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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 4: RULE IV.
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RULE IV.
Cry mightily to GOD in CHRIST, that by Strength from Him you may be made Conquerors and more than Conquerors over the Enemies of your souls.
Cry mightily to GOD in CHRIST, that by Strength from Him you may be made Conquerers and more than Conquerers over the Enemies of your souls.
When the Apostle had Armed his Christian Soldier from head to foot, he then concluded, Pray always, and watch thereunto (a military Order, take not a wink of• sleep) with all Perseverance. O cry mightily to God, for the Weapons of your War-fare are mighty through' God alone. The best posture for you, wherein to War and to Fight against your Soul-Enemies, is (that wherein a wounded thought-dead Soldier once gave a mortal stab unto a proud Conqueror that was pleasing ⟨p. 76⟩himself with a View of them whom he had slain) upon your Knees: in the midst of your Encounters, use to do as the Emperor Theodosius did in the Extremities of a furious dubious Battle; betake your selves to importunate Prayers for Succour from above; be praying Jacobs, and you shall be prevailing Israels. If any Temptation be more than ordinarily violent in besieging of you, do like •hose Warriors in