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A01970	The dignitie of chiualrie set forth in a sermon preached before the Artillery Company of London, Iune xiij. 1626. By William Gouge, B. of Diuinity and preacher of Gods Word, in Black-friers London.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1626 (1626)	STC 12112; ESTC S103305	21,704	56

against them Before the good Spirit of God left Saul when hee saw any strong man or any valiant man hee tooke him vnto him namely to traine him vp in Martiall discipline Of Dauid himselfe and of such as followed him it is said that all Israel knew that he was a mighty man and they valiant men And of those that came to him in Ziklag it is said that they were Mighty Men mighty men of valour that could vse both the right hand and the left men of might men of Warre fit for the battell that could handle shield and buckler whose faces were like the faces of Lyons c. Doth not this frequent mention of the might and valour of such as were for War shew that they that take vpon them to bee Military men must bee of mighty mindes and that timerous weake and feeble persons are not fit for the Artillery profession Where GOD first enacted the fore-named Law that no fearefull persons should goe to Warre he rendereth this Reason Lest his brethrens heart faine like his Lamentable experience hath giuen too great euidence of the truth hereof A few white-liuerd faint-hearted Souldiers haue oft beene the ruine of a great strong Army which hath beene put to rout by reason of their fainting and yeelding So as such men are more fit to stoope downe to a sythe then to take vp a sword to lift a pitchforke then to tosse a picke to handle a mattock then to hold a musket and to carrie a bush-bill rather then a battle-axe But on the other side of such vse are valiant men and valourous mindes as their courage may supply the want of number and though they bee but few not feare the face of many It is noted that Abraham armed three hundred and eighteene to expresse not the number of many but the worth of choice ones Well weigh the mighty and great exploits that were atchieued by Dauids Worthies by reason of their valour and courage and you shall finde that a few couragious men to great armies of cowards are as so many Lyons to whole heards of deere Fiue may chase an hundred and an hundred put tenne thousand to slight Is it not then most meete that Military Men bee of mighty mindes 〈◊〉 In applying this point I will giue you a diuine direction for attaining to that which hath beene proued to bee so requisite valour and courage The direction is grounded on one of Salomons Prouerbe which is this The wicked slie when no man pursueth but the righteous are bold as a Lyon Righteousnesse then maketh men valorous wickednesse timerous They who know who are righteous who wicked cannot but acknowledge the truth of this prouerbe A righteous man cannot be heere thought to bee such an one as hath in euery part point and degree fulfilled the Law of righteousnesse according to the exact rule thereof So there is none righteous no not one But in Gospel-phrase hee is accounted righteous that by true Faith applying to his soule the bloud of Christ for purging away all his vnrighteousnesse and laying hold on Christs righteousnesse to be iustified thereby doth his vtter most endeauour to keepe a cleere conscience before God and Man This man of all others must needs be the most valourous whose soule is fenced with the brest-plate of righteousnesse and shield of Faith as well as his body with armour and weapons of steele He feareth nor Diuell nor Man His conscience will make him fight in none but a good cause His Faith will make him couragious in that cause If in his body he be wounded hee hath a Spirit to sustaine his infirmity No passion can so supply the want of bloud and support a man as this Spirit Might of minde may ouercome the force of fire But if the earthen vessell of his body bee so broken as it can no longer retaine this spirit then flieth it vpward to the place of rest and triumph passage being made for that righteous soule to ascend to the society of the soules of iust men made perfect so as the supposed conquest ouer such an one is the cause of his triumph and maketh him more then a Conqueror The death of his Saints is pretious in the sight of the Lord. But in Warre so much more pretious it is by how much more glorious Get Faith therefore and a good conscience get them and keepe them and they will keepe you from faint heartednesse they will put life and spirit and virtue and valour into you they will make you fit for the Artillery profession they will make you Men indeed true military men of mighty mindes On the contrary side A wicked man must not euery one bee accounted that hath committed any sin for All haue sinned but such an one as loueth wickednesse and liueth therein and that without true repentance Faith which is accompanied with repentance receiueth absolution from God Absolution from God maketh sinnes to bee as not committed For the bloud of Christ which clenseth vs from all sinne clenseth all that beleeue and repent But infidelity and impenitency lay all sinnes open to the wrath and vengeance of God Knowledge and conscience thereof cannot but fill the soule with many feares and terrors whence it commeth to passe that such wicked men feare flie when none pursueth them Thus much is expresly threatned against such wicked men I will send saith God a faintnes into their hearts and the sound of a shaken lease shall chase them and they shall flie as flying from a sword and they shall fall when none pursueth c. It was the speech of the valourous Earle of Essex that Sometimes in the field encountering the enemy the weight of his sinnes lying heauy vpon his conscience being not reconciled to God quelled his spirits and made him the most timerous and fearefull man that might bee Take heede therefore O yee Captaines Commanders and other Members of the Artillery Company take heede as you would haue your inward disposition fit for your outward profession of suffering sin to lie vpon your soules Let your function bee a motiue to make you trie the truth of your conuersion Be yee righteous that you may bee indeede couragious And to take occasion from your externall profession to put you in minde of your spirituall condition which is to be Souldiers of Christs bands vnder his colours whose Artillery Garden is the Church Militant where your Martiall discipline in which you are daily trained vp is not for recreation and pastime but in very good earnest to conquer vnlesse you will be conquered and that in a combate of great consequence wherein no earthly but an heauenly inheritance is fought for and for attaining thereto not liberty of this world but of the world to come not a temporall but eternal life is in great hazard If yee ouercome yee are free for euer and gaine an inheritance