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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93461	The souldiers manual, or, Directions, prayers, and ejaculations for such as lead a military life. By A member of the Athenian Society.	Member of the Athenian Society.	1694 (1694)	Wing S4426A; ESTC R184342	12,359	24

shall it work Love enough in me to Dye for him and for the maintenance of the True Observation of his Gospel by others tho' to my Sorrow and most hearty Grief I never truly observed it my self Lord thou that art able to Save hear my inward Prayers and strong Cries and Tears and deliver me to serve thee or serve thy self of my death and let the Merits and Blood of my Dearest Saviour atone for all my Sins and former Disobedience Let our Prodigal Soldier tho' on the brink of Death thus think and resolve when he Fights and let him fear no Enemy nor dread no Devil no doubt but he will find God a merciful and tender Father to receive him and his blood spent in so Glorious a Cause as for the True Religion and his Country will prove next to a second Baptism to entitle him anew to Christs Benefits and repair the old Pretensions he had forfeited by his wicked life Neither is this a New Sentiment the Old Christians thought the same and believed that the Blood of the Martyrs tho' they had been but a moment before Converted washed away all former Sins by a full application of Christ's Blood and supplied even the want of Baptism it self Let then none of your Brave Hearts despond gratifie not your Enemies the Devils or his Instruments the Papists with any Despair There is no Crime so Black against even an Earthly Prince but an offending Subject may wash off by a Bold Service or by shewing his Repentance by a Sacrifice of his Life for the support or defence of his Sovereign's Crown no doubt of a Pardon for that Man whether he lives or dies And shall we think our Heavenly Prince any less merciful or reconcilable than an earthly one No! He has declared At what soever time a Sinner shall repent he will receive him Be Comforted then all you Military Souls that have so long lain in Sin and let not that thought discourage you because you want time to Repent from Looking up to God or Facing your Enemies and his But be strong and shew your selves Valiant for your People and the Cities of your God and then submit to him and let him do what is good in his eyes as Joab counsels 1 Chron. 1.30 and without all doubt your Souls will be safe and you will have both the Crown and Reward of Martyrs For if they were counted Martyrs that lost their Blood under Persecutors what can you be less if you likewise fall by the Sword of the worst Persecutors of God and his People that ever yet were in Europe The Thief on the Cross suffered indeed with Christ but could not suffer for him but by Sympathy But you if you dye both suffer with him and for him in the most Glorious Cause that ever was contended for since Christianity You Fight and spend your Blood for the Lives Liberties and Properties of all Christians and for the Defence and Safety of the Protestant Religion and the Priviledges of both King and People in your Native Country in which are the Cities and Places inhabited by a People for whom he has so many times and in so many wonderfull manners evidently appeared And therefore you need not doubt if he chuses your Arms and your Blood now again for the Defence of so Glorious a Quarrel that he will accept them and forgive all your Sins Provided you will make but that Pious and Wise Use of the short moments he shall lend you in the intervals before or in an Engagement which I have Advised Angels shall then guard you up with the joyful Sound of Heavenly Trumpets into Paradise your Souls shall live with God and your Memories with your Country-men if left Happy at the Expence of your Blood and Future Histories shall Preserve your Valour to all succeeding Ages And thus you that will but come in tho' at the last hour shall Receive Equal of your Heavenly Master with them that came in at the first † 2. Prayer before an Engagement O Lord our God to whom Vengeance belongeth who beholdest ungodliness and wrong and cruelty and oppression thou Lord of Hosts and God of Battels who sittest upon thy Throne and judgest right We make our Address to thee in our Necessity that thou would'st take the Cause into thy own Hand and judge between us and our Enemies Stir up thy Strength Lord and come and help us for thou givest not always the Battel to the strong but canst save by many or by few O let not our Sins now cry against us for Vengeance but hear us thy poor Servants begging Mercy and imploring Help and that thou would'st be a Defence unto us against the face of our Enemy Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 3. Ejaculations in the Battel LET us be of Good Courage and play the Men for the House of our God and the City of our God and the Lord do what seemeth him Good Thro' thee O God shall we do great Acts thro' thee shall we tread down our Enemies O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thine Honour and let us not sink under the Weight of our Sins or the Violence of the Enemy O Lord preserve me and my Friends and forgive my Enemies VI. Directions and Prayer after a Victory WHEN it shall please God to Bless our Good King and the Confederates with Success against the Enemy have a care of Attributing it to an Arm of Flesh which is so unbecoming a Christian and avoid Cruelty or Insulting over the Vanquished both which are below the Generosity of an English-man Say Not unto us O Lord not unto us but to thy Name be all the Glory And as soon as convenience permits say humbly and devoutly this or the like Prayer unto God Thanksgiving after Victory O Almighty God the Sovereign Commander of all the World in whose hand is Power and Might which none is able to withstand Blessing and Praise be to thy Great and Glorious Name for this happy Victory the whole Glory whereof be ascribed to Thee who art the only Giver of it And we beseech thee give us Grace to improve this great Mercy to thy Glory the Advancement of thy Gospel the Honour of our Sovereign and as much as in us lies the Good of All Mankind And we beseech thee give us such a Sence of this Great Mercy as may engage us to a true Thankfulness such as may appear in our Lives by an humble holy and obedient walking before thee all our days thro' Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit as for all thy Mercies so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance be all Glory and Honour World wi●hout end Amen VII Directions in Sickness I. IF possible get your Chaplain to assist you with the Churches Prayers that on your Penitent Confession you may receive the Benefit of his Absolution and Advice 2. In Order to