A50142:136
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 3: RULE III.
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.
Let the Lord here, have the same Signification which in the New-Testament it is won• to have, even the Lord JESUS CHRIST; Now let Him be your Teacher in this matter. It hath been said, Crux pendentis est Cathedra Docentis,—thus, while you behold Him hanging on the Cross, let Him Teach you how to War and to Fight especially against ⟨p. 70⟩the Sin which doth most easily beset you▪ The Emperor Valentinian when he was dy ing, had his Friends comforting of him with the Remembrance of his past Victories; he told them that he gloried in one Victory above all the rest, Inimicorum nequissimum vici (said he) Carnem meam. I have had a Victory over my, Flesh the enemy in the world. Let this […] our High Attainment.
Let the Lord here, have the same Signification which in the New-Testament it is won• to have, even the Lord JESUS CHRIST; Now let Him be your Teacher in this matter. It hath been said, Crux pendentis est Cathedra Docentis,—thus, while you behol• Him hanging on the Cross, let Him Teach you how to Warr and to Fight especially aagainst ⟨p. 70⟩the Sin which doth most easily beset you▪ The Emperour Valentinian when he was dy ing, had his Friends comforting of him with the Remembrance of his past Victories; he told them that he gloried in one Victory above all the rest, Inimicorum nequissimum vici (said he) Carnem meam. I have had a Victory over my, Flesh the enemy in the world. Let this 〈…〉 our High Attainment.
The Enemies of our Souls would, all of them together, be able to do us little harm, if there were not some peculiar Lust, like Trojan Horse, within us, assisting of all their Enterprises. It was the Privilege of the Man Christ Jesus alone to say, The Devil finds nothing in me, when the Legions of Hell made an Attack upon him. The Father of Lies uttered a real Truth, when from the Throat of a possessed man, he said unto Mr. Balsam, If God would-let me loose upon you I should find enough in the Best of you to make you all mine. And so truly there is in the best of us all, a party of Lusts which would resign us up unto the power of all our other Enemies if the Grace of God prevent it not. Let These e well kept under and the Day is yours.