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A60727 The soldier's religious exercise in the time of war Being some proper texts, portions of holy scripture, and prayers, useful for those officers and soldiers, who are engaged abroad in Their Majesties service. Publish'd by a late chaplain to the army. Late chaplain to the army. 1690 (1690) Wing S4430; ESTC R219655 20,970 51

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THE SOLDIER 's Religious Exercise IN THE TIME of WAR BEING Some Proper Texts Portions of Holy-Scripture and Prayers useful for those OFFICERS and SOLDIERS who are engaged abroad in Their Majesties Service Publish'd by a late Chaplain to the Army JOSH. 1. 8 9. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have good success Have not I commanded thee Be strong and of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest LONDON Printed for Ric. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCXC Imprimatur Jan. 4. 1689. To the Honourable the Colonels and others the chief Officers of Their Majesties Army HAving been some time since ingaged in the Service of the Army I considered with my self what course would be most proper and expedient to discharge the Obligations of the Chaplain's Duty And I am of Opinion That there is no way more useful to his purpose in order to promote the Practical Exercise of Religion among the ordinary and private Soldiers who are generally very ignorant of the common Rudiments and Principles of Christianity than to advise the frequent reading of the Holy Scriptures which indeed I found by sad experience was shamefully neglected by some of them to the great scandal and abuse of Religion And this I chiefly impute to the want of Bibles among them for I dare say were a strict search and enquiry made in every Regiment of the Army we should not find many possess'd of this Holy Treasure which does so nearly concern the necessary good and Salvation of their Precious and Immortal Souls And therefore to supply that defect or rather the want of Holy Instruction from those sacred Oracles of God's inspired Word give me leave I pray you to dedicate to your use this small Bible or Summary of Devotional Scripture which being of a lesser size is more fitly accommodated for the Soldier 's carriage and may be in some sense as useful as it contains a brief Collection of all those necessary and pertinent T●xts which are adapted for a Soldier 's Christian Duty and Service in the time of War And which as it may serve to instruct the more ignorant and unlearned in the common rules and ways of Salvation so I hope it will not altogether prove useless or insufficient to remember those who are more knowing of their Christian Duty and Calling that so both may become more sincerely vertuous and Religions towards God and honestly faithful and serviceable to the Interest of Their Majesties present Government as they desire to serve the common Rights and Liberties of the Church and Nation And now I humbly desire all the chief Officers and Commanders of Their Majesties Army to whose fa●our I present this small Treati●e or Religious Exercise of Devotional Scripture that they will be pleased to give in strict charge or command to all their subalterns both Officers and Soldiers that this may be read by them as they have leisure and opportunity either in the Camp or Garison and especially to those who are engaged in Their Majesties Service both in Holland and Ireland for whom I have fitted those Holy Collects or Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer in the Close of this Book which will not be improper to be used by every particular Officer or Soldier who keeps constant to the Exercise of daily Devotion and besides 't is necessary that he do reflect upon some of those Holy Passages of Scripture which I have here reduced under so many several Heads which I judged to be most proper for the Soldier 's Christian Duty during his Service in the Wars And now because among the private Men the Education of some is so Illiterate that they cannot Read I have thought of this expedient to help the ignorant which is That his fellow Soldier or Comrade do by frequent reading inculcate unto his Memory some few of those chief Texts or Portions of Holy Scripture And if these Orders and Rules of Religion be strictly observed and put in Execution by you who are the chief Officers you will soon find the benefit of this Holy Discipline to be not only serviceable to your seives in keeping your Men orderly and sober in their Beh●viour and so no less quietly submissive and obedient to the Words of your Command But then what is more happy this will be in some measure greatly instrumental for the publick Service of Religion in reforming those Scandalous Vices and Immoralities of Drunkenness and Swearing which are so generally risen among the more Ignoble and Plebeian sort And thus you will come to gain not only the credit of esteem and Reputation to your selves but you will do no less real honour and service to Their Majesties by your diligence and fidelity in this present juncture wherein we must expect either the lasting happiness or intire Ruine of the Peace and Prosperity of this Church and Nation as God is pleased to give success to Their Majesties Arms which we all know are now chiefly engaged to maintain the free Exercise of our Religion which is so happily modelled according to the excellent Doctrine and Precepts of the Holy Bible And of which this being a small Epitome or Part I hope it will come the more acceptable for that publick Good and Practical Exercise of Holiness for which 't is chiefly intended for the use of those Officers and Soldiers who are now employ'd abroad in Their Majesties Service for the common safety and defence of our Religion and Country and to which I pray God give a Blessing that we may all fight the good fight of faith to lay hold of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen THE SOLDIER 's Religious Exercise IN THE TIME of WAR EXERCISE I. A Christian Soldier must be strictly Vertuous and Religious in his Life and Conversation WHEN the Host goeth forth against thine Enemies then keep thee from every wicked thing Deut. 23. v. 9. For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy Camp to deliver thee and to give up thine Enemies before thee therefore shall thy Camp be Holy that he see no unclean thing in thee and turn away from thee Deut. 23. ver 14. If ye forsake the Lord and serve strange gods then he will turn and do you hurt and consume you after that he hath done you good Josh 24. ver 20. Be ye therefore very couragious to keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left Josh 23. v. 6. But cleave unto the Lord your God as ye have done unto this day Josh 23. v. 8. If thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom Ps 90.12 All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change come For now thou numberest my steps dost thou not watch over my sin Job 14.14 16. God will not cast away a perfect man Job 8.20 Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace Ps 37.37 Rejoice not against me O mine enemy when I fall I shall arise when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me Mich. 7.8 Why art thou cast down O my soul and why art thou disquieted in me Psal 42.5 I have set the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved Thou wilt shew me the path of life in thy presence is fulness of joy at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore Psal 16. v. 8 11. For which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal 2 Cor. 4.16 18. Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God Rom. 5. v. 1 2. I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the Faith Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto them also which love his appearing 2 Tim. 4.7 8. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth yea saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them Rev 14.13 Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing Matth. 24.46 EXERCISE V. A Christian Soldier must give all due submission and obedience to the Commands of his chief Officer or Leader and the Officer must be no less faithful and diligent in his Trust AND Moses said unto them If ye will do this thing if ye will go armed before the Lord to war Numb 32.20 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord until he hath driven out his enemies from before him Numb 32. v. 20. And the land be subdued before the Lord then afterwards ye shall return and be guiltless before the Lord and before Israel and this land shall be your possession before the Lord Numb 32.22 But if ye will not do so behold ye have sinned against the Lord and be sure your sin will find you out Numb 32.23 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses saying Thy servants will do as my Lord commandeth Numb 32. ●5 Thy servants will pass over every man armed for war before the Lord to battle as my lord saith Numb 32. v. 27. And they answered Joshua saying All that thou commandest us we will do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go Josh 1. v 16. According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things so will we hearken unto thee only the Lord thy God be with thee as he was with Moses Josh 1. v. 17. Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him he shall be put to death only be strong and of good courage Josh 1. v. 18. And the officers which were over thousands of the host the captains of thousands and cap●ains of hundreds came near unto Moses Numb 31.48 And they said unto Moses Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge and there lacketh not one man of us Numb 31.49 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the Hold unto David 1 Chron. 12.16 And David went out to meet them and answered and said unto them If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me mine heart shall be kind unto you but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies seeing there is no wrong in mine hands the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it 1 Chron. 12.17 Then the spirit came upon Amasai who was chief of the captains and he said Thine are we David and on thy side thou son of Jesse peace peace be unto thee and peace be to thine helpers for thy God helpeth thee Then David received them and made them captains of the band 1 Chron. 12.18 And they helped David against the band of the rovers for they were all mighty men of valour and were captains in the host 1 Chron. 12.21 All these men of war that could keep rank came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king 1 Chron. 12.38 For I also am a man set under authority having under me soldiers and I say unto one Go and he goeth and to another Come and he cometh and to my servant Do this and he doth it Luk. 7.8 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in all things not answering again Tit. 2.9 Not purloyning but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our saviour in all things Tit. 2.10 EXERCISE VI. A Soldier must exercise his Valour and Courage for the Cause of God and fight for the Defence of his Religion and Country BE thou valiant and fight the Lord's battles 1 Sam. 18.17 Be of good courage and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God and the Lord do that which seemeth him good 2 Sam. 10.12 And Joab drew nigh and the people that were with him unto the battle against the Syrians and they fled before him 2 Sam. 10.13 For the battel is the Lord's and he will give you into our hands 1 Sam 17.47 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you Deut. 20. v. 4 When thou goest out to battel against thine enemies and seest horses and chariots and a people more than thou be not afraid of them for the Lord thy God is with thee Deut. 20.1 Through God we shall do valiantly for he it is that shall tread down our enemies Ps 60.12 The right hand of the Lord is exalted the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly Ps 118.16 Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Ephes 6. v. 10. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day Ephes 6.13 Fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life 1 Tim. 6.12 Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of