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Military duties recommended to an artillery company; at their election of officers, in Charls-town, 13. d. 7. m. 1686. By Cotton Mather, pastor of a church in Boston.
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Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
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Wing M1128; ESTC W479523
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have_v be_v lose_v it_o may_v have_v be_v in_o a_o good_a measure_n recover_v by_o that_o good_a man_n readiness_n therein_o let_v not_o a_o day_n ordinary_o pass_v you_o wherein_o you_o will_v not_o read_v some_o portion_n of_o it_o with_o a_o due_a meditation_n and_o supplication_n over_o it_o the_o ethiopian_a nobleman_n will_v not_o omit_v this_o exercise_n even_o when_o he_o be_v on_o a_o journey_n and_o he_o that_o shall_v accustom_v himself_o while_o he_o read_v in_o his_o retirement_n to_o fetch_v at_o least_o one_o note_v &_o one_o wish_v out_o of_o every_o verse_n as_o he_o go_v along_o will_v perhaps_o take_v as_o speedy_a a_o course_n as_o any_o man_n whatever_o to_o become_v a_o wellarmed_n christian._n he_o be_v a_o soldier_n and_o a_o emperor_n too_o that_o write_v out_o the_o new-testament_n with_o his_o own_o hand_n and_o that_o gration_n man_n mr._n thomas_n stoughton_n assert_n that_o he_o know_v a_o young_a gentlewoman_n who_o before_o she_o be_v nine_o year_n old_a 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