Soldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged…Souldiers counselled and comforted a discourse delivered unto some part of the forces engaged…

Secondly, Know that your Service is Good. You are Fighting for the Defence and Succour of the Blessed Thrones which our David, our Jesus has here Erected for himself. 'Tis Christo Duce & Auspice Christo, 'tis for Christ, and with Christ, that you are concerned. You are Fighting for them, for which the Lord Jesus has Bled, has Dy'd. It was boasted by that Great General Scipio, That such was the Love of his Army to him, Every Soldier would even Leap from a Rock into the Sea after him, if he would Lead them thereunto. O let the Son of God have as much of your Hearts, in the War now before you; 'tis Him whom you are Serving of. 'Twas said in 1. John 3.16. We ought to lay down our Lives for the Brethren. 'Tis for such Brethren that your Lives are now called for; here is a Country so replenished with them, that New England the Happy, might we be called for the Christians here, more than Arabia so, for the Spices in it. You are Fighting, that the Churches of God may not be Extinguished, and the Wigwams of Heathen swarming in their room: You are Fighting that the Children of God may not be made Meals or ⟨p. 33⟩Slaves to the veriest Tigers upon Earth. To Die Fighting in such a Service, may pass for a sort of Martyrdom ▪ and if you are merely for the sake of such a Service, willing to forego your Lives, you may hope to be found among the Blessed and Holy Ones, that shall have a part in the First Resurrection. Whether you Die or Live, you shall be Honourable; if you Scape, we will cast Roses upon you for having Acted your part well in our Tragedies; if you fall, we will write that Epitaph on your Graves, Here Lies a sincere, and Valiant, Servant of his Country.

Secondly, Know that your Service is Good. You are Fighting for the Defence and Succour of the Blessed Thrones which our David, our Jesus has here Erected for himself. 'Tis Christo Duce & Auspice Christo, 'tis for Christ, and with Christ, that you are concerned. You are Fighting for them, for which the Lord Jesus has Bled, has Dy'd. It was boasted by that Great General Scipio, That such was the Love of his Army to him, Every Souldier would even Leap from a Rock into the Sea after him, if he would Lead them thereunto. O let the Son of God have as much of your Hearts, in the War now before you; 'tis Him whom you are Serving of. 'Twas said in