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A45383	The old English officer, being a necessary looking-glass for a Christian army, or, A fit companion for young souldiers wherein you may behold a perfect, easy, and speedy path to obtain the exercise and discipline of foot, and make soldiers fit for present service ... : with plain directions and good instructions out of sacred and moral histories of worthy commanders, how they should behave themselves in time of peace and war ... / written by Charles Hammond ...	Hammond, Charles, 17th cent.	1679 (1679)	Wing H497; ESTC R10512	25,488	62

stood in these things First in making excellent Laws for googo-N●●ment for his Laws were so righteous as no●ation could come near them nor had the lik● as Mos●● old them Good Laws are the foundation of Order and Discipline the guide of mens actions and preservation of an Army without which there would be nothing but disorder and so confusion Secondly in the Execution of those Laws from which none might turn either to the right hand or to the left the life of all Laws is to see them observed and strictly obeyed for else Laws be made in vain Thirdly in not allowing any priveledge to any person to transgress the Laws Moses the General was a strickt observer thereof and so was his Deputy Lieutenant Joshua and if Moses himself transgressed he tasted of the Kings the Lord of Hosts displeasure Num. 20.12 14. Moses was so just and strict a justicer that in just proceedings he would have none spared not the heads of the people nor any to spare his brother nor his companion nor his Son Saul would have put Jonathan to death for not keeping the charge put upon the whole Ho●t Num. 25.4 Exod. 32.27.29 And the Romans without respect of persons punished offenders the Consul Titus Manlius caused his own son for breaking the Law of Discipline though otherwise his act in slaving an upbraiding Enemy was honourable and to the Romans beneficial to be Be●eaded none in a Camp may think themselves free from observing Order no not the General for he that commandeth others must order well himself or his command will grow in to contempt this made Papirus to purpose the death of the General of his Horse because he fought without command though he returned Victorer Alexander the great would desi●e of his Soldiers the observation of no stricter Laws than himself would undergo Adrian the Emperor was singular praise worthy for this so was Scipio Severus and others Fourthly in promising rewards to the obedient grace and favour to such as keep themselves within bounds and good government the promises are set down at large in many places by Moses and was faithfully performed as to Caleb Joshua Phineas and others this will procure love to the Laws make them more remarkable and take up the minds of the well disposed with a watchful care to obey them for as impartial Execution of Laws terrifies some so the reward performed putteth life and courage into the hearts of other some to do worthily Now the evils to be avoided and punished are several there is nothing displeasing to God but sin and sin it is that prevents God's blessings Deut. 23.9 and causeth all success as Moses exhorted Israel and as Aurelianus the Emperor said to his General in a Military Epistle of his if thou be a tribune yea if ●hou wilt live keep back the Soldiers hands from ●ing evil 1. Evil to be taken heed of is Atheisme deriding of God and Religion cursing and blaspheming his name this God punisheth with death Lev. 24.16 for where God and Religion is contemned what can prosper Q. Fabius a Heathen imputed the calamity that befel the Romans in the overthrow of Flanimus to be the neglect of Religion and the only means said he to recover God's ●avour was to reverence it and to have a care to please God should then a Christian deride God and Religion what came of Rabsakah and other Blasphemers God did slay in his Host 85000. Julian the Emperour after he apostated and became Christ's Enemy he soon came to destruction and Julian his Uncle who in contempt of Christ and the Sacrament pissed against the Table before he dyed he fell into such a Disease as made his entrails rot and he to void filth at his mouth and the abuse of his name by swearing and cursing and damned Oaths the Lord telleth us that a curse remaineth upon them and he threatneth to cut them off yet some hold themselves no Soldiers till they can gracelesly as a grace to them thunder out bloody Oaths ay and of late days what terrible oaths have been invented that it would make one that hath any fear of God in him tremble to hear them let me be bold to tell you that if you were not Atheists and beleived there was no God you would never so often call upon him to damn you for every idle false thing that you do but how can the Soldiers be controuled for it when they learn it of their Officers let your Valour Discipline and conduct be never so good you may find those Oaths be the cause of conquering of you and if God be not the more merciful to you your damnation may fall upon you as suddenly as you have often wisht it 2. Prophanation of the Sabboth the Lord's day God punished this in the Camp of Israel Judas Maccabeus took special care to keep the Sabboth with his Host when Nicanor King Demetriu's General would in contempt of God fight with Judas on the Sabboth day there was slain of his men 35000 and he kill'd his head struck off his tongue cut out for blasphemy and his head sent to Jerusalem to be hang'd upon the Tower 2 Macc. 8.27 One of the Kings of Denmark contrary to the perswasions of the Divines would joyn battel with an Enemy upon the day of Pentecost but he lost the Field and his life withal vain sports are to be abandoned on the Lord's day in a Christian Host 3. Rebellion treasonable practises Mutanies Rebellion against lawful Authority God punisheth extraordinarily making the Earth to open and swallow up some and fire to devour others see it in Absolom though he had most of Israel to take his part let the end of them Bichry and Zimery make men take heed of Rebellion Treasonable practises and conspiracies and secret working with the Enemy are to be carefully lookt into and to be prevented and the parties found out severely punished for good Gedeliah being warned and not making timely enquiery was by trayterous Ishmael cruelly murthered so one Quintilius Varus for being too slack to find out the treachery of one Narminius of which he had intelligence was slain with all his company of such was Nehemiah in danger but his wisdome prevented and Judas Maccabeus had a Rodorus among them a discloser of secrets to the Enemy but he was found out Cyrus the younger Executed one O●untes which went about to betray him to the Enemy Mutany God punisheth murmuring and such as cause Sedition and stir up others to grow Rebellious Scipio upon a Mutany of his Soldiers in Spain put to death the chief movers and so pacified the rest so did Tiberius when his did Mutany in Pannania but it is hard measure to poor starving Soldiers for coming and demanding their pay in extream need to be held Mutanous for only this Captains should hang some to make others willing to dye rather for hunge● then any more to complain which is unchristia● cruelty and merciless inhumanity 4. The ill use

of much Gameing a thing that was not in use in God's Host and good it we● that it were less in use in our Camp for God is dishonoured by Swearing monys wasted and many evils happen thereupon I have heard that the Spaniard in time of Service doth banish unlawful games in the Seige of Poytiers the Admiral caused a certain Ensign to be hanged for playing at cards while his company did watch in some peril many Exercises should be appointed them and such as can Read to get Histories of War and other good books to read and discourse thereof Thus the mind and body will be well imployed it may be some Soldiers would be so well Exercised if there were Commanders like Caesar who read much and did write his own wars or like Pirrhus the famous Martialist in his time who wrote many books and as Hanibal in whose Tents were found many books which he studied brave generous spirits should be delighted in either to read or hear read the Acts of valiant Warriers and scorn base Play and childi●h games 5. Is Cowardliness and flying out of the Host to the Enemy Cowardliness when a Soldier dare not for fear perform his charge Cowards God sent out of his Camp when he sent his to war and so did Maccabeus Appius Claudius did behead those Soldiers that throwing down their Arms fled from their Enemies Licurgus made a Law amongst the Spartans That no man should return home that turned his back upon his Enemy Caesar put certain Ensigns from their places because they lost their ground in an Encounter with Pompey at Dirrbachium The Coward doth not only help the Enemy but dishartens his friends The Lacedemonian women would deliver Shields to their Sons exhorting them to war either to bring them again or to dye valiently there was among them Damatria who hearing that her son had not fought like a Lacedemonian when he came slew him so much did women there detest a cowardly spirit flying away out of the Host to the Enemy is worthy severe punishment such base and treacherous spirits amongst all the Soldiers in Israel I never read of the Romans punished such with death Caius Matienus coming but home from the Army in Spain without leave was beaten under a Gibbe● and sold for one piece of money to signify the base esteem of such a Fugitive 6. And last is Murder Theft Filching Rapine Robery and Sacriledge the killing of one another God gave a very strict charge against it Joab the General being guilty must dye for it even at the Al●ar 1 Kings 2.30.31 Captains may not like rash-braind and bloody men disorderly kill Soldiers he that shall do so among the Spaniards I have read dieth for it Q●arrels and Challenges thereupon with acceptances have been the loss of many lives unworthily hereby Princes lose their Subjects the Army weakned and the Enemy thereby advantaged Soldiers lives should be pretious one to another their blood should be spilt in the Public● cause against the Enemy not in private qua●rels no if a man put the lye upon another Jehu a right valiant Captain mar●hing ●uriously did not quarrel with the Captains in his Company when they said it was false which he spoke so putting the lye upon him Jeremiah said it was false which was a lye to a Captain of the Ward Gedeliah put the lye upon Johanan a Captain a high and proud spirited man and valiant too yet none of these offerd to any the stab nor did beast-like more than man-like rush upon one another and kill-one the other these quarrelsome fellows are not ever the best men drunkenness who●eing swearing and no doubt forswearing are no marks of disgrace o them but the tearm Lye I must confess is a ●r●voking word and cowards will use it to provoke a patient yet a good spirited man and found so when they try him or before the face of an Enemy away wi●h these delusions of Sathan you that are truly valiant and right Christian Souldiers suffer not your selves to be transported with this conceited disgrace to seek Revenge and so be guilty of blood a crying sin before God Now for Theft also God punisheth Acans theft yet these are too common with Soldiers for many base fellows fitter for the Jayl ye the Gallows than the wars are no sooner enterd into Service but are bold to lay hands upon other mens goods which they carry away with many a bitter curse the curse is upon the thief and the swearer who also bringeth a curse upon others as Achan did that one thief caused the overthrow of the Army what evil then will a multitude of thieves do in an Host Aurelianus the Emperor would not suffer his Soldiers to take a Pullet or chicken from countrey people his friends Tiberius made one of his guard to be put to death for taking a Peacock out of a mans yard Tamberlain caused a Soldier to be slain for taking a poor womans milk and some cheese and not paying for it Pescenius Niger would have put to death divers Soldiers met together ●easting themselves with that they had stollen but through intreaty their lives was saved yet they were punished and their punishment was to lye in Tents during the war without fire to live only with bread and water and to make restitution to the Husbandmen and the reason given to this severity because such acts did tend to Rebellion Aurelius writes an Epistle to Soldiers to keep their hands from other mens goods but theft is not only to be restrained in Soldiers but also in Captains and Officers which they may many wa●es commit by robbing poor Soldiers of their pay Caesar was severe against this villany so as two of his Captains of horse Roscillus and Aegus having defrauded Souldiers of their Pay fled to the Enemy as soon as they heard that Caesar had notice of it it s an indelible base character of infamy saith one to defraud a poor Soldier of his due Likewise in taking from a Soldier his weapon or horse Theophilus the Emperour of the East banished a Commander out of in s Dominion for taking a Soldiers horse per force from him for want whereof he was afterwards stain in battel and withal bestowed the Commanders possession upon the Soldiers widdow albeit that Captain had bestowed the horse upon the Emperour himself unwitting to him till the widdow claim'd him as the Emperor rode on him Of Captains abusing poor soldiers read Sr. Tobi●s Smiths Epistle to the Nobility of England as Captains and Officers may not wrong soldiers so soldiers may not rob one another Modestina judg'd him worthy of death that stole his fellows 〈◊〉 besides great care must be had that soldiers do no spoyl nor rob such by whom they are permitted to pass by peaceably nor such as be Victuallers of the Camp such must be suffered to go and come very securely the Army of the Prince of Aurange besieging Florence had like to have been famished through the