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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01752	The sword of the Lord and of Gideon to this is subjoined a prayer for an armie going to battell, and a thanksgiving after the victorie. / By M. Zachary Boyd, preacher of Gods word at Glasgow.	Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653.	1643 (1643)	Wing B3911; ESTC R170739	54,667	189

in his cou●age so also he was wise for as ●hrough God he hoped to pre●aile so also he would do some●hing himselfe he went not to ●he other extremitie as to say All is well now the Lord will be unto us a vvall and a sconce ●nd therefore we need not trouble our selves any more we may all sleep now and take our rest for God will doe all no not David himself would also do● something for to help the Lord through God said he vve sha●● doe valiantly that Prophet sai●● wisely to the King of Israel 1 King 20 22 g● and strengthen thy self and mar● and see vvhat thou doest Go● himselfe said to Zion Zeph. 3.16 Let 〈◊〉 thine hands be slack The use The use Let us all this d● learne of David so to depend upon God that we neglect not t● doe something our selves If th● Lord hath a Sword Jud. 7.18 let Gide●● have another THE SWORD O● THE LORD AND OF GIDEON the neglect of the meanes is tempting of God when Chri●● was by Satan set upon the pinac●● of the Temple Mat. 4.5 he would not ca● himselfe downe from thence a● Satans desire for needlesly to tr● Gods power in his preservatio● but used the meanes in commin● downe by the staire God will never help these who are carelesse to help themselves I confesse God hath no need of our help though a mighty armie like that of the Syrians which filled the countrey should come against us gathered like two little flockes of Kiddes 1 King 20 27 the Lord should not have need to say to us as Joab said to Abishai 2 Sam. 10 11 If the Syrians be too strong for mee then thou shalt help me but if the children of Ammon bee too strong for thee then will I come and help thee the Lord hath no need of any mans help against all the armies of men though all the world were in Battell array against him and his Church what are all the strongest armies of the world but shadowes and bubles like these which little boyes out of spittle and sope in their pastimes blow up with their quils which anone being but winde within water burst of themselves what rea● help can such brettle things mak● to the Lord though men neithe● can properly help God neithe● hath hee properly neede of any mans help yet he declareth thes● cursed with Meros who in th● fearefull dangers of Gods church doe not their endeavour to hel● the Lord Judg. 5.33 to help the Lord agains● the mighty In such dayes of distresse le● all men goe to worke let th● young men in Abners language arise to play 2 Sam. 2 14. and let the old me● in Gods language arise to pray If young Joshuahs fight in the valleyes Num. 17.9 let old Moses pray on th● mountaines though God be● sufficiently able to do all yet th● faithfull man must doe through God through God said Davi● heere we shall doe valiantly le● these who can not do through God lye still like drones let them eat drinke lye and sleep still like Epicures but these who doe through God shall not faile to doe valiantly In the word valiantly heere I observe that the servants of God who doe through God The doctrine are the onely men of courage men qualified for valour the reason is because what they doe they doe it through God that is by Gods help and for Gods glory onely such are men of valour this was a part of Balaams prophesie Num. 24 18 and Israel shall do valiantly David speaking of his enemies said I did beat them small as the dust before the winde Psal 18.4 I did cast them out as dirt of the streets it is the Lord that giveth the heart onely Gods servants have true courage the wicked not excepting the stoutest are called the Fearfull Rev. 21.8 such sometimes may seeme to be valiant but all their courage is but rage lik● wilde Bulls or Boares or lik● madde dogges they may while● furiously fight but he hath onely courage who is assured to enter heaven after death there be many Colonels and Captaines who will goe boldly to an assault but if they fear not God they are but madde men Onely these are valiant who can truely say in the faith and feare of God with David Through God wee shall doe valiantly what true courage can a wicked man have to die that incontinent after his death is to goe from the earth unto the hells unto the divell and his angles The use The use Before we goe to warre against men let us first make warre against our sinnes let us by repentance kill all our Minion delights and Captaine sinnes that they reigne no more in our mortall bodies Let us all now in these dayes of warre so studie the practice of pietie that all our doings may be through God that is both directed by him and for him that is by his power and for his glory If this wee doe sincerelie under Christs banner our courage shall never fail wee in greatest dangers shall be like Saul and Jonathan swifter then Eagles 2 Sam. 1.23 and stronger then Lions in the valley of the shadow of death we shall not fear any evil yea tbough the earth be removed Psal 46.2 and though the mountaines were caried into the midst of the sea we shall remaine stedfast like mount Zion if we have God with us in his favour wee shall not tremble in trouble no not Dan. 3.18 with Shadrach wee shall boldly face a fierie furnace Dan. 6.16 and with Daniel we shall not feare the Lions denne what hath made so many martyres poore simple bodies in the worlds language precise fooles so couragiously to affront and out-face the most fearfull frownings of cruell tyrants yea with the wings of faith to out-soare the hight of all humaine miseries what enabled them to suffer most horrible torments which Captaines were not able to abide the reason was this they walked with GOD and their doings were through God and for GOD and therefore through God they both did and suffered valiantly Zach. 10.5 they said Zacharie shall fight because the Lord is vvith them that was a brave speach of Luther Note Since I am sent for I am resolved and certainly determined to enter wormes in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ yea though I knew there were as many divels to resist me as there are tiles to cover the houses in wormes Now it is time in this time of triall fast comming to amend our life to be sure of Gods love to be sure of heaven after this life that when it shall come either to doe or die for the good cause we may through GOD either doe or die most valiantly let Zedekiahs 1 King 22 11 false Prophets with their hornes of yron stout in peace be Magor missabibs trembling Jer. 20.3 fearfull cowards in trouble in the dayes

the lame 1 Sam. 5.6 might keepe them against all forces of men yet when the Lord is away are nothing but a lye Psal 20.8 Some trust in Charets and some in Horses But we will remember the LORD our GOD from him is our deliverance And therefore in dayes of danger Let every man here learne what to say to God O LORD deliver my soul from the wicked with thy Svvord The thing he desires GOD to deliver here it is his soule that is his life for the soul is the cause of our life Also by the soul here may be understood the soul properly and that the LORD would deliver it from danger either in doing or suffering for when a man doth evill he endangereth his soul or when a man is persecuted his soul also is not without danger If he live except God save and sanctifie him his soul will fret impatiently or will be enflamed with revenge 1 Sam. 25 13 as David was against Nabal for his churlishnesse Or if at the running out of his last sand he die in battell the bloudy sword in the hand except the Lord deliver his soul he cannot be but in great danger The 3 use The third use Let us make good use of these words Deliver my soul they are good for dayes of trouble either for life or for death when it like a ster ne Serjant shall come to arrest our bodyes in the grave By this prayer our life is guarded against the rage of men and by this prayer the Soule is fenced from the danger of damnation In these wordes is advantage both in life and death these words should at all times be in all mens mouthes both at our rysing and at our lying downe in sicknesse and in health But above all let all men of warre in their greatest dangers arme themselves with this ejaculatory prayer LORD del●ver my Soul these a●e words which every Christian must take with him while he goeth to the battell But because God heareth not the prayers of sinners and this time of trouble is a time of prayer let us endeavour by all meanes with all haste to bee reconciled unto God Truely the best of us may say that we have a huge bottome of sinne to unravell by repentance which we have beene many yeares winding up by our great disobedience the worke is great the time is short wee know not but this warre may make an end of us all Let us therefore no more hazard our salvation upon a may bee we live unto another yeare I confesse that no man should dispaire of GODS mercie at any time but this is as true that no man should presume of it at any time One hath observed this well There was one theese at his lives end saved to take away desparation and but one so saved to take away presumption These from whom David heere prayeth to be delivered are called the wicked Such were the enemies that sought his life The doctrine Observe here that it is no new thing that GODS servants are troubled by the wicked This controversie began very earely For Cain the wicked killed the righteous Abel Gen. 4.8 He had no quarrell against him but because he was more sincere in Gods service then he A thief hateth the light as Ahab hated Micaiah 1 King 22 8 because by the torch of the word he shined upon his workes of darknesse The use The use As long as wicked men are in the world let Gods children look for dangers to their souls There is nothing that will content wicked men but the souls or lives of Gods servants King Ahab was sick ay untill Naboth was dead but as soone as the poor man was dead the wicked King arose up in health 1 King 21 16 and went down to the poor mans vineyard to take possession of it it is health for the wicked to destroy the children of God They are like the Divel it is their meat and their drink to do evill Let this teach us to pray continually that God would deliver our soule from the vvicked Againe whereas the wicked heere according to some interpretation is called Gods Sword Let us learne here when the wicked persecute us not to look so much to them who are the rod Sword or stafe as unto the hand of God in which the rod sword or staffe are it is but for beasts as dogges to bite the staffe when they are stricken but Gods children must fixe their eye upon the hand When wicked Shimei railed upon David and cast stones at him calling him a bloody murderer David would not suffer Abishai to touch him for hee had his eye upon GOD. The LORD 2 Sam. 16 10 said hee hath said unto him curse David who then shall say wherefore hast thou done so This is a great argument of patience for Gods children when they are afflicted or persecuted by the wicked for all the wicked while th●y afflict us are but a rod or staffe in the hand of GOD Isa 10.15 If we can get Gods favour we need no more be afraid for the wicked then for a Staffe or Svvord lying upon the ground they should once see this our Captaine with his Sword in his hand they should all fall down as dead-men at his feet when Captaine Gideon went out against the Midianites hee cryed Judg. 7.20 THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON After that not a man had either heart or hand to fight against Gods people The use The use Let us by all meanes endeavoure by a good life to please GOD that this great Captaine with his sword may be on our side in these dayes of warre the Papists idoll is nothing Hos 8.5 thy Calf O Samaria hath cast thee off But O the LORD will never cast us off If he bee with us wee need not fear who be against us Lappers of water Judg. 7.5 any bodie though both few and weak will prevail easily Luk. 12.32 if GODS Sword be in the Battell Feare not little flock said Christ stand still said Moses to his six hundreth thousand fighting men ye need not draw a Sword the Lord shall fight for you Exod. 14.13 Onely stand still and yee shall see what GOD can doe Yee shall see the Salvation of the LORD Psal 68.21 Who shall wound the head and breake the hairie scalp of all these that in their pride shall rise up against us We shall bee able to stand against all weathers and stormes whatsoever What ever our dangers be the LORD shall give us a riddance We shall be in Covenant with the Stones of the Earth and the Starres of Heaven who as in the day of Sisera shall fight in their courses against all our enemies Judg. 5.20 In the day of Battell the Lord shall breake the Horse hooves of our enemies Judg. 5.22 by the meanes of the pransings the pransings that is tramplings or plungings of