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Safety in war, or, The infallible artillery of a kingdom, fleet or army in sermons unto Their Majesties forces by sea and land / by John Whittel ...
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Whittel, John.
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1692
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Safety in War OR THE INFALLIBLE ARTILLERY OF A Kingdom Fleet or Army IN SERMONS UNTO THEIR Majesties Forces by 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 By JOHN WHITTEL Chaplain in the Army 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 lib. 10. ◠721. LONDON Printed for Randal Taylor near Stationers Hall 1692. To the Right Honourable the LORDS of the Treasury My Lords ACcidentally meeting with a certain Pamphlet concerning Courage which was design'd no doubt to weaken the Hands of Gods People or dismay their Majesties Forces in this holy War by Sea and Land I conceived it would not be in vain for me to publish something which might tend to their Majesties Welfare and the Encouragement of the Fleet and Army in this depraved Age wherein Fidelity is abandon'd by many as Antichristian My Lords these naked Truths in these Jejune Papers are for the most part such as were sounded in the Ears of the Army And therefore I have reason to hope they may be embrac'd by them now with the same Candidness and Singleness of Heart as they were deliver'd in order to the Advancement of Gods Glory the good of the Church Militant against the common Enemy and Oppressor and the Welfare Peace and Happiness of their Majesties and their Kingdoms I must confess my Lords there is in them no Politeness of Style Floridness of Phrase or Sweetness of Rhetorick which may make them esteem'd by the Learned Yet I hope a familiar Scripture-dress may not be disesteem'd by the Vulgar and more Vnlearn'd for whom alone they are sent abroad in this nice Age. And since nothing is spoken here but what hath been spoken before our Days and Treatises or Sermons are generally entertain'd according to the Proverb Quot Homines tot Sententiae I must crave the Honour of your Lordships as to shelter these honest tho' unpolish'd Papers under your Lordships Patronage praying you to accept them as a sincere Acknowledgment of that indispensible Duty which is owing unto your Lordships From your Lordships most humble Servant J. W. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Numb 14. 9. Rebel not ye against the Lord neither fear ye the People of the Land for they are Bread for us Their Defence is departed from them and the Lord is with us Fear them not BEFORE we come to handle these Words in particular it cannot be improper for to shew you the occasion of them together with the People unto whom they are spoken and the Person or Persons that spake ' em We read in the Holy Bible how God Almighty of his free Grace and Goodness chose the Seed of Jacob which was afterwards call'd Israel because as a Prince he had Power with God unto himself for to be a peculiar People unto him above all other Nations And therefore he promised for to multiply them as the Stars of Heaven for number and to give unto them the Land of Canaan for an Heritage And in order to the fulfilling of his gracious Covenant the Lord Jehovah brought his own People out from the midst of Egypt by Temptations by Signs and by Wonders and by War and by a mighty Hand and by a stretched Arm and by great Terrors which he brought upon Pharaoh and his whole Host and at length overturning them in the midst of the red Sea as they were pursuing the Children of Israel Deut. 4. 34. Moreover the eternal God led his own People forty Years long in the Wilderness going before them by Day in a Pillar of a Cloud for to shew them by what way they should go and by Night in a Pillar of Fire to give Light unto 'em and be a Wall or Defence between the Camp of Israel and the Camp of the Egyptians So that the one came not near the other all Night When they were come unto the Confines of the Land of Promise Moses by the Commandment of God and Entreaty of the People sent forth a Man out of every Tribe for to go before them and search the Land and bring 'em Word back what it was whether good or bad and what People they were which dwelt therein whether strong or weak few or many and whether they dwelt in Cities Tents or strong Holds After forty Days these Spys return'd from searching the Land and brought with them from thence some Grapes Pomegranates and Figs and came and told their Brethren That it was a Land which flowed with Milk and Hony but the People thereof were Strong and of a great Stature and their Cities were wall'd and very great Yea they said That they saw there Giants the Sons of Anak and they were in their own Sight but as Grashoppers unto them and therefore there was no going up against them they were so strong Thus these Spys which were sent brought up an evil Report upon the Land insomuch that all the Congregation of Israel lifted up their Voice and cryed and the People wept all Night and murmured against Moses and against Aaron saying Would God that we had died in the Land of Egypt Or would God that we had died in this Wilderness Wherefore hath the Lord brought us up to fall by the Sword and our Wives and our little ones to become a Prey c. Were it not better for us to return into Egypt And they said one to another Let us make us a Captain and let us return thither Upon this Moses and Aaron fell on their Faces before all Israel And those two mighty Men of Valour which were of them that had search'd the Land and had another Spirit in them following God fully Namely Joshua the Son of Nun and Caleb the Son of Jephunneth used their best endeavours for to still and satisfie the People and to cause them to be better opinionated towards the Country and to remember how the most high God was their Defence and had fought their Battels for them against their Enemies and how he had led them safely thither saying The Land which we passed through for to search it is an exceeding good Land If the Lord delight in us then he will bring us into this good Land and give it to us Only rebel not ye against the Lord neither fear ye the People of c. As if they had said You whose Eyes have seen what great things the Lord your God did for you ever since he brought you out of the Land of Egypt or out of the Furnace by the Hands of Moses and Aaron You who are his own peculiar People for you now to fear when ye are at the very Borders of the Land is very evil Therefore do not rebel against the Lord in murmuring against his Ministers Moses and Aaron whom he hath set over you But remember the mighty Hand of God which bare you in all this Wilderness as a Man doth his Son and be not discouraged at the Strength of the People the number of their Cities and the height of their Walls for the Lord your God which goeth before you he it is that fighteth for you