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The soldiers honour Wherein by divers inferences and gradations it is evinced, that the…The souldiers honour Wherein by diuers inferences and gradations it is euinced, that the…
The soldiers honour Wherein by divers inferences and gradations it is evinced, that the profession is just, necessary, and honourable: to be practised of some men, praised of all men. Together with a short admonition concerning munition, to this honoured city. Preached to the worthy company of gentlemen, that exercise in the artillery garden: and now on their second request, published to further use. By Tho. Adams.The souldiers honour Wherein by diuers inferences and gradations it is euinced, that the profession is iust, necessarie, and honourable: to be practised of some men, praised of all men. Together with a short admonition concerning munition, to this honour'd citie. Preached to the worthy companie of gentlemen, that exercise in the artillerie garden: and now on thier second request, published to further vse. By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Adam Islip and Edward Blount, 1617
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
You see now all the parts of the Affliction: the Alarm in sin, the Battle in war, and the Forlorn hope in the want of remedy. Two useful observations may hence be deduced.
You see now all the parts of the Affliction: the Alarme in sinne, the Battell in warre, and the Forlorne hope in the want of remedie. Two vsefull obseruations may hence be deduced.
1. That war at some times is just and necessary; indeed just when it is necessary; as here. For shall it come to the gates, and shall we not meet it? Yea shall we not meet it before it come near the gates? There is then a season when war is good and lawful. Saint Augustine observes, that when the Soldiers, among the rest of the people, came to John the Baptist to be catechised: What shall we do? ⟨p. 18⟩He did not bid them leave off being soldiers, but taught them to be good soldiers. Do violence to no man, 1neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages. Milites instruit, militare non prohibet: hee directs them to be good men, not forbids them to be warlike men.
1. That warre at some times is iust and necessarie; indeed iust when it is necessarie; as here. For shall it come to the gates, and shall we not meet it? Yea shall wee not meet it before it come neere the gates? There is then a season when warre is good and lawfull. Saint Augustine obserues, that when the Souldiers, among the rest of the people, came to Iohn the Baptist to be catechised: What shall we doe? ⟨p. 18⟩He did not bid them leaue off being souldiers, but taught them to be good souldiers. Doe violence to no man, 1neither accuse anie falsely, and be content with your wages. Milites instruit, militare non prohibet: hee directs them to be good men, not forbids them to bee warlike men.