Military duties recommended to an artillery company

Firstly, There are some persons excellent for their military SKILL. There is such an happy unhappy Art used among Adam's wrangling Posterity in the world, as that ⟨p. 8⟩of Tactics, or the Art of War; and her• and there we may find those who have the honour of being excellently well skilled therein. The politic and most peaceable Monarch of old, made it one of his Aphorisms in Eccl. 9. 18. Wisdom is better than weapons of War. But some desirable persons there are, meriting for this to be called Deliciae humani generis, or Mankind's Delight, who at once have Weapons in their hands, and Wisdom in their Heads enabling them to manage the same unto very good account. There are persons very notable for Feats of Arms, like David, of whom tis reported in 1. Sam. 18. 5. He behaved himself wisely and he was set over the men of war: It seems he was so good a Soldier, that he was made Captain of the Artillery at Gibeon. Such brave men were those pious Trans-Jordanites, of whom we have that Description in 1. Chron. 5. 18. They were men able to bear Buckler and Sword, and to shoot with Bow, and they were skilful in war. And such a Character we also have of several Tribes who were mustered at Hebron, to solemnize Davids Coronation there, in 1. Chron. 12. At verse 33. it is related of the Zebulonites, that they were expert in war, with all Instruments of war, able to keep Rank; ⟨p. 9⟩At verse 35. it is related of the Danites, and at verse 36. it is related of the Asherites likewise that they were expert in war. Some such Beauties is the face of the earth adorned withal; Persons that understand well all the FIGURES or POSTURES which a Soldier is to use in the Handling of his Arms; persons that are well acquainted with all the MOTIONS & ORDERS which a Soldier may be called unto, all the various FACINGS, and numerous DOUBLINGS, & intricate COUNTER-MARCHINGS, & comely WHEELINGS which are customary, and all the CHARGINGS which the many sorts & shapes of BATTLES do admit, with innumerable STRATAGEMS of War; persons, in a word, who can handsomely apply all the INSTRUMENTS of Defence which a Soldier may Cap-a-pe be furnished with, and all the INSTRUMENTS of Offence which a Soldiers hand can be put unto, from the Half-pike unto the Grenade and the roaring Canon.