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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 2: RULE. II.
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.
Fundamental Truths. And Truths immediately ⟨p. 63⟩referring to Jesus Christ, an• such Truths as enwrap the Covenant, and lastly▪ the present Labouring Truths of the Times: unto an Acquaintance with these Truths, adding all Sincerity Heart, and Integrity of Life. He will be a loose kind of Soldier for God, who is pore-blind in these Truths; all his Notions and Actions must hang in much Disorder; here the obscure Proverb will be too much verified, Un-girt, Unblest.
Fundamental Truths. And Truths immediimmediately ⟨p. 63⟩refrerring to Iesus Christ, an• such Truths as enwrap the Covenant, and lastly▪ the present Labouring Truths of the Times: unto an Acquaintance with these Truths, adding all Sincerity Heart, and Integrity of Life. He will be a loose kind of Souldier for God, who is pore-blind in these Truths; all his Notions and Actions must hang in much Disorder; here the obsc•re Proverb will be too much verify'd, Un-girt, Unblest.
You have then a Breast-plate to take care for: Fo• This, (in imitation of your General) put on Righteousness as a Breastplate. O labour to preserve the Vitals of your Inner-man harmless, by endeavouring not only to render all men their Dues, but to keep a Conscience void of Offence towards GOD as well as towards man. A work of real thorough Sanctification in the soul of a man, will be as Aes. triplex circa Pectus, as Armour of Proof upon the Heart in an evil day.
You have then a Breast-plate to take care for: Fo• This, (in imitation of your General) put on Righteousnes as a Breastplate. O labour to preserve the Vitals of your Inner-man harmless, by endeavouring not only to render all men their Dues, but to keep a Conscience void of Offence towards GOD as well as towards man. A work of real thorough Sanctification in the soul of a man, will be as Aes. triplex circa Pectus, as Armour of Proof upon the Heart in an evil day.