A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons at Westminster, August 22. 1645.…

There is another word in the Text, that we must take in, and that is, The Chaldeans, i. e. All the Military strength and forces of Babylon; the Armies that the King of Babylon had raised in all his Empire, to make resistance against the Medes and Persians, ut supra. And hath not God brought down these also before your Victorious Forces? Not to mention Edgehill, Newbury, York, &c. Surely, the marchings of your new Model, under that renowned General, Sir Thomas Fairfax, that despised, and despaired Army; despised of enemies, and despaired of by friends, have been like the marchings of Joshua, and the Army of Israel, under his conduct; of whom it is said (when once Achan the Troubler of Israel, was discovered and removed) in the tenth of Joshua: He went and took it, and smote it; he went and took it, and smote, &c. Seven or eight times over. And may we not reckon up seven or eight as glorious marches and successes within seven or eight weeks? He went to Naseby-field, and took and smote; and from Naseby-field to Leicester, and took it and smote it; and from thence, our Joshua passed to the siege of Taunton, and took, and delivered it from being smitten; and from thence, to the enemy in the field of Langport, and took them, and smote them; and from thence, to Bridgewater, and took it, and smote; and from thence, to Bathe, and took it, and smote it; and from thence to Sherborne-Castle, and took it, and smote it; save only, that did not lie so expressly in the Commission of this Joshua, to smite, as it was in the Commission of that Joshua, which you may read, Deut. 7.2. And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no Covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them The sword of our Joshua hath shown more mercy; And I wish it may so convince and gain the poor deceived people in the West, and other places; that they will not stand out to their own destruction.

There is another word in the Text, that we must take in, and that is, The Chaldeans, i. e. All the Military strength and forces of Babylon; the Armies that the King of Babylon had raised in all his Empire, to make resistance against the Medes and Persians, ut supra. And hath not God brought down these also before your Victorious Forces? Not to mention Edgehill, Newbury, York, &c. Surely, the marchings of your new Model, under that renowned Generall, Sir Thomas Fairfax, that despised, and despaired Army; despised of enemies, and despaired of by friends, have been like the marchings of Joshua, and the Army of Israel, under his conduct; of whom it is said (when once Achan the Troubler of Israel, was discovered and removed) in the tenth of Joshua: He went and took it, and smote it; he went and took it, and smote, &c. Seven or eight times over. And may we not reckon up seven or eight as glorious marches and successes within seven or eight weeks? He went to Naseby-field, and took and smote; and from Naseby-field to Leicester, and took it and smote it; and from thence, our Joshua passed to the siege of Taunton, and took, and delivered it from being smitten; and from thence, to the enemy in the field of Langport, and took them, and smote them; and from thence, to Bridgewater, and took it, and smote; and from thence, to Bathe, and took it, and smote it; and from thence to Sherborn-Castle, and took it, and smote it; save onely, that did not lie so expressely in the Commission of this Joshua, to smite, as it was in the Commission of that Joshua, which you may read,