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The Artillery profession is an honourable function.

THe Artillery profession is an honourable function.

To treat much of the Artillery profession, before this Artillery Company, would be to act ^aPhormio his part before so many Annibals as are here present. You all know that the Artillery Profession is a Military Discipline, whereby choice persons are instructed and enabled well to manage weapons of War, orderly to march in their due place, wisely to encamp, and skilfully to embattle. That to be trained up hereto, and well exercised herein, is an honourable function, belongeth to me, and to the matter in hand, to prove. How it appeareth by my text to be an honourable function, ye have heard. Hittites, Amorites, Perizites, Hivites, Jebusites, ⟨p. 415⟩and such like servile persons coming from a base of-spring, ²were counted unworthy hereof. In Israel Israelites, Children of the ever renowned Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Men of highest and greatest esteem, THEY were Men of War. That function whereof base people were counted unworthy, and whereunto Men of best account must be deputed, is [Greek or Hebrew], without contradiction an honourable function. To like purpose it is noted that Abraham ³himself, that Prince of God (as he is for excellency sake styled) trained up in Artillery exercises, not bond-slaves, bought with his money, but such as were borne and brought up in his house, whom he had in high esteem. THEY were Men of War. Where as old Ishai, an understanding and wise man had eight sons, the three most honourable of ⁴them all, even the three eldest, were trained up in an Artillery profession, THEY were Men of War. And though David, being the youngest of all, were by his Father deputed to be a shepherd, yet his brave mind affecting more honourable employments, whereunto also he was incited