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             Military duties recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charls-town, 13. d. 7. m. 1686. By Cotton Mather, pastor of a church in Boston.
             Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
          
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             MILITARY
             DUTIES
          
           ,
           RECOMMENDED
           to
           an
           ARTILLERY
           
             COMPANY
             ;
             At
             their
             ELECTION
             of
          
           OFFICERS
           ,
           In
           CHARLS-TOWN
           ,
           13.
           d.
           7.
           m.
           1686.
           
           By
           
             COTTON
             MATHER
          
           ,
           Pastor
           of
           a
           Church
           in
           BOSTON
           .
        
         
           Ubi
           nullus
           est
           Militarium
           Virorum
           ordo
           et
           cura
           ,
           ibi
           nulli
           sunt
           R.
           P.
           Nervi
           .
           
             Herodot
             .
          
        
         
           Plus
           Togae
           laesere
           Rem-Publicam
           quam
           Loricae
           .
           
             Tertullian
             .
          
        
         
           BOSTON
           in
           NEW-ENGLAND
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Pierce
          
           :
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Ioseph
             Brunning
          
           ,
           at
           his
           Shop
           at
           the
           Corner
           of
           
             Prison
             Lane
          
           near
           the
           Exhange
           .
           1687.
           
        
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           The
           preface
           .
        
         
           
             IT
             was
             the
             Observation
             which
             judicious
          
           Capel
           
             began
             a
          
           Preface
           
             to
             a
             good
             Book
             with
             the
             mention
             of
             ,
          
           Books
           are
           more
           necessary
           in
           a
           State
           than
           Arms.
           
             Let
             it
             pass
             for
             a
          
           Conveniency
           
             among
             us
             in
             this
          
           Scythian
           Desart
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Gentlemen
             who
             handle
          
           Arms
           
             may
             be
             also
             presented
             with
          
           Books
           
             accommodated
             unto
             their
          
           Instruction
           and
           Encouragement
           .
           
             It
             is
             reported
             of
             an
             unparallel'd
             Souldier
             ,
             no
             less
             an
          
           Hero
           than
           Julius
           Caesar
           ,
           
             that
             being
             forc'd
             to
             swim
             for
             his
             life
             in
             an
             extremity
             ,
             he
             employ'd
             one
             hand
             to
             preserve
             from
             the
             damage
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             certain
          
           Books
           
             which
             he
             had
             a
             special
             value
             for
             .
             Nor
             is
             it
             any
             Disparagement
             unto
             men
             of
             a
          
           military
           
             Disposition
             or
             Improvement
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             ages
             the
             most
             accomplisht
             of
             them
             ,
             have
             been
             willing
             sometimes
             to
             make
          
           Books
           
             the
             entertainment
             of
             their
             vacant
             hours
             :
             Even
             a
             mighty
          
           Alexander
           
             must
             have
             a
          
           Book
           
             under
             his
             pillow
             ,
             or
             he
             cannot
             sleep
             .
             Perhaps
             it
             is
             from
             somesomething
          
           
           
             of
             this
          
           Bookish
           Temper
           
             that
             this
             poor
          
           Sermon
           
             preached
             unto
             the
          
           Artillery
           of
           Middlesex
           ,
           
             is
             by
             some
             Members
             of
             that
             worthy
          
           Company
           
             now
             desired
             to
             be
             printed
             ;
             that
             their
          
           eyes
           
             may
             dwell
             upon
             those
             things
             which
          
           He
           who
           gives
           favour
           to
           them
           that
           are
           not
           men
           of
           Skill
           
             made
             not
             altogether
             unacceptable
             unto
             their
          
           ears
           .
           
             It
             was
             a
          
           Souldier
           
             that
             found
             out
             the
             happy
             art
             of
          
           Printing
           
             at
             first
             ;
             and
             it
             seems
             that
          
           Souldiers
           
             will
             now
             and
             then
             press
             the
          
           Press
           
             into
             their
          
           Service
           still
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Education
             among
          
           Libraries
           ,
           
             my
             Concernment
             only
             in
             such
             a
          
           Warfare
           as
           Timothy
           
             had
             recommended
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             my
             impatient
             Longings
             for
             the
             Revolution
             of
             a
          
           Golden
           Age
           
             wherein
             there
             shall
             be
             (
             as
             about
             the
             Time
             of
             our
             Lords
             first
             coming
             it
             is
             noted
             by
             the
             Roman
             Historian
             that
             there
             was
             )
          
           Totius
           Orbis
           aut
           pax
           aut
           pactio
           ,
           
             a
             general
          
           Peace
           or
           Truce
           
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             have
             made
             me
             the
             unfittest
             of
             all
             men
             to
             read
          
           Military
           Lectures
           .
           Aelian
           '
           s
           Tacticks
           
             shall
             stand
             in
             the
          
           R●…re
           
             of
             my
             Authors
             ,
             and
             will
             perhaps
             be
             left
             unstudied
             by
             me
             ,
             till
             I
             have
             nothing
             else
             to
             do
             .
             That
          
           military
           
             mischievous
             Invention
             of
          
           Guns
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Nitrous
           ,
           Sulphureous
           ,
           Charcoal'd
           
             matter
             which
             they
             vo●…it
             ,
             was
             indeed
             first
             hit
             upon
             by
             a
          
           Clergy-man
           ,
           
           
             yet
             one
             that
             I
             never
             would
             care
             to
             be
             a
             kin
             unto
             .
             But
             a
          
           Request
           
             from
             the
             Honoured
             Persons
             ,
             at
             whose
             Invitation
             the
             ensuing
          
           Thoughts
           
             have
             been
          
           Spoken
           and
           Written
           ,
           
             was
             a
             strong
          
           Summons
           
             not
             to
             be
             g●…in
             said
             by
             me
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             count
          
           Opportunities
           〈◊〉
           doing
           Good
           
             among
             the
             best
             of
             all
             my
          
           Treasures
           .
           
             They
             asked
             me
             to
             lay
             before
             them
             their
             Du●…yes
             ,
             as
             farr
             as
             my
          
           Armory
           ,
           the
           Bible
           ,
           
             would
             inform
             me
             what
             they
             are
             :
             and
             I
             have
             with
          
           brief
           Hints
           
             attempted
             to
             let
             them
             know
             what
             those
          
           Words
           of
           Command
           
             are
             which
             come
             unto
             them
             back'd
             with
             a
             ,
          
           Thus
           saith
           the
           LORD
           .
           
             They
             have
             also
             asked
             me
             to
             give
             them
             a
             Copy
             of
             those
          
           Words
           
             for
             the
          
           Publication
           
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             I
             consider'd
             that
             this
             being
             all
             ,
             my
             case
             was
             not
             so
             hard
             as
             that
             of
             the
             Expedition
             against
          
           Sisera
           ,
           
             wherein
             out
             of
          
           Zebulon
           
             were
             engaged
          
           they
           that
           handled
           the
           pen
           of
           the
           Writer
           ,
           
             Gown-men
             became
          
           Sword-men
           ,
           
             and
             Pen-knives
             (
             as
             one
             saith
             on
             it
             )
             were
             turned
             into
             Swords
             .
             But
             in
             this
             thing
             they
             had
             not
             found
             me
             ready
             to
             gratify
             them
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Communicating
             those
          
           Meditations
           
             in
             the
             Close
             of
             the
             Discourse
             ,
             which
             render
          
           every
           
             man
             a
          
           Souldier
           ,
           
             and
             call
             upon
             all
             to
          
           encounter
           the
           invisible
           Enemies
           
             of
             their
             own
             souls
             .
             This
             part
             of
             the
          
           Discourse
           
             is
             no
          
           
           
             Diversion
             from
             the
             work
             which
             my
          
           Hand
           finds
           to
           do
           ,
           
             however
             the
             other
             may
             :
             of
          
           this
           ,
           
             if
             I
             had
             a
             voice
             as
             loud
             as
             the
          
           last
           Trumpet
           
             I
             must
             say
          
           ,
           Let
           him
           that
           hath
           ears
           to
           hear
           ,
           hear
           .
        
         
           
             Thousands
             of
          
           Praises
           ,
           
             whole
             Ages
             of
          
           praises
           
             be
             given
             unto
             a
             good
             God
             ,
             for
             the
          
           Abundance
           of
           peace
           
             wherein
             we
             in
             this
             Wilderness
             do
             delight
             our selves
             .
             'T
             were
             well
             if
             the
             blessed
             leisure
             which
          
           Deus
           fecit
           ,
           
             is
             given
             by
             God
             unto
             us
             ,
             were
             employ'd
             unto
          
           spiritual
           Advantages
           
             by
             us
             all
             ;
             and
             particularly
             by
             them
             that
             have
             a
             kindness
             for
             the
             affairs
             of
          
           Souldiery
           .
           
             It
             would
             be
             an
             incredible
             benefit
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             men
             to
             have
             their
             houses
             furnished
             with
          
           Treatises
           
             which
             shall
             teach
             them
             how
             to
          
           Spirituallize
           
             the
             outward
             occurrents
             of
             their
          
           Occupations
           ,
           
             and
             set
          
           Pulpits
           ,
           
             and
             faithful
          
           Preachers
           
             for
             them
             in
             every
          
           Business
           
             that
             they
             have
             to
             meddle
             with
             .
             I
             find
             that
             the
          
           Husband-man
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Shepherd
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Mariner
           ,
           
             yea
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Weaver
           
             too
             ,
             are
             thus
             provided
             for
             ,
             by
             the
             ingenious
             Labours
             of
             some
             heavenly-minded
             men
             .
             A
             Reverend
             Person
             among
             our selves
             ,
             has
             in
             this
             way
             been
             an
             Obliging
             Friend
             unto
             the
          
           Souldier
           also
           ;
           His
           ,
           Souldiery
           Spirituallized
           ,
           
             well
             deserves
             the
             Perusal
             of
             them
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             directed
             ,
             and
             hath
             given
             a
             just
          
           Super-Sedeas
           
             unto
             those
             Enlargements
          
           
           
             of
             that
             kind
             here
             which
             else
             might
             have
             been
             endeavoured
             .
             That
             they
             who
             will
             be
          
           Souldiers
           
             may
             likewise
             be
          
           serious
           ;
           
             That
             there
             may
             be
          
           Glory
           to
           GOD
           in
           the
           highest
           ,
           
             and
             that
             there
             may
             be
          
           Peace
           on
           earth
           ,
           and
           Good
           Will
           among
           men
           ,
           
             is
             the
             grand
             Scope
             of
             this
             little
             Essay
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             MILITARY
             DUTIES
          
           Laid
           before
           A
           TRAINED
           BAND
           13.
           d.
           7.
           m.
           1686.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           written
           in
           
             PSAL.
             CXLIV
             .
             I.
             
          
           Blessed
           be
           the
           Lord
           my
           strength
           ,
           who
           teacheth
           my
           Hands
           to
           war
           ,
           and
           my
           Fingers
           to
           fight
           .
        
         
           THat
           elegant
           Resemblance
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           close
           of
           His
           last
           Letter
           from
           Heaven
           to
           the
           Church
           on
           Earth
           ,
           Rev.
           22.
           2.
           
           
             A
             tree
             of
             Life
             which
             bears
             twelve
             manner
          
           (
           a
           blessed
           variety
           )
           
             of
             Fruits
             ,
             the
             leaves
             whereof
             also
             are
             for
             the
             healing
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
          
           hath
           been
           sometimes
           not
           unfitly
           apply'd
           unto
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           those
           precious
           Leaves
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           which
           
             testify
             of
             Him.
          
           
           There
           is
           in
           these
           Oracles
           of
           God
           ,
           a
           delicious
           Entertainment
           for
           the
           innumerable
           sorts
           of
           Readers
           to
           whom
           
             these
             presents
             come
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           Souldier
           particularly
           is
           not
           left
           unconsulted
           in
           them
           .
           The
           blessed
           Suitableness
           of
           this
           
             miraculous
             Book
          
           unto
           the
           Affayrs
           and
           Concerns
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           found
           (
           as
           the
           Philosopher
           saith
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Soul
             in
             the
             Body
          
           )
           in
           
             every
             part
          
           thereof
           ;
           but
           the
           Book
           of
           Psalms
           (
           a
           
             Little
             Bible
          
           ,
           as
           Luther
           styl'd
           it
           )
           in
           peculiarwise
           ,
           is
           so
           remarkable
           on
           this
           score
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           no
           imprudence
           in
           old
           Ierom
           to
           bid
           his
           Friend
           make
           This
           his
           
             Vade
             mecum
          
           ,
           his
           constant
           Companion
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           folly
           in
           the
           holy
           Minister
           of
           Constantinople
           being
           driven
           out
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           to
           take
           no
           part
           of
           his
           Treasures
           but
           This
           ,
           which
           was
           unto
           him
           
             pro
             et
             prae
             Divitiis
          
           ,
           instead
           of
           and
           better
           than
           all
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           the
           renouned
           Basil
           therefore
           very
           rightly
           recommended
           it
           as
           
             A
             Divine
             Treasure
          
           ,
           and
           the
           eloquent
           Chrysostom
           no
           less
           appositely
           reputed
           it
           as
           ,
           a
           
             Panoply
             for
             the
             Christian.
          
           From
           this
           Panoply
           ,
           from
           this
           well-furnished
           Armory
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           offer
           something
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           Armed
           ,
           and
           much
           honoured
           Auditory
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           the
           name
           which
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           
             in
             a
             certain
             place
          
           (
           in
           Col
           3.
           16.
           
           )
           putteth
           upon
           these
           Psalms
           is
           that
           of
           
             spiritual
             Songs
          
           ;
           
           partly
           because
           the
           Spirits
           of
           men
           are
           most
           singularly
           suited
           therein
           :
           every
           man
           may
           conceive
           ,
           as
           Athanasius
           long
           ago
           observed
           ,
           That
           they
           speak
           
             de
             se
             ,
             in
             re
             sua
             ,
          
           to
           his
           
             own
             case
          
           directly
           .
           T
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Souldier
           especially
           will
           anon
           herein
           meet
           with
           what
           shall
           not
           be
           impertinent
           unto
           him
           .
        
         
           That
           inspired
           person
           ,
           whoever
           he
           were
           ,
           that
           marshalled
           the
           Psalms
           into
           the
           Method
           wherein
           we
           now
           enjoy
           them
           ,
           seems
           to
           have
           had
           some
           respect
           unto
           the
           Affinity
           of
           Subjects
           therein
           handled
           ,
           in
           his
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           Hence
           this
           Hundred-and-forty-fourth
           Psalm
           ,
           with
           the
           rest
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           our
           Psalter
           ,
           is
           employ'd
           in
           that
           business
           which
           we
           expect
           at
           the
           end
           of
           our
           pilgrimage
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           ;
           even
           
             The
             magnifying
             of
             the
             LORD
             IEHOVAH
             .
          
           The
           P●…nman
           of
           this
           Composure
           ,
           is
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           it
           ,
           determined
           to
           be
           David
           ,
           the
           
             sweet
             singer
             of
             Israel
          
           .
           Indeed
           some
           passages
           of
           it
           are
           by
           Him
           again
           repeated
           in
           both
           his
           first
           and
           his
           second
           Edition
           of
           the
           
             Eighteenth
             Psalm
          
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           in
           their
           Publique
           Worship
           ,
           are
           reported
           to
           have
           had
           no
           common
           satisfaction
           when
           they
           heard
           
             Aliquid
             Davidicum
          
           ,
           any
           thing
           of
           David
           ,
           sounded
           among
           them
           ,
           t
           is
           
           to
           be
           suppos'd
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           not
           therein
           come
           behind
           them
           .
           But
           the
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Composure
           is
           to
           be
           variously
           guessed
           at
           ,
           as
           an
           
             un●…
             th●…g
          
           .
           Those
           whom
           we
           (
           upon
           uncertain
           grounds
           )
           reckon
           the
           〈◊〉
           Greek
           T●…anslators
           ,
           or
           rather
           Interpreters
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           have
           so
           inscribed
           it
           ,
           
             A
             Psalm
             of
             David
             against
             Goliah
          
           ;
           so
           the
           Ethiopic
           likewise
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           
             Vulgar
             Latin.
          
           And
           perhaps
           
           David's
           victory
           over
           Goliah
           ,
           may
           be
           one
           thing
           referr'd
           unto
           in
           this
           
             Song
             of
             Zion
          
           .
           I
           find
           a
           
             Iewish
             Commentary
          
           particularly
           favouring
           such
           a
           Sentiment
           .
           But
           good
           old
           Hilary
           for
           one
           ,
           justly
           and
           honestly
           declames
           against
           the
           foisting
           in
           of
           this
           clause
           ,
           where
           it
           should
           not
           be
           .
           Thus
           much
           then
           is
           all
           the
           Conjecture
           for
           which
           we
           have
           room
           left
           unto
           us
           :
           We
           may
           apprehend
           that
           the
           amiable
           David
           was
           now
           arrived
           thro
           an
           Iliad
           of
           Mischiefs
           and
           whole
           Seas
           of
           Difficulties
           ,
           unto
           a
           Settlement
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           over
           Israel
           ;
           and
           that
           hereupon
           he
           now
           presents
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           both
           his
           Praises
           for
           the
           Vanquishent
           of
           the
           Enemies
           who
           had
           hitherto
           disquieted
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Continuance
           of
           his
           Tranquillity
           ,
           maugre
           all
           future
           Opposition
           .
        
         
           The
           Rapturous
           Thanksgivings
           of
           the
           PsalPsalmist
           
           begin
           as
           soon
           as
           was
           possible
           ;
           even
           at
           the
           verse
           now
           before
           us
           .
           The
           
             gracious
             Saint
          
           is
           here
           uttering
           of
           his
           Wishes
           that
           the
           great
           GOD
           may
           forever
           be
           well-spoken
           of
           by
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           this
           on
           a
           double
           account
           .
           Something
           God
           hath
           been
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           something
           God
           had
           done
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           Firstly
           ,
           For
           Something
           that
           God
           was
           to
           him
           .
           He
           ascribes
           to
           the
           Lord
           that
           Title
           ,
           
             my
             Strength
          
           ,
           or
           (
           Heb.
           
             Tzuri
             )
             my
             Rock
          
           .
           
             q.
             d.
             The
             Almighty
             God
             has
             afforded
             a
             better
             Defence
             to
             me
             in
             all
             dangers
             than
             the
             ragged
             Rocks
             and
             Caves
             and
             Thickets
             did
             unto
             my
             poor
             Countrey
             men
             ,
             before
             I
             by
             slaying
             the
             
               tall
               Pagan
            
             occasion'd
             the
             Routing
             of
             the
             Philistines
             ,
             who
             had
             driven
             them
             thereinto
             .
          
        
         
           Nextly
           ,
           For
           something
           that
           God
           did
           for
           him
           .
           He
           celebrates
           this
           Kindness
           of
           God
           unto
           him
           ,
           
             He
             teaches
             my
             hands
             to
             war
             and
             my
             fingers
             to
             Fight
             .
          
           i.
           e.
           
           
             The
             good
             God
             enables
             me
             to
             go
             through
             the
             Military
             Performances
             which
             I
             am
             put
             upon
             .
             These
             Hands
             of
             mine
             that
             were
             once
             wont
             to
             hold
             the
             
               Shepherds
               Crook
            
             ,
             and
             these
             Fingers
             of
             mine
             which
             were
             wont
             to
             solace
             me
             with
             their
             soft
             Notes
             upon
             my
             Harp
             ,
             are
             now
             expert
             in
             
             those
             Martial
             A●…chievments
             which
             God
             hat●…
             bin
             my
             Teach●…r
             in
             .
          
           There
           is
           a
           divine
           Teaching
           herein
           acknowledged
           ,
           and
           the
           Twofold
           Subject
           of
           it
           is
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
           The
           Good
           man
           first
           declares
           the
           Subject
           which
           received
           this
           Teaching
           :
           This
           was
           his
           Hands
           &
           his
           Fingers
           .
           These
           are
           by
           a
           Synecd●…che
           put
           for
           not
           only
           all
           the
           Members
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           but
           also
           all
           the
           Powers
           of
           his
           mind
           .
           These
           may
           be
           singled
           out
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           a
           
             special
             Use
          
           of
           these
           parts
           in
           all
           warly
           Encounters
           .
           There
           was
           so
           particularly
           ,
           first
           in
           Choosing
           and
           then
           in
           Casting
           the
           Stone
           which
           laid
           the
           Philistean
           Champion
           sprawling
           on
           the
           ground
           .
           In
           the
           Hands
           also
           Strength
           is
           seated
           ,
           and
           Skill
           is
           shewed
           by
           the
           Fingers
           .
           So
           both
           of
           those
           Qualifications
           may
           herein
           be
           glanced
           at
           .
           The
           good
           Soul
           next
           declares
           the
           Subject
           which
           this
           Teaching
           was
           Occupy'd
           about
           :
           This
           was
           Warring
           and
           Fighting
           .
           The
           former
           Expression
           
             [
             Lakrob
          
           ]
           comes
           from
           a
           Root
           that
           signifies
           to
           
             Draw
             near
          
           ;
           the
           Latter
           
             [
             Lammilchama
          
           ]
           comes
           from
           a
           Root
           that
           signifies
           to
           
             Eat
             up
          
           ;
           because
           in
           Warly
           Engagements
           ,
           persons
           first
           Approach
           and
           then
           Devour
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           then
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           Summons
           our
           present
           Attention
           is
        
         
           
           
             DOCT.
             
          
           
             That
             
               The
               Almighty
               GOD
               is
               to
               be
               acknowledg'd
               as
               the
               Author
               of
               whatsoever
               Military
            
             SKILL
             or
             STRENGTH
             
               any
               Children
               of
               men
               do
               excel
               in
               .
            
          
           
             THAT
             the
             Worthy
             Company
             who
             call'd
             me
             to
             this
             place
             and
             work
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             too
             long
             detained
             from
             the
             Field
             ,
             where
             no
             doubt
             ,
             they
             love
             to
             be
             ,
             all
             due
             Brevity
             shall
             be
             endeavoured
             ,
             in
             our
             present
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             Only
             two
             Propositions
             shall
             be
             call'd
             upon
             ,
             to
             ripen
             this
             Doctrine
             for
             it's
             Application
             .
          
           
             
               PROPOSITION
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Priviledge
                 of
                 some
                 Persons
                 to
                 excel
                 in
                 a
                 Military
              
               Skill
               or
               Strength
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               two-fold
               Military
               Excellency
               which
               some
               in
               the
               world
               are
               so
               priviledg'd
               as
               to
               reach
               unto
               .
            
             
               Firstly
               ,
               There
               are
               some
               persons
               excellent
               for
               their
               military
               SKILL
               .
               There
               is
               such
               an
               happy
               unhappy
               Art
               used
               among
               
               Adam's
               wrangling
               Posterity
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               that
               
               of
               Tactics
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Art
                 of
                 Warr
              
               ;
               and
               her●…
               and
               there
               we
               may
               find
               those
               who
               have
               the
               honour
               of
               being
               excellently
               well
               
                 skill'd
                 therein
              
               .
               The
               politic
               and
               most
               peaceable
               Monarch
               of
               old
               ,
               made
               it
               one
               of
               his
               Aphorisms
               in
               Eccl.
               9.
               18.
               
               
                 Wisdome
                 is
                 better
                 than
                 weapons
                 of
                 Warr.
              
               But
               some
               
                 desireable
                 persons
              
               there
               are
               ,
               meriting
               for
               this
               to
               be
               called
               
                 Deliciae
                 humani
                 generis
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Mankinds
                 Delight
              
               ,
               who
               at
               once
               have
               Weapons
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               and
               Wisdom
               in
               their
               Heads
               enabling
               them
               to
               manage
               the
               same
               unto
               very
               good
               account
               .
               There
               are
               persons
               very
               notable
               for
               
                 Feats
                 of
                 Arms
              
               ,
               like
               David
               ,
               of
               whom
               t
               is
               reported
               in
               1.
               
               Sam.
               18.
               5.
               
               
                 He
                 behaved
                 himself
              
               wisely
               
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 set
                 over
                 the
                 men
                 of
                 war
                 :
              
               It
               seems
               he
               was
               so
               good
               a
               Souldier
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               made
               
                 Captain
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
              
               at
               Gibeon
               .
               Such
               brave
               men
               were
               those
               pious
               Trans-Iordanites
               ,
               of
               whom
               wee
               have
               that
               Description
               in
               1.
               
               Chron.
               5.
               18.
               
               
                 They
                 were
                 men
                 able
                 to
                 bear
                 Buckler
                 and
                 Sword
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 shoot
                 with
                 Bow
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 were
                 skilful
                 in
                 war.
              
               And
               such
               a
               Character
               we
               also
               have
               of
               several
               Tribes
               who
               were
               mustered
               at
               Hebron
               ,
               to
               solemnize
               Davids
               Coronation
               there
               ,
               in
               1.
               
               Chron.
               12.
               
               At
               verse
               33.
               it
               is
               related
               of
               the
               Zebulonites
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               
                 expert
                 in
                 warr
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 Instruments
                 of
                 warr
                 ,
                 able
                 to
                 keep
              
               Rank
               ;
               
               At
               verse
               35.
               it
               is
               related
               of
               the
               Danites
               ,
               and
               at
               verse
               36.
               it
               is
               related
               of
               the
               Asherites
               likewise
               that
               they
               were
               
                 expert
                 in
                 war.
              
               Some
               such
               Beauties
               is
               the
               face
               of
               the
               earth
               adorn'd
               withall
               ;
               Persons
               that
               understand
               well
               all
               the
               FIGURES
               or
               POSTURES
               which
               a
               Souldier
               is
               to
               use
               in
               the
               
                 Handling
                 of
                 his
                 Arms
              
               ;
               persons
               that
               are
               well
               acquainted
               with
               all
               the
               MOTIONS
               &
               ORDERS
               which
               a
               Souldier
               may
               be
               call'd
               unto
               ,
               all
               the
               various
               FACINGS
               ,
               and
               numerous
               DOUBLINGS
               ,
               &
               intricate
               COUNTER-MARCHINGS
               ,
               &
               comely
               WHEELINGS
               which
               are
               customary
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               CHARGINGS
               which
               the
               many
               sorts
               &
               shapes
               of
               BATTAILS
               do
               admit
               ,
               with
               innumerable
               STRATAGEMS
               of
               War
               ;
               persons
               ,
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               who
               can
               handsomely
               apply
               all
               the
               INSRUMENTS
               of
               Defence
               which
               a
               Souldier
               may
               Cap-a-pe
               be
               furnished
               with
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               INSTRUMENTS
               of
               Offence
               which
               a
               Souldiers
               hand
               can
               be
               put
               unto
               ,
               from
               the
               Half-pike
               unto
               the
               Granado
               and
               the
               roaring
               Canon
               .
            
             
               Nextly
               ,
               There
               are
               some
               persons
               excellent
               for
               their
               
                 Military
                 STRENGTH
              
               also
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Two-fold
               Strength
               which
               Souldiers
               are
               sometimes
               to
               be
               admired
               for
               .
            
             
             
               Firstly
               ,
               Some
               Souldiers
               have
               an
               Admirable
               Strength
               of
               BODY
               .
               Such
               a
               Souldier
               was
               that
               renowned
               Judge
               of
               Israel
               ,
               Sampson
               ,
               the
               History
               of
               whose
               Activity
               (
               as
               well
               as
               the
               signification
               of
               his
               Name
               )
               the
               Heathen
               have
               carried
               into
               their
               stories
               about
               their
               Hercules
               :
               'T
               is
               storied
               of
               Him
               ,
               in
               Iudg.
               14.
               6.
               
               That
               when
               a
               
                 young
                 Lion
                 roared
                 against
                 him
              
               ,
               he
               
                 rent
                 him
                 as
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 rent
                 a
                 kid
              
               ;
               tho
               the
               Oracles
               of
               the
               Lion's
               Maker
               have
               determined
               him
               to
               be
               the
               
                 strongest
                 among
                 Beasts
              
               .
               T
               is
               storied
               of
               Him
               ,
               in
               Chapt.
               16.
               3.
               
               That
               he
               took
               the
               Gates
               of
               a
               City
               ,
               
                 Doors
                 ,
                 Posts
                 ,
                 Barrs
              
               and
               all
               ,
               and
               carried
               'em
               away
               up
               an
               high
               Hill
               
                 twenty
                 miles
              
               off
               .
               T
               is
               storied
               of
               Him
               in
               Chapt.
               16.
               27.
               that
               with
               main
               force
               he
               over-sett
               the
               two
               huge
               Pillars
               whereon
               lay
               the
               stress
               of
               a
               vast
               Temple
               ,
               containing
               many
               more
               than
               three
               thousand
               people
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               Souldiers
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               Strength
               of
               their
               Limbs
               ,
               deserve
               the
               name
               wich
               once
               a
               King
               in
               England
               had
               ,
               even
               that
               of
               Ironside
               ;
               they
               may
               almost
               affirm
               ,
               what
               Iob
               deni'd
               ,
               
                 My
                 strength
                 is
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 stones
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 flesh
                 is
                 brass
                 .
              
               We
               have
               read
               of
               a
               Scanderleg
               who
               had
               an
               Arm
               that
               could
               make
               his
               sword
               strike
               through
               thick
               Iron
               ,
               and
               who
               encountring
               a
               mighty
               wild
               Bull
               that
               had
               slain
               many
               ,
               wi●…h
               
               one
               onely
               Blow
               of
               his
               Cimitar
               cutt
               his
               head
               clean
               from
               his
               shoulders
               .
               We
               have
               read
               of
               a
               Milo
               ,
               of
               a
               Maximus
               ,
               of
               some
               others
               ,
               men
               made
               up
               of
               Sinewes
               ,
               that
               would
               hold
               a
               club
               ,
               or
               keep
               a
               place
               in
               spite
               of
               all
               possible
               Assaults
               ,
               that
               would
               carry
               Burdens
               next
               to
               insupportable
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               peece
               of
               action
               scorn
               a
               Match
               .
            
             
               Nextly
               ,
               Some
               Souldiers
               have
               an
               Admirable
               Strength
               of
               SPIRIT
               also
               ;
               their
               Courage
               is
               marvellous
               and
               invincible
               .
               Such
               were
               those
               Captains
               which
               increased
               
                 Davids
                 Band
              
               ,
               1.
               
               Chron.
               12.
               21.
               
                 all
                 mighty
                 men
                 of
                 valour
              
               .
               And
               such
               were
               the
               Simeonites
               ,
               (
               ibid.
               v.
               25.
               )
               
                 mighty
                 men
                 of
              
               Valour
               ,
               
                 for
                 the
                 war
              
               :
               and
               such
               the
               Ephraimites
               (
               ibid.
               v.
               30.
               )
               
                 mighty
                 men
                 of
              
               Valour
               ,
               
                 famous
                 throughout
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 their
                 Fathers
                 .
              
               There
               are
               Souldiers
               that
               for
               their
               Valour
               deserve
               the
               name
               of
               Caleb
               ,
               which
               may
               signify
               All-heart
               ,
               and
               who
               ,
               like
               Caleb
               are
               not
               afraid
               to
               look
               a
               bigg
               son
               of
               Anak
               in
               the
               face
               .
               They
               are
               as
               undaunted
               as
               the
               Leviathan
               ,
               (
               the
               Crocodile
               )
               which
               is
               
                 made
                 without
                 fear
              
               ;
               it
               s
               a
               meer
               sport
               unto
               them
               ,
               to
               out-brave
               the
               
                 King
                 of
                 Terrours
              
               ,
               to
               have
               Cannon
               Bullets
               flying
               &
               hissing
               ,
               and
               drawn
               Swords
               clashing
               round
               about
               them
               ,
               and
               dischargdischarged
               
               Pistols
               hurled
               at
               their
               heads
               ;
               they
               are
               like
               fiery
               metal-fome
               War-Horses
               clothed
               with
               Thunder
               ,
               they
               go
               on
               to
               meet
               
                 Armed
                 men
              
               ,
               they
               laugh
               at
               Fear
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               affrighted
               ,
               neither
               turn
               they
               back
               from
               the
               Sword
               ,
               they
               shout
               among
               the
               loud
               Drums
               and
               the
               ●…hrill
               Clangors
               of
               the
               Trumpet
               
                 Ha
                 ,
                 Ha!
              
               the
               
                 Thuuder
                 of
                 the
                 Captains
                 and
                 the
                 Shouting
              
               only
               adds
               Fire
               to
               their
               Magnanimity
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               are
               threatned
               with
               such
               clouds
               of
               Arrowes
               as
               shall
               
                 darken
                 the
                 very
                 sky
              
               ,
               they
               make
               no
               more
               of
               it
               than
               the
               Persian
               ,
               who
               reply'd
               to
               such
               a
               Menace
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 glad
                 of
                 that
                 !
                 we
                 shall
                 then
                 fight
                 in
                 the
                 shade
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               almost
               every
               spot
               of
               ground
               affords
               a
               spectacle
               of
               more
               Fortitude
               than
               what
               appears
               in
               
                 Fighting
                 stoutly
              
               when
               
                 Martial
                 Noises
              
               do
               inspirit
               men
               .
               We
               may
               see
               men
               whose
               
                 Blood
                 chills
              
               not
               when
               they
               are
               call'd
               out
               to
               dy
               alone
               in
               
                 cold
                 Blood
              
               ;
               men
               that
               with
               a
               steady
               Countenance
               can
               take
               grim
               Death
               arrayd
               with
               all
               its
               pompous
               Horrors
               ,
               by
               the
               cold
               clammy
               hand
               ,
               and
               cheerfully
               say
               ,
               
                 Friend
                 ,
                 do
                 thy
                 worst
              
               !
               Such
               skill
               !
               and
               such
               Strength
               many
               mortals
               have
               .
            
          
           
             
               PROPOSITION
               II.
               
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Almighty
                 GOD
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 acknowledged
                 as
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 these
                 Excellences
                 .
              
            
             
               All
               that
               have
               such
               Excellencies
               are
               beholden
               to
               GOD
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               own
               their
               being
               so
               .
               Among
               the
               Romans
               ,
               there
               were
               those
               Officers
               who
               were
               called
               
                 Campi
                 Doct●…res
              
               ,
               the
               
                 Doctors
                 of
                 the
                 Field
              
               .
               All
               true
               Christian
               Souldiers
               will
               acknowledge
               the
               Ever-living
               GOD
               for
               the
               supreme
               
                 Teacher
                 in
                 the
                 field
              
               unto
               them
               ;
               they
               say
               ,
               
                 He
                 hath
                 his
                 chair
                 in
                 the
              
               Heavens
               ,
               
                 who
                 is
                 our
                 Teacher
              
               .
               Shall
               we
               speak
               of
               SKILL
               ?
               Behold
               ,
               the
               Blesse●…
               GOD
               ,
               the
               
                 Father
                 of
                 Lights
              
               is
               the
               Bestowe●…
               of
               That
               .
               The
               haughty
               Sennacherib
               is
               rebuked
               for
               saying
               of
               his
               military
               Exploits
               ,
               in
               Isa.
               10.
               13.
               
               By
               my
               
                 wisdom
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 them
              
               .
               We
               are
               informed
               concerning
               the
               Husband-man
               by
               the
               princely
               Prophet
               ,
               His
               God
               
                 doth
                 instruct
                 him
                 to
                 Discretion
                 ,
                 and
                 doth
                 teach
                 him
                 .
              
               How
               fitly
               may
               that
               be
               said
               of
               the
               Souldier
               too
               !
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 GOD
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 his
              
               military
               Discretion
               from
               .
               Shall
               we
               speak
               of
               STRENGTH
               ?
               Lo
               ,
               This
               also
               is
               to
               be
               ascribed
               unto
               God
               ,
               the
               
                 Rock
                 of
                 Ages
              
               .
               It
               was
               a
               check
               given
               to
               the
               Moabites
               in
               Ier.
               48.
               14.
               
               
                 How
                 say
                 ye
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 mighty
                 and
                 strong
                 men
                 for
                 the
                 war
                 ?
              
               As
               for
               Strength
               of
               Body
               this
               is
               from
               God.
               The
               Psalmist
               does
               most
               ingenuously
               
               confess
               ,
               in
               Psal.
               18
               ,
               34.
               
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
              
               Lord
               
                 that
                 teacheth
                 my
                 hands
                 to
              
               war
               ,
               
                 so
                 that
                 a
                 bow
                 of
                 steel
                 is
                 broken
                 by
                 mine
                 arms
                 .
              
               As
               for
               STRENGTH
               of
               SPIRIT
               ,
               this
               too
               is
               from
               God.
               When
               Arrowes
               are
               to
               be
               made
               Bright
               ,
               and
               Shields
               to
               be
               gathered
               ,
               t
               is
               said
               (
               in
               Ier.
               51.
               11.
               
               )
               that
               The
               Lord
               
                 raiseth
                 the
              
               spirits
               of
               men
               .
               That
               which
               makes
               this
               further
               evident
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Almighty
               God
               takes
               away
               military
               Skill
               and
               Strength
               from
               men
               ,
               whensoever
               it
               pleaseth
               Him.
               This
               the
               poor
               Canaanites
               had
               experience
               of
               :
               The
               Hundreds
               of
               Thousands
               of
               armed
               men
               in
               those
               mighty
               Nations
               ,
               advantaged
               with
               Chariots
               that
               were
               plated
               with
               sweeping
               slaughtering
               Hooks
               of
               Iron
               ,
               could
               not
               stand
               —
               The
               Lord
               at
               once
               tormented
               them
               with
               great
               Wasps
               ,
               hideously
               stinging
               of
               their
               Bodyes
               ,
               and
               with
               black
               Fears
               weakning
               of
               their
               Spirits
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               stand
               before
               an
               handful
               of
               men
               ,
               to
               whom
               the
               Lord
               had
               promised
               in
               Exod.
               23.
               27.
               
               
                 I
                 will
                 send
                 my
              
               Fear
               
                 before
                 thee
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 make
                 thine
                 enemies
                 turn
                 their
                 backs
                 unto
                 thee
                 .
              
               The
               cruel
               crafty
               Indians
               among
               our selves
               ,
               were
               t'
               other
               Day
               an
               instance
               of
               this
               too
               ;
               at
               a
               time
               when
               we
               expected
               utmost
               Ruin
               by
               their
               merciless
               hands
               ,
               They
               fell
               before
               us
               like
               the
               leaves
               in
               Autumn
               ,
               and
               themselves
               gave
               this
               reason
               of
               it
               ,
               laying
               their
               
               hands
               on
               their
               breasts
               ,
               Oh
               (
               said
               they
               )
               
                 the
                 Englisham's
                 God
                 makes
                 us
                 afraid
                 here
                 .
              
               This
               there
               is
               no
               question
               to
               be
               made
               of
               ;
               no
               means
               or
               helps
               will
               make
               us
               succesful
               Souldiers
               ,
               if
               God
               deny
               His
               Smiles
               :
               An
               Host
               of
               sorry
               Mice
               will
               render
               all
               our
               Bow-strings
               utte●…ly
               unserviceable
               ,
               if
               God
               say
               unto
               them
               ,
               
                 Go
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               We
               have
               cause
               to
               say
               after
               the
               Psalmist
               in
               Psal.
               44.
               6.
               
               
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 trust
                 in
                 my
              
               Bow
               ,
               
                 neither
                 shall
                 my
              
               Sword
               
                 save
                 me
              
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               Improvement
               of
               these
               things
               remains
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             USE
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             
               There
               is
               a
               strong
               Invitation
               to
               an
               Attendance
               on
            
             Military
             Discipline
             
               hence
               given
               un●…o
               all
               that
               are
               capable
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Truth
             should
             be
             as
             good
             as
             a
             Thousand
             Drums
             beating
             of
             a
             Troop
             in
             your
             he●…ing
             ,
             engageing
             of
             you
             to
             repair
             in
             your
             〈◊〉
             unto
             a
             peaceable
             military
             Rendezvous
             .
             It
             〈◊〉
             lamentable
             to
             see
             how
             
               Military
               Discipline
            
             〈◊〉
             begun
             to
             languish
             among
             us
             ;
             to
             see
             how
             〈◊〉
             list
             themselves
             in
             
               military
               Societies
            
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             delinquent
             in
             
               military
               Services
            
             they
             that
             〈◊〉
             listed
             often
             are
             .
             I
             would
             to
             God
             the
             T●…
             were
             come
             wherein
             we
             might
             have
             〈◊〉
             
             
               seasonable
               Sermon
            
             on
             that
             Text
             ,
             Isa.
             2.
             4.
             
             
               They
               shall
               beat
               their
               Swords
               ,
               into
            
             Plow-shares
             
               and
               their
               Spears
               into
            
             Pruning-hooks
             ;
             
               for
               they
               shall
               learn
               warr
               no
               more
               .
            
             When
             will
             men
             chuse
             
             David's
             Motto
             ,
             Anishallo●…
             ;
             i.
             e.
             
               I
               am
               peace
            
             ?
             When
             will
             those
             two
             make-bate
             Pronouns
             ,
             Meum
             and
             Tuum
             leave
             off
             to
             set
             mankind
             together
             by
             the
             Ears
             ?
             But
             surely
             ,
             till
             Gog
             and
             Magog
             are
             burnt
             up
             with
             flashes
             of
             hot
             Lightening
             ,
             as
             their
             predecessors
             ,
             the
             Assirians
             were
             of
             old
             ,
             a
             fitter
             Theme
             to
             be
             preached
             on
             will
             be
             that
             in
             Ioel.
             3.
             12.
             
             
               Beat
               your
               Plow-shares
               into
            
             Swords
             ,
             
               and
               your
               Pruning-hooks
               into
            
             Spears
             ,
             
               and
               let
               all
               the
               men
               of
            
             War
             
               draw
               near
            
             .
             Thanks
             be
             to
             the
             
               God
               of
               peace
            
             ,
             for
             the
             Peace
             wherewith
             we
             enioy
             the
             
               Gospel
               of
               peace
            
             .
             We
             have
             no
             occasion
             to
             kindle
             Becons
             ,
             or
             to
             stick
             up
             a
             Scoth
             Fire-cross
             for
             the
             Summoning
             of
             all
             between
             Sixteen
             and
             Sixty
             ,
             to
             oppose
             an
             invading
             enemy
             .
             The
             thing
             which
             our
             Civil
             Authority
             puts
             us
             upon
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             I
             am
             concernd
             to
             speak
             a
             
               good
               word
            
             for
             ,
             is
             ,
             
               The
               regard
               to
            
             military
             Discipline
             ,
             
               which
               our
               peace
               does
               give
               us
               a
               most
               happy
               advantage
               for
               .
            
             There
             is
             this
             Argument
             for
             the
             abundant
             use
             of
             
               military
               Discipline
            
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             us
             ,
             now
             giving
             Encouragement
             thereunto
             ;
             
               The
               Almighty
               GOD
               is
               the
               Teacher
               of
               it
               .
            
             And
             what
             !
             Will
             any
             of
             you
             be
             
             loth
             to
             go-to-School
             unto
             the
             Almighty
             ▪
             GOD
             ▪
             Will
             you
             
               play
               the
               Truant
            
             from
             the
             School
             of
             GOD
             ?
             Let
             the
             able
             Idle
             Spectators
             of
             
               military
               Exercises
            
             for
             shame
             count
             themselves
             concerned
             to
             rank
             and
             file
             with
             their
             honest
             and
             industrious
             Neighbours
             .
             T
             is
             desireable
             that
             all
             our
             
               Trained
               Bands
            
             might
             flourish
             ,
             and
             become
             
               Terrible
               ,
               as
               an
               Army
               of
               Banners
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             particularly
             to
             be
             desired
             that
             our
             Artillery
             Companyes
             may
             be
             unto
             the
             utmost
             countenanced
             .
             In
             Persia
             once
             they
             had
             an
             
               Artillery
               Company
            
             consisting
             of
             Ten
             Thousand
             ,
             which
             they
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Immortal
               Company
            
             ,
             because
             whenever
             any
             one
             was
             taken
             off
             ,
             another
             was
             still
             chosen
             to
             supply
             his
             place
             .
          
           
             May
             THAT
             
               Artillery
               Company
            
             in
             special
             which
             I
             am
             now
             speaking
             unto
             ,
             in
             this
             sense
             become
             an
             
               Immortal
               Company
            
             .
          
           
             
               CONSIDER
               ,
               I.
               
            
             
               That
               Military
               Discipline
               
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 lawful
                 thing
              
               .
            
             
               When
               the
               Souldiers
               satt
               under
               the
               Ministry
               of
               
                 Iohn
                 Baptist
              
               ,
               he
               said
               not
               unto
               them
               ,
               
                 Lay
                 down
                 your
                 Arms
              
               ;
               but
               as
               in
               Luc.
               3.
               14.
               
               
                 Be
                 content
                 with
                 your
                 Wages
              
               ;
               which
               was
               as
               good
               as
               saying
               ,
               
                 Be
                 content
                 to
                 be
                 Souldiers
              
               .
               The
               believing
               CenCenturion
               
               did
               not
               look
               upon
               himself
               as
               obliged
               to
               throw
               up
               his
               Commission
               ,
               tho
               it
               had
               a
               Roman
               Original
               :
               and
               yet
               of
               him
               it
               was
               said
               in
               Matt.
               8.
               10.
               
               
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 found
                 so
                 great
                 faith
                 ,
                 no
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 Israel
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               him
               .
               It
               is
               recorded
               of
               the
               Patriarch
               Abraham
               ,
               (
               of
               that
               
                 Father
                 of
                 the
                 Faithful
              
               )
               in
               Gen.
               14.
               14.
               that
               he
               had
               a
               kind
               of
               
                 Artillery
                 Garden
              
               at
               his
               house
               ;
               an
               
                 Artillery
                 Company
              
               was
               under
               his
               Conduct
               ,
               whereto
               about
               
                 forty
                 Files
              
               belonged
               .
               Shall
               we
               imagine
               that
               GOD
               will
               teach
               any
               unlawful
               thing
               ?
               No
               ;
               The
               ever-glorious
               GOD
               Himself
               is
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 God
                 of
                 Armies
              
               .
               But
               He
               is
               never
               called
               ,
               The
               God
               of
               Theeves
               ,
               or
               The
               God
               of
               Murderers
               ;
               or
               the
               God
               of
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               to
               be
               thought
               sinful
               .
               It
               is
               indeed
               said
               ,
               that
               
                 They
                 that
                 take
                 the
                 sword
                 ,
                 shall
                 perish
                 with
                 the
                 sword
                 .
              
               But
               this
               refers
               to
               taking
               up
               the
               Sword
               without
               a
               
                 right
                 Cause
              
               ,
               and
               without
               a
               
                 just
                 Call.
              
               When
               men
               meddle
               with
               Swords
               without
               a
               sufficient
               Call
               from
               both
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               they
               are
               wont
               to
               come
               off
               like
               those
               Ephraimites
               which
               the
               seventy
               eighth
               Psalm
               singeth
               of
               ,
               among
               other
               
                 ancient
                 things
              
               ,
               who
               would
               needs
               break
               prison
               out
               of
               Egypt
               and
               sieze
               upon
               Palestina
               ,
               by
               
                 Force
                 of
                 Arms
              
               ,
               before
               they
               had
               a
               good
               Warrant
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               were
               slain
               by
               the
               men
               of
               Gath
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               grief
               of
               their
               Fa-Father
               ,
               
               and
               the
               encrease
               of
               their
               Servitude
               .
               It
               is
               also
               said
               ,
               
                 Whosoever
                 shall
                 smite
                 thee
                 on
                 the
                 right
                 cheek
                 ,
                 turn
                 to
                 him
                 the
                 other
                 also
                 .
              
               But
               private
               ,
               personal
               Revenge
               is
               the
               thing
               forbiden
               there
               .
               T
               is
               to
               be
               suspected
               ,
               that
               the
               people
               who
               make
               Out-cries
               against
               all
               Use
               of
               
                 carnal
                 Weapons
              
               ,
               would
               (
               as
               One
               ingeniously
               saith
               )
               use
               the
               Weapons
               very
               carnally
               ,
               yea
               ,
               very
               bloodily
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               them
               in
               their
               own
               Hands
               .
            
          
           
             
               CONSIDER
               ,
               2.
               
            
             
               That
               Military
               Discipline
               
                 is
                 also
                 a
              
               Needful
               thing
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               a
               true
               Remark
               of
               the
               ancient
               Gre●…ian
               ,
               That
               ,
               
                 A
                 Common-Wealth
                 wherein
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 plenty
                 of
              
               Military
               
                 men
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 a
                 Body
                 without
                 Sinews
                 .
              
               A
               Wall
               of
               Stones
               about
               a
               City
               or
               a
               Countrey
               is
               good
               for
               little
               without
               a
               Wall
               of
               Bones
               defending
               of
               it
               .
               —
               
                 Hi
                 sunt
              
               Spartae
               m●…nia
               .
               It
               is
               threatned
               as
               a
               very
               direful
               Plague
               unto
               a
               Land
               in
               Isa.
               3.
               2.
               
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 of
                 Host●…
                 doth
                 take
                 away
                 the
                 men
                 of
                 War
              
               therefrom
               .
               Why
               should
               any
               of
               us
               have
               an
               hand
               in
               bringing
               such
               a
               plague
               on
               the
               Land
               wherein
               we
               live
               .
            
             
               ¶
               Don't
               plead
               ,
               
                 It
                 s
                 being
                 a
                 Time
                 of
                 peace
                 may
                 Excuse
                 us
                 from
                 being
                 in
              
               Arms
               
                 while
                 thes●…
              
               
               
                 Halcyon
                 dayes
                 continue
              
               .
               For
               a
               Time
               of
               
                 Peac●…
                 ▪
              
               is
               the
               time
               to
               prepare
               for
               a
               time
               of
               Warr.
               The
               prudent
               King
               Asa
               thought
               so
               of
               old
               .
               And
               the
               want
               of
               Preparation
               in
               us
               ,
               may
               sharpen
               the
               Edge
               of
               an
               Enemies
               
                 Desire
                 to
                 our
                 Land
              
               ;
               Some
               West-Indian
               might
               have
               been
               upon
               our
               skirts
               before
               now
               ,
               if
               the
               
                 Military
                 Appearances
              
               among
               us
               had
               not
               dampt
               them
               .
               You
               are
               not
               ignorant
               of
               what
               befel
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               quiet
               and
               secure
               Laish
               long
               ago
               .
            
             
               Do
               not
               plead
               ,
               
                 I
                 can't
                 spare
                 the
                 time
                 to
              
               Train
               .
               What!
               not
               spare
               time
               to
               go
               
                 to
                 School
                 to
                 GOD
              
               ?
               T
               is
               observ'd
               ,
               that
               the
               people
               in
               this
               Countrey
               with
               
                 moderate
                 Diligence
              
               make
               themselves
               capable
               of
               
                 greater
                 Leisures
              
               than
               many
               in
               the
               world
               .
               Besides
               ,
               Would
               you
               serve
               God
               with
               that
               which
               
                 costs
                 you
                 nothing
              
               ?
               Or
               would
               you
               be
               made
               Souldiers
               by
               a
               Miracle
               ?
            
             
               Do
               not
               plead
               ,
               
                 There
                 are
                 enough
                 to
                 train
                 with●…ut
                 me
                 .
              
               How
               if
               
                 every
                 one
              
               should
               plead
               so
               ?
               Certainly
               ,
               people
               did
               not
               thus
               exempt
               themselves
               from
               the
               
                 Artillery
                 Company
              
               at
               Ierusalem
               ,
               in
               the
               dayes
               of
               Iehoshaphat
               .
               It
               is
               noted
               (
               for
               so
               I
               would
               understand
               it
               )
               in
               2.
               
               Chron.
               17.
               fin
               .
               That
               while
               one
               man
               was
               Leader
               of
               that
               Company
               ,
               they
               were
               an
               
                 Hundred
                 and
              
               
               
                 Eighty
                 Thousand
              
               :
               While
               another
               ,
               they
               were
               
                 Two
                 hundred
                 Thousand
              
               ;
               while
               another
               ,
               they
               were
               
                 two
                 hundred
                 and
                 eighty
                 Thousand
              
               ;
               and
               while
               another
               ,
               they
               were
               no
               less
               than
               
                 Three
                 hundred
                 thousand
              
               .
               There
               were
               Thousands
               exceeding
               the
               Unites
               in
               our
               
                 Artillery
                 Companies
              
               !
            
             
               Should
               I
               now
               pretend
               to
               give
               Directions
               how
               
                 Military
                 Discipline
              
               may
               best
               be
               ordered
               among
               us
               ,
               I
               might
               justly
               be
               derided
               no
               less
               than
               he
               that
               would
               read
               
                 Military
                 Lectures
              
               before
               the
               Martial
               Hannibal
               .
               Yet
               there
               are
               Two
               things
               which
               I
               would
               presume
               upon
               〈◊〉
               Liberty
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               ADVICE
               .
               I.
               
            
             
               
                 It
                 seems
                 good
                 Prudence
                 to
                 be
                 most
                 Attent
              
               o●…
               
                 and
                 Accurate
              
               in
               
                 that
                 peice
                 of
              
               Military
               Discipline
               
                 which
                 is
                 most
                 Necessary
                 .
              
               ;
            
             
               Or
               most
               accommodated
               for
               the
               SAFETY
               of
               the
               place
               which
               we
               belong
               unto
               .
               We
               have
               such
               a
               Parenthesis
               in
               the
               Preface
               of
               
               David's
               Elegy
               over
               Saul
               and
               Ionathan
               ,
               2.
               
               Sam.
               I.
               18.
               
               
                 He
                 had
                 them
                 teach
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 Iudah
                 the
                 —
                 Bow.
              
               Some
               take
               that
               Word
               ,
               
                 the
                 Bow
              
               ,
               to
               be
               only
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               ensueing
               Song
               .
               But
               others
               thus
               conceive
               of
               it
               .
               The
               PhiliPhilistines
               
               had
               made
               fearful
               Slaughter
               among
               the
               Israelites
               by
               their
               being
               curious
               Archers
               ;
               and
               the
               study
               of
               David
               now
               was
               to
               have
               the
               Israelites
               out-shoot
               the
               Philistines
               in
               their
               
                 own
                 Bow.
              
               All
               that
               you
               shall
               now
               hear
               of
               this
               matter
               from
               one
               whose
               highest
               
                 military
                 Attainment
              
               is
               that
               he
               counts
               
                 Military
                 Discipline
              
               a
               thing
               not
               to
               be
               despised
               ,
               is
               only
               This
               :
               There
               is
               a
               swarthy
               Generation
               of
               Philistines
               here
               ,
               the
               Indian
               Natives
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               whom
               alone
               we
               are
               like
               to
               have
               any
               
                 Warrs
                 withal
              
               .
               These
               Salvages
               have
               (
               not
               long
               since
               )
               butchered
               several
               Hundreds
               in
               these
               Plantations
               ;
               in
               that
               bloudy
               gloomy-day
               ,
               when
               the
               Alarm
               of
               Warr
               was
               heard
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               said
               ,
               
                 Sword
                 ,
                 go
                 through
                 the
                 Land
                 ,
              
               the
               Canibals
               had
               many
               an
               Hellish
               Feast
               of
               English
               Flesh
               ;
               and
               the
               main
               thing
               wherein
               the
               wild
               Creatures
               out-did
               us
               and
               ●…n-did
               us
               was
               this
               ,
               They
               were
               very
               yare
               Marks-men
               ,
               and
               every
               tree
               was
               a
               Fort
               from
               whence
               they
               took
               their
               Aims
               .
               If
               ever
               those
               now
               -
               
                 wounded
                 Chaldeans
              
               should
               make
               an
               Attempt
               again
               upon
               us
               ,
               there
               will
               be
               few
               
                 Words
                 of
                 Command
              
               used
               ,
               unless
               those
               two
               ,
               
                 Make
                 ready
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Give
                 fire
              
               .
               The
               best
               Marks-man
               will
               then
               be
               the
               best
               Souldier
               :
               The
               Benjamites
               that
               can
               shoot
               to
               an
               
                 Hairs
                 Breadth
              
               will
               probably
               carry
               the
               day
               .
               How
               comes
               it
               then
               to
               pass
               ,
               
               that
               in
               our
               Trainings
               there
               seldome
               are
               any
               of
               Marks
               and
               Prizes
               set
               up
               for
               the
               promoting
               this
               Accomplishment
               ?
            
          
           
             
               ADVICE
               .
               II.
               
            
             
               
                 They
                 that
                 give
                 their
                 presence
                 to
              
               Military
               Discipline
               ,
               
                 should
                 be
                 ashamed
                 if
                 their
                 Proficiency
                 therein
                 be
                 not
                 conspicuous
                 and
                 considerable
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Counsil
               which
               Paul
               gave
               to
               a
               
                 Spiritual
                 Souldier
              
               is
               very
               Proper
               here
               ,
               in
               1.
               
               Tim.
               4.
               15.
               
               
                 Give
                 thy self
                 to
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 thy
                 profi●…ng
                 may
                 appear
                 unto
                 all
                 .
              
               Do
               not
               look
               upon
               
                 Training
                 dayes
              
               as
               designed
               for
               meer
               Diversion
               and
               Recreation
               ;
               or
               to
               do
               nothing
               but
               make
               Smokes
               .
               Be
               not
               of
               them
               who
               unless
               to
               get
               off
               a
               Fine
               would
               never
               
                 appear
                 at
                 their
                 Colours
              
               ;
               Remember
               that
               ,
               
                 As
                 you
                 were
              
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               fit
               
                 word
                 of
                 Command
              
               for
               you
               all
               the
               year
               long
               .
               Behave
               your selves
               alwaies
               in
               your
               Trainings
               ,
               as
               under
               the
               Eye
               of
               the
               Authority
               whom
               ,
               under
               His
               Majesties
               favourable
               Protection
               ,
               you
               are
               therein
               Obedient
               unto
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               as
               if
               you
               were
               by
               them
               also
               bid
               to
               expect
               the
               sight
               of
               an
               Adversary
               .
               At
               the
               End
               of
               each
               day
               ,
               be
               able
               to
               make
               a
               good
               Reply
               unto
               that
               Question
               ,
               
                 Quid
                 profeci
              
               ?
               or
               
                 What
                 progress
                 have
                 I
                 made
              
               
               
                 this
                 day
                 in
                 military
                 Discipline
              
               ?
               Give
               not
               your
               Tutors
               cause
               to
               blame
               your
               Non-proficiencies
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             USE
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Attenders
               on
            
             Military
             Discipline
             
               should
               hence
               be
               careful
               to
            
             Acknowledge
             God
             
               in
               what
               they
               do
            
             .
          
           
             Let
             them
             act
             according
             to
             that
             Acknowledgement
             ,
             
               The
               Lord
               is
               my
               teacher
            
             .
          
           
             To
             particularize
             :
          
           
             
               FIRSTLY
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               some
               Acknowledgements
               due
               to
               God
               from
               you
               ,
               WHILE
               you
               are
               using
               of
               
                 Military
                 Discipline
              
               .
            
             
               All
               the
               
                 Trained
                 Souldiers
              
               among
               you
               have
               these
               things
               incumbent
               on
               them
               ,
               as
               so
               many
               Ackowledgments
               unto
               GOD
               their
               Teacher
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               Souldiers
               should
               be
               Gracious
               men
               .
               O
               get
               on
               the
               
                 Whole
                 Armour
                 of
                 God
              
               ;
               Get
               
                 gracious
                 Principles
              
               into
               your
               Souls
               .
               Never
               dream
               That
               you
               are
               in
               all
               respects
               fit
               to
               war
               and
               to
               fight
               with
               any
               
                 men
                 ▪
              
               
               till
               your
               peace
               be
               made
               with
               God.
               You
               that
               may
               some
               time
               or
               other
               carry
               your
               Liv●…
               in
               your
               Hands
               ,
               had
               need
               alwaies
               to
               carry
               Grace
               in
               your
               Heárts
               .
               A
               very
               Heathen
               handling
               that
               Problem
               ,
               
                 Who
                 is
                 the
                 best
              
               Armed
               Souldier
               ?
               Solved
               it
               so
               ,
               
                 Integer
                 vitae
                 scelerisque
                 purus
              
               :
               the
               
                 sincere
                 godly
              
               man
               is
               the
               best
               Armed
               of
               any
               man
               in
               the
               world
               .
               You
               be
               n't
               so
               fit
               as
               you
               should
               be
               to
               handle
               a
               Sword
               ;
               till
               you
               come
               to
               use
               a
               Book
               as
               well
               as
               a
               Sword
               ;
               till
               you
               govern
               your
               lives
               by
               the
               
                 Words
                 of
                 Command
              
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               God
               ;
               till
               you
               can
               say
               with
               that
               renowned
               Souldier
               in
               Psal.
               119.
               14.
               
               
                 I
                 have
                 rejoiced
                 in
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 thy
                 testimonies
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 in
                 all
                 riches
                 .
              
               You
               are
               poor
               Souldiers
               ,
               till
               you
               can
               with
               all
               Hilarity
               say
               to
               your
               own
               souls
               as
               that
               dying
               Ancient
               Hilary
               did
               ,
               
                 Egredere
                 ▪
                 Anima
                 ,
                 egredere
                 ,
                 quid
                 times
                 ?
              
               or
               
                 Turn
                 out
                 ,
                 O
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 turn
                 out
              
               ;
               Scorn
               ,
               Scorn
               
                 to
                 be
                 afraid
                 of
                 Death
              
               ;
               which
               no
               uncoverted
               man
               can
               duly
               say
               .
               After
               all
               the
               Bravadoes
               which
               many
               Hectoring
               
               Dam-mee's
               make
               while
               no
               body
               is
               like
               to
               hurt
               them
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               
                 New-born
                 ,
                 heaven-born
              
               Christian
               that
               will
               stand
               the
               most
               daringly
               before
               the
               mouthes
               of
               Cannons
               vomiting
               out
               Fire
               &
               Death
               ;
               Here
               ,
               here
               is
               the
               man
               that
               is
               best
               able
               to
               look
               
                 the
                 most
                 ●…errible
                 of
                 all
                 terribles
              
               in
               the
               f●…ce
               &
               to
               scoff
               at
               the
               hisses
               of
               that
               
                 Rattle-snake
                 ▪
              
               
               DEATH
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Where
                 's
                 thy
                 sting
              
               ?
               I
               have
               heard
               that
               not
               a
               very
               long
               ago
               ,
               In
               the
               Low-Countryes
               an
               huffing
               Captain
               challenged
               one
               reputed
               a
               very
               pious
               man
               unto
               the
               Fighting
               of
               a
               Duel
               :
               the
               General
               taking
               notice
               of
               it
               said
               ,
               
                 Pray
                 stay
                 till
                 to
                 morrow
                 ,
                 such
                 a
                 Town
                 is
                 then
                 to
                 be
                 assaulted
                 ,
                 I
                 'll
                 then
                 see
                 which
                 of
                 you
                 two
                 can
                 fight
                 best
                 .
              
               The
               Town
               was
               assaulted
               ,
               and
               a
               Breath
               made
               in
               the
               Wall
               ,
               Now
               (
               said
               the
               General
               to
               the
               Challenger
               )
               
                 Now
                 do
              
               you
               Enter
               :
               To
               this
               the
               couragious
               Coward
               reply'd
               with
               horrot
               ,
               
                 I
                 beseech
                 your
                 Excellency
                 excuse
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 be
                 n't
                 fit
                 to
                 dy
                 .
              
               But
               the
               man
               whom
               the
               Changes
               of
               Regeneration
               have
               made
               
                 fit
                 to
                 live
              
               ,
               he
               is
               likewise
               
                 fit
                 to
                 dy
              
               .
               He
               that
               hath
               Christ
               for
               his
               Life
               ,
               will
               assuredly
               have
               Gain
               by
               his
               Death
               ;
               and
               may
               fall
               into
               Transports
               of
               Ioy
               ,
               whenever
               the
               grim
               Ferry-man
               shall
               call
               upon
               him
               ,
               
                 Come
                 away
              
               !
            
             
               Moreover
               ,
               Souldiers
               should
               be
               Praying
               men
               .
               The
               illustrious
               
                 G●…stavus
                 ,
                 Adolphus
              
               was
               ,
               for
               a
               Souldier
               ,
               the
               miracle
               of
               this
               last
               Age
               ;
               but
               scarce
               any
               thing
               more
               contributed
               to
               his
               being
               so
               ,
               than
               the
               
                 Army
                 of
                 Prayers
              
               which
               were
               ever
               in
               his
               Service
               :
               Hence
               he
               would
               say
               to
               his
               Counsellors
               ,
               
                 The
                 greater
                 our
                 Army
                 of
              
               Prayers
               ,
               
               
                 the
                 more
                 assured
                 will
                 be
                 our
                 victory
                 .
              
               It
               is
               given
               as
               the
               Character
               of
               a
               man
               worthy
               to
               be
               a
               Captain
               ,
               in
               Act.
               10.
               2.
               
               
                 He
                 was
                 a
                 devout
                 man
                 and
                 one
                 that
              
               pray'd
               
                 unto
                 God
                 alway
              
               .
               The
               Emperor
               Aurelius
               was
               blessed
               with
               a
               Legion
               of
               such
               Souldiers
               in
               his
               Host
               :
               When
               the
               Army
               was
               like
               to
               perish
               for
               Thirst
               ,
               this
               Christian-Legion
               with-drew
               to
               Prayer
               ,
               and
               immediately
               God
               sent
               a
               plentiful
               Rain
               which
               relieved
               them
               ,
               but
               sent
               such
               fearful
               flashes
               of
               Lightening
               therewithall
               as
               destroyed
               their
               Enemies
               ;
               from
               whence
               this
               was
               called
               the
               
                 Thundering
                 Legion
              
               .
               God
               grant
               that
               every
               
                 Trained
                 Company
              
               among
               us
               ,
               may
               be
               a
               
                 Praying
                 Thundering
                 Company
              
               !
               PRAYER
               ,
               was
               the
               great
               Field-peice
               of
               Iehoshaphat
               ;
               't
               is
               said
               in
               2.
               
               Chron.
               20.
               3.
               
               
                 He
                 set
                 himself
                 to
              
               seek
               
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               Yea
               ,
               the
               most
               of
               the
               Prayers
               in
               the
               Bible
               were
               made
               by
               a
               Souldier
               ;
               The
               
                 Psalms
                 of
              
               David
               .
               Our
               late
               Indian-War
               gave
               us
               evidence
               enough
               of
               PRAYER's
               efficacy
               and
               importance
               ,
               in
               military
               Executions
               .
               Luther
               was
               wont
               to
               style
               Prayer
               ,
               
                 the
                 Gun-shot
                 of
                 the
                 soul.
              
               Certainly
               ,
               a
               Souldiers
               Weal
               is
               enwrapped
               in
               nothing
               more
               than
               in
               the
               well
               -
               
                 discharging
                 of
                 it
              
               .
            
             
               Furthermore
               ,
               Souldiers
               ought
               to
               be
               well
               -
               Aiming
               
               men
               .
               I
               would
               say
               about
               your
               Training
               ,
               as
               Paul
               about
               Eating
               and
               Drinking
               ,
               in
               1.
               
               Cor.
               10.
               31.
               
               —
               
                 Do
                 all
                 to
                 the
              
               GLORY
               OF
               GOD.
               Let
               all
               that
               you
               do
               from
               the
               Girding
               on
               of
               your
               Harness
               ,
               to
               the
               putting
               of
               it
               off
               ,
               be
               aimed
               at
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Good
               of
               His
               people
               ,
               to
               the
               just
               Satisfaction
               of
               your
               King
               and
               Countrey
               .
               Let
               every
               one
               of
               your
               Weapons
               have
               that
               Motto
               which
               the
               Lord
               has
               provided
               for
               the
               Bells
               of
               the
               Troopers
               Horses
               in
               Ierusalem
               ,
               Zech
               14.
               12.
               
               HOLINESS
               TO
               THE
               LORD
               .
               Let
               all
               
                 inferior
                 Ends
              
               be
               placed
               by
               you
               in
               a
               due
               Subordination
               hereunto
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               the
               
                 main
                 Spring
              
               of
               your
               
                 Artillery
                 Motions
              
               .
               As
               a
               religious
               man
               once
               at
               work
               in
               the
               Woods
               ,
               being
               asked
               ,
               
                 Who
                 are
                 you
                 at
                 work
                 for
                 ?
              
               very
               savourily
               answered
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 cutting
                 of
                 wood
                 for
                 God.
              
               So
               be
               you
               able
               to
               say
               of
               all
               your
               Trainings
               ,
               That
               
                 you
                 are
                 therein
                 Obeying
                 of
              
               God
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 minister
                 of
                 God
                 unto
                 you
                 for
                 good
                 :
              
               thus
               preparing
               to
               
                 Fight
                 the
                 Battails
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               Once
               more
               ,
               Souldiers
               ought
               to
               be
               Sin-having
               men
               .
               There
               has
               been
               a
               Scandal
               raised
               upon
               Souldiers
               ,
            
             
               
                 Nulla
                 sides
                 pietasque
                 viris
                 qui
              
               Castra
               
                 sequunt
                 ur
                 .
              
               ]
               
               that
               Souldiers
               are
               seldom
               Christians
               .
               The
               slander
               has
               been
               most
               happily
               confuted-by
               the
               vertuous
               Lives
               which
               many
               men
               of
               a
               
                 Military
                 Profession
              
               have
               been
               exemplary
               for
               .
               That
               I
               may
               recite
               one
               Instance
               instead
               of
               many
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               inform
               you
               of
               what
               the
               Learned
               Voetius
               relateth
               in
               his
               
                 Ecclesiastical
                 Polity
              
               ,
               (
               part
               .
               1.
               
               Lib.
               2.
               
               Tract
               .
               4.
               )
               concerning
               a
               young
               Scoth
               Gentleman
               of
               his
               acquaintance
               ,
               then
               a
               Captain
               in
               the
               Low-Countryes
               .
               This
               devout
               
                 Souldier
                 was
              
               (
               as
               Voetius
               testifies
               to
               the
               world
               in
               his
               
                 Immortal
                 Writings
              
               )
               a
               Mirrour
               of
               piety
               ,
               Gravity
               ,
               Modesty
               and
               extraordinary
               Prudence
               .
               He
               was
               abundant
               in
               Reading
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               &
               sundry
               Treatises
               both
               of
               Divinity
               and
               History
               ,
               and
               penning
               down
               in
               his
               private
               papers
               the
               memorable
               passages
               which
               he
               found
               pertinent
               &
               profitable
               to
               himself
               therein
               .
               Yea
               ,
               it
               was
               common
               with
               him
               to
               spend
               whole
               Days
               in
               the
               Austerities
               of
               a
               Fast.
               He
               moreover
               kept
               a
               constant
               Diary
               wherein
               (
               to
               use
               his
               own
               Phrase
               )
               he
               had
               on
               one
               Side
               ,
               a
               page
               
                 For
                 the
                 Old
                 man
              
               ,
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               a
               page
               
                 For
                 the
              
               New
               man
               ;
               in
               these
               he
               did
               every
               day
               note
               down
               on
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               
                 How
                 far
                 the
                 Interest
                 of
                 Sin
                 decayed
                 in
                 him
                 ,
              
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               
                 How
                 far
                 he
                 grew
                 in
                 his
              
               Conformity
               
                 to
                 Iesus
                 Christ.
              
               
               Doing
               thus
               until
               he
               dyed
               .
               Upon
               which
               th●…●…ction
               of
               that
               great
               man
               is
               to
               this
               purpose
               ,
               ●…t
               is
               fit
               that
               many
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Gos●…el
               should
               read
               this
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               sensible
               how
               much
               a
               Souldier
               has
               gone
               beyond
               them
               in
               the
               Exercises
               of
               Devotion
               .
               Now
               let
               your
               
                 Accurate
                 Conversation
              
               in
               like
               manner
               promote
               the
               Vindication
               and
               the
               Reputation
               of
               ●…he
               blemished
               Souldier
               .
               Beware
               of
               those
               
               Sins
               ●…hat
               Souldiers
               are
               most
               addicted
               unto
               .
               
                 Iohn
                 Baptist
              
               in
               his
               
                 Advice
                 to
                 Souldiers
              
               Luc.
               3.
               14.
               hath
               enumerated
               some
               of
               those
               
                 hateful
                 Immoralities
              
               .
               It
               was
               a
               Proverb
               of
               old
               ,
               
                 Miles
                 Romans
                 ,
                 Aegyptum
                 cave
                 ;
                 Roman
              
               Souldiers
               must
               be
               careful
               to
               shun
               
                 Egyptian
                 vices
              
               .
               Many
               a
               man
               is
               no
               less
               than
               a
               Leader
               unto
               a
               
                 Trained
                 Band
              
               ,
               and
               yet
               so
               miserable
               as
               to
               be
               himself
               mis-led
               by
               a
               
                 Foolish
                 Lust.
              
               O
               be
               so
               valiant
               as
               to
               Fly
               (
               here
               Valour
               it self
               turns
               its
               back
               )
               the
               
                 Fleshly
                 Lusts
              
               whereof
               the
               Alarms
               of
               God
               have
               told
               you
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
              
               war
               
                 against
                 the
                 Soul.
              
               Abstain
               especially
               from
               the
               ordinary
               Epidemical
               Vices
               of
               
                 Training
                 Dayes
              
               .
               It
               is
               reported
               of
               the
               Carthaginian
               Souldiers
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               not
               to
               meddle
               with
               any
               Wine
               all
               the
               time
               of
               their
               
                 bearing
                 Arms.
              
               Our
               Trainings
               are
               too
               commonly
               abused
               unto
               the
               contrary
               excesse●…
               of
               Surfeiting
               and
               Drunkenness
               .
               Let
               the
               
               Vanity
               ,
               let
               the
               Rioting
               ,
               let
               the
               pagan
               pr●…●…ane
               
                 Health
                 .
                 Drinkings
              
               which
               are
               th●…
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               ●…l
               ,
               be
               abominable
               unto
               you
               ,
               who
               have
               
                 not
                 〈◊〉
                 ●…arned
                 Christ.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               SECONDLY
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               some
               further
               Acknowledgement●…
               due
               unto
               God
               from
               you
               ,
               WHEN
               you
               ar●…
               ●…hriving
               in
               
                 Military
                 Discipline
              
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               Thrive
               under
               your
               heavenly
               Teacher
               you
               are
               to
               pay
               unto
               Him
               such
               Acknowledgements
               as
               these
               .
            
             
               Your
               humble
               ,
               your
               hearty
               Praises
               are
               first
               ,
               to
               be
               rendred
               unto
               the
               Most
               High
               for
               an
               your
               
                 military
                 Endowments
              
               .
               Among
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               when
               an
               old
               Souldier
               .
               came
               to
               have
               an
               honest
               honourable
               ●…ismission
               from
               the
               Camp
               ,
               he
               dedicated
               his
               Arms
               with
               his
               Praises
               unto
               his
               
                 Houshold
                 Gods.
              
               Truly
               ,
               there
               are
               Praises
               to
               be
               returned
               unto
               our
               God
               ,
               when
               we
               are
               made
               Masters
               in
               
                 military
                 Practice
              
               .
               O'
               do
               a●…
               the
               Psalmist
               in
               the
               close
               of
               his
               
                 military
                 Psal●…
              
               ,
               (
               in
               2.
               
               Sam.
               22.
               50.
               
               )
               resolves
               to
               do
               .
               
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 Thanks
                 to
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 give
              
               Praises
               
                 to
                 thy
                 Name
              
               .
            
             
               Again
               ,
               You
               should
               now
               Submit
               unto
               any
               
               the
               hardest
               military
               Employment
               that
               the
               Most
               High
               God
               shall
               call
               you
               to
               .
               Stand
               like
               the
               Israelites
               in
               the
               Desart
               of
               old
               ,
               pitching
               every
               man
               by
               his
               Standard
               about
               the
               Tabernacle
               of
               the
               Lord
               ;
               and
               when
               you
               have
               the
               full
               Warrant
               of
               GOD
               and
               His
               Vice-gerents
               ,
               don't
               shrugg
               or
               shrink
               back
               for
               any
               Difficulty
               that
               you
               may
               be
               put
               upon
               .
               Let
               me
               speak
               unto
               you
               in
               the
               words
               which
               the
               Lord-General
               of
               Israel
               in
               his
               military
               Oration
               used
               ,
               (
               2.
               
               Sam.
               10.
               12.
               )
               
                 Be
                 of
                 good
              
               Courage
               ,
               
                 play
                 the
                 men
                 ,
                 for
                 your
                 people
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 your
                 God.
              
               Here
               you
               are
               like
               the
               
                 valiant
                 of
              
               Israel
               ,
               all
               
                 holding
                 of
                 swords
              
               ,
               and
               
                 expert
                 in
                 war
              
               ,
               —
               standing
               about
               the
               
                 Bed
                 of
                 Solomon
              
               ;
               and
               if
               Solomon
               say
               the
               word
               ,
               then
               count
               that
               the
               best
               way
               to
               save
               your
               lives
               will
               be
               to
               lose
               'em
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               holy
               .
               Angels
               may
               at
               the
               first
               Arrival
               of
               your
               disengaged
               Souls
               into
               the
               
                 spiritual
                 ●…orld
              
               ,
               welcome
               them
               with
               the
               Salutation
               which
               an
               Angel
               gave
               to
               
                 Gideon
                 ,
                 The
                 Lord
                 is
                 with
                 thee
                 ,
                 thou
                 mighty
                 man
                 of
              
               Valour
               .
            
             
               Finally
               ,
               When
               you
               cannot
               possibly
               ,
               or
               may
               not
               lawfully
               serve
               God
               as
               Souldiers
               ,
               be
               willing
               to
               serve
               God
               as
               Sufferers
               .
               God
               knowes
               whether
               you
               may
               ever
               be
               put
               upon
               the
               ●…earing
               of
               any
               Testimonies
               to
               the
               Truths
               or
               Wayes
               
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               which
               may
               incurr
               the
               
                 ●…rown
                 ▪
              
               of
               all
               Standers-by
               .
               Now
               it
               will
               be
               a
               greater
               magnanimity
               to
               suffer
               Disgrace
               and
               Poverty
               and
               Imprisonment
               cheerfully
               ,
               than
               it
               is
               to
               defend
               a
               Feild
               of
               Lentiles
               singly
               against
               an
               whole
               Army
               of
               Philistines
               ,
               or
               to
               slaughter
               six
               hundred
               of
               'em
               with
               an
               Ox-goad
               .
               Be
               ready
               with
               a
               
                 passive
                 Obedience
              
               ,
               to
               follow
               Him
               whom
               the
               Apostle
               styles
               in
               Heb.
               2.
               10.
               
               The
               Captain
               
                 of
                 our
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 made
                 perfect
                 through
              
               Sufferings
               .
               Souldiers
               have
               sometimes
               had
               their
               :
               Superstitions
               about
               Crosses
               ,
               but
               most
               certainly
               it
               is
               the
               most
               real
               Christianity
               to
               take
               a
               Cross
               imposed
               by
               the
               Providence
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               on
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               lay
               the
               ragged
               Tree
               upon
               our
               shoulders
               until
               it
               do
               there
               
                 bring
                 forth
                 the
                 peaceable
                 fruits
                 of
                 righteousness
                 .
              
               The
               name
               that
               our
               K.
               Edward
               I.
               (
               the
               comliest
               of
               men
               .
               )
               had
               ,
               when
               called
               Crouch-back
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               Cross
               which
               he
               wore
               on
               his
               Back
               ,
               very
               well
               befits
               a
               Souldier
               ,
               when
               Crosses
               and
               Tryals
               are
               carved
               out
               for
               him
               by
               the
               God
               of
               Heaven
               .
               Christan
               Souldiers
               should
               be
               as
               willing
               to
               entertain
               Crosses
               ,
               I
               mean
               Sorrows
               ,
               and
               Troubles
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               the
               Primitive
               Christian
               Souldiers
               were
               to
               throw
               by
               the
               military
               Crowns
               which
               were
               profered
               unto
               them
               .
               The
               Ancients
               have
               with
               very
               eloquent
               Lines
               
               celebrated
               those
               Forty
               Souldiers
               ,
               who
               for
               the
               professing
               themselves
               Christians
               ,
               were
               conten●…
               to
               undergo
               the
               fiery
               exquisite
               Anguish
               of
               being
               
                 Frozen
                 to
                 death
              
               .
               Let
               every
               one
               of
               us
               in
               like
               sort
               be
               content
               to
               endure
               the
               bleakest
               ,
               the
               most
               nipping
               and
               peircing
               winds
               that
               can
               blow
               upon
               us
               for
               our
               Faithfulness
               unto
               the
               Son
               of
               God.
               O
               be
               among
               the
               
                 Armies
                 in
                 Heaven
                 following
                 the
                 Lamb
                 ,
              
               and
               if
               ever
               you
               should
               (
               thanks
               be
               to
               God
               you
               yet
               have
               not
               )
               to
               do
               with
               Persecutors
               ,
               be
               unto
               them
               no
               otherwise
               than
               as
               
                 Sheep
                 before
                 the
              
               Shearers
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             USE
             .
             III.
             
          
           
             Hence
             ,
             
               Men
               ●…pert
               in
            
             Military
             Discipline
             
               are
               to
               be
               had
               in
               high
               Account
               by
               us
               ,
               as
               the
               great
               ,
               Blessings
               of
               the
               Great
               God.
               
            
          
           
             If
             Acknowiedgements
             are
             to
             be
             made
             unto
             God
             as
             the
             Author
             of
             Military
             SKILL
             or
             STRENGTH
             ;
             surely
             the
             River
             of
             our
             Acknowledgements
             running
             into
             that
             infinite
             Ocean
             ,
             may
             do
             well
             to
             call
             at
             the
             Banks
             of
             Earth
             ,
             as
             they
             glide
             along
             ,
             paying
             some
             kindness
             to
             the
             Men
             that
             have
             military
             Ornaments
             on
             them
             .
             He
             that
             would
             say
             ,
             
               Blessed
               be
               God
               that
               teacheth
               my
               hands
               to
            
             war
             ,
             
               and
               my
               fingers
               to
            
             fight
             ,
             
             may
             also
             see
             cause
             to
             say
             ,
             
               Blessed
               be
               God
               who
               has
               made
               any
               Hands
               &
               Fingers
               ,
            
             expert
             at
             Military
             Discipline
             
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               us
            
             .
             Our
             Sight
             of
             a
             Trained
             Company
             ,
             but
             especially
             of
             an
             Artillery
             Company
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             perhaps
             without
             some
             special
             Expressions
             of
             our
             Value
             thereof
             ;
             Since
             we
             may
             say
             ,
             
               There
               march
               the
            
             Scholars
             
               of
               the
               Almighty
            
             GOD.
             
          
           
             Persons
             well-acquainted
             with
             
               Military
               Discipline
            
             ,
             have
             Honours
             and
             Roses
             cast
             upon
             them
             by
             the
             blessed
             God
             Himself
             .
             The
             most
             High
             and
             Mighty
             GOD
             Himself
             affects
             to
             be
             called
             (
             in
             Exod.
             14.
             3.
             )
             
               A
               Man
               of
            
             War.
             The
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             also
             chooses
             to
             be
             represented
             (
             in
             Psal.
             45.
             3.
             
             )
             as
             a
             Mighty
             One
             with
             a
             Sword
             by
             His
             side
             .
             The
             glorious
             Angels
             ,
             the
             bright
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Third
             Heaven
             ,
             are
             styl'd
             in
             Luc.
             2.
             13.
             
             
               The
               heavenly
            
             Host
             ,
             or
             Army
             .
             Their
             Excellent
             General
             calls
             'em
             forth
             by
             
               twelve
               Legions
            
             at
             once
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             the
             number
             of
             Seventy
             two
             thousand
             Foot-men
             ,
             and
             eighty
             four
             hundred
             Hors-men
             ,
             the
             Number
             which
             a
             
               Roman
               Army
            
             consisted
             of
             O
             What
             matchless
             
             Fellow-Souldiers
             all
             
             well-qualified
             Souldiers
             have
             !
             The
             Scriptures
             ,
             these
             inestimable
             Treasures
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             are
             filld
             with
             nothing
             more
             than
             Military
             Terms
             and
             Things
             And
             among
             Men
             have
             Souldiers
             in
             all
             ages
             had
             
             most
             remarkable
             Reputation
             .
             The
             best
             Souldiers
             were
             by
             David
             in
             2.
             
             Sam.
             23.
             8.
             reckoned
             ,
             
               the
               Worthyes
               of
               the
               Kingdom
            
             .
             In
             Solomons
             time
             ,
             t
             is
             noted
             in
             2.
             
             Chron.
             8.
             9.
             that
             the
             Best
             men
             in
             the
             Land
             were
             the
             
               men
               of
            
             war.
             It
             was
             made
             an
             Act
             among
             the
             war-like
             Spartans
             that
             no
             man
             should
             have
             an
             Epitaph
             ,
             or
             so
             much
             as
             his
             Name
             written
             on
             his
             Grave
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             not
             been
             a
             Souldier
             .
             Some
             of
             the
             chief
             Dignityes
             now
             in
             the
             world
             had
             a
             Military
             Rise
             :
             an
             Esquire
             ,
             an
             Earl
             ,
             a
             Duke
             ,
             and
             some
             Orders
             of
             Knight-wood
             owe
             their
             Titles
             to
             the
             Field
             .
             Let
             us
             then
             manifest
             a
             special
             Esteem
             unto
             the
             
               Right
               Souldiers
            
             that
             this
             Countrey
             is
             favoured
             withal
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             me
             bespeak
             your
             peculiar
             Acknowledgements
             for
             them
             who
             Ieoparded
             their
             Lives
             on
             the
             
               high
               places
               of
               the
               Field
            
             ,
             for
             us
             in
             the
             late
             Indian-war
             .
             My
             
               heart
               is
               towards
            
             those
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             ,
             under
             God
             those
             Saviours
             of
             this
             people
             ,
             who
             then
             
               willingly
               offered
               themselves
            
             .
             T
             is
             just
             that
             those
             
               Lovers
               of
               their
               Countrey
            
             ,
             should
             have
             extraordinary
             Marks
             of
             Respect
             from
             all
             of
             us
             for
             whom
             they
             exposed
             themselves
             ;
             their
             very
             Countenances
             methinks
             carry
             Loveliness
             in
             them
             ,
             &
             their
             wounds
             are
             B●…autyes
             ;
             If
             ever
             any
             of
             those
             dear
             men
             
             should
             be
             reduced
             to
             Penury
             ,
             let
             all
             ,
             their
             Neighbours
             testify
             more
             than
             common
             Kindness
             unto
             such
             well-deserving
             persons
             .
             I
             have
             the
             delight
             of
             seeing
             some
             of
             them
             in
             this
             Assembly
             ;
             and
             tho
             I
             must
             own
             unto
             them
             ,
             as
             Tertullian
             did
             unto
             the
             
               Christian
               Souldiers
            
             of
             his
             time
             ,
             
               Non
               tantus
               sum
               ut
               Vos
               Alloquar
               ,
            
             and
             say
             ,
             
               I
               am
               too
               mean
               a
               Person
               to
               render
               you
               the
               Thanks
               of
               your
               Countrey
            
             ;
             yea
             tho
             I
             must
             account
             no
             Tertullus
             able
             to
             make
             a
             due
             Address
             unto
             them
             ;
             yet
             by
             me
             let
             it
             be
             said
             ,
             
               Seeing
               that
               by
            
             you
             ,
             
               we
               enjoy
               great
            
             Quietness
             ,
             
               and
               very
               worthy
            
             Deeds
             
               have
               been
               done
               for
               this
               people
               by
            
             your
             Fortitude
             ,
             
               We
               accept
               it
               allwayes
               ,
               with
               all
            
             Thankfulness
             .
          
           
             Blessed
             be
             the
             Lord
             for
             you
             ,
             Ye
             blessed
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             USE
             .
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               It
               is
               hence
               the
               Duty
               of
               all
               men
               to
            
             Acknowledge
             GOD
             
               as
               the
            
             Author
             of
             All
             
               their
               Mercies
            
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             becomes
             the
             Souldier
             to
             say
             ,
             Blessed
             be
             God
             for
             my
             military
             Skill
             or
             Strength
             ;
             Surely
             it
             is
             fitting
             that
             every
             man
             should
             say
             ,
             Blessed
             be
             God
             for
             every
             Mercy
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Iewish
             Custom
             to
             season
             all
             their
             Solemnities
             ,
             with
             a
             
             
               Baruk
               Adonai
            
             ,
             a
             
               Blessed
               be
               the
               Lord.
            
             An●…
             it
             sufficiently
             unchristian
             also
             to
             be
             seldom
             ,
             or
             scanty
             in
             Blessing
             of
             a
             good
             GOD.
             The
             MERCIES
             of
             God
             are
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             surrounding
             every
             one
             of
             us
             :
             O
             where
             are
             our
             HALLELUJAHs
             ?
             Our
             Antedatings
             of
             
             Heaven's
             Work
             ?
             Why
             do
             not
             we
             call
             upon
             our
             own
             dull
             Souls
             ,
             as
             He
             in
             Psal.
             103.
             2.
             
             
               Bless
               the
               Lord
               ,
               O
               my
               soul
               ,
               and
               forget
               not
               all
               His
               Benefits
               .
            
             When
             Tamerlan
             the
             Tartar
             overcame
             Bajazet
             the
             Turk
             ,
             He
             asked
             his
             Prisoner
             ,
             '
             Syr
             ,
             Did
             you
             ever
             give
             Thanks
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             making
             you
             such
             a
             potent
             Emperor
             ?
             The
             Turk
             answered
             ,
             
               No
               ,
               in
               Truth
               ,
               I
               never
               thought
               of
               That
               !
            
             Whereupon
             reply'd
             the
             Tartar
             ,
             '
             Ah
             ,
             woful
             wretch
             ,
             don't
             wonder
             then
             '
             that
             God
             has
             made
             thee
             a
             Spectacle
             of
             the
             '
             most
             rueful
             miseries
             in
             the
             world
             .
             Should
             a
             like
             Enquiry
             be
             made
             of
             us
             ;
             Man
             ,
             hast
             thou
             ever
             from
             thy
             Heart
             ,
             said
             
               Blessed
               be
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             who
             hath
             given
             me
             a
             Life
             full
             of
             provisions
             &
             preservations
             ?
             Or
             ,
             
               Blessed
               be
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             who
             hath
             granted
             me
             a
             large
             Estate
             ?
             Or
             
               Blessed
               be
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             for
             the
             Friends
             that
             love
             me
             ?
             It
             is
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             many
             of
             us
             must
             own
             ,
             No
             ,
             This
             
               hath
               been
               quite
               out
               of
               our
               minds
               .
            
             O
             shameful
             Ingratitude
             !
             And
             Ingratitude
             ,
             That
             —
             
               Ingratum
               dixeris
               ,
               et
            
             omnia
             dixeris
             :
             That
             is
             too
             
             vile
             a
             thing
             for
             a
             Dog
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             .
             Let
             this
             matter
             sink
             down
             into
             your
             hearts
             this
             day
             .
             The
             Lord
             could
             tell
             Elisha
             all
             that
             his
             man
             Gehazi
             had
             received
             (
             how
             much
             above
             Three
             hundred
             &
             seventy
             five
             pound
             
               Sterl
               .
            
             )
             from
             the
             Syrian
             .
             Noble-man
             .
             Verily
             ,
             O
             Soul
             ,
             this
             Lord
             Iehovah
             keeps
             an
             Exact
             Account
             of
             what
             all
             thy
             Receipts
             from
             Himself
             have
             been
             .
             O
             be
             not
             as
             a
             silent
             and
             a
             sensless
             Grave
             unto
             the
             Mercies
             of
             a
             gracious
             God.
             Incur
             not
             the
             Doom
             fore-told
             by
             the
             Apostle
             when
             he
             link'd
             those
             two
             together
             ,
             
               unthankful
               ,
               unholy
            
             .
             Dreadful
             will
             be
             the
             Danger
             of
             such
             Disingenuity
             !
             This
             Non-payment
             of
             Rent
             ,
             will
             procure
             your
             Ejectment
             from
             all
             that
             you
             take
             pleasure
             in
             .
             Christians
             ,
             you
             should
             receive
             every
             mercy
             (
             they
             of
             old
             would
             not
             speak
             of
             their
             very
             Afflictions
             without
             a
             
               Deo
               Gratias
            
             )
             with
             a
             
               Blessed
               be
               God.
            
             And
             should
             it
             not
             be
             a
             part
             of
             your
             Task
             every
             Evening
             to
             reflect
             and
             ruminate
             on
             the
             Mercies
             of
             the
             Day
             foregoing
             ?
             Yea
             ,
             And
             it
             were
             most
             proper
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             were
             highly
             profitable
             ,
             to
             draw
             up
             in
             your
             private
             Memorials
             a
             Bill
             of
             the
             principal
             Mercies
             for
             which
             you
             are
             indebted
             unto
             God
             ;
             to
             be
             subscribed
             with
             a
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               I
               Thank
               thee
            
             :
             Often
             affect
             your selves
             by
             Looking
             into
             ●…se
             
               Grateful
               Records
            
             ,
             and
             leave
             them
             as
             
             an
             Inheritance
             with
             the
             Children
             whom
             you
             would
             bequeath
             your
             God
             and
             Christ
             and
             Religion
             to
             .
             It
             would
             moreover
             be
             far
             from
             
             Improp●…
             ●…or
             Unprofitable
             for
             you
             sometimes
             to
             keep
             whole
             dayes
             of
             secret
             THANKS
             GIVING
             unto
             your
             
               Father
               who
               seeth
               in
               secret
            
             ;
             Spending
             the
             dayes
             in
             Contemplating
             the
             Glo●…ies
             of
             God
             &
             Christ
             ,
             in
             enumerating
             and
             admirin●…●…is
             merciful
             Dispensations
             towards
             your
             sel●…
             ,
             and
             in
             contriving
             ,
             
               what
               to
               render
               unto
               the
               Lord
               for
               all
               His
               Benefits
               .
            
             One
             such
             Day
             will
             bring
             Heaven
             it Self
             from
             on
             high
             into
             you●…
             souls
             ;
             &
             it
             will
             rarely
             be
             any
             other
             than
             a
             Presag●…
             or
             a
             Fore-runner
             of
             a
             more
             than
             ordinary
             Addition
             to
             your
             Mercies
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             short
             ,
             
               Be
               ye
            
             THANKFUL
             .
          
        
         
           
             USE
             .
             V.
             
          
           
             
               Let
               every
               Christian
               acknowledge
            
             GOD
             
               for
               his
            
             Teacher
             
               in
               the
            
             Spiritual
             Warfare
             
               which
               he
               is
               calld
               unto
            
             .
          
           
             Among
             those
             Monuments
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             the
             Works
             of
             those
             gray-headed
             and
             Reverend
             men
             whom
             they
             use
             to
             call
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             we
             may
             find
             this
             Text
             glossed
             with
             a
             variety
             of
             
               Allegorical
               Expositions
            
             ;
             we
             have
             it
             represented
             as
             the
             Speech
             both
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             
             Christ
             on
             the
             cursed
             Tree
             ▪
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
               Powers
               of
               Darkness
            
             in
             their
             o●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             and
             of
             every
             Christian
             also
             en●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             s●…en
             
               Battails
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ag●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Wickednesses
             which
             do
             annoy●…
             〈◊〉
             ●…ot
             meet
             that
             a
             
               Popular
               Auditory
            
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ●…s'd
             with
             vain
             Quotations
             from
             the●…
             〈◊〉
             ●…is
             i●…
             as
             certain
             as
             what
             is
             mo●…
             〈◊〉
             every
             Christian
             shares
             with
             his
             Le●…
             〈◊〉
             Lo●…d
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             in
             being
             (
             as
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ●…rases
             it
             )
             a
             
               Praeliator
               interior
            
             ,
             On●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             spiritual
             Warfare
             to
             be
             sollicito●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             The
             Souldiers
             present
             ,
             have
             this
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             the
             three
             kinds
             of
             Calls
             to
             regard
             the●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Duties
             .
             They
             have
             had
             not
             only
             ,
             
               Verba
               m●…
               ▪
               ta
            
             ,
             the
             military
             Sights
             of
             Ensigns
             and
             Weapons
             display'd
             before
             them
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             
               Verba
               Semivocalia
            
             ,
             the
             military
             Sounds
             that
             have
             been
             Knocking
             and
             Clashing
             in
             their
             Ears
             ;
             but
             they
             have
             also
             had
             
               Verba
               Vocalia
            
             ,
             the
             
               Articulate
               Commands
            
             of
             Man
             and
             of
             God
             also
             ,
             to
             acquitt
             themselves
             as
             
               good
               Souldiers
            
             ;
             the
             Lord
             
               open
               their
               ears
               to
               Disciplin●…
               ▪
            
          
           
             But
             having
             done
             with
             Them
             for
             That
             ,
          
           
             There
             now
             remains
             a
             very
             Solemn
             and
             Earnest
             Address
             to
             be
             made
             unto
             Them
             and
             Every
             Person
             in
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             about
             a
             Thing
             of
             more
             Concernment
             farr
             away
             .
             
             Congregation
             ,
             
               hear
               the
               Word
               of
               the
               Lord
               ▪
            
             
               
                 
                   Well
                   sings
                   the
                
                 Sententious
                 Poet
                 ,
              
               
                 Nunquam
                 bella
                 bonis
                 ,
                 nunquam
                 certamina
                 desunt
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 cum
                 quo
                 certet
                 ,
                 mens
                 pia
                 semper
                 habet
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 i.
                 e.
                 The
                 Godly
                 man
                 is
                 never
                 free
              
               
                 From
                 Warrs
                 with
                 some
                 Soul-Enemie
                 .
              
            
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             
               Holy
               Warr
            
             which
             indeed
             every
             Soul
             in
             this
             House
             (
             or
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             is
             call'd
             unto
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             professor
             of
             Christianity
             among
             us
             all
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             infinitely
             concern'd
             to
             be
             in
             Arms
             perpetually
             at
             Warr
             with
             the
             Enemies
             of
             his
             never-dying
             foul
             ,
             his
             everlasting
             Weal
             .
             And
             how
             many
             millions
             of
             Woes
             will
             overtake
             the
             Soul
             that
             becomes
             not
             a
             
               good
               Souldier
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             no
             Tongue
             can
             express
             ,
             or
             Heart
             conceive
             .
             Let
             these
             Admonitions
             then
             excite
             you
             and
             direct
             you
             to
             get
             the
             Help
             of
             GOD
             in
             Teaching
             your
             Heart
             to
             War
             and
             your
             Spirit
             to
             Fight
             against
             the
             Invisible
             Enemies
             whose
             Oppressions
             make
             you
             mourn
             .
          
           
             For
             your
             Awakening
             here
             .
          
           
             
             
               KNOW
               ,
               First
               ,
            
             
               
                 There
                 are
                 innumerable
                 and
                 very
              
               formidabl●…
               
                 Enemies
                 dayly
                 pursuing
                 the
                 Destruction
                 of
                 your
              
               Souls
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               an
               Out-cry
               sometimes
               made
               for
               the
               Rowsing
               of
               a
               sleepy
               man
               ,
               in
               Iudg.
               16.
               9.
               
               
                 The
                 Philistines
                 are
                 upon
                 thee
              
               ,
               man.
               A
               more
               startling
               thing
               is
               to
               be
               signified
               unto
               every
               one
               of
               you
               ,
               
                 Christian
                 ,
                 There
                 are
                 Foes
                 and
                 horrible
                 Fiends
                 all
                 round
                 about
                 besetting
                 of
                 thee
                 .
              
               Ever
               since
               we
               were
               born
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               we
               have
               lived
               in
               the
               Territories
               of
               our
               Enemies
               ;
               and
               we
               can
               scarce
               take
               a
               step
               without
               Annoyances
               from
               the
               bloudy
               Murderers
               of
               our
               Souls
               .
               It
               is
               related
               concerning
               the
               Prophet's
               Servant
               ,
               in
               2
               ,
               King.
               6.
               17.
               
               Elisha
               
                 prayed
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 Lord
                 I
                 pray
                 thee
                 open
                 his
                 eyes
                 that
                 he
                 may
              
               see
               〈◊〉
               
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 opened
                 the
                 eyes
                 of
                 the
                 young
                 man
                 ▪
                 and
                 he
                 saw
                 ;
                 and
                 behold
                 ,
                 the
                 mountains
                 were
                 full
                 of
                 horses
                 and
                 chariots
                 of
                 Fire
                 .
              
               May
               I
               now
               p●…
               up
               such
               a
               petition
               unto
               the
               GOD
               of
               Heaven
               in
               the
               behalfe
               of
               them
               that
               I
               am
               speaking
               to
               ;
            
             
               
                 O
                 our
                 God
                 ,
                 our
                 God
                 ,
                 open
                 our
                 eyes
                 we
                 pray
                 thee
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 may
              
               see
               
                 the
                 unseen
                 Enemies
                 which
                 are
                 dayly
                 and
                 hourly
                 assaulting
                 of
                 us
                 .
              
               Might
               the
               most
               High
               GOD
               pronounce
               an
               Ephatha
               
               over
               our
               slumbering
               eyes
               ,
               we
               sh●…ld
               soon
               perceive
               the
               Ground
               about
               us
               cover'd
               and
               the
               〈◊〉
               about
               us
               crouded
               with
               Armies
               of
               
                 Terrible
                 ones
              
               whom
               our
               Souls
               are
               endangered
               by
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Sarco-cosmo-pneumato-machia
               a
               Warr
               with
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               the
               World
               and
               the
               Devil
               ,
               which
               you
               are
               all
               prest
               unto
               .
               The
               Apostle
               hath
               in
               Eph.
               2.
               2
               ,
               3.
               given
               us
               the
               Names
               and
               Qualities
               of
               three
               Captains
               which
               the
               infernal
               Army
               of
               our
               Adversaries
               is
               under
               the
               Conduct
               of
               .
               It
               makes
               an
               
                 hott
                 Battle
              
               indeed
               when
               our
               Enemies
               
                 fire
                 by
                 Salves
              
               ,
               pouring
               in
               scalding
               sulphureous
               Showres
               of
               Lead
               upon
               us
               ,
               by
               fireing
               three
               
                 Ranks
                 together
              
               .
               Behold
               such
               is
               the
               Fierce
               Combate
               which
               every
               one
               of
               you
               are
               put
               upon
               .
               Yea
               there
               are
               no
               less
               than
               Three
               mighty
               Armyes
               fireing
               upon
               you
               all
               at
               once
               .
               There
               are
               Three
               most
               potent
               ,
               most
               wily
               ,
               and
               most
               malicious
               Commanders
               ,
               who
               with
               all
               their
               Hellish
               forces
               are
               attempting
               to
               sieze
               thy
               immortal
               Soul
               ,
               O
               man
               ;
               Oh
               how
               fain
               would
               they
               make
               a
               Prize
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               keep
               it
               in
               their
               horrid
               Clutches
               for
               evermore
               !
               There
               is
               a
               
                 Black
                 Prince
              
               who
               has
               an
               unknown
               Power
               of
               Troops
               ,
               raging
               ,
               and
               ramping
               and
               roving
               ,
               (
               like
               wild
               Arabians
               )
               within
               the
               Atmosphere
               of
               our
               Air
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               Vengeance
               of
               God
               
               hath
               confined
               them
               for
               their
               
                 Apostasie
                 ▪
              
               This
               
                 Grand
                 Seignour
              
               of
               Hell
               is
               ,
               as
               Mahom●…
               is
               call'd
               in
               the
               Apocalypse
               ,
               The
               Grand
               Abaddon
               or
               Appollyon
               of
               Souls
               .
               This
               Monarch
               of
               the
               Lapsed
               Angels
               cannot
               have
               his
               Envy
               at
               man
               ,
               or
               his
               Hatred
               of
               God
               satisfyed
               without
               enslaving
               all
               the
               Children
               of
               Adam
               not
               only
               under
               his
               Condemnation
               ,
               but
               under
               his
               Iurisdiction
               also
               .
               There
               are
               vast
               ,
               hideous
               multitudes
               of
               desolate
               Spirits
               alwayes
               ready
               at
               a
               minutes
               Warning
               to
               serve
               him
               in
               Spoiling
               the
               Happiness
               of
               men
               by
               keeping
               a
               Distance
               between
               God
               and
               them
               .
               He
               ,
               and
               all
               this
               his
               forlorn
               Crue
               are
               more
               unwilling
               to
               let
               any
               men
               
                 please
                 God
              
               ,
               than
               Pharaoh
               was
               to
               Dismiss
               the
               Israelites
               from
               the
               Brick-kilns
               of
               their
               Bondage
               .
               David
               was
               not
               more
               dogg'd
               for
               his
               Life
               by
               Saul
               than
               we
               are
               by
               these
               roaring
               
                 Dragons
                 of
                 the
                 Wilderness
              
               .
               Besides
               these
               ,
               The
               Subjects
               ,
               the
               devoted
               Vassals
               which
               this
               Fly-God
               hath
               already
               gained
               unto
               his
               party
               ,
               of
               the
               Humane
               Race
               ,
               do
               sett
               themselves
               with
               might
               and
               main
               to
               promote
               his
               Interest
               every
               where
               ,
               being
               
                 led
                 captive
                 by
                 him
                 at
                 his
                 will
              
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Pleasures
               ,
               all
               the
               Profits
               ,
               all
               the
               Preferments
               of
               Time
               ,
               do
               afford
               Weapons
               to
               befriend
               this
               execrable
               Enterprize
               .
               But
               that
               which
               compleats
               our
               peril
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               harbour
               
               in
               our
               own
               Breasts
               a
               treacherous
               Enemy
               whic●…
               sides
               with
               all
               these
               ;
               a
               Cage
               of
               unclean
               Lusts
               have
               lodg'd
               themselves
               within
               us
               ,
               which
               at
               th●…
               
                 first
                 Summons
              
               would
               presently
               surrender
               us
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               
                 bitter
                 and
                 hasty
                 Natio●…
              
               that
               are
               gaping
               for
               us
               .
               All
               the
               Arrows
               which
               the
               
                 spiritual
                 wickednesses
                 in
                 high
                 places
              
               do
               shoot
               at
               us
               ,
               are
               headed
               &
               feather'd
               from
               our
               selvs
               ,
               fro●…
               our
               own
               Sensuality
               ,
               or
               Coveteousness
               or
               Ambition
               ,
               and
               a
               certain
               
                 Old
                 man
              
               that
               sleeps
               in
               our
               own
               Bosomes
               .
               If
               it
               were
               not
               for
               this
               perfideous
               Inmate
               ,
               our
               Enemies
               would
               
                 go
                 grudging
                 about
                 the
                 streets
                 for
                 want
                 of
                 Bread.
              
               Alas
               ,
               we
               have
               within
               our
               own
               Bowels
               ,
               a
               Sheba
               that
               riseth
               up
               in
               Rebellion
               against
               our
               
                 Eternal
                 King.
              
               This
               is
               our
               amazing
               case
               ;
               and
               it
               will
               be
               so
               untill
               we
               have
               
                 fought
                 our
                 way
              
               quite
               through
               the
               
                 Field
                 of
                 blood
              
               which
               the
               
                 Church
                 militant
              
               is
               groaning
               in
               .
               The
               Omnipotent
               GOD
               hath
               fired
               a
               Becon
               before
               our
               eyes
               ,
               and
               given
               us
               that
               faithful
               Warning
               in
               1.
               
               Tim.
               6.
               12.
               
               That
               we
               must
               
                 fight
                 a
                 good
                 Fight
              
               ,
               or
               we
               cannot
               lay
               hold
               on
               
                 Eternal
                 Life
              
               .
               Such
               a
               Voice
               as
               that
               we
               have
               from
               the
               shrill
               Trum●…ets
               of
               God
               ,
               in
               Matt.
               11.
               12.
               
               That
               we
               must
               like
               Souldiers
               ,
               exert
               an
               Holy
               Force
               and
               Violence
               or
               be
               shutt
               out
               from
               the
               
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 heaven
              
               in
               howling
               Anguishes
               ,
               until
               the
               very
               Heavens
               
               be
               no
               more
               .
               Thus
               must
               we
               
                 work
                 out
                 our
                 own
                 Salvation
              
               ;
               Thus
               must
               we
               
                 strive
                 to
                 enter
                 in
                 at
                 the
                 strait
                 gate
                 .
              
               The
               real
               Christian
               is
               to
               be
               pitty'd
               on
               the
               same
               score
               that
               the
               
                 Bird
                 of
                 prey
              
               is
               hated
               ,
               namely
               ,
               
                 quia
                 semper
                 vivit
                 in
                 Armis
              
               ;
               as
               long
               as
               he
               breathes
               he
               never
               has
               it
               said
               unto
               him
               ,
               
                 Lay
                 down
                 your
                 Arms.
              
               O
               the
               Besotment
               ,
               the
               Lethal
               Stupidity
               of
               the
               Soul
               who●…●…hese
               Intimations
               will
               not
               awaken
               !
            
          
           
             
               REMEMBER
               Next
            
             
               The
               Engagements
               
                 whichly
                 upon
                 you
                 to
              
               Encounter
               these
               Enemies
               ,
               
                 are
                 many
                 &
                 very
                 mighty
                 Obligations
                 .
              
            
             
               There
               are
               Obligations
               hereunto
               laid
               upon
               you
               by
               the
               Vowes
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               you
               are
               under
               .
               The
               
                 military
                 Oath
              
               was
               call●…d
               a
               Sacrament
               of
               old
               .
               Verily
               you
               have
               taken
               Sacraments
               upon
               it
               ,
               and
               
                 Oaths
                 of
                 Fidelity
              
               unto
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               that
               you
               will
               never
               have
               any
               Peace
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               any
               Truce
               with
               
                 these
                 Enemies
                 which
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 Him
                 to
                 reign
                 over
                 you
                 .
              
               Were
               you
               not
               Baptized
               into
               the
               Name
               of
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ?
               Then
               ,
               in
               that
               day
               were
               you
               listed
               under
               the
               ●…er
               o●…
               that
               Poten●…e
               ;
               You
               were
               bound
               unto
               a
               neve●…
               ceasing
               Emnity
               and
               Watchfullness
               against
               th●…
               
               Tempters
               which
               would
               with-draw
               you
               from
               your
               Allegiance
               unto
               Him.
               But
               ,
               
                 Ah
                 Lord
                 how
                 rarely
                 are
                 any
                 among
                 us
                 duly
                 mindful
                 of
                 our
                 Baptismal
                 Vow
                 !
              
               Souls
               ,
               if
               ever
               after
               this
               you
               submit
               to
               the
               Wills
               of
               those
               
                 Abominable
                 things
              
               which
               would
               build
               a
               Partition-wall
               between
               God
               and
               you
               ,
               You
               do
               then
               prophanely
               play
               the
               Traitor
               towards
               the
               great
               LORD
               whose
               Mark
               you
               have
               received
               in
               your
               Foreheads
               .
               Be
               assured
               ,
               the
               Waters
               of
               Baptism
               will
               one
               day
               become
               like
               the
               
                 Waters
                 of
                 Iealousie
              
               ,
               or
               more
               direful
               than
               a
               River
               of
               burning
               Brimstone
               unto
               the
               Renegadoes
               that
               shall
               thus
               procure
               to
               themselves
               a
               Lott
               among
               the
               Fearful
               &
               the
               Unbelievers
               .
               Have
               not
               many
               of
               you
               also
               satt
               down
               at
               the
               Table
               of
               the
               Lord
               ?
               Verily
               ,
               when
               the
               Lord
               so
               erected
               a
               
                 Banner
                 of
                 Love
              
               over
               you
               in
               His
               Banquetting-house
               ,
               there
               were
               
                 fresh
                 Tyes
              
               ,
               rendering
               all
               Reconciliation
               or
               Accommodation
               between
               you
               and
               these
               A●…alekites
               the
               most
               Dishonest
               thing
               imaginable
               .
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               hath
               there
               said
               in
               plain
               
                 Visible
                 Words
              
               unto
               you
               ,
               —
               
                 Behold
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 thus
                 murdered
                 by
                 those
                 very
                 enemies
                 that
                 are
                 lying
                 in
                 wait
                 for
                 thy
                 precious
                 Life
              
               ;
               O
               
                 never
                 do
                 thou
                 admit
                 any
                 Friendship
                 with
                 them
                 .
              
               Then
               with
               a
               pretence
               of
               as
               much
               Affection
               as
               the
               Citizens
               of
               Rome
               discovered
               when
               the
               Shew
               
               of
               stabb'd
               
               Caesar's
               bloody
               Robes
               made
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               ●…ury
               to
               demolish
               the
               Houses
               of
               the
               Assassinate●…
               ,
               you
               have
               openly
               vowed
               never
               to
               have
               so
               much
               as
               a
               kind
               Parly
               or
               Treaty
               with
               those
               Destroyers
               ;
               you
               have
               most
               vehemently
               professed
               against
               them
               ,
               with
               the
               Indignation
               which
               David
               had
               against
               the
               Injurious
               man
               in
               the
               parable
               ,
               
                 As
                 the
                 Lord
                 lives
                 ,
                 I
                 'le
                 do
                 what
                 I
                 can
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 who
                 have
                 done
                 this
                 thing
                 may
                 dy
                 the
                 Death
                 .
              
               And
               can
               you
               find
               in
               your
               hearts
               after
               this
               ,
               thus
               to
               break
               your
               
                 Everlasting
                 Govenant
              
               ?
               After
               you
               have
               ate
               and
               drank
               with
               Jesus
               Christ
               can
               you
               sit
               and
               side
               with
               the
               Assaylers
               of
               His
               Throne
               ?
               Yea
               ,
               these
               Vows
               have
               you
               renewed
               as
               often
               as
               you
               have
               made
               any
               near
               Approaches
               unto
               God
               in
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               this
               hath
               been
               the
               Language
               of
               every
               
                 good
                 deed
              
               which
               you
               have
               applyed
               your selves
               unto
               ;
               
                 I
                 will
                 even
                 Resist
                 unto
                 blood
                 ,
                 striving
                 against
                 Sin.
              
               Moreover
               both
               the
               Precepts
               of
               God
               have
               enjoyned
               this
               upon
               you
               in
               2.
               
               Cor.
               16.
               13.
               
               
                 Quitt
                 you
                 like
                 men
              
               ,
               (
               like
               Souldiers
               )
               
                 and
                 be
                 strong
              
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Providences
               of
               God
               ,
               whether
               merciful
               or
               afflictive
               have
               been
               so
               many
               Spurs
               quickning
               of
               you
               unto
               these
               
                 Warrs
                 of
                 the
                 Lord.
              
               O
               let
               not
               all
               these
               Bonds
               of
               God
               be
               upon
               you
               ,
               like
               the
               
                 green
                 Withes
              
               on
               Sampson
               easily
               burst
               asunder
               !
            
             
             
               But
               there
               are
               still
               further
               Obligations
               here●…nto
               laid
               upon
               you
               in
               point
               of
               Interest
               .
            
             
               On
               the
               one
               hand
               ,
               Be
               assured
               ,
               if
               you
               do
               Combate
               strenuously
               ,
               you
               shall
               Conquer
               gloriously
               .
               You
               have
               a
               General
               that
               never
               yet
               was
               overcome
               ;
               He
               is
               the
               
                 King
                 of
                 Glory
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 mighty
                 in
                 Battail
                 :
              
               No
               enemy
               can
               stand
               before
               a
               Look
               of
               His.
               
                 Veni
                 ,
                 Vidi
                 ,
                 Vici
              
               ,
               A
               Sight
               of
               Him
               ,
               and
               a
               Flight
               by
               them
               ,
               is
               the
               constant
               Tenour
               of
               His
               Successes
               .
               If
               you
               will
               sincerely
               but
               let
               Him
               bring
               you
               on
               ,
               He
               will
               be
               sure
               to
               bring
               you
               off
               securely
               .
               And
               if
               you
               
                 hold
                 on
              
               ,
               &
               
                 hold
                 out
              
               ,
               if
               you
               continue
               
                 Faithful
                 unto
                 the
                 death
              
               ,
               O
               the
               unparallelable
               Crowns
               and
               Kingdomes
               ,
               and
               inexhaustible
               Treasures
               which
               you
               shall
               become
               the
               Possessors
               of
               !
               
                 
                   Est
                   Deus
                   ,
                   est
                   aether
                   ,
                   precium
                   certaminis
                   hujus
                   ;
                
                 
                   Haec
                   faciant
                   pugnam
                   Praemia
                   tanta
                   levem
                   .
                
                 
                   [
                   Mantuan
                   .
                   ]
                
              
            
             
               The
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               will
               publish
               all
               your
               P●…ins
               in
               a
               big
               Convention
               of
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               in
               the
               
                 near
                 Day
              
               ;
               the
               Last
               and
               Great
               Day
               ,
               when
               every
               Child
               of
               man
               shall
               stand
               before
               the
               Tribunal
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
               He
               will
               then
               proclaim
               what
               you
               have
               been
               and
               done
               ,
               and
               requite
               it
               with
               a
               
                 Well
                 done
                 ,
                 good
                 and
                 faithful
                 servant
                 .
              
               Then
               shall
               He
               as
               the
               Cheif
               (
               the
               Standard-bearer
               as
               in
               Cant.
               5.
               10.
               
               He
               is
               dedenominated
               )
               
               among
               many
               Thousands
               ,
               mar●…
               before
               you
               up
               unto
               the
               
                 Mountaines
                 of
                 spices
              
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               in
               his
               blessed
               Army
               of
               Chosen
               and
               Galled
               and
               
                 Faithful
                 Ones
              
               ,
               with
               him
               enter
               into
               the
               coelestial
               Mansions
               ,
               where
               you
               shall
               
                 be
                 for
                 ever
                 with
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               On
               the
               other
               hand
               ,
               Be
               assured
               you
               must
               either
               Fight
               or
               Dye
               .
               This
               Warr
               is
               like
               that
               of
               Death
               ,
               whereof
               t
               is
               said
               in
               Eccl.
               8.
               8.
               
               
                 There
                 is
              
               no
               Discharge
               
                 in
                 that
                 warr
              
               .
               When
               a
               person
               once
               confessed
               unto
               one
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               Nihil
               Pugnae
               
                 sentio
                 in
                 corde
                 meo
              
               .
               I
               don't
               feel
               that
               my
               soul
               is
               put
               upon
               Strugglings
               with
               any
               Enemies
               ;
               the
               good
               man
               made
               this
               Answer
               ,
               
                 Alas
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 City
                 gates
                 of
                 thy
                 soul
                 are
                 open
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 thy
                 enemies
                 do
                 what
                 they
                 will
                 without
                 controul
                 .
              
               Here
               indeed
               the
               Christian
               that
               is
               no●…
               a
               Souldier
               ,
               is
               a
               perfect
               Slave
               ,
               and
               what
               a
               deplorable
               thing
               is
               that
               !
               It
               was
               the
               Speech
               of
               a
               famous
               Commander
               unto
               his
               Army
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               penn'd
               up
               with
               the
               Sea
               on
               one
               side
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               an
               huge
               Host
               of
               enemies
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               
                 Fellow
                 Souldiers
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 〈◊〉
                 ●…ither
                 drink
                 up
                 this
              
               Sea
               ,
               
                 or
                 eat
                 up
                 these
                 men
              
               .
               Thus
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               escaping
               here
               ;
               you
               must
               either
               beat
               the
               Eemies
               of
               your
               souls
               ,
               or
               burn
               in
               a
               〈◊〉
               Ocean
               of
               God's
               Wrath
               for
               ever
               .
               If
               t●…e
               
               Cut-throats
               of
               our
               souls
               are
               not
               
                 resisted
                 sted
                 fastl●…
                 in
                 the
                 Faith
                 ,
              
               we
               shall
               become
               the
               Captives
               of
               those
               mighty
               ones
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               get
               us
               they
               will
               keep
               us
               ,
               if
               they
               subdue
               us
               they
               will
               torment
               us
               ,
               world
               without
               end
               :
               There
               will
               be
               no
               Remedy
               but
               we
               must
               welter
               under
               the
               Anguishes
               ,
               the
               bitter
               Dolours
               of
               
                 Everlasting
                 fire
                 with
                 the
                 Divel
                 〈◊〉
                 his
                 Angels
                 .
              
               And
               which
               of
               us
               all
               is
               not
               now
               Awakened
               to
               ask
               of
               God
               to
               Teach
               us
               to
               warr
               and
               to
               Fight
               against
               those
               Canaanites
               which
               would
               keep
               us
               out
               of
               the
               
                 Land
                 flowing
                 with
                 milk
                 and
                 honey
                 ?
              
            
             
               But
               for
               the
               Counsilling
               of
               you
               then
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             RULE
             .
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Let
               Unfeigned
            
             Repentance
             
               put
               an
               end
               unto
               your
            
             Warring
             and
             Fighting
             
               against
               the
               GOD
               of
               Heaven
            
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             very
             proper
             to
             begin
             with
             the
             Caution
             which
             Doctor
             Gamaliel
             gave
             to
             the
             
               Iewish
               Sanbedrim
            
             ,
             (
             in
             Act.
             5.
             39.
             )
             
               Be
               not
               found
               to
            
             fight
             
               against
               God.
            
             Until
             men
             are
             brought
             unto
             the
             Experience
             of
             a
             
               Conversion
               to
            
             and
             a
             
               Covenant
               with
            
             God
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             all
             the
             Affayrs
             of
             a
             
               Christian
               Warfare
            
             will
             be
             no
             less
             unsuitable
             than
             unacceptable
             to
             them
             .
             All
             
               Unregenerate
               m●…n
            
             which
             live
             in
             KNOWN
             Sins
             are
             so
             farr
             
             from
             warring
             and
             fighting
             against
             the
             
               Arm●…
               of
               Hell
            
             ,
             that
             they
             desperately
             set
             themselves
             in
             
               Battle
               Array
            
             against
             the
             infinite
             GOD.
             The
             black
             Description
             of
             every
             Impenitent
             Transgressor
             is
             that
             in
             Iob.
             15.
             25
             ,
             26.
             
             
               He
               stretcheth
               out
               his
               hand
               against
            
             God
             ,
             
               and
               strenghens
               himself
               against
               the
               Almighty
               ,
               He
               runneth
               upon
               Him
               ,
               even
               upon
               his
               Neck
               ,
               upon
               the
               thick
               Bosses
               of
               his
               Buckler
               .
            
             O
             that
             these
             foolish
             &
             unwise
             kind
             of
             people
             would
             now
             be
             perswaded
             to
             bethink
             themselves
             !
             What
             a
             prodigious
             Phrensy
             is
             this
             ,
             for
             them
             that
             lately
             came
             out
             of
             the
             
               Creating
               hands
            
             to
             cast
             themselves
             into
             the
             
               Avenging
               hands
            
             of
             God!
             The
             First
             and
             the
             best
             Direction
             that
             can
             be
             given
             to
             these
             Children
             of
             Folly
             ,
             is
             ,
          
           
             
               Oh
               Lay
               down
               your
               Arms
               ,
               and
               make
               your
               peace
               with
               that
               terrible
               God
               ,
               whom
               by
               your
               sin
               you
               have
               made
               your
               provoked
               Adversary
               .
            
             The
             secure
             Sinner
             perhaps
             is
             not
             aware
             of
             his
             own
             makeing
             these
             daring
             Adventures
             .
             But
             this
             must
             be
             plainly
             told
             unto
             every
             man
             that
             maintains
             a
             Trade
             of
             
               wilful
               Disobedience
            
             unto
             the
             Commandments
             of
             God
             :
             Man
             ,
             thou
             art
             Sounding
             a
             Challenge
             against
             GOD
             Himself
             ,
             thou
             art
             every
             Day
             Bidding
             Defiance
             to
             the
             Eternal
             GOD
             ;
             Thou
             art
             certain
             of
             that
             which
             which
             was
             only
             a
             mistake
             in
             Io●…
             of
             old
             :
             God
             
             
               counteth
               me
               for
               His
               Enemy
            
             .
             O
             that
             such
             hd●…
             less
             men
             and
             women
             would
             sit
             down
             in
             
               sobe●…
               s●…dness
            
             to
             think
             on
             the
             
               none-such
               Madness
            
             which
             hath
             possessed
             them
             .
             Are
             you
             not
             every
             day
             
               (
               Conscience
            
             ,
             do
             thine
             Office
             )
             Are
             you
             not
             daily
             allowing
             your selves
             in
             those
             things
             ▪
             for
             which
             you
             are
             not
             ignorant
             that
             the
             
               Wrath
               of
               God
               comes-upon
               the
               Children
               of
               Disobedience
               ?
            
             If
             you
             are
             not
             such
             hold
             Debauche●…s
             as
             to
             live
             in
             Swearing
             ,
             in
             Uncleanness
             ,
             in
             Drunkenness
             ,
             in
             Sabbath-breaking
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             nothing
             of
             a
             
               vile
               Cheat
            
             ,
             or
             a
             
               fl●…tt
               Lye
            
             ;
             yetdo
             you
             not
             make
             Light
             of
             a
             
               Prayer-less
               Life
            
             ?
             and
             so
             ,
             of
             a
             Faithless
             and
             a
             Christ-less
             Life
             ?
             Now
             every
             such
             Sin
             of
             yours
             has
             a
             Tongue
             in
             it
             ,
             a
             Blasphemous
             Tongue
             ,
             that
             
               talks
               against
               heaven
            
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             
               I
               am
               for
               the
               Waging
               a
            
             Warr
             
               &
               a
            
             Fight
             
               with
               God.
            
             As
             they
             sometimes
             said
             in
             Isa.
             5.
             19.
             
             
               Let
               the
               Lord
               hasten
               his
               work
               that
               we
               may
               see
               .
            
             Such
             an
             insolent
             Bravado
             do
             you
             affront
             the
             most
             High
             withall
             .
             The
             faithful
             and
             holy
             God
             has
             said
             
               Cast
               away
               from
               you
               all
               your
               Idols
               ,
               or
               I
               'le
            
             break
             
               you
               sore
               in
               the
               place
               of
               Dragons
               :
               I
               will
            
             burn
             
               you
               in
               the
               fiery
               bottom
               of
               Hell
               for
               those
               Rebellions
               .
            
             But
             every
             unreclamed
             Sinner
             now
             ,
             doth
             as
             bad
             as
             reply
             
               Let
               God
               do
               His
               worst
               ;
               His
               Darts
               are
               but
               Stubble
               and
               the
               shaking
               of
               his
               spear
            
             is
             but
             to
             be
             Laughed
             at
             .
             Thus
             
             the
             unrepenting
             and
             unrelenting
             Sinner
             ,
             h●…
             knowes
             that
             he
             sins
             ,
             and
             yet
             with
             an
             high-hand
             he
             rushes
             on
             ,
             to
             the
             doing
             of
             those
             things
             whereof
             the
             Compassionate
             God
             saith
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               O
               do
               not
               those
               abominable
               things
               which
               my
               soul
               hateth
               .
            
             But
             O
             venturesome
             unthinking
             Sinners
             ,
             consider
             the
             doleful
             plight
             which
             you
             are
             in
             ,
             
               Consider
               this
               ye
               that
               forget
               God
               ,
               lest
               He
               tear
               you
               in
               peices
               and
               there
               be
               none
               to
               deliver
               you
               .
            
             The
             blessed
             God
             hath
             positively
             declared
             unto
             you
             ,
             (
             in
             Psal.
             7
             ▪
             12
             ,
             13.
             )
             that
             He
             has
             
               whe●…
               His
               sword
            
             and
             
               bent
               His
               Bow
            
             ,
             and
             
               ordained
               the
               Instruments
               of
               Death
            
             against
             the
             Sinners
             who
             
               Turn
               not
            
             from
             their
             evil
             wayes
             ;
             He
             hath
             declared
             upon
             the
             word
             of
             a
             GOD
             ,
             (
             in
             Psal.
             68.
             21.
             
             )
             that
             He
             will
             
               wound
               the
               Head
               of
               these
               His
               enemies
               ,
               and
               the
               hairy
               scalp
               of
               such
               an
               one
               as
               goeth
               on
               still
               in
               His
               Trespasses
               .
            
             It
             was
             the
             short
             and
             smart
             Return
             which
             Iehu
             made
             unto
             Ioram
             in
             2.
             
             King.
             9.
             22.
             
             Joram
             
               when
               he
               saw
            
             Jehu
             
               said
               ,
               is
               it
               Peace
               ?
               and
               he
               answered
               ,
               what
               Peace
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               the
            
             Whoredomes
             
               of
               thy
               mother
               are
               so
               many
               ?
            
             Thus
             ,
             if
             any
             unrenewed
             Sinner
             ask
             ,
             
               Is
               there
               not
               a
            
             Peace
             
               between
               God
               and
               me
            
             ?
             It
             must
             be
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             
               No
               ,
               such
               sins
               as
               thine
               are
            
             inconsistent
             
               with
               Peace
               ,
               thy
            
             Sins
             
               render
               God
               thy
               dreadful
               enemy
            
             .
             But
             O
             now
             turn
             from
             all
             Sin
             unto
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             
               Lest
               ye
               perish
            
             ,
             Cry
             
             for
             Quartor
             ,
             yea
             ,
             cry
             for
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             
               Agree
               quickly
               with
            
             your
             matchless
             Adversary
             .
             Let
             that
             Question
             be
             put
             unto
             you
             (
             1.
             
             Cor.
             10.
             22.
             )
             
               Do
               you
               provoke
               the
               LORD
               to
               Iealousy
               ?
               are
               you
               stronger
               than
               he
               ?
            
             Surely
             you
             cannot
             presume
             that
             you
             shall
             make
             your
             party
             good
             against
             God
             ,
             who
             can
             Thunder
             the
             whole
             world
             into
             nothing
             in
             a
             moment
             ?
             It
             is
             said
             in
             Luc.
             14.
             31.
             
             That
             one
             
               going
               to
            
             warr
             
               against
               another
               ,
               sitteth
               down
               first
               ,
               and
               consulteth
               whether
               h●…
               be
               able
               to
               meet
               him
               that
               cometh
               against
               him
               .
            
             Be
             you
             entreated
             to
             admit
             so
             much
             Consideration
             here
             as
             
               Common
               Prudence
            
             will
             suggest
             .
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             a
             man
             in
             the
             West-Indies
             a
             little
             while
             ago
             who
             being
             in
             a
             Boat
             with
             another
             when
             a
             
               High
               Wind
            
             made
             a
             
               rough
               Sea
            
             ,
             at
             his
             Companion
             's
             Expressing
             some
             Concernment
             about
             the
             Issue
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             disturbed
             at
             ,
             The
             Wretch
             flew
             out
             into
             this
             out-rage
             of
             Blasphemy
             ,
             
               Let
               God
               Almighty
               blow
               ,
               let
               Him
               blow
               if
               He
               list
               ,
               I
               fear
               Him
               not
            
             ;
             And
             behold
             the
             words
             were
             but
             just
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             blown
             over-board
             and
             drown'd
             ,
             while
             the
             other
             gatt
             safe
             to
             shoar
             .
             All
             
               Deliberate
               Sinning
            
             soameth
             out
             such
             a
             Contempt
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             verily
             the
             Event
             is
             like
             to
             be
             〈◊〉
             better
             :
             〈◊〉
             the
             
               black
               dead
               Sea
            
             of
             God's
             Wrath
             will
             swallow
             up
             such
             Despisers
             till
             they
             
             perish
             ,
             it
             is
             written
             concerning
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               ●…mb
            
             .
             32.
             31.
             that
             when
             he
             saw
             a
             
               F●…ming
               Swo●…d
            
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             an
             Angel
             ch●…cking
             of
             his
             motions
             ,
             it
             put
             him
             to
             〈◊〉
             ●…and
             .
             Oh
             〈◊〉
             durst
             you
             go
             on
             in
             a
             
               Course
               of
               ●…in
            
             ,
             when
             you
             ●…erceive
             t●…
             great
             GOD
             with
             
               Flaming
               Sword●…
            
             and
             ●…ott
             Thunder-bolts
             opp●…ng
             of
             you
             ?
             L●…
             it
             not
             be
             f●…d
             that
             your
             sturdy
             Obstinacy
             in
             S●…
             out-goes
             the
             stout
             Stomach
             of
             the
             very
             Devil●…
             themselves
             ,
             who
             
               believe
               and
               tremble
            
             ,
             whi●…
             you
             sin
             and
             
               tremble
               not
            
             .
             It
             is
             no
             less
             tha●…
             an
             Omnipotent
             Enemy
             whom
             by
             Unforsake●…
             Sin
             you
             〈◊〉
             the
             just
             Revenges
             of
             ;
             and
             wi●…
             the
             sorry
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             Earth
             make
             light
             of
             His
             hor●…dous
             Indignation
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             Exclamation
             of
             the
             Psalmist
             in
             Psal.
             ●…6
             .
             7.
             
             
               W●…●…ay
               stand
               in
               thy
               sight
               when
               once
               thou
               art
               ang●…
            
             O
             Lord
             !
             O
             No
             more
             ,
             No
             More
             Harden
             y●…
             selves
             against
             this
             GOD
             ;
             It
             is
             impo●…
             that
             you
             should
             prosper
             if
             you
             do
             .
             You
             〈◊〉
             
               ●…he
               Lord
               of
               Hosts
            
             against
             you
             ;
             and
             while
             y●…
             have
             ,
             all
             the
             
               Hosts
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             are
             up
             in
             A●…
             against
             you
             too
             .
             While
             you
             are
             thus
             un●…●…he
             Curse
             of
             God
             ,
             every
             Creature
             of
             Go●…
             hath
             been
             crying
             unto
             him
             against
             you
             ,
             a●…
             〈◊〉
             
             King
             ●…to
             the
             Prophet
             about
             the
             〈◊〉
             
               Syrian●…
               ,
               Shall
               I
               smite
               them
               ,
               O
               Lor●…
               〈◊〉
               I
               〈◊〉
               them
               ▪
            
             The
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ,
             
               shall
               I
               swallow
               them
               up
               alive
               ?
               as
               I
               d●…
            
             
             Corah
             
               and
               his
               Company
            
             ?
             The
             Se●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
               Lord
               ,
               shall
               I
               run
               over
               the
               heads
               of
               'em
               ,
               as
               I
               did
               to
            
             Pharaoh
             
               and
               his
               Followers
            
             ?
             The
             Clouds
             have
             rumbled
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               shall
               we
               showre
               down
               fierce
            
             Lightenings
             
               upon
               them
               ,
               as
               we
               did
               upon
            
             Sodom
             
               &
               Gomorrah
            
             ?
             Thus
             are
             even
             all
             the
             Creatures
             of
             God
             only
             staying
             for
             that
             Word
             
               Fall
               on
            
             ;
             and
             upon
             that
             Signal
             given
             ,
             they
             would
             all
             joyn
             to
             Plague
             you
             ,
             more
             than
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             did
             Sisera
             of
             Old
             ▪
             when
             by
             producing
             the
             Inundations
             of
             Kishon
             they
             did
             
               in
               their
               courses
               fight
               against
               him
               .
            
             But
             there
             is
             that
             which
             ,
             is
             more
             tremendous
             yet
             :
             You
             must
             expect
             that
             if
             Repentance
             prevent
             it
             not
             ,
             you
             will
             at
             length
             fall
             into
             the
             Hands
             of
             the
             everliving
             GOD
             Himself
             ,
             whose
             
               Hands
               it
               is
               〈◊〉
            
             fearful
             
               thing
               to
               fall
               into
            
             .
             And
             O
             how
             ca●…
             you
             bear
             the
             Gripes
             of
             those
             Iron
             Arms
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ●…e
             
               Immedeate
               stroaks
            
             where-with
             he
             will
             one
             day
             dispense
             his
             fiery
             Fury
             in
             those
             Ovens
             of
             Hell
             ,
             the
             Souls
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ;
             
               Can
               your
               hands
               be
               strong
               or
               can
               your
               heart
               endure
               ,
               in
               the
               day
               that
               I
               shall
               deal
               with
               you
               ,
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ?
            
             The
             Hands
             of
             God!
             Alas
             those
             Ir●…ful
             Hands
             ●…o
             splitt
             the
             Everlasting
             Rocks
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             very
             Pillars
             of
             Heaven
             Tremble
             .
             I
             Knew
             〈◊〉
             very
             stout
             man
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             Ang●…ishes
             of
             Death
             thus
             express'd
             himself
             ,
             
               I
               have
               ●…een
            
             
             said
             he
             )
             
               among
               drawn
            
             Swords
             
               and
               Armed
            
             Souldiers
             ;
             
               I
               have
               stood
               before
               the
               mouths
               of
               roaring
               Canons
               ,
               from
               whence
               th●…
            
             Bullets
             
               have
               flown
               about
               my
               ears
               ,
               and
               yet
               I
               never
               knew
               what
               it
               was
               to
               be
               afraid
               ;
               but
               now
               I
               am
               apprhensive
               of
               my
               being
               exposed
               to
               the
               everlasting
               Anger
               of
            
             GOD
             ,
             
               my
               heart
               shivers
               &
               fails-within
               me
               ,
               at
               the
               though●…
               of
               that
               .
            
             Sometimes
             when
             my
             Visits
             have
             been
             call'd
             for
             by
             men
             on
             their
             Death-Beds
             ,
             perceiving
             themselves
             on
             the
             Borders
             of
             Eternity
             ,
             I
             have
             found
             them
             quaking
             and
             there
             very
             Beds
             shaking
             under
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             first
             Speech
             has
             been
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             
               O
               Sir
               ,
               the
               Wrath
               of
               a
               dreadful
               GOD
               makes
               me
               tremble
               ,
               I
               tremble
               ,
               I
               tremble
               at
               it
               !
            
             How
             full
             of
             Hellish
             Dimness
             ,
             and
             Darkness
             and
             Bitterness
             ,
             will
             Presumpteous
             Transgressors
             then
             be
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             God's
             
               Unmixed
               Wrath
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Day
             when
             He
             shall
             fulfil
             that
             Threat
             in
             Psal.
             50.
             21.
             
             
               I
               will
               reprove
               thee
               ,
               and
               set
               thy
               sins
               in
               Order
            
             (
             in
             Battle-Array
             )
             
               before
               thine
               eyes
            
             ?
             Now
             let
             every
             hitherto-unchanged
             Sinner
             count
             himself
             concerned
             to
             put
             a
             penitent
             Period
             unto
             the
             dangerous
             deadly
             Warfare
             ,
             wherein
             he
             is
             warring
             and
             fighting
             against
             the
             Almighty
             God.
             In
             this
             case
             the
             Teaching
             which
             you
             have
             from
             God
             is
             ,
             
               Lay
               down
               your
               Arms
               ,
               O
            
             war
             and
             fight
             
               no
               more
            
             .
             All
             the
             Powers
             of
             your
             souls
             ,
             all
             the
             
             Members
             of
             your
             Bodies
             have
             hitherto
             bee●…
             〈◊〉
             t
             is
             said
             in
             Rom.
             6.
             13.
             
             
               The
               Weapons
               of
               unr●…ghteousness
            
             .
             O
             find
             out
             now
             a
             better
             ,
             a
             fitter
             employment
             for
             them
             ;
             otherwise
             your
             only
             Wages
             or
             Stipend
             will
             be
             (
             as
             the
             Apostle
             ●…aith
             ,
             alluding
             to
             the
             
               military
               Stipends
            
             of
             old
             )
             
               Death
               ,
               Death
            
             ,
             forevermore
             .
             Wherefore
             ●…ere
             make
             a
             Pause
             .
             O
             
               Commune
               with
               your selves
            
             about
             what
             you
             have
             been
             and
             done
             .
             Now
             Confess
             ,
             now
             Bewail
             before
             the
             Most
             High
             all
             your
             past
             miscarriages
             ,
             entreating
             that
             thro'
             the
             
               Prince
               of
               Peace
            
             they
             may
             be
             all
             forgiven
             and
             the
             Breach
             be
             made
             up
             between
             God
             and
             you
             ;
             promising
             there-withal
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             fu●…ure
             it
             shall
             be
             your
             hearty
             study
             to
             
               have
               no
               more
               to
               do
               with
               Idols
               .
            
             O
             say
             ,
             
               It
               is
               enough
            
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             
               I
               have
               done
               Iniquity
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               do
               so
               no
               more
               .
            
          
           
             But
             so
             much
             may
             suffice
             to
             b●…
             〈◊〉
             unto
             them
             who
             have
             not
             yet
             
               known
               th●…
               〈◊〉
               of
               Cana●…n
            
             .
          
           
             More
             Briefly
             in
             what
             remains
             .
          
        
         
           
             RULE
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Become
               furnished
               with
               that
               Armour
               for
               your
            
             Warring
             and
             Fighting
             ,
             
               which
               God
               in
               His
               blessed
               Word
               hath
               provided
               for
               you
               .
            
          
           
           
             There
             is
             a
             Tower
             of
             Solomon
             ,
             wherein
             God
             hath
             hanged
             up
             
               Thousands
               of
            
             Shields
             
               &
               all
               the
            
             Weapons
             
               of
               strong
               men
            
             .
             See
             to
             thi●…
             that
             you
             do
             only
             put
             on
             the
             ARMOUR
             OF
             GOD
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             have
             all
             your
             Armour
             to
             be
             both
             of
             God's
             Institution
             ,
             and
             of
             God's
             Constitution
             also
             .
             Let
             GOD
             be
             Acknowledged
             as
             the
             Appoint●…r
             of
             all
             your
             Weapons
             .
             The
             Will-Worship
             ,
             the
             fond
             Amulets
             ,
             and
             Penances●…
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             the
             P●…ylacteries
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             exploded
             as
             most
             trifling
             Insignificancies
             ,
             and
             the
             Ridicules
             of
             those
             very
             Enemies
             whose
             Terror
             they
             are
             calculated
             for
             .
             A
             funeral
             Elegy
             for
             those
             wretched
             Warriours
             we
             have
             in
             Fzek.
             32.
             27.
             
             
               They
               go
               down
               to
               Hell
               with
               their
            
             Weapons
             
               of
               war
               ▪
               they
               have
               laid
               their
            
             Swords
             
               under
               their
               heads
               ,
               but
               their
               Iniquities
               shall
               be
               upon
               their
               bones
               .
            
             You
             have
             no
             need
             to
             go
             down
             to
             the
             Forges
             of
             the
             Philistines
             for
             the
             Weapons
             of
             you●…
             Souls
             .
             Whatever
             shall
             be
             offer'd
             as
             a
             
               serviceable
               Weapon
            
             for
             you
             ,
             which
             you
             have
             not
             the
             Warrant
             of
             GOD
             for
             the
             using
             of
             ,
             throw
             it
             by
             ,
             as
             David
             rejected
             Sauls
             cumbersome
             useless
             Armour
             .
             Let
             God
             also
             be
             Accknowledged
             a●…
             the
             Bestower
             of
             all
             your
             Weapons
             .
             It
             is
             affirmed
             concerning
             one
             eminent
             peice
             of
             your
             Armour
             in
             Eph.
             2.
             8.
             
             
               It
               is
            
             
             the
             gift
             of
             GOD.
             Let
             that
             be
             your
             Sentiment
             of
             every
             Weapon
             which
             you
             shall
             have
             occasion
             for
             ,
             
               It
               will
               do
               me
               no
               good
               unless
               ,
            
             God
             
               be
               the
            
             Framer
             and
             Giver
             
               of
               it
            
             .
             Ever
             account
             a
             Weapon
             to
             be
             of
             no
             
               good
               Metal
            
             ,
             if
             it
             come
             not
             thro'
             the
             hands
             of
             that
             God
             ,
             without
             whom
             you
             
               can
               do
               nothing
            
             at
             all
             .
             Unless
             we
             look
             to
             this
             ,
             the
             great
             Leviathan
             of
             Hell
             ,
             will
             esteem
             our
             Iron
             to
             be
             but
             Sraw
             ;
             and
             our
             Brass
             but
             as
             
               Rotten
               Wood.
            
             
          
           
             Consult
             the
             sixth
             Chapter
             to
             the
             Ephesians
             ,
             as
             a
             glorious
             Magazine
             wherein
             God
             hath
             sett
             before
             you
             all
             the
             Accoutrements
             of
             a
             
               Christian
               Souldier
            
             from
             Head
             to
             Foot.
             There
             is
             a
             little
             Cluster
             of
             four
             or
             five
             verses
             in
             that
             Chapter
             ,
             which
             are
             fit
             to
             be
             called
             
               Enchiridion
               Mili●…is
               Christiani
            
             .
             You
             have
             no
             Armor
             there
             for
             the
             Back
             ,
             because
             you
             must
             (
             as
             the
             lame
             Androclid
             excused
             his
             going
             unto
             the
             Warrs
             )
             expect
             to
             Fight
             and
             not
             to
             Flee
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             first
             to
             procure
             a
             Belt
             ;
             Now
             for
             this
             get
             your
             Loins
             girt
             
               with
               Truth
            
             .
             Let
             your
             Minds
             have
             a
             due
             Knowledge
             of
             ,
             and
             yeild
             a
             full
             ▪
             Assent
             to
             the
             Truths
             of
             God
             :
             Especially
             let
             Four
             Sorts
             of
             Truths
             be
             unto
             you
             as
             the
             Girdle
             of
             
               your
               Loins
            
             ;
             Namely
             ,
          
           
             Fundamental
             Truths
             .
             And
             Truths
             immediimmediately
             
             refrerring
             to
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             ,
             an●…
             such
             Truths
             as
             
               enwrap
               the
               Covenant
            
             ,
             and
             lastly
             ▪
             the
             present
             
               Labouring
               Truths
               of
               the
               Times
            
             :
             unto
             an
             Acquaintance
             with
             these
             Truths
             ,
             adding
             all
             Sincerity
             Heart
             ,
             and
             Integrity
             of
             Life
             .
             He
             will
             be
             a
             loose
             kind
             of
             Souldier
             for
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             pore-blind
             in
             these
             Truths
             ;
             all
             his
             Notions
             and
             Actions
             must
             hang
             in
             much
             Disorder
             ;
             here
             the
             
               obsc●…re
               Proverb
            
             will
             be
             too
             much
             verify'd
             ,
             
               Un-girt
               ,
               Unblest
            
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             then
             a
             Breast-plate
             to
             take
             care
             for
             :
             Fo●…
             This
             ,
             (
             in
             imitation
             of
             your
             
               General
               )
               put
               on
            
             Righteousnes
             
               as
               a
               Breastplate
            
             .
             O
             labour
             to
             preserve
             the
             Vitals
             of
             your
             Inner-man
             harmless
             ,
             by
             endeavouring
             not
             only
             to
             render
             all
             men
             their
             Dues
             ,
             but
             to
             keep
             a
             
               Conscience
               void
               of
               Offence
            
             towards
             GOD
             as
             well
             as
             towards
             man.
             A
             work
             of
             real
             thorough
             Sanctification
             in
             the
             soul
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             will
             be
             as
             
               Aes
               .
               triplex
               circa
               Pectus
            
             ,
             as
             
               Armour
               of
               Proof
            
             upon
             the
             Heart
             in
             an
             evil
             day
             .
          
           
             A
             Sufficient
             pair
             of
             Shoes
             are
             next
             to
             be
             procured
             .
             It
             is
             a
             rough
             cragged
             thorny
             way
             that
             we
             have
             to
             go
             .
             Well
             ,
             
               Be●…shod
               with
               the
               Preparation
               of
               tho
               Gospel
               of
               peace
               :
            
             The
             Gospel
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               Gospel
               of
               Peace
            
             ;
             Bringing
             the
             ●…ntelligence
             and
             producing
             the
             Settlement
             of
             
             a
             〈◊〉
             b●…twixt
             God
             and
             man
             ;
             This
             exhibi●…●…to
             u●…
             those
             Counsels
             and
             those
             Comfor●…
             which
             will
             be
             a
             good
             Preparative
             against
             the
             Worst
             that
             can
             befal
             us
             :
             O
             lay
             up
             a
             stor●…
             of
             these
             ;
             and
             so
             say
             ,
             
               Tho'
               Warr
               should
               rise
               ●…gainst
               me
               ,
               in
            
             th●…se
             
               will
               I
               be
               confident
            
             ,
          
           
             But
             what
             shall
             we
             do
             for
             a
             Shield
             ?
             Especially
             since
             the
             Darts
             to
             be
             shott
             at
             us
             ,
             like
             those
             among
             the
             Scythians
             ,
             dipt
             in
             the
             Venempus
             Gall
             of
             Vipers
             ,
             will
             horribly
             inflame
             and
             torment
             the
             Souls
             which
             they
             are
             smitten
             with
             .
             Broad
             Shields
             of
             
               Raw
               Ne●…s-Leather
            
             were
             wont
             to
             be
             held
             up
             against
             the
             violence
             of
             these
             .
             But
             here
             now
             ▪
             
               above
               all
               take
               the
               Shield
               of
            
             FAITH
             .
             Let
             your
             Faith
             convey
             unto
             you
             the
             
               Substance
               of
               things
               hoped
               for
               ▪
            
             the
             
               Evidence
               of
               things
               not
               seen
            
             .
             Especially
             let
             your
             Faith
             put
             you
             under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             call
             in
             Him
             as
             an
             able
             and
             a
             ready
             Saviour
             ,
             alwayes
             
               knowing
               how
               to
               succour
               the
               tempted
               .
            
             Here
             will
             be
             a
             Shield
             which
             will
             stand
             you
             in
             stea●…
             to
             keep
             off
             more
             than
             as
             many
             Darts
             (
             two
             hundred
             and
             twenty
             )
             as
             were
             stuck
             in
             th●…
             Shield
             of
             S●…eva
             at
             the
             Siege
             of
             Dyrrachium
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Body
             is
             defended
             :
             But
             what
             shall
             ●…e
             done
             for
             the
             Head
             ?
             ●…o
             ,
             an
             Helm●…t
             !
             Tak●…
             
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               ●…t
               of
               Salvation
            
             ,
             That
             is
             ,
             as
             th●…
             〈◊〉
             postle
             else
             where
             has
             it
             ,
             the
             
               Hope
               of
               Salvat●…●…
            
             .
             Let
             there
             be
             in
             your
             Souls
             ,
             a
             
               lively
               Hope
            
             that
             God
             is
             your
             Friend
             ,
             that
             Christ
             is
             your
             〈◊〉
             ,
             that
             the
             Promises
             are
             your
             Portion
             ;
             and
             live
             and
             dy
             in
             such
             a
             well-grounded
             Hope
             ,
             not
             only
             say
             ,
             Dum
             spiro
             -
             sp●…ro
             ,
             I
             will
             Hope
             while
             
               I
               Live
            
             ;
             but
             also
             
               Dum
               expiro
               sp●…ro
            
             ;
             I
             will
             Hope
             when
             I
             Dye
             .
             Thus
             will
             your
             He●…ds
             be
             guarded
             against
             those
             
               hard
               Thoughts
            
             of
             God
             and
             Grace
             ,
             those
             .
             
               Terribilia
               de
               Deo
            
             ,
             and
             
               Hor●…ibilia
               de
               Fid●…
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Tempter
             would
             〈◊〉
             you
             with
             .
          
           
             All
             these
             Weapons
             are
             
               Defensive
               only
            
             :
          
           
             At
             least
             we
             must
             have
             One
             to
             Offend
             our
             Adversary
             with
             ;
             Where
             is
             our
             SWORD
             ▪
             This
             it
             is
             ,
             
               Take
               the
            
             Sword
             
               of
               the
            
             Spirit
             
               which
               is
               the
               WORD
               OF
               GOD.
            
             This
             ,
             o●…
             
               English
               Iosiah
            
             ,
             is
             reported
             to
             have
             call'd
             for
             ,
             under
             the
             Term
             of
             a
             
               Third
               Sword
            
             when
             two
             Swords
             were
             presented
             him
             at
             his
             Coronation
             .
             You
             are
             blessed
             with
             the
             
               free
               Use
            
             of
             a
             Bible
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             
               spiritual
               Sword
            
             ,
             Shaped
             by
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Eternal
             SPIRIT
             .
             This
             is
             a
             Sword
             of
             which
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             as
             David
             of
             
             Goliah's
             ,
             There
             is
             
               none
               like
               it
            
             .
             Here
             is
             a
             sort
             of
             Sword
             ,
             whereof
             it
             may
             be
             
             said
             unto
             every
             man
             ,
             
               He
               that
               hath
               not
            
             such
             〈◊〉
             Sword
             ,
             
               let
               him
               sell
               his
               Garment
               &
               buy
               one
               .
            
             The
             pious
             Husband-man
             who
             in
             a
             Scarcity
             of
             such
             now
             common-sleighted
             Treasures
             ,
             gave
             a
             Load
             of
             Hay
             for
             a
             Leaf
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             for
             even
             a
             few
             Filings
             of
             this
             Sword
             ,
             has
             justified
             this
             Advice
             .
             Our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             hath
             by
             his
             own
             Example
             shewed
             you
             how
             to
             wield
             this
             Sword
             and
             manage
             it
             unto
             the
             Vanquishment
             of
             all
             Satanical
             Invasions
             :
             When
             the
             principal
             Tempter
             tryed
             His
             Over-throw
             by
             proposeing
             to
             him
             a
             
               Three-fold
               Bait
            
             of
             the
             same
             three
             Allurements
             which
             prov'd
             mortal
             to
             the
             
               First
               Adam
            
             ,
             He
             still
             came
             of
             a
             Victor
             ,
             by
             opposeing
             an
             ,
             
               It
               is
               WRITTEN
            
             ,
             thereunto
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             Swords
             or
             Words
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             used
             by
             Him
             ,
             were
             fetch●…t
             out
             of
             that
             one
             Book
             of
             Deuteronomy
             ,
             from
             whence
             we
             may
             collect
             how
             rich
             a
             Supply
             for
             our
             Warr
             the
             whole
             Bible
             then
             will
             afford
             unto
             us
             .
             Let
             this
             be
             our
             Method
             against
             the
             joint
             Fraud
             and
             Force
             of
             our
             wily
             Enemies
             .
             Whenever
             they
             urge
             us
             to
             any
             
               evil
               thing
            
             ,
             still
             have
             some
             pertinent
             Text
             of
             the
             Bible
             to
             reply
             upon
             them
             .
             All
             the
             Commandments
             ,
             all
             the
             Promises
             ,
             all
             the
             Me●…ces
             in
             the
             Bible
             are
             like
             so
             many
             
               Swords
               all-Edge
            
             to
             be-friend
             you
             in
             this
             Concern
             .
             Thus
             particularly
             :
             Are
             you
             tempted
             unto
             
             Uncleaness
             ?
             Then
             reply
             ,
             
               It
               is
               Written
            
             ,
             Th●…
             
               God
               knowes
               how
               to
               reserve
               the
               unjust
               unto
               th●…
               Day
               of
            
             Judgement
             
               to
               be
               punished
               ,
               but
               chiefly
               them
               that
               walk
               after
               the
            
             Flesh
             
               in
               the
               Lust
               of
               Uncleanness
            
             .
             Are
             you
             Tempted
             unto
             Revengfulness
             ?
             Then
             reply
             ,
             
               It
               is
            
             Written
             ,
             
               Avenge
               not
               your selves
               ,
               but
               overcome
               evil
               with
               good
               .
            
             Are
             you
             tempted
             unto
             Distracting
             and
             Corroding
             Cares
             about
             the
             things
             of
             this
             Life
             ?
             Then
             reply
             ,
             
               It
               is
               written
               ,
               Cast
               all
               your
            
             Care
             upon
             God
             ,
             
               for
               He
               careth
               for
               you
            
             .
             Thus
             may
             you
             conquer
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             
               sola
               unius
               Syllabae
               pronunciatione
            
             ,
             with
             a
             
               words
               speaking
            
             .
             Verily
             these
             Writtens
             will
             be
             more
             gastly
             fearful
             things
             unto
             the
             Enemies
             of
             your
             Souls
             ,
             than
             the
             Hand-Writing
             upon
             the
             Wall
             was
             to
             the
             Babylonian
             Monarch
             .
             Here
             are
             Swords
             that
             will
             be
             more
             Fatal
             to
             them
             ,
             than
             the
             Sword
             of
             Ehud
             was
             to
             the
             
               Moabi●…ish
               Tyrant
            
             .
             The
             Captain
             of
             your
             Enemies
             dare
             not
             stand
             ,
             when
             These
             ,
             against
             which
             he
             hath
             a
             peculiar
             Antipathy
             ,
             are
             Brandished
             against
             him
             :
             A
             little
             Resistance
             of
             this
             Kind
             will
             make
             the
             Field
             too
             hott
             for
             him
             .
             As
             the
             Poet
             hath
             it
             ,
          
           
             Est
             Leo
             si
             fugias
             ;
             si
             stas
             ,
             quasi
             musca
             recedet
             .
          
           
             Or
             rather
             as
             the
             Apostle
             has
             it
             more
             certainly
             ,
             and
             more
             divinely
             ,
             
               Resist
               the
               Divel
               ,
               and
               he
               will
            
             flee
             
               from
               you
            
             .
          
           
           
             Wherefore
             ,
             Let
             it
             be
             your
             daily
             Endeavour
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Word
               of
               Christ
               may
               dwell
               richly
               in
               you
            
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             may
             have
             the
             Texts
             of
             it
             as
             ready
             as
             the
             Names
             of
             those
             that
             dwell
             in
             the
             same
             Houses
             with
             you
             ;
             or
             ,
             as
             ready
             as
             that
             honest
             man
             ,
             of
             whom
             Alsted
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             somewhere
             saith
             ,
             
               If
               all
               the
               Bible
               had
               been
               lost
               ,
               it
               might
               have
               been
               in
               a
               good
               measure
            
             recovered
             
               by
               that
               good
               man's
            
             Readiness
             therein
             .
             Let
             not
             a
             Day
             ordinarily
             pass
             you
             ,
             wherein
             you
             will
             not
             Read
             some
             portion
             of
             it
             ,
             with
             a
             due
             Meditation
             and
             
               Supplication
               over
            
             it
             .
             The
             Ethiopian
             Nobleman
             would
             not
             omit
             this
             Exercise
             ,
             even
             when
             he
             was
             on
             a
             Iourney
             .
             And
             he
             that
             shall
             accustom
             himself
             while
             he
             reads
             in
             his
             Retirements
             ,
             to
             fetch
             at
             least
             one
             Note
             &
             one
             Wish
             out
             of
             every
             Verse
             as
             he
             goes
             along
             ,
             will
             perhaps
             take
             as
             speedy
             a
             course
             as
             any
             man
             whatever
             to
             become
             a
             
               well-armed
               Christian.
            
             He
             was
             a
             Souldier
             and
             an
             Emperour
             too
             ,
             that
             wrote
             out
             the
             New-Testament
             with
             his
             own
             Hand
             .
             And
             that
             gracions
             Man
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Stoughton
            
             ,
             asserts
             that
             he
             knew
             a
             young
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             who
             before
             she
             was
             
               Nine
               years
               old
            
             ,
             could
             say
             it
             All
             by
             heart
             .
             It
             will
             be
             our
             shame
             ,
             if
             this
             
               ●…o-edged
               Sword
            
             be
             not
             often
             in
             our
             Hands
             and
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             become
             like
             our
             
               Necessary
               Food
            
             unto
             us
             .
             And
             that
             Prince
             of
             Transilvania
             who
             
             read
             ●…ver
             the
             Bible
             
               Seven
               &
               twenty
               Times
            
             ,
             wi●…
             condemn
             us
             if
             our
             Eyes
             are
             seldom
             placed
             o●…
             this
             Heavenly
             Sword.
             It
             was
             a
             dark
             time
             with
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             One
             was
             pronounced
             
               most
               Sufficient
            
             ,
             at
             his
             Commencing
             
               Doctor
               of
               Divinity
            
             ,
             tho
             he
             had
             never
             Read
             the
             Bible
             .
             Sure
             I
             am
             no
             man
             can
             be
             a
             Sufficient
             Souldier
             
               in
               Christianity
            
             ,
             unless
             This
             be
             the
             
               man
               of
               his
               Counsil
            
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             now
             your
             Weapons
             ;
             O
             put
             them
             on
             ,
             and
             go
             
               before
               the
               Lord
               Armed
               for
               the
               Battel
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             RULE
             III.
             
          
           
             
               Let
               the
            
             Sufferings
             
               of
               our
            
             LORD
             ,
             
               ●…each
               you
               how
               to
            
             warr
             
               and
               to
            
             fight
             
               against
               that
               Lust
               which
               gives
               the
               most
               advantage
               unto
               all
               the
               Enemies
               of
               your
            
             Souls
          
           
             Let
             
               the
               Lord
            
             here
             ,
             have
             the
             same
             Signification
             which
             in
             the
             New-Testament
             it
             is
             won●…
             to
             have
             ,
             even
             
               the
               Lord
            
             JESUS
             CHRIST
             ;
             Now
             let
             Him
             be
             your
             Teacher
             in
             this
             matter
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             
               Crux
               pendentis
               est
               Cathedra
               Docentis
            
             ,
             —
             thus
             ,
             while
             you
             behol●…
             Him
             hanging
             on
             the
             Cross
             ,
             let
             Him
             Teach
             you
             how
             to
             Warr
             and
             to
             Fight
             especially
             a-against
             
             the
             
               Sin
               which
               doth
               most
               easily
               beset
               you
               ▪
            
             The
             Emperour
             Valentinian
             when
             he
             was
             dy
             ing
             ,
             had
             his
             Friends
             comforting
             of
             him
             with
             the
             Remembrance
             of
             his
             past
             Victories
             ;
             he
             told
             them
             that
             he
             gloried
             in
             one
             Victory
             above
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             
               Inimicorum
               nequissimum
               vici
            
             (
             said
             he
             )
             Carnem
             meam
             .
             I
             have
             had
             a
             Victory
             over
             my
             ,
             Flesh
             the
             enemy
             in
             the
             world
             .
             Let
             this
             〈◊〉
             our
             
               High
               Attainment
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Enemies
             of
             our
             Souls
             would
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             together
             ,
             be
             able
             to
             do
             us
             little
             harm
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             not
             some
             peculiar
             Lust
             ,
             like
             
               Trojan
               Horse
            
             ,
             within
             us
             ,
             assisting
             of
             all
             their
             Enterprizes
             .
             It
             was
             the
             Priviledge
             of
             the
             Man
             Christ
             Jesus
             alone
             to
             say
             ,
             
               The
               Devil
               finds
            
             nothing
             
               in
               me
            
             ,
             when
             the
             Legions
             of
             Hell
             made
             an
             Attacque
             upon
             him
             .
             The
             
               Father
               of
               Lies
            
             utter'd
             a
             real
             Truth
             ,
             when
             from
             the
             Throat
             of
             a
             possessed
             man
             ,
             he
             said
             unto
             Mr.
             
               Balsome
               ,
               If
               God
               would-let
               me
               loose
               upon
               you
               I
               should
               find
               enough
               in
               the
            
             Best
             
               of
               you
               to
               make
               you
               all
               mine
               .
            
             And
             so
             truly
             there
             is
             in
             the
             best
             of
             us
             all
             ,
             a
             party
             of
             Lusts
             which
             would
             resigne
             us
             up
             unto
             the
             power
             of
             all
             our
             other
             Enemies
             if
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             prevent
             it
             not
             .
             Let
             
             These
             ●…e
             well
             kept
             under
             and
             the
             Day
             is
             yours
             .
          
           
             Among
             the
             many
             Lusts
             which
             are
             of
             the
             DeDevil's
             
             
               Faction
               in
               us
            
             ,
             every
             man
             hath
             ,
             as
             〈◊〉
             sort
             of
             Master-Bee
             in
             the
             Hive
             ,
             one
             
               peculiar
               Lust
            
             ,
             which
             he
             may
             call
             ,
             as
             David
             did
             in
             Psal.
             18.
             23.
             
             
               My
               own
               Iniquity
            
             .
             There
             is
             in
             every
             one
             of
             you
             ,
             a
             Lust
             which
             above
             other
             you
             are
             most
             impatient
             to
             have
             Reproved
             or
             Restrained
             .
             A
             Lust
             which
             above
             other
             doth
             most
             Disquiet
             you
             and
             Discompose
             you
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             God
             ;
             a
             Lust
             which
             gives
             most
             frequent
             Eclipses
             unto
             the
             Light
             of
             God's
             Countenance
             upon
             your
             souls
             .
             Of
             This
             let
             me
             say
             as
             he
             about
             the
             King
             of
             Israel
             in
             1.
             
             Reg.
             22.
             31.
             
             
               Fight
               neither
               with
               small
               nor
               great
            
             in
             comparison
             of
             This.
             The
             Braining
             of
             this
             Giant
             is
             of
             as
             much
             Importance
             perhaps
             as
             any
             one
             thing
             in
             your
             Warr-fare
             ,
             as
             having
             an
             Influence
             upon
             the
             Prosperity
             of
             it
             all
             .
          
           
             However
             they
             that
             write
             
               De
               re
               Militari
            
             ,
             Lay
             this
             down
             as
             a
             Maxime
             ,
             
               Quicquid
               tibi
               prodest
               ,
               Adversario
               nocet
            
             ;
             Whatever
             is
             profitable
             for
             you
             is
             pernicious
             for
             your
             Adversary
             :
             That
             This
             is
             both
             ,
             who
             can
             make
             any
             Doubt
             ?
          
           
             Now
             what
             shall
             be
             done
             in
             order
             hereunto
             ?
             This
             ,
             Follow
             the
             Teachings
             of
             the
             Lord.
             Let
             the
             Death
             of
             Him
             that
             is
             Generalissimo
             of
             all
             the
             Celestial
             Armyes
             teach
             you
             〈◊〉
             to
             do
             ;
             He
             has
             Dyed
             in
             part
             for
             this
             
             Reason
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             ins●…
             you
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             right
             way
             of
             Warring
             and
             Fighting
             against
             th●…
             Enemies
             whom
             His
             Death
             hath
             also
             been
             the
             Price
             of
             your
             Redemption
             from
             .
             This
             th●…
             you
             have
             to
             do
             .
             Let
             your
             
               Principal
               Corruption
            
             be
             put
             unto
             such
             a
             Death
             as
             your
             Dying
             Saviour
             has
             given
             a
             S●…mplar
             of
             .
             It
             is
             〈◊〉
             by
             the
             Apostle
             in
             Rom.
             6.
             
             〈◊〉
             .
             That
             we
             must
             be
             
               dead
               to
               Sin
            
             ,
             even
             as
             Jesus
             Christ
             
               dyed
               for
               sin
            
             .
             This
             is
             the
             
               sanctified
               Way
            
             of
             Dealing
             with
             that
             Son
             of
             Anack
             which
             creates
             the
             most
             Warr
             and
             Evil
             for
             you
             ;
             Handle
             it
             with
             Severities
             analogous
             to
             those
             which
             Jesus
             Christ
             was
             Crucifyed
             withal
             .
             O
             then
             Receive
             this
             Mystery
             of
             Warring
             and
             Fighting
             against
             your
             
               own
               Iniquity
            
             .
          
           
             Did
             not
             the
             Iew●…
             with
             uninterrupted
             and
             unwearied
             Glamours
             ,
             urge
             their
             Governour
             ,
             against
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             never
             ceasing
             their
             Out-cries
             ,
             
               Let
               him
               be
               crucified
            
             !
             until
             they
             had
             their
             Will
             ▪
             Thus
             do
             you
             never
             leave
             Seeking
             and
             Sighing
             and
             Shouting
             unto
             God
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               this
            
             Corruption
             
               is
               worthy
               to
               〈◊〉
               ;
               it
               is
               a
               Traiter
               to
               thy
               Kingdom
               in
               me
               ;
               O
               by
               no
               meanes
               let
               it
            
             Reign
             and
             Rave
             
               in
               me
               as
               〈◊〉
            
             :
             Thus
             beg
             until
             God
             give
             Order
             ,
             
               The
               Rebe●…
               shall
               dye
            
             .
          
           
             Furthermore
             did
             they
             draw
             〈◊〉
             ●…ny
             〈◊〉
             
             Indictments
             against
             our
             Lord
             Christ
             ▪
             as
             guilty
             of
             Treason
             and
             Sedition
             ;
             and
             Bl●…phemy
             and
             Heresy
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             villainous
             Impostures
             in
             the
             World
             ?
             Well
             ,
             so
             do
             you
             lay
             unto
             the
             Charge
             of
             your
             Lust
             all
             the
             Dishonour
             to
             GOD
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Destruction
             to
             you
             and
             yours
             ,
             which
             it
             has
             procured
             ,
             Say
             ,
             
               Thou
               vile
               Corruption
               ,
               Thou
               art
               it
               that
               has●…
               made
               a
               Partition-Wall
               between
               me
               and
               my
               GOD
               ;
               Thou
               art
               it
               that
               hast
               exposed
               me
               unto
               all
               the
               Curses
               in
               the
               
                 Flying
                 Roll
              
               ,
               Nothing
               has
               done
               so
               much
               wrong
               to
               GOD
               ,
               or
               to
               me
               ,
               or
               to
               all
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               a●…
               Thou
               .
            
          
           
             Speak
             and
             think
             the
             worst
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             Did
             they
             offer
             unto
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             all
             the
             Indignityes
             that
             possibly
             they
             could
             devise
             ;
             Binding
             of
             Him
             ,
             Spitting
             on
             Him
             ,
             Jeering
             at
             Him
             ,
             preferring
             a
             barbarous
             
               High-way
               man
            
             before
             Him
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             hanging
             Him
             up
             naked
             ?
             between
             the
             worst
             of
             Malefactors
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             do
             you
             cast
             heaps
             of
             Shame
             upon
             your
             Lust
             ;
             Upbraid
             it
             as
             the
             Quintessence
             of
             Madness
             ,
             as
             the
             Exaltation
             of
             ●…lly
             ,
             as
             a
             most
             
               Loathesome
               Object
            
             ,
             worthy
             to
             be
             Buffetted
             by
             all
             Hands
             ,
             to
             be
             abhorred
             by
             God
             and
             man
             for
             ever
             ;
             and
             a
             Swine
             ,
             in
             no
             
             wise
             sit
             to
             lodg'd
             in
             the
             Parlour
             of
             you●…
             Souls
             .
          
           
             Once
             more
             ,
             Did
             they
             with-draw
             all
             Refreshment
             from
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             in
             His
             ruefu●…
             Agonies
             ,
             and
             count
             a
             Cup
             of
             Gall
             good
             enough
             for
             Him
             ?
             Just
             so
             Do
             you
             withhold
             from
             your
             Lust
             that
             Sustenance
             which
             may
             enable
             it
             to
             hold
             out
             in
             its
             Insurrections
             .
             Be
             sure
             to
             
               make
               no
               provision
            
             for
             this
             Flesh
             to
             feed
             upon
             .
             Starve
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             so
             Tame
             it
             ;
             Keep
             it
             under
             ,
             and
             keep
             it
             bare
             of
             those
             things
             which
             you
             see
             to
             be
             the
             Support
             or
             Fuel
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             To
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             Did
             they
             Torture
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             until
             by
             the
             Dolonrs
             of
             His
             Wounds
             they
             hunted
             that
             
               Hind
               of
               the
               morning
            
             ,
             his
             precious
             Soul
             ,
             out
             of
             His
             Body
             ?
             Agreeably
             to
             this
             ,
             Do
             you
             make
             your
             Lust
             undergo
             the
             Pains
             of
             an
             
               evil
               and
               a
               bitter
               thing
            
             .
             Let
             it
             Cost
             you
             those
             Prayers
             and
             those
             Tears
             ,
             and
             manifold
             Austerities
             which
             may
             meerly
             ●…tire
             it
             out
             ,
             and
             Discourage
             it
             from
             haunting
             of
             you
             .
          
           
             By
             these
             means
             cripple
             that
             
               Delictum
               dilectum
            
             ,
             which
             is
             your
             most
             
               Darling
               Iniquity
            
             .
             And
             while
             you
             are
             thus
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             derive
             all
             the
             Virtue
             which
             may
             be
             ,
             from
             abundant
             Thoughts
             on
             the
             Death
             of
             Jesus
             Christ.
             DeDevout
             
             Nazianzen
             said
             ,
             that
             
               when
               his
               Lusts
               gave
               too
               busie
               molestations
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               would
               by
               reading
               the
               Book
               of
               Lamentations
               quickly
               quell
               &
               curb
               those
               troublesome
               Guests
               .
            
             How
             much
             more
             mortifying
             a
             Spectacle
             would
             
               the
               Man
               who
               is
               God's
               Fellow
               ,
               hanging
               on
               a
               Tree
               ,
            
             be
             unto
             us
             !
             Let
             your
             Thoughts
             often
             carry
             you
             to
             Mount
             Calvary
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             War-fare
             you
             will
             soon
             be
             among
             the
             
               Worthyes
               of
               David
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             RULE
             IV.
             
          
           
             
               Cry
               mightily
               to
            
             GOD
             in
             CHRIST
             ,
             
               that
               by
            
             Strength
             from
             Him
             
               you
               may
               be
               made
            
             Conquerers
             and
             more
             than
             Conquerers
             
               over
               the
               Enemies
               of
               your
               souls
               .
            
          
           
             When
             the
             Apostle
             had
             Arm'd
             his
             
               Christian
               Souldier
            
             from
             head
             to
             foot
             ,
             he
             then
             concluded
             ,
             
               Pray
               alwayes
            
             ,
             and
             watch
             thereunto
             (
             a
             military
             Order
             ,
             
               take
               not
               a
               wink
               of
               sleep
               )
            
             with
             
               all
               Perseverance
            
             .
             O
             
               cry
               mightily
            
             to
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             Weapons
             of
             your
             War-fare
             are
             
               mighty
               thro'
               God
            
             alone
             .
             The
             best
             posture
             for
             you
             ,
             wherein
             to
             War
             and
             to
             Fight
             against
             your
             Soul-Enemies
             ,
             is
             (
             that
             wherein
             a
             wounded
             thought-dead
             Souldier
             once
             gave
             a
             mortal
             stab
             unto
             a
             proud
             Conquerer
             that
             was
             pleasing
             
             himself
             with
             a
             View
             of
             them
             whom
             he
             had
             slain
             )
             
               upon
               your
               Knees
            
             :
             In
             the
             midst
             of
             your
             Encounters
             ,
             use
             to
             do
             as
             the
             Emperour
             Theodosius
             did
             in
             the
             Extremities
             of
             a
             furious
             dubious
             Battel
             ;
             betake
             your selves
             to
             importunate
             Prayers
             for
             Succour
             from
             above
             ;
             be
             praying
             Iacobs
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             be
             prevailing
             Israels
             .
             If
             any
             Temptation
             be
             more
             than
             or
             dinarily
             violent
             in
             besieging
             of
             you
             ,
             do
             like
             those
             Warriors
             in
             1.
             
             Chron.
             5.
             20.
             
             
               Cry
               to
               God
               in
               the
               Battel
            
             ;
             and
             therewithall
             
               put
               your
               trust
               in
               Him
            
             :
             do
             as
             Paul
             saith
             he
             did
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             (
             in
             2.
             
             Cor.
             12.
             8.
             )
             
               I
               besought
               the
               Lord
               thrice
            
             ;
             perhaps
             he
             kept
             
               three
               dayes
            
             of
             Prayer
             .
             And
             O
             let
             the
             
               Spirit
               of
               Prayer
            
             cause
             you
             to
             fill
             your
             lives
             with
             frequent
             and
             servent
             Prayers
             unto
             God
             ,
             that
             He
             would
             gird
             you
             
               with
               Strength
               unto
            
             all
             your
             Battels
             and
             
               subdue
               under
            
             you
             
               those
               that
               rise
               up
               against
            
             you
             I
             would
             conclude
             my
             Sermon
             as
             the
             Mertyr
             us●…d
             his
             
               Letters
               ,
               O
               pray
               ,
               pray
               ,
               pray
               .
            
             You
             cannot
             contrive
             a
             more
             effectual
             preservative
             from
             the
             Hurts
             of
             Temptation
             than
             Prayer
             ;
             daily
             ,
             wrestling
             ,
             Restless
             Prayer
             .
             The
             infamous
             Day
             of
             
             Origen's
             foul
             Apostasy
             ,
             was
             a
             day
             whereon
             he
             had
             been
             remiss
             in
             his
             morning
             Prayers
             .
             I
             will
             not
             tell
             you
             
             Nazianzen's
             Story
             of
             what
             a
             Devil
             was
             forc'd
             to
             own
             
             unto
             Cyprian
             ,
             about
             his
             inability
             to
             work
             upon
             a
             praying
             Soul
             ,
             in
             his
             dayes
             :
             But
             this
             I
             am
             sure
             of
             ;
             The
             Trumpets
             of
             Gideon
             did
             not
             more
             fright
             the
             Midianites
             ,
             than
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Faithful
             do
             all
             the
             Devils
             in
             the
             dark
             Regions
             .
             The
             Devil
             roars
             about
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Beleever
             as
             the
             Scotch
             Queen
             did
             about
             
             Knox's
             Prayers
             ;
             
               I
               am
               more
               affraid
               of
               those
            
             Prayers
             ,
             
               than
               of
               the
               biggest
               Armyes
            
             .
             Accustom
             your selves
             to
             Every
             Sort
             of
             Prayer
             ;
             and
             so
             keep
             your
             Hands
             lifted
             up
             ,
             like
             Moses
             in
             the
             Mount
             ,
             until
             the
             Lord
             
               Deliver
               you
               from
               your
            
             strong
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             
               from
               your
            
             Haters
             
               which
               are
               to
               strong
               for
               you
               .
            
             Often
             set
             apart
             
               Whole
               dayes
            
             ,
             for
             your
             thus
             rallying
             your
             disordered
             Forces
             against
             them
             ;
             and
             every
             day
             let
             your
             private
             and
             Secret
             Groans
             be
             sent
             up
             to
             your
             Eternal
             Helper
             on
             this
             Errand
             ;
             Yea
             ,
             let
             scarce
             one
             waking
             hour
             in
             the
             day
             pass
             you
             without
             Shooting
             over
             the
             Camp
             of
             them
             that
             are
             strictly
             beleaguring
             of
             you
             ,
             
               Requests
               ty'd
            
             to
             the
             Arrows
             of
             ejaculatory
             Prayer
             ,
             that
             God
             would
             not
             be
             farr
             from
             you
             ;
             
               Happy
               is
               the
               man
               that
               has
               his
               quiver
               full
               of
               these
               arrowes
               .
               O
               Pray
            
             and
             plead
             as
             he
             in
             2.
             
             Chron.
             20.
             12.
             
             
               Lord
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               what
               to
               do
               ,
               but
               my
               eyes
               are
               up
               unto
               thee
               .
            
             And
             while
             you
             thus
             
               pray
               without
               ceasing
            
             ,
             Exercise
             a
             true
             Faith
             on
             the
             Bloud
             of
             Jesus
             
             Christ
             as
             the
             ,
             
               meritorious
               Cause
            
             of
             all
             your
             Successes
             ,
             which
             Bloud
             will
             more
             dismay
             and
             and
             confound
             all
             the
             Behemoths
             of
             Hell.
             than
             the
             Sight
             of
             Bloud
             could
             the
             Elephants
             in
             the
             Macc●…bees
             of
             old
             .
             And
             exercise
             a
             strong
             Faith
             on
             the
             Grace
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             as
             both
             enableing
             and
             enclining
             of
             Him
             to
             succour
             them
             that
             are
             Tempted
             as
             He
             once
             was
             Himself
             ,
             which
             Grace
             is
             engaged
             to
             be
             sufficient
             for
             you
             .
             Thus
             Pray
             and
             Warr
             and
             Fight
             ,
             until
             you
             come
             to
             shout
             as
             dying
             disconsolate
             Mr.
             Welch
             did
             ,
             when
             the
             Word
             Victory
             came
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             person
             that
             pray'd
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             catch'd
             hold
             on
             it
             with
             over-powering
             never-ending
             Joy
             ,
             Crying
             
               Victory
               ,
               Victory
               ,
               Victory
               now
               forevermore
               .
            
             Yea
             ,
             leave
             not
             off
             ,
             till
             you
             come
             to
             say
             with
             
               Paul.
               I
               have
               fought
               the
               good
            
             Fight
             ,
             
               there
               is
               now
               laid
               up
               for
               me
               a
               Crown
               of
               Righteousness
               .
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             ,
             —
             
               Do
               thou
               grant
               unto
               us
            
             ,
             O
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             
               That
               we
               being
               delivered
               out
               of
               the
               hands
               of
               our
               Enemies
               ,
               might
               serve
               thee
               in
            
             Holiness
             and
             Righteousness
             
               all
               the
               dayes
               of
               our
               Lives
               .
            
          
           
             Militat
             
               omnis
               homo
               qui
               dat
               sua
               nomina
               Christo
               ;
               Quique
               Deo
               fidit
               ,
            
             Militat
             
               omnis
               homo
            
             .
          
           
           
             Books
             printed
             for
             ,
             and
             sold
             by
             
               Ioseph
               Brunning
            
             at
             his
             Shop
             at
             the
             Corner
             of
             
               Prison
               Lane
            
             next
             the
             Exchange
             .
          
           
             A
             Discourse
             Concerning
             Com●…s
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Nature
             of
             
               Blazing
               Stars
            
             is
             enquired
             into
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             
               Increase
               Mather
            
             .
          
           
             —
             An
             
               Essay
               for
               the
               Recording
               Illustrious
               Providences
            
          
           
             —
             The
             
               Mystery
               of
               Christ
               opened
               &
               applyed
               .
            
          
           
             —
             The
             greatest
             sinners
             exhorted
             &
             encouraged
             to
             come
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             that
             NOW
             without
             delaying
             .
             Also
             the
             exceeding
             Danger
             of
             men's
             Deferring
             their
             Repentance
             .
             Together
             with
             a
             Discourse
             about
             the
             Day
             of
             Iudgment
             .
             And
             on
             several
             other
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             —
             The
             Doctrine
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             opened
             and
             applied
             .
             To
             which
             is
             annexed
          
           
             A
             Sermon
             wherein
             is
             shewed
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             the
             Duty
             and
             should
             be
             the
             Care
             of
             Believers
             on
             Christ
             to
             live
             in
             the
             constant
             Exercise
             of
             Grace
             .
             by
             Mr.
             
               Nathaneel
               Mather
            
             ,
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
             at
             Dublin
             in
             Ireland
             .
          
           
           
             A
             
               Practical
               Discourse
            
             Concerning
             the
             choice
             Benefit
             of
             Communion
             with
             GOD
             in
             His
             HOUSE
             ,
             witnessed
             unto
             ,
             by
             the
             Experience
             of
             Saints
             ,
             as
             the
             〈◊〉
             Improvement
             of
             Time.
             By
             Mr.
             
               Ioshua
               ●…y
            
             Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             
               Self-Employment
               in
               Secret
            
             ,
             containing
             Evidences
             upon
             Self-Examination
             ,
             Thoughts
             upon
             
               Painful
               Afflictions
            
             ,
             Memorials
             for
             Practice
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             
               Iohn
               Corb●…
            
             .
          
           
             An
             Arrow
             against
             Profane
             and
             
               Promiscuou●…
               D●…ncing
            
             .
             Drawn
             out
             of
             the
             Q●…iver
             o●…
             〈◊〉
             SCRIPTURES
             .
             by
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Boston
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           15.
           line
           .
           2.
           read
           ,
           English-man's
           p.
           30.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           Knighthood
           .
           p.
           64.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           which
           are
           Smitten
           with
           them
           .
           p.
           70.
           l.
           8.
           r.
           the
           worst
           Enemy
           .
           ibid.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           a
           
             srojan
             horse
          
           .