Military duties, recommended to an artillery company

Nextly, For something that God did for him. He celebrates this Kindness of God unto him, He •eaches my hands to war and my fingers to Fight. i. e. The good God enables me to go through the Military Performances which I am put upon. These Hands of mine that were once wont to hold the Shepherds Crook, and these Finger of mine which were wont to solace me with their soft Notes upon my Harp, are now expert in ⟨p. 6⟩those Martial […] which God hath bin my Teacher in. There is a divine Teaching herein acknowledged, and the Twofold Subject of it is taken notice of. The Good man first declares the Subject which received this Teaching: This was his Hands & his Fingers. These are by a Synecdoche put for not only all the Members of his body, but also all the Powers of his mind. These may be singled out, because there is a special Use of these parts in all warly Encounters. There was so particularly, first in Choosing and then in Casting the Stone which laid the Philistean Champion sprawling on the ground. In the Hands also Strength is seated, and Skill is showed by the Fingers. So both of those Qualifications may herein be glanced at. The good Soul next declares the Subject which this Teaching was Occupied about: This was Warring and Fighting. The former Expression [Lakrob] comes from a Root that signifies to Draw near; the Latter [Lammilchama] comes from a Root that signifies to Eat up; because in Warly Engagements, persons first Approach and then Devour one another.

Nextly, For something that God did for him. He celebrates this Kindness of God unto him, He •eaches my hands to war and my fingers to Fight. i. e. The good God enables me to go through the Military Performances which I am put upon. These Hands of mine that were once wont to hold the Shepherds Crook, and these Fingerr of mine which were wont to solace me with their soft Notes upon my Harp, are now expert in ⟨p. 6⟩those Martial 〈…〉 which God hath bin my Teacher in. There is a divine Teaching herein acknowledged, and the Twofold Subject of it is taken notice of. The Good man first declares the Subject which received this Teaching: This was his Hands & his Fingers. These are by a Synecdoche put for not only all the Members of his body, but also all the Powers of his mind. These may be singled out, because there is a special Vse of these parts in all warly Encounters. There was so particularly, first in Choosing and then in Casting the Stone which laid the Philistean Champion sprawling on the ground. In the Hands also Strength is seated, and Skill is shewed by the Fingers. So both of those Qualifications may herein be glanced at. The good Soul next declares the Subject which this Teaching was Occupy'd about: This was Warring and Fighting. The former Expression [Lakrob] comes from a Root that signifies to Draw near; the Latter [Lammilchama] comes from a Root that signifies to Eat up; because in Warly Engagements, persons first Approach and then Devour one another.