God acknowledged, or, The true interest of the nation and all that fear God…

2. All Military Actions of Nations, are ordered by the Almighty, War and Peace are from him; if he take Peace from the Earth, in vain do all Counsellors and great Statesmen meet, and consult about Peace: hence God is called, The Lord of Hosts, and a Man of War: or, The great General of Armies.

2. All Military Actions of Nations, are ordered by the Almighty, War and Peace are from him; if he take Peace from the Earth, in vain do all Counsellors and great Statesmen meet, and consult about Peace: hence God is called, The Lord of Hosts, and a Man of VVar: or, The great General of Armies.

He hath opened his Armoury, and has brought forth his Weapons of Indignation. Saith David, He teaches my Hands to War, and my Fingers to Fight: He is a God of Influence and Authority; he Commands all, and none can stand before him; at his Command, Frogs invade Pharaoh: from hence it appears, that a Martial Employment is very Honourable, viz. when the Cause is good, when 'tis for his Glory, and for the Honour and Safety of a King, and People: God being called the Lord of Hosts; the God of the Armies of Israel; puts a Lustre and Dignity upon a General of an Army engaged in a Just Cause.

He hath opened his Armoury, and has brought forth his VVeapons of Indignation. Saith David, Heteaches my Hands to VVar, and my Fingers to Fight: He is a God of Influence and Authority; he Commands all, and none can stand before him; at his Command, Frogs invade Pharoah: from hence it appears, that a Martial Imployment is very Honourable, viz. when the Cause is good, when 'tis for his Glory, and for the Honour and Safety of a King, and People: God being called the Lord of Hosts; the God of the Armies of Israel; puts a Lustre and Dignity upon a General of an Army engaged in a Just Cause.

3. In all Ecclesiastical Affairs, or Matters respecting the Church of God, he ought to be acknowledged; nay, in this matter, before all things, we ought to seek unto him, who is in a peculiar Sense styled, The King of Saint:, and God of Israel. He that is the Head of the Church, is the Absolute Governor thereof; the Spiritual Rights of his People, and the Rule of Men's Consciences, is only under his Power and Influences; and his Laws only are the Bond and Limits of his Government; no altering, adding to, nor diminishing from his holy Precepts: the Power to Rule the Church, is Christ's Prerogative alone; as he is God, it is essentially and absolutely in his Hand; and as Mediator, this Power is given to him by the Father: All Power is given to me in Heaven, and in Earth: go ye therefore teach all Nations,