The man of war. A sermon preached to the Artillery Company at Boston, on…

And be we warned not to fall asleep, because the Sword of War is at present sheathed; remembering that the Book of the Histories of the Wars of the Lord, is not yet completed, nor will be till the great Battle of Armageddon is fought. Babylon is not yet fallen. The Churches Adversaries are still in their strength. God will call out his Armies ere long; and then Cursed will he be who cometh not forth to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

And be we warned not to fall asleep, because the Sword of War is at present sheathed; remembring that the Book of the Histories of the Wars of the Lord, is not yet compleated, nor will be till the great Battel of Armageddon is fought. Babylon is not yet fallen. The Churches Adversaries are still in their strength. God will call out his Armies e're long; and then Cursed will he be who cometh not forth to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

Nor are we our selves secure: and though it is but a little that we can do for our own safety; and if God be not on our side, we are an easy prey to any potent Devourer; yet the Faith that nourisheth negligence, is not indeed Faith, but Presumption.

There is yet one farther Improvement of this Text, which I would make, and it will comprise the whole Auditory under it, and give to every one their portion; and that is the Mystical aim of this Typical Scripture; in which I am satisfied, that I shall not go beyond the mind of the Spirit of God in this part of the Scripture History. Israel, over whom Solomon Reigned, were the then Visible Church, of God; and although not a Type of the Gospel Church, in the strict sense of the word; yet Gods treating with them in the Ceremonial and Judicial Law, was in a more large, and true sense Typical; having under it a dark representation of Spiritual Things, which were more fully to be revealed afterwards: and so they have a more peculiar respect to the Church of Gods Chosen and Elected.