A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

There are many presidents recorded in sacred page upon great and notable occasions, with strange success. When good magistrates are busy in the work of reformation, ¹let them imitate Nehemiah when redressing the profanation of the Sabbath, Remember me O my God concerning this, &c. When Generals and Captains go forth to war,² observe Israel's apprecation to God, rather than acclamations to men, The Lord thy God be with thee as he was with Moses. In time of battles or pursuit of the enemy, valiant Joshua darts up such a prayer as this, O that the Lord would lengthen this triumphant day, and the^(c) Lord heard his voice. The tribes beyond Jordan in a^(d) battle with the Hagarites, Jehoshaphat in a sore strait^(e) at Ramoth Gilead, Sampson ready to perish at Lehi ^(f)with thirst, and when blind, exposed to contempt in the Temple of Dagon. David near^(g) stoning at Ziglag, and when flying from Absalom in the ascent of^(h) Mount Olivet. Elisha at Dothan compassed with a Syrian host⁽ⁱ⁾ Lord open the young man's eyes. In the midst of lawful and laborious callings, Boaz to the reapers,^(k) the Lord be with ⟨p. 291⟩you, we may pray that our Oxen^(l) may be strong to labour; no breaking in or going out, nor no complaining in our streets. It sanctifies the plough as Jerome said of the fields of Bethlehem [quocunque te verteris,