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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10904	A sermon preached on September the 20. 1632. in the cathedrall church of Christ at Canterbury, at the funerall of William Proud, a lieutenant collonell, slaine at the last late siege of Mastricke. By Francis Rogers, Doctor in Diuinity	Rogers, Francis, d. 1638.	1633 (1633)	STC 21175; ESTC S116095	14,227	26

Pharaoh commanded all the male children of Israel to bee drowned in the riuer there was onely Moses preserued aliue in a basket God might haue called him another Enoch for as Enoch walked with God and was translated from men euen so Moses went into the mountayne Nebo to the toppe of Pisgah and was neuer seene more of men God might haue called him the familiar Prophet one which spake to God face to face but all this layd aside God onely sayth Moses my seruant is dead to shew vs that to be a true Christian and to serue God is most honourable yea to bee Gods seruant is a Title most durable for if any aske mee what was great Alexander I answere that while hee liued hee was a valiant Monarch one which did conquer the Easterne parts of the world but if you aske me what Alexander is now I say hee is a damned * This is sayd according to the Tenent Without the Church is no saluation As for Gods secret Councell wee may not dare for to meddle with it soule in hell But if you aske me what was Abraham I answere Abraham while hee liued was the father of the faythfull and now he is dead he still is and euer will bee Gods faythfull seruant in heauen In diuine nobility wilt thou know thy pedegree and thy kindred Then know God is thy Father Christ Iesus is thy brother the Holy Ghost is thy preseruer the blessed Angels thy attendants thy foode is more precious then Manna for it is the bread of life which came from heauen of which he that eateth shall neuer hunger not thirst any more Alexander the great had a monster brought forth whose vpper parts had a manshead and brest but these were dead but the lower parts were full of monsters of all kinds and these were liuing this sayd the Southsayers did foretell the death of Alexander So is it in noble houses The head with a mans face and brest is religion If this bee dead then nothing but all monstrous sins will appeare which will bring ruine and destruction to all honourable families Wherefore let me labour to stir you vp to be diuinely noble and to become true Christians and because our meeting is to doe honour to a worthy Souldier and to a braue Commander giue mee leaue to vse for this purpose some few examples drawne from military discipline First Souldiers in the field may not vse their weapons as they will but as they are commanded The Musketeere must not discharge when he listeth but when the Officer bringeth him vp and sayth Present fire so likewise the Cannoneere In our spirituall warfare Christ is our Generall wee are his souldiers to fight vnder his banner our weapons are our soules with their faculties and our bodies with their members and these must bee vsed as God commandeth not as wee desire Our vnderstanding must know God aright our will must chuse what is good our affections must loue God aboue all and for our bodies wee must not abuse them to performe the lusts of the flesh or make them brewers horses to beare much quantity of wine and beere but Wee must giue vp our members weapons of righteousnesse to true holinesse our tongues must prayse God or pray to God our eyes must not looke on strange women to lust after them our eares must heare Gods Word our taste must eate Christs flesh and drinke his blood in the blessed Eucharist our hands must relieue the poore our feete must carry vs into Gods Temple and to visit the sicke and such as are in misery In one word wee must offer vp our soules and our bodies a liuing sacrifice holy acceptable to God which is our reasonable seruing of God Secondly Souldiers execute what the Commander willeth without arguing and asking why they should doe so as let the Generall send to such a Collonell to enter such a breach to make good such a place he presently obeyeth for they know that the Generall his office is for direction the Officers and Souldiers duty is to put his direction into execution Euen so looke what our Generall Christ hath commanded in his Word that must we execute without discussing by our naturall reason as did Abraham in offring vp Isaack and as the Iewes sayd vnto Moses Whatsoeuer the Lord commandeth that will we doe Euen so let vs rather dye then not performe all God willeth and commandeth vs to doe Thirdly Souldiers which beleager a Towne vse two kinde of stratagems First they make themselues masters of the riuers they cut off all springs of water which succour the Towne they enquarter themselues and blocke vp the Towne so that no reliefe of Ammunition of Victuall or of men shall any way relieue the Towne Euen so must we doe sinne is our great enemy then take heed that we take away from the strength of sinne and flee sinne and all occasion of sinne Adde not to our originall corruption euill thoughts euill words or euill deeds If any man had two swords and being to fight with his enemy should lend him one this were the next way to haue his throat cut with his owne sword Hence euery one coueteth to disarme his enemy so must not wee adde sinne to sinne this were for to bring finall destruction to our owne soules Secondly they doe not onely endeauour to withhold all necessaries from the Towne but they vse all the means to offend the besieged for they raise their batteries to make breaches they make their approches build their gallies spring their mines they haue ladders to seale the wals and all this to force the Towne Euen so wee must not onely auoyd sinne and weaken our corruption but wee must take into our hands the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God whereby wee may be able to kill all the temptations of the world the flesh and the deuill Fourthly Souldiers in the field no more feare the report of the Cannon then the report of the Musket as I haue heard it related of that true noble Peere and valiant Commander Sir Horace Vere Baron of Tilbery that when in the Palatinate a Councell of war was called and there being debated whether they should fight or not some Dutch Lords sayd that the enemy had many pieces of Ordnance planted in such a place and therefore it was dangerous to fight That noble Gentleman replyed My Lords if you feare the mouth of the Cannon you must neuer come into the field Euen so oft times men fall into diuers and great temptations as for to despayre of Gods mercies for to make themselues away yea the deuill oft times tempteth men by voyce by appearing in some shapes and the like Yet a Christian courage must not bee daunted at any crosses or temptations but he must endure constant to the end for God is faythfull and iust and will not suffer vs to be tempted aboue what we are able to endure Bee we assured all the temptations of that roaring