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B08144	The devotions and formes of prayer, daily vsed in the king of Svvedens army: being the first part of our intended booke concerning the Svvedish discipline; religious, civill, and military..		1632 (1632)	STC 23519.5; ESTC S126259	13,095	47

THE DEVOTIONS AND FORMES OF PRAYER DAILY VSED IN THE KING OF SVVEDENS ARMY Being the first part of our intended Booke concerning the SVVEDISH DISCIPLINE Religious Civill and Military The Reason for our publishing this by it selfe wee desire the Reader to looke for in the Epistle LONDON Printed for Nathanaell Butter and Nicholas Bourne 1632. ¶ The Stationer to the Reader Favourable and judicious THat having beene heretofore by promise engaged to giue you all the three parts of the Swedish Discipline wee are heere enforced to present you with the first onely and that dismembred from the other two We humbly desire you to accept of this fayre excuse for it T is done to prevent your being abused by another who ayming as may be suspected more at his owne profit than the benefit of his Reader vpon hope of venting his Booke vnder that most acceptable name of this victorious King is about to thrust these following Prayers vpon the world barely taken and perchance not so literally translated out of the Booke called Arma Suecica One thing or two besides the vselessenesse of the volume he is about to Print it in over-slipped in his Translation wee here thinke fit to tell you of which vpon sight of some of the printed sheetes the Copie having by himselfe beene before sold vnto vs we discovered First That his Translator hath no where observed how many sentences in these Prayers which are taken out of the Common Prayer Booke vsed in the Kingdome of Sweden are the same with those in our English Common Prayer Booke the reason of it being for that both our Common Prayer Booke and theirs were taken out of one and the same Treasury of Antiquitie The second omission of his Translater is this That he hath not beene diligent enough to turne vnto those places of holy Scripture out of which the most of these Prayers are gathered nor hath observed the allowed and best Translation of our Church but done it in his owne phrases And that our Booke hath beene carefull in this poynt wee appeale to the Scriptures quoted in the Margent which is a third thing in which his other Booke is also defectiue As for other differences in performance in the faithfulnesse and literallnesse of Translation that wee wholly referre vnto the Iudgement of the able Readers Thus having made you acquainted with our purpose wee also referre it vnto your discretions either to stay your hands from buying of eyther or those that buy ours to keepe it till next weeke that the other two Parts come out also at which time they may be bound together as was at first intended The second part of the Intelligencer is likewise now in hand which we hope ere long to furnish you with if it pleases God Vale. THE CHRISTIAN PART OF THE KING OF SVVEDENS DISCIPLINE The first Part. IT is not without a mystery I suppose that the old Israelites had an Armory in their Temple they would shew us That these two cannot well be parted And truely me-thinkes that a Temple in an Army is none of the weakest peices of fortification How prevalent an Orator the prayers of devout warriours haue beene with the Lord of Hosts the conquests and examples of the same old Israelites may abundantly informe us How often hath victory and that almost visibly too I am sure sensibly come ryding downe upon the triumphant wings of devout prayer The Tabernacle carried about by that most Christian Emperour Constantine where ever his Campe went and where in stead of a Temple hee celebrated his daily devotions conquered more perchance for him than ten of his heathen Legions If Moses prayes whilest Iosuah fights Exod. 17. Amalek must needes be dung downe This our most pious Conquerour now that he might as neerly as might be resemble that great Hebrew Generall that first of the nine Worthies and that ever-glorious Constantine that first of the Christian Emperours hath not courage enough it seemes to adventure himselfe into the field till he first be impregnably fortified with this holy Spell this whole armour of God Vpon the dayes of the Israelites March when their Camp in the Wildernesse removed and the Arke of God with it Moses had prayers then twice a day at the Rising namely and at the Setting downe of the Arke againe Num. 10.35 had Israel a set forme of prayer And that this religious King might not seeme to fight the Lords Battells without the Lords direction he hath taken order to haue it call'd for by most solemne and frequent prayers twice aday used throughout his whole Leaguer And that not onely when the Campe remoues but when it lyes still too not onely before a battell or a danger as if he were at Sea but even when no enemy is at hand even then he prayes too And not onely commands his Army twice a day but himselfe as I heare uses to set apart many whole dayes to his owne pious privacy and his closest devotions upon which may no man then speake to him because he then speakes with God Behold here are two swords Fighting and Praying and Praying Fighting thus hath the King of Sweden learn'd to conquer It is none of the unpolitikest parts of his Majesties new Discipline that I now present you with which the exemplary pietie of that religious Prince hath taught me to put in the first place of his Discipline seeing in the following Articles of his civill Discipline himselfe giues the first place unto those Articles which concerne God and his service To crosse that Proverbiall Verse therefore which sayes that Souldiers haue neyther Faith nor Religion in them I will here afford you some of those Formes of his daily prayer frequented in every Quarter of his Leaguer as I finde them in the Booke called Arma Suecica Pag 77. ¶ The Prayers In time of our Necessities and for the Christian Church O Almightie and eternall Lord God who delightest not in the death of a sinner but wouldest rather that all should liue and come to the knowledge of the truth we humbly intreate thee by thy Christ thine onely Sonne our Lord that thou wouldest please to bestow thy grace upon all faithfull Doctors and Teachers to the intent they may purely and clearely deliver thy Word and that all such as eyther hate it or with false doctrine corrupt it or by force persecute it thy teachers may be able manfully to resist and so enlighten them that they may bring them to the knowledge of thy selfe Grant mercifull Father thy Holy Spirit unto all Christian and lawfull Magistrates that they may well and peaceably rule their own Subjects and that under them we all leading a quiet and a blamelesse life may with a true faith celebrate the riches of thy grace and with a constant mind in all holinesse and righteousnesse as may be pleasing serue thee the true God and Lord of Lords thorough thy only beloved Sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. 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