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TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL, SIR HUGH HAMMERSLY, Knight, one of the Aldermen and Colonels of the honourable City of LONDON, and President of the Martial Company, exercising Arms in the Artillery Garden. AND, To all the Captains and Gentlemen of the said Company, Such valour as may make them victoriously stand against all sorts of Enemies. Worthy President, Captains, and Gentlemen,

TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL, SIR HVGH HAMMERSLY, Knight, one of the Aldermen and Coronels of the honourable City of LONDON, and President of the Martiall Company, exercising Armes in the Artillery Garden. AND, To all the Captaines and Gentlemen of the said Company, Such valour as may make them victoriously stand against all sorts of Enemies. Worthy President, Captaines, and Gentlemen,

¹AS by a free Election of you all, I was called to preach that which is here presented to you, so by the first motion and earnest solicitation of many of you, I am induced to publish it. How far mine own purpose was from any such purpose, God is my witness. How far your desire prevailed to alter that my purpose, this evidence is an apparent evidence. Among other motives mentioned by you that in ⟨p. 406⟩the name of the rest were Solicitor in this business, this, which by some of you was alleged, most prevailed with me, that the more common this Sermon was made, the more commodious it might be to your Company. How my poor pains may add any advantage to your important employments, I know not. This I know, and do openly acknowledge, and publicly profess, that my heart is set upon your Artillery Company: I love it: I admire it: I honour it: I praise God for it: I will continue to pray to the Lord of Hosts for his blessing upon it: and to my poor power, I will do what I can, for the advancement thereof. As one, though a very mean and weak proof thereof, I do here dedicate to you in particular, that which by your means, and for your sake is divulged to all in general. I confess, that as the matter thereof, so the manner of handling it, is somewhat differing from my ordinary course. For, I had respect to the kind of Auditory before which I spake. Among Soldiers I endeavoured to speak Soldier-like. If offence be taken at matter or manner, I shroud my self under your shields for defence. Now that you have brought me forth into the open field, and set me up to be gazed on, and baited at by the differing censures of diverse censors, leave me not to shift for my self. Be not backward to patronize what you have been forward to produce. I may the rather expect all just defence from you, because by appearing somewhat otherwise in your Assembly then I use to do in my usual Auditory, I take you, worthy President for my president, yea all you valiant Captains, and other Gentlemen, whom I make as one Patron, for my pattern herein. Me thinks, O prudent President, when in a forenoon I see you sitting, and giving advice among the