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A68550	The Bible-battells. Or The sacred art military For the rightly wageing of warre according to Holy Writ. Compiled for the vse of all such valiant worthies, and vertuously valerous souldiers, as vpon all iust occasions be ready to affront the enemies of God, our king, and country. By Ric. Bernard rector of Batcombe Somersetshire.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1629 (1629)	STC 1926; ESTC S115391	93,945	409

THE BIBLE-BATTELLS Or The Sacred Art Military For the rightly wage●ng of warre according to Holy Writ Compiled for the vse of all such valiant Worthies and vertuously Valerous Souldiers as vpon all iust occasions be ready to affront the Enemies of God our King and Country By RIC. BERNARD Rector of BATCOMBE SOMERSETSHIRE IOAB the Generals speech Be of good Courage and let vs play the men for our people and for the Cities of our God and let the Lord doe that which seemeth him good 2 Sam. 10. 12. St PAVLS encouragement Watch ye stand fast quit yourselves like men and be strong 1 Cor. 16. 13. Printed for Edward Blackmore and are to be sold by Iames Boler at the Signe of the flowre de Luce in Paules Church-yard 1629. TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY MONARCH CHARLES King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Puissant-Prince STRONG be Your Armes and victorious Your Armies the Lord of Hosts be with You and the mighty God of Iacob Your Refuge That foretolde by Christ is now verified a noise there is of warres and a rumour of warres Nation riseth against Nation and Kingdome against Kingdome and now as John saw in the vision is the Holy Citty trodden vnder foote It must be so for a time On they goe haue prevailed but yet there is hope if we warre aright The great Man of warre as Moses calleth him hath directed vs in the Bible battells vsefull I hope for these times but yet I leaue this to Your Majesties Heroicall wisdome to iudge Into method and order I haue collected them and am bolde in all humility of heart to present them to Your Sacred Person Your Highnesse the Saints looke vnto for safeguard The poore distressed Churches cry aloud for help Is not their habitation become Aceldama the field of blood Many Valorous Courages doe attend the opportunity of time many valiant Martialists expect direction and all hearken after but only a word of command Disconsolate Princes craue aide Religion it selfe saith to her Defender set forward The hearts of the people readie with purse I hope will appeare as now they pray generally for the Churches safetie Stand therefore ô King in the Forefront of the Lords Battailes though not in person yet in the power of Your Might to suppresse the insolencie of high hearted Enemies And the strong arme of the Subduer of Hosts be with you that this great name of Charles the First amongst our famous Kings may become renowned by wisdome and piety Prowesse and Victory throughout the Christian world This be the prayer of all faithfull Subiects and ever mine Your Maiesties humble and and most loyally devoted Subiect and Servant RICHARD BERNARD TO THE MAGNANIM OVSLY HEAR TED READER to every heroicke spirit of worthy Resolution and whosoeuer is generously affected to Military Profession and well deserving the name of a Souldier and place in so honourable an employment Wisdome valour and victorie attend ever their service for God for Religion for his Church for their King and Country Amen Noble Worthies NOW is the time to shew wisdome and courage for acclamatur vbique ad bellū yet to rush vnadvisedly into Battaile is not the way for victory I here in my labour doe not so vndertake to prescribe Rules as to write an History of Holy Warres Here is a Patterne from Gods people who fought many set Battailes and commonly got the day for God was with them They stood out stoutly for him his worship and service Their footsteps if you follow you shall surely speed the better Let none say that this Treatise will not suite well to these times For the true differences are not many heretofore and now in the vniversall Course Military But whatsoever the differences be therein my principall aime in the vse of Armes is to bring into the Campe the Practise of Piety For the ill though an overtrue saying hath beene Rara fides pietasque viris qui castra sequuntur These seeming exiled Vertues I desire to be welcomed amongst you Valiant Worthies and Vices sent packing from every true Souldier with detestation To this purpose tend my endeavours with full current To follow this Streame is to make your Armies strong and your selues victorious And here I haue a Sute to you ô you Sonnes of Valour In going forth consider what you be against whom you fight and for what Remember that Great Brittaine is inferiour to no Nation and that by the prowesse and valour of English and Scots glorious victories haue beene obtained You cannot you may not forget the valiant acts of Generall Norice in the Low Countries of the worthily honoured Lord Grey in Ireland of the never dying Names of Drake Furbisher Hawkins of the right famous Earle of Essex of the deservedly eternized Veres of the invincible spirited Green field of the noble Cicill with many others worthy of an everlasting Name Be couragious still and cease not to vpholde the renowne of this our Name and Nation Weigh your Enemies They prosper you will say oh that our Sinne Slacknesse were not the cause Their successe is but now of late consider you the former times stay and wonder at our incredible victories we may yet hope well if we would do well for our selues They are in their height of Pride and their downefall is neere Courage then and expect the issue Our cause is iust though God please a while to afflict vs. Set the worth of our Religion before your eyes It s the truth of the eternall God The Scriptures command it and thereby our consciences bound doe tie vs vnto it It hath beene confirmed by the blood of Martyrs Reverend Bishops and godlie Divines learned Lawyers and innumerable others Our Kings haue established it good Lawes are inacted for it peaceably we haue enioyed it Miraculous deliverances we haue had since we professed it And what still maintaines it Power or Policie of man No no such thing but the hand of the Almightie Who it was that delivered vs from the intended Invasion who it was that prevented the hellish Powder-plot who it was that freed vs from the many Treacheries and Treasons practised against vs. Remember these things ô yee true-hearted English stand ye ye Valerous Minds closse to the cause of God Fight vnder his Banner against these Enemies of our Faith our King and Kingdome goe on so and prosper and the Arme of Iesus strengthen you Doe not marvaile Honourable honoured Martialists that I Vnus de multis inter Obscuros not de magnis inter Notos should thus presume to speake vnto you I hope you will rather consider the worth of the matter then weigh the defects of the man Neither let me be blamed that being by profession Vir Pacis Minister Ecclesiae Anglicanae should thus thrust my selfe into Campum Martis The Sacred Bible my daily studie gaue mee the grounds my delight in Histories of this subiect enlarged my meditations That I finde in

this chapter it may A quest be here asked whether going into warres may spoyle the people of that State against whom they goe to war seeing many thousands of the people and families there liue harmelesly at home and desire to be there in peace and so forth I answer in a iust and Num. 21. 24 25 31. 10 11. necessary warre the conquered are in the hands of the Conquerours lands and goods are then at their disposition whatsoeuer they haue taken or won is iustly theirs God allowed Israel to take what they did wi●●●n then iust wars therefore 2 Sam. ● 11 12. they possessed the kingdome of Si●●n and of Ogg they tooke the Midianites P●●oners carryed away infispoyle and burnt their townes and Cities with f●re David spoyled the Nations which he subdued It is accounted by the law of Nations a lawfull Lib. de Offi● 3. purchase and the practise of all people in time of warre For nothing is proper by nature but either by ancient possession or seisme or victory saith the Heathen Orator The Enemy that State can no otherwise be weakened but first in their Subjects the hands of all which though they be not in warre yet are they in heart and in contributing but if not neuerthelesse they are one body and therefore must bee content to suffer together till their Head make peace and satisfie for that which the iustice of the warre doth require and for which it vvas begun But if any be 1. Sam. 15 6. as were the Kenites among the Amalakites consideration is to bee had of them as Saul had of these for their preseruation and safetie IX CHAPTER Of mustering and the choyse of souldiers WHen a warre is resolued vpon as both iust and necessary thn must souldiers bee leuied a muster and view made of them and their armer The Kings in Israel were somtimes 1 Sam. 1 4. Num. 1. 19. 3 4 2. at the muster Saul gathered his souldiers together and numbred them So did David 2. Sam. 18. 1. So Moses numbred Israel And there was a principall Scribe Ier. 52. 25. of the host which mustered the people of the land for which mustering there was a command went forth to leuie men and to call them together as Saul did and as Dauid appointed 1 Sa. 11. 7 2 Sa. 20. 5. Esai 13. 4. Amasa to doe to this custome God alludeth in his word when he mustered his host In this they considered of the number which were to go into the wars sometimes more sometimes fewer Moses appointed but 12000 to go against Num. 31. 1 Sa. 11. 8. 15 4. 1 Sa. 18. 1. with cap. 17. 24. 1 K 20. 15. 2 K. 3 6. 2 Ch. 25 5 2 K. 20. 25 26. Midian vvhatsoeuer the number was the custome was to number them as Saul did his in Bezek and in Telaim David in Mahanaim Ahab in Samaria Iehoram hee numbered his and Amaziah his Armie and thus did also the Heathen Now in sending foorth an Armie great care must bee had what sorts of persons are to bee sent forth I. Let them bee Natiues and subiects liuing vnder that soueraigne authority that sends them our though they bee of seuerall countries yet subiect to the same power and it were well that they had something to take to at home or friends of whom they expect good For these souldiers are bound by the bond of nature to their King kinred and Countrie These are easie to bee corrected if they should happen to run away These wil therefore bee awed in the field and for feare to be punished at home become more obedient endure more constant be more loyall even when they feele want of necessaries and haue short pay then any other will doe not subjects or hauing nothing or no friends that they care for Israels hosts were of Israel and when the Tribes were diuided into two kingdomes either State furnished themselues of their owne subiects most vsually as may be seene in their battles II. Consider their yeeres such as the Lord held fit for warre were in Israel 20. yeeres old and vpward Num 1. 20 22. 26. 2 2 Ch 25. 5 and such did Amaziah take for younger are hardly growne vp to strength and aboue 46. except some old and expert souldier for skill are not to be admitted because strength decayeth as saith a learned experienenced souldier 3. Touching their bodies in Israel were chosen strong men able to 1 Sa. 14. 52 2 Ch. 17. 14. Deut. 20. 8 Iud. 7. 3. goe to warre men also of valour and courage so they must be stout and strong of a vigorous and couragious mind not fearfull for such were put out of the host by Gods appointment and this did also that valiant Iudas Machabeus for the fearefull the first 1 Mach 3. 56. in ranke of the damned crew what good will they doe but faile in performance Rev. 21. 8. make others to bee faint-hearted and so giue the victory to 2 Sa. 2. 9. 23 24. the enemy Men of a sharpe countenance sinowie armes and legges promise both strength and courage and not the great lusks fleshie lubbers though Pyrrhus and Marius chose men of big and great statures In Israel such as could runne well were commended men swift of foot actiue and nimble as was Asahel Ioabs brother and one of Davids worthis This was also a commendation in Achilles and in Papirius who was called for it the Rinmer In the Cursor Tribe of Gad were men for strength callen men of might for courage to 1 Ch. 12. 8. have had faces like Lyons and for footmanship as swift as the Roes vpon the mountaines IV. For their skill in armes raw and ignorant men are not to bee put sodainly to seruice for not a multitude but art and exercise getteth the victorie for the ignorant souldiers may not onely endanger himselfe but his fellowes too Therefore Iud 20 16. 1 Ch. 1. 40 12 35. 1 Ch 12. 2 ver 32 33. the souldiers in Israel were very expert men In Beniamin were 700. choyse men left-handed that is such as were so skilfull that they durst with their left hands vse their slings against their enemies and were so excellently cunning that they would cast stones at an hayre breadth and not misse In Asher were choise and mighty men of valour apt for warre 40000 In Sauls time were many which could vse both the right hand and the left in hurling of stones and shooting arrowes out of a bow In Issachar were men of great vnderstanding knowing what ought to 2 Ch. 12. be done whose Chiefetaines were 200. In Zabulon such as were expert in warre and could keepe ranke 50000. In Dan expert men 28600. also in the three Tribes beyond Iordan skilfull men there were an hundred and twentie thousand So they then brought no ignorant and raw souldiers into the field Skill heartneth a souldier and encreaseth his