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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. › Application 2 › Section 1: FIRSTLY.
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.
Furthermore, Soldiers ought to be well-Aiming ⟨p. 28⟩men. I would say about your Training, as Paul about Eating and Drinking, in 1. Cor. 10. 31.—Do all to the GLORY OF GOD. Let all that you do from the Girding on of your Harness, to the putting of it off, be aimed at the Glory of God, and the Good of His people, to the just Satisfaction of your King and Country. Let every one of your Weapons have that Motto which the Lord has provided for the Bells of the Troopers Horses in Jerusalem, Zech 14. 12. HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Let all inferior Ends be placed by you in a due Subordination hereunto, and not be the main Spring of your Artillery Motions. As a religious man once at work in the Woods, being asked, Who are you at work for? very savourily answered, I am cutting of wood for God. So be you able to say of all your Trainings, That you are therein Obeying of God, and the Government, which is the minister of God unto you for good: thus preparing to Fight the Battles of the Lord.
Furthermore, Souldiers ought to be well-Aiming ⟨p. 28⟩men. I would say about your Training, as Paul about Eating and Drinking, in 1. Cor. 10. 31.—Do all to the GLORY OF GOD. Let all that you do from the Girding on of your Harness, to the putting of it off, be aimed at the Glory of God, and the Good of His people, to the just Satisfaction of your King and Countrey. Let every one of your Weapons have that Motto which the Lord has provided for the Bells of the Troopers Horses in Ierusalem, Zech 14. 12. HOLINESS TO THE LORD. Let all inferior Ends be placed by you in a due Subordination hereunto, and not be the main Spring of your Artillery Motions. As a religious man once at work in the Woods, being asked, Who are you at work for? very savourily answered, I am cutting of wood for God. So be you able to say of all your Trainings, That you are therein Obeying of God, and the Government, which is the minister of God unto you for good: thus preparing to Fight the Battails of the Lord.