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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. › Rule 1: RULE. I.
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.
It is very proper to begin with the Caution which Doctor Gamaliel gave to the Jewish Sanhedrim, (in Act. 5. 39.) Be not found to fight against God. Until men are brought unto the Experience of a Conversion to and a Covenant with God in Jesus Christ, all the Affairs of a Christian Warfare will be no less unsuitable than unacceptable to them. All Unregenerate m•n which live in KNOWN Sins are so far ⟨p. 53⟩from warring and fighting against the Arm• of Hell, that they desperately set themselves in Battle Array against the infinite GOD. The black Description of every Impenitent Transgressor is that in Job. 15. 25, 26. He stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty, He runneth upon Him, even upon his Neck, upon the thick Bosses of his Buckler. O that these foolish & unwise kind of people would now be persuaded to bethink themselves! What a prodigious Frenzy is this, for them that lately came out of the Creating hands to cast themselves into the Avenging hands of God! The First and the best Direction that can be given to these Children of Folly, is,
It is very proper to begin with the Caution which Doctor Gamaliel gave to the Iewish Sanbedrim, (in Act. 5. 39.) Be not found to fight against God. Until men are brought unto the Experience of a Conversion to and a Covenant with God in Jesus Christ, all the Affayrs of a Christian Warfare will be no less unsuitable than unacceptable to them. All Unregenerate m•n which live in KNOWN Sins are so farr ⟨p. 53⟩from warring and fighting against the Arm• of Hell, that they desperately set themselves in Battle Array against the infinite GOD. The black Description of every Impenitent Transgressor is that in Iob. 15. 25, 26. He stretcheth out his hand against God, and strenghens himself against the Almighty, He runneth upon Him, even upon his Neck, upon the thick Bosses of his Buckler. O that these foolish & unwise kind of people would now be perswaded to bethink themselves! What a prodigious Phrensy is this, for them that lately came out of the Creating hands to cast themselves into the Avenging hands of God! The First and the best Direction that can be given to these Children of Folly, is,