A50142:75
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 3: USE. 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.
USE. III.
Hence, Men pert in Military Discipline are to be had in high Account by us, as the great, Blessings of the Great God.
Hence, Men •pert in Military Discipline are to be had in high Account by us, as the great, Blessings of the Great God.
If Acknowledgements are to be made unto God as the Author of Military SKILL or STRENGTH; surely the River of our Acknowledgements running into that infinite Ocean, may do well to call at the Banks of Earth, as they glide along, paying some kindness to the Men that have military Ornaments on them. He that would say, Blessed be God that teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight, ⟨p. 35⟩may also see cause to say, Blessed be God who has made any Hands & Fingers, expert at Military Discipline in the midst of us. Our Sight of a Trained Company, but especially of an Artillery Company, should not be perhaps without some special Expressions of our Value thereof; Since we may say, There march the Scholars of the Almighty GOD.
If Acknowiedgements are to be made unto God as the Author of Military SKILL or STRENGTH; surely the River of our Acknowledgements running into that infinite Ocean, may do well to call at the Banks of Earth, as they glide along, paying some kindness to the Men that have military Ornaments on them. He that would say, Blessed be God that teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight, ⟨p. 35⟩may also see cause to say, Blessed be God who has made any Hands & Fingers, expert at Military Discipline in the midst of us. Our Sight of a Trained Company, but especially of an Artillery Company, should not be perhaps without some special Expressions of our Value thereof; Since we may say, There march the Scholars of the Almighty GOD.