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A58178 Serious and seasonable advice to the English soldiers of His Majesty's army Ray, John, 1627-1705. 1693 (1693) Wing R403; ESTC R26215 12,888 52

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last breath as he leaves himself no space for Repentance so neither does he leave to others how charitable soever they may be the least room to hope for any Mercy from God for him This Gentlemen is a Consideration of the greatest moment to you in the world And a little of your own reflection upon it will without the assistance of any other Arguments easily convince you how highly it imports you to be wise to consider your latter end and in order hereunto to follow the Example of that Religious and Devout Soldier Cornelius which is here proposed to your imitation And if you could but be once happily persuaded to this what glorious Atchievements might not be then expected from you How might one then chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight And how would all the boasted Force and Policy of your Enemies be confounded and brought to nought were you but as mindful of your Duty to God as you are couragiously stout and resolute in the service of your King and Country or were you but as careful of the Interest of your Souls as you are well known to be bravely prodigal of your Lives and wholly unconcern'd at the approach of any bodily danger This would infallibly engage the Lord of Hosts himself to be on your side even the Lord strong and mighty in Battle And that being once happily secured you may be then always confident of the Success of your Arms and need not fear but that your Enemies and those that imagine mischief against you should be turn'd backward and flee before you Whereas on the contrary let your Cause be never so just and your own personal Bravery never so great yet so long as your Iniquities continue to separate between you and your God and your sins hide his face from you you cannot then trust in the Arm of Flesh nor is it your Sword that can then help you Joshua was a great General had a very just Cause and a good Army to support it And yet 't is very remarkable in his Story That he was smitten before the Canaanites for a Sin amongst his Soldiers And this I mention to put you in mind of the fatal Consequence of your sins which whilst you continue in without Repentance you harbour a Foe within your own Tents that will do you and your Cause more mischief than all the Arts and Assaults of your Enemies could be otherwise able to do If therefore you have any serious regard for your own Interest and Advantage with reference to the Life that now is or that which is to come if the glorious Success of that Cause in which you are engaged if the Honour and Safety of your King the Good of your Country the Defence and Preservation of your most Holy Religion and the Common Welfare and Prosperity of that whole Church and Nation to which you belong can make any tolerable Impression upon you you must then think your selves obliged upon the account of all these most powerful and prevailing Motives to make it your great Care to live and dye as it becometh Christians to fear God and to pray unto him continually and so to order your Conversation aright that Iniquity may not be your Raine neither in this World nor in that which is to come This Gentlemen is the hearty desire of him who daily remembers you in his Prayers to God for you and who earnestly entreats and exhorts you to pray daily for your selves likewise That God would prosper your Cause you have in hand that He would plead your Cause with them that strive with you and fight against them that fight against you That by his heavenly Wisdom and Power from above he would Direct the Councils and Influence the Conduct and Defend the Person of your Royal General and so continue both Him and You under the merciful Care and Protection of his Good Providence that you may be still safe from the power of your Enemies and that the ungodly and those that hate you may not be able to triumph over you But that you may do valiantly and conquer gloriously and rejoyce greatly in the God of your Salvation saying Blessed be the Lord God our Saviour and mighty Deliverer who hath done great things for us and praised be the Lord for evermore who hath pleasure in the Prosperity of his Servants Forms of Prayer and Devotion for the use of the Army IT was purposely designed that the Prayers which are here recommended to your use should be short and few and that no more should be imposed upon you in this Case than the most busie Circumstances of your Employment may be well supposed to admit But forasmuch as every one who calls himself Christian and thinks it his Duty to pray at all cannot but allow it to be highly useful and expedient to implore the daily Protection and to show forth the loving kindness of that God who alone maketh him both to sleep and wake and dwell in safety I hope you will all account it but a very reasonable Service for Men in your circumstances more especially to begin and end the Day with these short Forms following A Prayer for the Morning O Almighty and most merciful Lord God I return thee my most humble and hearty thanks for renewing thy mercies towards me every morning and for the particular care and watchfulness of thy good Providence over me this night past O continue forth thy goodness and loving kindness towards me and be thou still my Saviour and mighty Deliverer in all my dangers and necessities in the time of Battle in the hour of Death and in the Day of Judgment Take me into thy Divine Favour and Protection this day more especially I most humbly beseech thee and keep me from all things that may be hurtful both to my Soul and Body Grant O Lord that I may give no occasion of Offence to any of those amongst whom I converse that I may not be guilty of any cruelty or unjust violence any unchristian hatred malice or revenge or any other uncharitableness towards my Neighbour but that in all my conversation I may live paceably and unblameably so as neither to do any wrong nor to suffer any Assist me with thy Grace and holy Spirit to keep my Body in Temperance Soberness and Chastity that I may keep my Soul innocent and undefiled thereby and my Body the better strengthen'd and prepared for that vigorous and active ●●vice in the which I am employed Set a watch over my lips O Lord that I offend not with my tongue that no evil-speaking lying or slandering no wicked blasphemy or profaneness nor any other evil communication may proceed out of my mouth Teach me in every thing to do the thing that pleaseth thee O Lord my God and direct and enable me to continue in thy fear all the day long that I may be always fitted and prepared to dye in thy favour even so Lord whenever it seemeth good