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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.
But what shall we do for a Shield? Especially since the Darts to be shot at us, like those among the Scythians, dipped in the Venomous Gall of Vipers, will horribly inflame and torment the Souls which they are smitten with. Broad Shields of Raw Ne•s-Leather were wont to be held up against the violence of these. But here now▪ above all take the Shield of FAITH. Let your Faith convey unto you the Substance of things hoped for▪ the Evidence of things not seen. Especially let your Faith put you under the Conduct of the Lord Jesus Christ, and call in Him as an able and a ready Saviour, always knowing how to succour the tempted. Here will be a Shield which will stand you in stea• to keep off more than as many Darts (two hundred and twenty) as were stuck in th• Shield of S•eva at the Siege of Dyrrachium.
But what shall we do for a Shield? Especially since the Darts to be shott at us, like those among the Scythians, dipt in the Venempus Gall of Vipers, will horribly inflame and torment the Souls which they are smitten with. Broad Shields of Raw Ne•s-Leather were wont to be held up against the violence of these. But here now▪ above all take the Shield of FAITH. Let your Faith convey unto you the Substance of things hoped for▪ the Evidence of things not seen. Especially let your Faith put you under the Conduct of the Lord Jesus Christ, and call in Him as an able and a ready Saviour, alwayes knowing how to succour the tempted. Here will be a Shield which will stand you in stea• to keep off more than as many Darts (two hundred and twenty) as were stuck in th• Shield of S•eva at the Siege of Dyrrachium.