
               before
               their
               Departure
               hence
               .
               There
               was
               a
               profane
               Souldier
               ,
               who
               on
               One
               side
               of
               his
               Sword
               ,
               had
               a
               Shape
               of
               a
               God
               ,
               on
               the
               other
               side
               the
               Picture
               of
               the
               Devil
               ,
               With
               this
               Motto
               under
               it
               ,
               
                 Si
                 tu
                 non
                 vis
                 ,
                 iste
                 rogitat
              
               ;
               If
               He
               won't
               have
               me
               ,
               here
               's
               One
               will.
               Hideous
               Monster
               !
               But
               this
               Disjunction
               is
               too
               certain
               and
               Awful
               a
               Thing
               to
               be
               play'd
               withal
               .
               If
               your
               Souls
               are
               not
               seasonably
               interested
               in
               the
               Favour
               of
               God
               ,
               they
               will
               be
               siezed
               by
               those
               Devils
               ,
               whose
               Malice
               and
               Fury
               will
               inflict
               worse
               Tortures
               on
               you
               ,
               than
               ever
               the
               most
               
                 bruitish
                 Indians
              
               do
               in
               their
               Executions
               of
               their
               unhappy
               Prisoners
               .
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               be
               not
               
                 prodiga
                 Gens
                 Animi
              
               ,
               or
               unaffected
               with
               the
               Worth
               and
               the
               State
               of
               your
               own
               Souls
               .
               No
               ,
               Take
               the
               
                 First
                 Opportunity
              
               to
               confess
               and
               bewayl
               your
               many
               Sins
               ,
               with
               a
               sincere
               purpose
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 offend
                 any
                 
                 more
                 .
              
               Take
               the
               
                 First
                 Opportunity
              
               to
               Accept
               and
               Embrace
               all
               the
               
                 Sure
                 Mercies
              
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               with
               a
               gracious
               Promise
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 now
                 be
                 thy
                 Servant
                 Devoted
                 to
                 thy
                 Fear
                 .
              
               You
               must
               quickly
               ,
               and
               you
               should
               boldly
               ,
               look
               Death
               in
               the
               Face
               ,
               with
               your
               Souls
               in
               your
               Hands
               ;
               in
               order
               thereunto
               ,
               Let
               me
               utter
               that
               proper
               word
               of
               Command
               ,
               
                 Make
                 Ready
              
               !
               I
               say
               ,
               
                 Make
                 Ready
              
               !
               Get
               out
               of
               your
               unrenewed
               Estate
               ,
               and
               
                 Make
                 Ready
              
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               first
               Alarum
               e're
               long
               ,
               you
               may
               have
               nothing
               to
               Do
               ,
               but
               ,
               
                 Fight
                 and
                 Dy.
              
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Let
               them
               be
               none
               but
               Pure-hands
               in
               which
               you
               carry
               your
               Lives
               .
               We
               read
               in
               Isa.
               1.15
               .
               
                 When
                 you
                 spread
                 forth
                 your
                 Hands
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 hide
                 mine
                 eyes
                 from
                 you
                 ;
                 for
                 your
                 Hands
                 are
                 full
                 of
                 Blood.
              
               Even
               so
               ,
               there
               are
               
                 Hands
                 full
                 of
                 Luxury
              
               ,
               there
               are
               
                 Hands
                 full
                 of
                 Injustice
              
               ;
               but
               those
               Hands
               are
               not
               clean
               enough
               for
               your
               Lives
               to
               be
               carried
               in
               them
               .
               Wherefore
               as
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               in
               James
               4.8
               .
               
                 Cleanse
                 your
                 Hands
                 ,
                 ye
                 Sinners
                 :
              
               Let
               me
               call
               upon
               you
               ,
               
                 Cleanse
                 your
                 Hands
                 ,
                 ye
                 Souldiers
                 .
              
               Let
               there
               be
               no
               Uncleanness
               ,
               no
               Disorder
               found
               in
               your
               Hands
               .
               Endeavour
               to
               have
               a
               
                 pure
                 Camp
              
               ;
               and
               be
               
                 Like
                 the
                 Host
                 of
                 God.
              
               We
               read
               sometimes
               of
               a
               Church
               in
               an
               House
               ;
               Why
               should
               you
               not
               as
               well
               study
               a
               Church
               in
               a
               Camp
               ?
               Keep
               your
               Camp
               as
               free
               from
               Swearing
               ,
               Drinking
               ,
               Gaming
               ,
               Rioting
               ,
               and
               Sabbath-keeping
               ,
               as
               any
               Church
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               let
               God
               be
               worshipped
               in
               your
               Camp
               as
               frequently
               ,
               as
               Devoutly
               as
               in
               a
               Church
               .
               This
               ,
               this
               will
               render
               you
               
                 Terrible
                 as
                 an
                 Army
                 
                 with
                 Banners
                 .
              
               You
               may
               have
               
                 Military
                 Valour
              
               enough
               to
               conquer
               an
               Indian
               ;
               but
               you
               must
               also
               have
               
                 Christian
                 Valour
              
               to
               subdue
               a
               Lust.
               When
               Peter
               had
               Armed
               people
               round
               about
               him
               ,
               how
               nimbly
               ,
               how
               stoutly
               did
               he
               draw
               upon
               them
               !
               but
               presently
               after
               a
               sorry
               Damosel
               made
               him
               give
               way
               to
               that
               which
               
                 Broke
                 all
                 his
                 Bones
              
               .
               O
               be
               so
               Valiant
               ,
               as
               to
               put
               out
               of
               your
               Hands
               ,
               all
               that
               may
               not
               be
               Convenient
               for
               the
               Lives
               which
               you
               carry
               there
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               .
               While
               you
               have
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               ,
               Let
               your
               Ends
               in
               your
               Eyes
               be
               such
               as
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               .
               Be
               not
               acted
               by
               Lucre
               ,
               by
               Revenge
               ,
               by
               any
               sorry
               or
               Dirty
               Principles
               in
               your
               present
               Undertaking
               ,
               but
               be
               acted
               by
               a
               sincere
               Desire
               to
               Defend
               the
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               f●om
               a
               crew
               of
               
                 Unjust
                 Men
              
               ,
               that
               are
               
                 skilful
                 to
                 Destroy
              
               .
               'T
               is
               said
               ,
               in
               1
               Cor.
               10.31
               .
               
                 Whatever
                 you
                 Do
                 ,
                 Do
                 all
                 to
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 God.
              
               Even
               in
               the
               meanest
               Actions
               ;
               the
               
                 Glory
                 of
                 God
              
               is
               to
               be
               the
               Star
               to
               Guide
               us
               ,
               the
               Spur
               to
               move
               us
               .
               A
               Godly
               Man
               ,
               among
               our
               first
               Planters
               here
               ,
               while
               he
               was
               cutt●ng
               o●
               Wood
               ,
               being
               asked
               ,
               Who
               it
               was
               for
               ?
               answered
               I
               
                 am
                 Cutting
                 of
                 Wood
                 for
                 God.
              
               If
               in
               Cutting
               o●
               VVood
               ,
               much
               more
               in
               Killing
               of
               Men
               ,
               you
               should
               be
               able
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 at
                 work
                 for
                 God.
              
               Be
               not
               th●
               
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 Fortune
              
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               called
               ;
               but
               b●
               the
               
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 Iesus
              
               ;
               and
               let
               the
               Account
               tha●
               you
               may
               give
               of
               your
               Concerns
               be
               this
               ,
               
                 I
                 woul●
                 do
                 all
                 I
                 can
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Churches
                 of
                 God
                 may
                 have
                 Res●
                 and
                 that
                 therefore
                 those
                 may
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 who
                 Troub●
                 
                 them
                 .
              
               Let
               every
               Bullet
               be
               shot
               with
               an
               Eye
               taking
               aim
               at
               this
               White
               ,
               when
               you
               are
               Firing
               up
               on
               the
               Blacks
               in
               the
               Swamps
               of
               the
               
                 Howling
                 Wilderness
              
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               Don't
               part
               with
               ●our
               Lives
               out
               of
               your
               Hands
               ,
               without
               such
               Demonstrations
               of
               Courage
               as
               may
               Confound
               your
               Adversaries
               .
               Let
               it
               not
               be
               said
               at
               your
               Death
               ,
               
                 He
                 Dyed
                 as
                 a
                 Fool
                 Dyes
                 .
              
               Have
               Life
               in
               your
               Hands
               ,
               while
               you
               have
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               ;
               and
               let
               them
               be
               
                 Lively
                 Hands
              
               too
               ,
               in
               which
               you
               carry
               your
               Lives
               .
               To
               run
               from
               a
               Press
               ,
               is
               a
               thing
               not
               so
               generous
               ;
               and
               the
               speedy
               Rebukes
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               have
               been
               Conspicuously
               Dispens'd
               unto
               some
               that
               have
               done
               it
               here
               .
               But
               to
               Run
               from
               a
               Fight
               ,
               is
               a
               thing
               too
               Cowardly
               sure
               for
               any
               New-Englander
               to
               be
               guilty
               of
               it
               !
               Let
               me
               Exhort
               you
               ,
               in
               the
               words
               of
               that
               Famous
               General
               ,
               2
               Sam.
               10.12
               .
               
                 Be
                 of
                 good
                 Courage
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 us
                 play
                 the
                 men
                 ,
                 for
                 our
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 our
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 do
                 that
                 which
                 may
                 seem
                 good
                 unto
                 Him.
              
               VVhen
               the
               Day
               of
               Battel
               comes
               ,
               then
               (
               to
               speak
               Apostolically
               )
               
                 Quit
                 you
                 like
                 men
                 ,
                 be
                 strong
                 .
              
               It
               is
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               Horse
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               is
               it
               for
               the
               Souldier
               ,
               his
               Rider
               ,
               So
               ,
               then
               to
               
                 mock
                 at
                 Fear
              
               ,
               and
               
                 not
                 be
                 affrighted
              
               nor
               
                 turn
                 back
                 from
                 the
                 Sword
              
               ;
               but
               to
               go
               on
               Rejoycing
               to
               
                 meet
                 the
                 Armed
                 Men.
              
               Your
               Enemies
               have
               made
               themselves
               notorious
               for
               this
               Quality
               ,
               That
               as
               
                 Difficilius
                 est
                 invenire
                 quam
                 vincere
              
               ,
               it
               is
               easier
               to
               kill
               them
               than
               to
               find
               them
               ;
               so
               they
               can
               rarely
               Take
               any
               but
               
               a
               shaking
               Trembling
               Aim
               at
               one
               that
               boldly
               faces
               them
               .
               Face
               them
               then
               ,
               and
               when
               you
               do
               it
               ,
               imagine
               you
               have
               that
               voice
               from
               Heaven
               sounding
               in
               your
               Ears
               ;
               Josh.
               1.9
               .
               
                 Have
                 not
                 I
                 commanded
                 thee
              
               ?
               [
               such
               a
               Commander
               have
               you
               !
               ]
               
                 Be
                 strong
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Courage
                 ;
                 Be
                 not
                 affraid
                 ,
                 neither
                 be
                 thou
                 Dismay'd
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Lord
                 thy
                 God
                 is
                 with
                 thee
                 ,
                 whithersoever
                 thou
                 goest
                 .
              
               At
               the
               first
               Appearance
               of
               the
               Tawny
               Pagans
               ,
               then
               Courage
               !
               brave
               Hearts
               ;
               
                 Fall
                 on
              
               !
               Fall
               on
               Couragiously
               ,
               with
               the
               Assurance
               in
               Psal.
               3.6
               ,
               7.
               
               
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 afraid
                 of
                 ten
                 thousands
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 that
                 have
                 set
                 themselves
                 against
                 me
                 .
                 O
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 smitten
                 all
                 mine
                 Enemies
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               when
               once
               you
               have
               but
               got
               the
               Track
               of
               those
               Ravenous
               howling
               Wolves
               ,
               then
               pursue
               them
               vigorously
               ;
               
                 Turn
                 not
                 back
              
               till
               they
               are
               
                 consumed
                 :
                 Wound
              
               them
               that
               they
               shall
               not
               be
               
                 able
                 to
                 Arise
              
               ;
               Tho'
               they
               Cry
               ;
               Let
               there
               be
               none
               to
               
                 Save
                 them
              
               ;
               But
               Beat
               them
               small
               as
               the
               
                 Dust
                 before
                 the
                 Wind
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Cast
                 them
                 out
              
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Dirt
                 in
                 the
                 Streets
              
               .
               Let
               not
               the
               Expression
               seem
               Harsh
               ,
               if
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               ,
               
                 Sacrifice
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 Ghosts
                 of
                 the
                 Christians
                 whom
                 they
                 have
                 Murdered
                 .
              
               They
               have
               horribly
               Murdered
               some
               scores
               of
               your
               dear
               Country-men
               ,
               whose
               Blood
               cries
               in
               your
               Ears
               ,
               while
               you
               are
               going
               to
               Fight
               ,
               
                 Vengeance
                 ,
                 Dear
                 Country-men
                 !
                 Vengeance
                 upon
                 our
                 Murderers
                 .
              
               Let
               your
               Courage
               ,
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               be
               daring
               enough
               to
               Execute
               that
               Vengeance
               on
               them
               .
            
             
               But
               what
               Cordial
               shall
               I
               procure
               ,
               which
               may
               
               inspire
               you
               with
               such
               a
               Valour
               ?
               Let
               me
               set
               before
               you
               ,
               a
               few
               Thoughts
               which
               may
               raise
               your
               Spirits
               to
               an
               Elevation
               ,
               beyond
               what
               the
               Rat●ling
               Noises
               of
               any
               Drums
               or
               Trumpets
               can
               fetch
               them
               to
               .
            
          
           
             
               CORDIALS
               .
            
             
               Wherefore
               ,
               First
               ,
               Know
               that
               your
               Quarrel
               is
               Iust.
               Indeed
               the
               Call
               and
               Press
               of
               your
               Superiours
               ;
               is
               enough
               to
               justify
               you
               in
               doing
               of
               your
               part
               ,
               for
               prosecuting
               of
               the
               War.
               If
               the
               injustice
               of
               a
               War
               be
               notoriously
               Evident
               and
               Apparent
               ,
               Judicious
               C●suists
               then
               determine
               ,
               that
               every
               
                 private
                 Souldier
              
               is
               to
               declare
               his
               own
               Dissatisfaction
               ,
               and
               render
               himself
               rather
               Passive
               than
               Active
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               Suffer
               ,
               sooner
               than
               Engage
               ;
               like
               Sauls
               Footmen
               ,
               when
               bidden
               to
               fall
               upon
               
                 the
                 Priests
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               But
               where
               a
               War
               is
               not
               thus
               evidently
               and
               apparently
               unjust
               ,
               the
               
                 private
                 Souldier
              
               must
               use
               an
               Implicit
               Reliance
               on
               the
               Command
               of
               the
               
                 Supream
                 Power
                 :
                 They
              
               must
               answer
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               ☞
               Besides
               this
               ;
               Your
               Superiours
               themselves
               have
               also
               enough
               and
               enough
               to
               justify
               Them
               ,
               in
               pushing
               on
               the
               present
               War
               ,
               with
               the
               utmost
               Expedition
               and
               Extremity
               .
               Such
               were
               the
               
                 obscure
                 measures
              
               taken
               at
               that
               time
               of
               Day
               ,
               that
               the
               Rise
               of
               this
               War
               ,
               hath
               been
               as
               dark
               as
               that
               of
               the
               River
               Nilus
               ;
               only
               the
               Generality
               of
               
                 Thinking
                 people
              
               thro'
               the
               Country
               ,
               can
               remember
               when
               and
               why
               every
               one
               did
               foretel
               ,
               
                 A
                 War.
              
               If
               any
               
                 wild
                 English
              
               (
               for
               there
               are
               such
               as
               well
               as
               of
               another
               Nation
               )
               did
               then
               ,
               begin
               to
               provoke
               and
               Affront
               the
               Indians
               ,
               
               yet
               those
               Indians
               had
               a
               fairer
               way
               to
               come
               by
               Right
               ,
               than
               that
               of
               Blood-shed
               ;
               nothing
               worthy
               of
               ,
               or
               calling
               for
               any
               such
               Revenge
               was
               done
               unto
               them
               .
               The
               most
               injured
               among
               them
               all
               ,
               (
               if
               there
               were
               any
               such
               )
               were
               afterwards
               dismissed
               by
               the
               English
               ,
               with
               Favours
               that
               were
               then
               admirable
               even
               to
               our selves
               ;
               and
               These
               too
               ,
               instead
               of
               surrendring
               the
               persons
               ,
               did
               (
               as
               we
               are
               credibly
               informed
               )
               increase
               the
               Numbers
               ,
               of
               the
               Murderers
               .
               But
               upon
               the
               Revolution
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               the
               
                 State
                 of
                 the
                 War
              
               ,
               became
               wholly
               New
               ;
               and
               we
               are
               more
               arriv'd
               unto
               
                 Righteousness
                 as
                 the
                 Light
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Iustice
                 as
                 the
                 Noon
                 Day
              
               .
               When
               the
               Helm
               of
               this
               little
               Vessel
               was
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               Hands
               of
               those
               whose
               palpable
               Enmity
               to
               the
               Glorious
               Designs
               of
               His
               Highness
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               added
               unto
               the
               innumerable
               Oppressions
               and
               Vexations
               which
               we
               had
               sustained
               under
               them
               ,
               had
               made
               us
               as
               Suspicious
               as
               we
               were
               Ignorant
               ,
               what
               Port
               they
               intended
               for
               ;
               we
               then
               found
               our selves
               actually
               Entangled
               in
               a
               War.
               A
               Great
               Sachim
               of
               the
               East
               ,
               we
               then
               immediately
               applyed
               our selves
               unto
               ,
               and
               with
               no
               small
               Expences
               to
               our selves
               ,
               we
               Engaged
               Him
               ,
               to
               Employ
               his
               Interest
               for
               a
               good
               understanding
               between
               us
               and
               the
               Party
               of
               Indians
               then
               in
               Hostility
               against
               us
               .
               This
               was
               the
               Likely
               ,
               the
               Only
               Way
               ,
               of
               coming
               at
               those
               Wandring
               Salvages
               ;
               But
               that
               very
               Sachim
               now
               treacherously
               (
               by
               whose
               Advice
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               )
               of
               an
               Embassador
               became
               a
               Traytor
               ,
               and
               annexed
               himself
               with
               his
               
               people
               ,
               to
               the
               Heard
               of
               our
               Enemies
               ,
               which
               have
               since
               been
               ravaging
               ,
               pillaging
               ,
               and
               Murdering
               at
               a
               rate
               ,
               which
               we
               ought
               to
               count
               ,
               Intolerable
               ▪
               The
               Penacook
               Indians
               ,
               of
               whom
               we
               were
               jealous
               ,
               we
               likewise
               treated
               with
               ;
               and
               while
               we
               were
               by
               our
               Kindnesses
               and
               Courtesies
               endeavouring
               to
               render
               them
               utterly
               Inexcusable
               ,
               if
               ever
               they
               sought
               our
               Harm
               ;
               even
               Then
               did
               These
               also
               ,
               by
               some
               evil
               Instigation
               (
               
                 the
                 Divels
              
               ,
               no
               doubt
               )
               quickly
               surprize
               a
               Plantation
               ,
               where
               they
               had
               been
               civily
               entertained
               a
               Day
               or
               two
               before
               ;
               and
               commit
               at
               once
               more
               Plunder
               and
               Murder
               ,
               than
               can
               be
               heard
               with
               any
               patience
               .
               What
               can
               be
               now
               said
               ,
               by
               any
               Rational
               man
               ,
               against
               the
               proceeding
               of
               the
               War
               ?
               Shall
               we
               permit
               the
               whole
               Province
               of
               Main
               to
               be
               over-run
               by
               the
               Indians
               (
               and
               their
               Abettors
               )
               because
               the
               Manners
               of
               some
               people
               there
               please
               us
               not
               ?
               But
               how
               can
               we
               answer
               this
               unto
               Their
               Majesties
               ?
               or
               ,
               are
               we
               Rich
               enough
               to
               Loose
               without
               Regret
               ,
               the
               Best
               part
               of
               the
               New-English
               Trade
               ?
               And
               are
               we
               so
               fond
               ,
               so
               mad
               ,
               as
               to
               imagine
               that
               the
               Indians
               will
               stop
               there
               ?
               No
               ,
               they
               have
               already
               made
               their
               Incursion
               ,
               into
               Pisca●aqua
               and
               in
               the
               Massachusets
               too
               have
               they
               been
               shedding
               Blood.
               Certainly
               ,
               my
               Countrymen
               ;
               'T
               is
               Time
               to
               Look
               about
               us
               ,
               We
               are
               driven
               upon
               a
               
                 purely
                 Defensive
                 War
              
               ,
               which
               we
               may
               now
               make
               
                 Iustly
                 Offensive
              
               to
               the
               first
               Aggressors
               in
               it
               .
               If
               you
               now
               ask
               ,
               as
               he
               in
               Job
               13.14
               .
               
                 Wherefore
                 do
                 I
                 put
                 my
                 Life
                 in
                 my
                 Hand
              
               ?
               Behold
               ,
               there
               is
               
                 at
                 Hand
              
               an
               Answer
               for
               you
               .
               'T
               is
               
               Because
               a
               combination
               of
               
                 Ill
                 Men
              
               (
               if
               such
               Beasts
               may
               be
               called
               Men
               )
               have
               ,
               
                 without
                 any
                 cause
              
               Assigned
               by
               Them
               ,
               or
               Afforded
               by
               us
               ,
               been
               shedding
               the
               Blood
               of
               our
               Neighbours
               ,
               whom
               we
               are
               
                 to
                 Love
                 as
                 our selves
              
               ;
               and
               whose
               Death
               is
               Designed
               by
               those
               Execrable
               Cannibals
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               Breakfast
               ,
               or
               a
               Prologue
               ,
               to
               praecede
               
                 our
                 own
              
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Know
               that
               your
               Service
               is
               Good.
               You
               are
               Fighting
               for
               the
               Defence
               and
               Succour
               of
               the
               Blessed
               Thrones
               which
               our
               David
               ,
               our
               Jesus
               has
               here
               Erected
               for
               himself
               .
               'T
               is
               
                 Christo
                 Duce
                 &
                 Auspice
                 Christo
              
               ,
               't
               is
               for
               Christ
               ,
               and
               with
               Christ
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               concerned
               .
               You
               are
               Fighting
               for
               them
               ,
               for
               which
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               has
               Bled
               ,
               has
               Dy'd
               .
               It
               was
               boasted
               by
               that
               Great
               General
               Scipio
               ,
               That
               
                 such
                 was
                 the
                 Love
                 of
                 his
                 Army
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 Every
                 Souldier
                 would
                 even
                 Leap
                 from
                 a
                 Rock
                 into
                 the
                 Sea
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 Lead
                 them
                 thereunto
                 .
              
               O
               let
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               have
               as
               much
               of
               your
               Hearts
               ,
               in
               the
               War
               now
               before
               you
               ;
               't
               is
               Him
               whom
               you
               are
               Serving
               of
               .
               'T
               was
               said
               in
               1.
               
               John
               3.16
               .
               
                 We
                 ought
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 our
                 Lives
                 for
                 the
                 Brethren
                 .
              
               'T
               is
               for
               such
               Brethren
               that
               your
               Lives
               are
               now
               called
               for
               ;
               here
               is
               a
               Country
               so
               replenished
               with
               them
               ,
               that
               
                 New
                 England
                 the
                 Happy
              
               ,
               might
               we
               be
               called
               for
               the
               Christians
               here
               ,
               more
               than
               Arabia
               so
               ,
               for
               the
               Spices
               in
               it
               .
               You
               are
               Fighting
               ,
               that
               the
               Churches
               of
               God
               may
               not
               be
               Extinguisht
               ,
               and
               the
               Wigwams
               of
               Heathen
               swarming
               in
               their
               room
               :
               You
               are
               Fighting
               that
               the
               Children
               of
               God
               may
               not
               be
               made
               Meals
               or
               
               Slaves
               to
               the
               veriest
               Tygers
               upon
               Earth
               .
               To
               Dy
               Fighting
               in
               such
               a
               Service
               ,
               may
               pass
               for
               a
               sort
               of
               Martyrdome
               ▪
               and
               if
               you
               are
               meerly
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               such
               a
               Service
               ,
               willing
               to
               forego
               your
               Lives
               ,
               you
               may
               hope
               to
               be
               found
               among
               the
               Blessed
               and
               Holy
               Ones
               ,
               that
               shall
               have
               a
               part
               in
               the
               
                 First
                 Resurrection
              
               .
               Whether
               you
               Dy
               or
               Live
               ,
               you
               shall
               be
               Honourable
               ;
               if
               you
               Scape
               ,
               we
               will
               cast
               Roses
               upon
               you
               for
               having
               Acted
               your
               part
               well
               in
               our
               Tragedies
               ;
               if
               you
               fall
               ,
               we
               will
               write
               that
               Epitaph
               on
               your
               Graves
               ,
               
                 Here
                 Lies
                 a
                 sincere
                 ,
                 and
                 Valiant
                 ,
                 Servant
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 .
              
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Know
               that
               your
               Helper
               is
               Great
               .
               You
               will
               be
               
                 Too
                 many
              
               for
               your
               Adversaries
               ;
               in-as
               much
               as
               ,
               you
               have
               with
               you
               ,
               the
               
                 Hosts
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
              
               ;
               the
               very
               Angels
               are
               your
               Companions
               in
               your
               present
               Enterprize
               .
               An
               Angel
               said
               once
               to
               an
               Apostle
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 thy
                 Fellow-Servant
              
               ;
               and
               many
               an
               Angel
               does
               now
               say
               to
               you
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 your
                 Fellow-Souldier
              
               .
               'T
               is
               mentioned
               as
               the
               Employment
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
               in
               Cant.
               3.7
               ,
               8.
               
               
                 Behold
                 His
                 Bed
                 ,
                 which
                 is
              
               Solomons
               ;
               
                 the
                 Valiant
                 are
                 about
                 it
                 ;
                 they
                 all
                 hold
                 Swords
                 ,
                 being
                 Expert
                 in
                 War
                 ;
                 because
                 of
                 Fear
                 in
                 the
                 Night
                 .
              
               It
               is
               your
               Employment
               also
               ;
               thus
               you
               stand
               about
               this
               Bed
               ,
               this
               Church
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               the
               Angels
               are
               with
               you
               in
               it
               .
               But
               wh●t
               cannot
               one
               Angel
               do
               ?
               An
               Army
               of
               an
               
                 Hundred
                 Fourscore
                 Five
                 Thousand
              
               cannot
               stand
               before
               Him.
               How
               much
               more
               will
               the
               
                 Innumerable
                 Company
                 of
                 Angels
              
               associating
               with
               you
               ,
               give
               you
               cause
               to
               say
               with
               him
               of
               old
               ,
               
                 There
                 are
                 more
                 
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 than
                 against
                 us
                 !
              
               Yea
               ,
               and
               you
               have
               the
               
                 Lord
                 of
                 Hosts
              
               Himself
               with
               you
               too
               .
               You
               may
               like
               Luther
               ,
               sing
               the
               
                 Forty
                 Sixth
              
               Psalm
               ,
               when
               you
               see
               the
               Difficulties
               that
               you
               are
               put
               upon
               ;
               and
               sing
               particularly
               ,
               those
               Clauses
               in
               it
               .
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 of
                 Hosts
                 is
                 with
                 us
                 ;
                 He
                 makes
                 Wars
                 to
                 cease
                 unto
                 the
                 ends
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
                 Know
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 be
                 Exalted
                 among
                 the
                 Heathen
                 .
              
               When
               some
               Souldiers
               were
               talking
               together
               the
               Night
               before
               a
               Doubtful
               Battel
               ,
               That
               their
               Enemies
               were
               thus
               and
               so
               Numerous
               ,
               but
               that
               Themselves
               had
               but
               such
               and
               such
               Forces
               to
               match
               them
               with
               ;
               their
               Couragious
               General
               happening
               to
               over
               hear
               them
               ,
               surprised
               them
               with
               that
               Expression
               ,
               
                 And
                 I
                 pray
                 ,
                 how
                 many
                 do
                 you
                 count
                 ME
                 for
                 ?
              
               In
               like
               manner
               ,
               when
               you
               are
               anxious
               about
               the
               proportion
               of
               your
               Numbers
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               may
               oppose
               you
               ,
               the
               Blessed
               God
               interposes
               ,
               And
               I
               
                 pray
                 ,
                 how
                 many
                 do
                 you
                 count
                 me
                 for
              
               ?
               The
               Confession
               that
               New-England
               makes
               to
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 is
                 my
                 King
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 ,
                 my
                 Law-giver
                 .
              
               We
               may
               add
               ,
               
                 He
                 will
                 save
                 us
              
               .
               And
               you
               may
               sing
               with
               him
               ,
               Psal.
               18.6
               ,
               12.
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 is
                 on
                 my
                 side
                 ,
              
               I
               
                 will
                 not
                 fear
                 .
                 The
                 Nations
                 compassed
                 me
                 about
                 like
                 Bees
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               I
               
                 will
                 destroy
                 them
                 all
              
               .
               Tho'
               you
               carry
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               not
               in
               your
               own
               Hands
               ;
               no
               they
               are
               in
               the
               Hands
               of
               that
               God
               ,
               without
               whom
               not
               a
               Sparrow
               falls
               ,
               and
               by
               whom
               every
               Bullet
               is
               directed
               .
               You
               may
               say
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Syriac
               version
               of
               my
               Text
               expresses
               it
               )
               
                 My
                 Life
                 is
                 continually
                 
                 in
                 thy
                 Hands
                 ,
              
               O
               God.
               The
               Good
               God
               will
               be
               careful
               of
               your
               Lives
               ,
               and
               your
               Deaths
               will
               be
               precious
               to
               the
               Lord.
               
            
             
               Know
               ,
               Lastly
               ,
               That
               your
               Success
               is
               very
               probable
               .
               Indeed
               ,
               God
               may
               Humble
               us
               ,
               and
               Abase
               us
               ,
               and
               vex
               us
               yet
               by
               that
               
                 Foolish
                 Nation
              
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               let
               Loose
               upon
               us
               ;
               but
               we
               may
               believe
               that
               They
               shall
               all
               shortly
               perish
               by
               the
               Arms
               of
               His
               
                 New
                 English
                 Israel
                 .
                 They
              
               !
               What
               are
               they
               ,
               but
               
                 Bloody
                 and
                 Deceitful
                 men
              
               ?
               And
               you
               may
               look
               to
               be
               Instruments
               of
               Executing
               what
               God
               has
               denounced
               on
               them
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 Live
                 out
                 half
                 their
                 days
                 .
              
               Even
               They
               themselves
               not
               only
               may
               ,
               but
               perhaps
               Do
               expect
               utter
               Desolation
               ,
               and
               Extirpation
               ;
               and
               they
               would
               soon
               lay
               down
               their
               Arms
               ,
               if
               he
               that
               hurried
               the
               Swine
               of
               old
               ,
               had
               not
               a
               wonderful
               possession
               of
               them
               .
               That
               old
               Sagamore
               and
               Conjurer
               Passaconnoway
               ,
               whose
               Posterity
               't
               is
               (
               among
               the
               rest
               )
               that
               we
               are
               now
               galled
               by
               ;
               When
               he
               lay
               Dying
               about
               Thirty
               Years
               ago
               ,
               did
               in
               a
               great
               Assembly
               of
               Indians
               ,
               thus
               take
               his
               Farewel
               of
               his
               Children
               ,
               I
               
                 am
                 ready
                 to
                 Dy
              
               (
               said
               he
               )
               and
               I
               
                 now
                 Leave
                 this
                 Counsil
                 with
                 you
                 ;
                 Take
                 heed
                 how
                 you
                 Quarrel
                 with
                 the
              
               English
               ;
               
                 for
                 tho'
                 you
                 may
                 do
                 them
                 some
                 Hurt
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 yourselves
                 be
                 all
                 rooted
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 do
                 .
              
               I
               
                 was
                 as
                 great
                 an
                 Enemy
                 to
                 the
              
               English
               
                 at
                 their
                 first
                 coming
                 here
                 ,
                 as
                 any
                 one
                 ;
                 &
              
               I
               
                 try'd
                 all
                 ways
                 to
                 prevent
                 their
                 Settlement
                 ,
                 but
              
               I
               
                 am
                 convinced
                 ,
                 there
                 can
                 be
                 no
                 effecting
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               These
               Counsils
               and
               Commands
               are
               Disobeyed
               by
               some
               
               of
               his
               wicked
               Children
               ;
               whose
               Dayes
               we
               may
               therefore
               think
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               
                 Long
                 in
                 the
                 Land.
              
               Indeed
               ,
               They
               have
               none
               to
               Assist
               them
               ,
               but
               the
               worst
               Auxiliaries
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               the
               Divels
               and
               the
               Papists
               .
               The
               Divels
               have
               a
               great
               Hand
               in
               Exciting
               and
               Supporting
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               hence
               the
               last
               Winter
               ,
               from
               the
               mouth
               of
               a
               possessed
               Child
               among
               us
               They
               gave
               (
               I
               think
               )
               a
               very
               broad
               Notice
               of
               the
               Slaughters
               which
               the
               Summer
               would
               produce
               .
               That
               These
               have
               had
               a
               Long
               ,
               and
               an
               Old
               Interest
               in
               America
               cannot
               be
               reasonably
               questioned
               by
               them
               that
               shall
               read
               what
               was
               written
               even
               before
               the
               Birth
               of
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               by
               
                 Diodoras
                 Siculus
                 ,
                 In
                 very
                 Ancient
                 Times
              
               says
               he
               ,
               
                 the
                 Phenicians
                 tossed
                 with
                 Storms
                 ,
                 after
                 many
                 days
                 ,
                 arrived
                 unto
                 this
                 Vast
                 Island
              
               (
               as
               he
               calls
               it
               )
               
                 which
                 then
                 had
                 stately
                 Buildings
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
               Hither
               the
               Divels
               did
               seduce
               a
               wretched
               party
               o●
               Mankind
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               have
               them
               out
               of
               the
               Gospels
               Way
               when
               it
               spred
               thro'
               the
               
                 Old
                 World
              
               ,
               by
               the
               Ministry
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ;
               and
               here
               they
               have
               Reigned
               as
               Kings
               ,
               as
               Gods
               ,
               without
               control
               ,
               over
               millions
               of
               people
               for
               Ages
               not
               a
               few
               .
               It
               has
               given
               a
               terrible
               Alarum
               to
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 Silver
                 Trumpets
              
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               are
               now
               at
               length
               sounding
               in
               their
               Territories
               ,
               and
               it
               puts
               them
               into
               a
               Flaming
               Rage
               ,
               that
               the
               
                 Way
                 to
                 Salvation
                 by
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               is
               proclaimed
               here
               .
               Many
               are
               the
               Wiles
               which
               they
               have
               used
               ,
               for
               the
               Discouragement
               of
               these
               
                 Notable
                 Beginnings
              
               in
               which
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               is
               taking
               the
               
                 utmost
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 
                 for
                 his
                 Possession
                 .
              
               Hence
               't
               is
               ,
               that
               their
               Vassals
               ,
               who
               have
               more
               than
               once
               been
               disquieting
               of
               us
               in
               our
               Properties
               and
               Possessions
               ;
               now
               have
               also
               taken
               Arms
               again
               to
               make
               us
               miserable
               .
               But
               as
               these
               Attempts
               and
               Attacques
               of
               Hell
               upon
               us
               ,
               have
               been
               all
               Abortive
               heretofore
               ,
               so
               we
               may
               Apprehend
               that
               they
               will
               still
               miscarry
               .
               The
               Barbarians
               may
               (
               as
               't
               is
               by
               Escaped
               Captives
               reported
               that
               they
               have
               )
               by
               their
               Diabolical
               Charms
               ,
               keep
               our
               Dogs
               from
               Hurting
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               shall
               not
               so
               keep
               our
               Swords
               from
               coming
               at
               them
               .
               Faith
               and
               Prayer
               among
               us
               ,
               hath
               wonderfully
               made
               the
               Divels
               themselves
               to
               fly
               before
               it
               ;
               so
               shall
               These
               too
               find
               unto
               their
               Cost
               .
               Tho'
               the
               Papists
               may
               likewise
               contribute
               what
               Help
               they
               can
               unto
               these
               Miscreants
               ,
               and
               say
               Mass
               with
               them
               (
               as
               of
               Late
               )
               after
               their
               Little
               Victories
               ,
               yet
               we
               need
               not
               be
               disanimated
               ;
               but
               
                 the
                 rather
              
               from
               thence
               prognosticate
               their
               Approaching
               Ruine
               .
               For
               we
               too
               much
               Distrust
               our
               own
               Observation
               ,
               if
               we
               do
               not
               now
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               
                 Papal
                 Empire
              
               ,
               (
               which
               was
               of
               late
               replanting
               a
               Tabernacle
               in
               the
               
                 Glorious
                 Holy
                 Mountain
                 between
                 the
                 Seas
              
               )
               is
               very
               near
               its
               End
               ,
               when
               
                 none
                 shall
                 help
                 it
              
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               
                 twelve
                 Hundred
                 and
                 sixty
                 Years
              
               ,
               during
               which
               the
               people
               of
               God
               ,
               were
               to
               be
               harrassed
               by
               it
               ,
               are
               not
               far
               from
               their
               Expiration
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               you
               may
               go
               forth
               with
               such
               a
               Triumph
               as
               that
               in
               Psal.
               20.7
               ,
               8
               :
               
                 Some
                 Trust
                 in
                 Chariots
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 in
                 Horses
              
               (
               some
               in
               Satan
               ,
               and
               some
               in
               Antichrist
               )
               
                 But
                 wee
                 will
                 Remember
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 our
                 God.
                 They
                 are
                 brought
                 down
                 and
                 fallen
                 ;
                 but
                 wee
                 are
                 Risen
                 and
                 stand
                 Vpright
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               for
               a
               close
               ,
               Let
               me
               mind
               you
               ,
               that
               while
               you
               Fight
               ,
               Wee
               'l
               pray
               .
               Every
               good
               man
               will
               do
               it
               ,
               in
               secret
               and
               in
               private
               every
               day
               ;
               and
               publick
               Supplications
               also
               will
               be
               always
               going
               for
               you
               .
               We
               will
               keep
               in
               the
               Mount
               with
               
                 our
                 Hands
                 lifted
                 up
              
               ,
               while
               you
               are
               in
               the
               Field
               with
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               ,
               against
               the
               Amalek
               that
               is
               now
               annoying
               this
               Israel
               in
               the
               Wilderness
               .
               It
               was
               the
               
                 Watch
                 Word
              
               which
               a
               Battel
               once
               Commenc'd
               withal
               
                 Now
                 for
                 the
                 Fruit
                 of
                 Prayer
                 !
                 Now
                 for
                 the
                 Fruit
                 of
                 Prayer
                 .
              
               To
               gather
               that
               Fruit
               will
               be
               your
               Errand
               into
               the
               Thickets
               of
               our
               
                 Scythian
                 Desart
              
               .
            
             
             
               I
               therefore
               conclude
               with
               a
               few
            
          
           
             
               BLESSINGS
            
             
               On
               you
               ,
               which
               the
               whole
               people
               of
               God
               in
               this
               Land
               will
               say
               ,
               Amen
               ,
               unto
               .
            
             
               We
               wish
               ,
               That
               you
               may
               be
               all
               
                 good
                 Souldiers
                 of
                 Iesus
                 Christ
              
               ,
               and
               not
               want
               the
               
                 Spiritual
                 Armour
              
               which
               may
               enable
               you
               to
               withstand
               Devils
               as
               well
               as
               Indians
               .
            
             
               We
               wish
               That
               since
               our
               Lord
               says
               unto
               you
               ,
               as
               he
               said
               unto
               them
               ,
               I
               
                 send
                 you
                 forth
                 as
                 Sheep
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 Wolves
              
               ;
               this
               
                 Great
                 Shepherd
              
               may
               preserve
               you
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               mighty
               Crook
               defend
               you
               ,
               when
               you
               come
               into
               
                 the
                 Valley
                 of
                 the
                 shadow
                 of
                 Death
                 .
              
            
             
               We
               wish
               ,
               That
               your
               Enemies
               may
               not
               have
               their
               Lives
               in
               
                 their
                 Hands
              
               ,
               but
               in
               
                 Gods
                 slings
              
               ;
               and
               that
               God
               would
               
                 Sling
                 them
                 out
                 ,
                 as
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 a
                 Sling
              
               :
               While
               you
               that
               have
               your
               Lives
               in
               your
               Hands
               ,
               may
               have
               
                 your
                 Souls
                 bound
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Life
                 .
              
            
             
               Finally
               ,
               we
               wish
               ,
               That
               your
               Heads
               may
               bee
               Covered
               in
               the
               
                 Day
                 of
                 Battle
              
               ;
               that
               you
               may
               by
               the
               Almighty
               God
               bee
               made
               the
               
                 Liberatores
                 Partie
              
               ,
               the
               Saviours
               of
               your
               Countrey
               ;
               and
               that
               if
               any
               of
               you
               must
               Breath
               your
               last
               in
               the
               High
               places
               of
               the
               Field
               ▪
               your
               Souls
               may
               bee
               Received
               by
               Him
               ,
               that
               has
               
                 Armies
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 Clothed
                 in
                 fine
                 Linen
                 ,
                 White
                 and
                 Clean.
                 
              
            
             
               'T
               is
               with
               these
               Wishes
               ,
               that
               wee
               Bless
               you
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Eternal
               God
               ;
               and
               the
               Whole
               Congregation
               will
               say
               ,
               
                 AMEN
                 ,
                 AMEN
              
               !
            
             
               
                 Benedictus
                 que
                 dat
                 Fatigato
                 Robur
              
               .
               
                 At
                 the
                 
                   North
                   Meeting
                   House
                
                 in
                 Boston
                 
                   1
                   d.
                   7
                   m.
                   Afternoon
                   .
                   1689.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .