A50142:104
Military duties recommended to an artillery company
Military duties recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charles-town, 13. d. 7. m. 1686. By Cotton Mather, pastor of a church in Boston.Military duties recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charls-town, 13. d. 7. m. 1686. By Cotton Mather, pastor of a church in Boston.
printed by Richard Pierce, 1687
MILITARY DUTIES Laid before A TRAINED BAND 13. d. 7. m. 1686. › Application 5 › REMEMBER Next
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.
On the one hand, Be assured, if you do Combat strenuously, you shall Conquer gloriously. You have a General that never yet was overcome; He is the King of Glory, the Lord mighty in Battle: No enemy can stand before a Look of His. Veni, Vidi, Vici, A Sight of Him, and a Flight by them, is the constant Tenor of His Successes. If you will sincerely but let Him bring you on, He will be sure to bring you off securely. And if you hold on, & hold out, if you continue Faithful unto the death, O the unparallelable Crowns and Kingdoms, and inexhaustible Treasures which you shall become the Possessors of! Est Deus, est aether, precium certaminis hujus; Haec faciant pugnam Praemia tanta levem. [Mantuan.]
On the one hand, Be assured, if you do Combate strenuously, you shall Conquer gloriously. You have a General that never yet was overcome; He is the King of Glory, the Lord mighty in Battail: No enemy can stand before a Look of His. Veni, Vidi, Vici, A Sight of Him, and a Flight by them, is the constant Tenour of His Successes. If you will sincerely but let Him bring you on, He will be sure to bring you off securely. And if you hold on, & hold out, if you continue Faithful unto the death, O the unparallelable Crowns and Kingdomes, and inexhaustible Treasures which you shall become the Possessors of! Est Deus, est aether, precium certaminis hujus; Haec faciant pugnam Praemia tanta levem. [Mantuan.]
The Lord Jesus Christ will publish all your P•ins in a big Convention of all the World; in the near Day; the Last and Great Day, when every Child of man shall stand before the Tribunal of Jesus Christ: He will then proclaim what you have been and done, and requite it with a Well done, good and faithful servant. Then shall He as the Chief (the Standard-bearer as in Cant. 5. 10. He is denominated) ⟨p. 51⟩among many Thousands, mar• before you up unto the Mountains of spices, and you shall in his blessed Army of Chosen and Galled and Faithful Ones, with him enter into the celestial Mansions, where you shall be for ever with the Lord.