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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.
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Among the many L••ts which are of the Devil's ⟨p. 71⟩Faction in us, every man hath, as a sort of Master-Be in the Hive, one peculiar Lust, which he may call, as David did in Psal. 18.23. My own Iniquity. There is in every one of you, a Lust which above other you are most impatient to have Reproved or Restrained. A Lust which above other doth most Disquiet you and Discompose you in the Service of God; a Lust which gives most frequent Eclipses unto the Light of God's Countenance upon your souls. Of This let me say as he about the King of Israel in 1. Reg. 22.31. Fight neither with small nor great in comparison of This. The Braining of this Giant is of as much Importance perhaps as any one thing in your War-fare, as having an Influence upon the Prosperity of it all.
Among the many L••ts which are of the DeDevil's ⟨p. 71⟩Faction in us, every man hath, as a sort of Master-Bee in the Hive, one peculiar Lust, which he may call, as David did in Psal. 18.23. My own Iniquity. There is in every one of you, a Lust which above other you are most impatient to have Reproved or Restrained. A Lust which above other doth most Disquiet you and Discompose you in the Service of God; a Lust which gives most frequent Eclipses unto the Light of God's Countenance upon your souls. Of This let me say as he about the King of Israel in 1. Reg. 22.31. Fight neither with small nor great in comparison of This. The Braining of this Giant is of as much Importance perhaps as any one thing in your Warr-fare, as having an Influence upon the Prosperity of it all.
However they that write De re Militari, lay this down as a Maxime, Quicquid tibi prodest, Adversario nocet; Whatever is profitable for you is pernicious for your Adversary: That This is both, who can make any Doubt?