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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.
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that He has whe• His sword and bent His Bow, and ordained the Instruments of Death against the Sinners who Turn not from their evil ways; He hath declared upon the word of a GOD, (in Psal. 68. 21.) that He will wound the Head of these His enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in His Trespasses. It was the short and smart Return which Jehu made unto Joram in 2. King. 9. 22. Joram when he saw Jehu said, is it Peace? and he answered, what Peace, so long as the Whoredoms of thy mother are so many? Thus, if any unrenewed Sinner ask, Is there not a Peace between God and me? It must be said unto him, No, such sins as thine are inconsistent with Peace, thy Sins render God thy dreadful enemy. But O now turn from all Sin unto God in Christ, Lest ye perish, Cry ⟨p. 56⟩for Quarter, yea, cry for Pardon, and Agree quickly with your matchless Adversary. Let that Question be put unto you (1. Cor. 10. 22.) Do you provoke the LORD to Jealousy? are you stronger than he? Surely you cannot presume that you shall make your party good against God, who can Thunder the whole world into nothing in a moment? It is said in Luc. 14. 31. That one going to war against another, sitteth down first, and consulteth whether h• be able to meet him that cometh against him. Be you entreated to admit so much Consideration here as Common Prudence will suggest. I have heard of a man in the West-Indies a little while ago who being in a Boat with another when a High Wind made a rough Sea, at his Companion's Expressing some Concernment about the Issue, which he was disturbed at, The Wretch flew out into this out-rage of Blasphemy, Let God Almighty blow, let Him blow if He list, I fear Him not; And behold the words were but just out of his mouth, when he was blown over-board and drowned, while the other gat safe to shore. All Deliberate Sinning soameth out such a Contempt of God, and verily the Event is like to be […] better: […] the black dead Sea of God's Wrath will swallow up such Despisers till they ⟨p. 57⟩