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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 [sic], 13.d. 7.m. 1686. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines of quotations in Latin]Military duties, recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charls-town [sic], 13.d. 7.m. 1686. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church in Boston. ; [Three lines of quotations in Latin]
printed by Richard Pierce, 1687
MILITARY DUTIES Laid before A TRAINED BAND 13. d. 7. m. 1686. › Application 5 › Rule 3: RULE 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.
RULE III.
Let the Sufferings of our LORD, teach you how to war and to fight against that Lust which gives the most advantage unto all the Enemies of your Souls
Let the Sufferings of our LORD, teach you how to warr and to fight against that Lust which gives the most advantage unto all the Enemies of your Souls
Let the Lord here, have the ••me Signification which in the New-Testament it is wont to have, even the Lord JESUS CHRIST; Now let Him be your Teacher in this matter. It hath been said, Crux pendentis est Cathedra Docentis, — thus, while you behold Him hanging on the Cross, let Him Teach you how to War and to Fight especially against ⟨p. 70⟩the Sin which doth most easily beset you. The Emperor Valentinian when he was dying, had his Friends comforting of him with the Remembrance of his past Victories; he told them that he gloried in one Victory above all the rest, Inimicorum nequissimum vici (said he) Carnem mean•. I have had a Victory over my Flesh the enemy in the world. Let this be our High Attainment.
Let the Lord here, have the ••me Signification which in the New-Testament it is wont to have, even the Lord JESUS CHRIST; Now let Him be your Teacher in this matter. It hath been said, Crux pendentis est Cathedra Docentis, — thus, while you behold Him hanging on the Cross, let Him Teach you how to Warr and to Fight especially aagainst