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A68550	The Bible-battells. Or The sacred art military For the rightly wageing of warre according to Holy Writ. Compiled for the vse of all such valiant worthies, and vertuously valerous souldiers, as vpon all iust occasions be ready to affront the enemies of God, our king, and country. By Ric. Bernard rector of Batcombe Somersetshire.	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1629 (1629)	STC 1926; ESTC S115391	93,945	409

plagued the Aegyptians amonge whom he sent Iud. 9. these wicked evill spirits By one of these he vexed and set at odds Abimilech 2 Ch. 29. 23. 1 Sam. 14. 20 and the Sichemites to seeke by a furious and bloudy rage the vtter ruine and destruction of one another And by these it is very like he wrought the deaths of great Iud. 7. 22. Armies when they slew one another the Lord setting euery mans sword against his owne fellow throughout the host The third is of all other his creatures except man this is a very mighty strong and vnresistable Armie with these hee goeth forth in battell He set the starres in their Exo. 9. 23 24. 34. 1 Sa. 7. 10. Ios 10 11. Psal 11. 6. courses to fight against Sisera with thunder lightning raigne and haile mingled with fire he set vpon the Egyptians with great stones from heauen hee slew the Canaanites Iob 38. 22 23. Amos 4. 9. Hag. 2. 8. Num. 16. 35. 31 32. 1 Sa. 14 15 which hailestones he reserueth in his treasury against the time of warre with bl●sting windes with fire with Earthquakes he consumeth ouerthroweth and deuoureth vp his enemies He shooteth out his arrowes hot thunderbolts with these hee smites them through yea saith the Prophet with thunder earthquake great noyse of storme and tempest Ps 18. 14. Esa 29. 6. 30 30. Ioel 2. 25. 2 Kin. 17. Deu. 32. 24 with the flame of deuouring fire he will rise vp against them and shew the lighting downe of his arme in the indignation of his anger with scattering and tempest and hailestones Hee commeth foorth with his great hosts as Ioel calleth them Canker-wormes locusts Cater-pilpillers and palmer-wormes He armeth the teeth of the beasts and Lyons to fight for him and vseth the poyson of serpents to vexe and slay his enemies Hee sendeth out Ios 24. 12. Exod. 8. frogges flyes and very lice to plague his enemies and hornets to driue them away before him so as he wanteth no meanes to annoy no power to worke the destruction of such as hee shall arme himselfe against The fourth Regiment is of men out Ioel 2. 11. Esa 10. 5. 13. 4 5. of his Church these are his armie or campe as they be tearmed as also the weapons of his indignation These he calleth forth and mustereth them ouer whom he hath appointed his generalls as once oue the Babylonians his Lieutenant and seruant Ier. 25. 9. Esa 45. 1 2 3. Nebuchadnezzar and ouer his host of Medes and Persians his Lieutenant and annoynted Cyrus These his armies of men hee imployeth diuersly as he pleaseth Sometimes seuerall Nations of them one against another as the Babylonians against the Assyrians Egyptians and other Countries the Medes and Persians against these the Grecians against them and the Romans against all So hee armes the Turke against the Persians and so to fight one against 2 Ch. 15. 6. another for when Nations rise against Nations and Cities against Cities Gods hand it is that vexeth them saith a Prophet Sometime hee letteth them agree together euen seuerall Nations and Kings to gather together against the Church and then sends an ill spirit among them to fall together by the eares one with another and vtterly to destroy one another as the 2 Ch. 20. 23. Moabites Ammonites and Edomites did Sometime the Armie of one and the same Nation he sets at oddes and the sword of euery man against his owne fellow as fell out in the great 1 Sam. 14. 20. Iud. 7. 22. host of the Philistims and those enemies against which Gideon went forth But this his host he doth not thus onely imploy one against another their owne selues but he vseth them against his owne people as appeareth by many examples in sacred storie Note this and heerein consider 1. That though these enemies Ioel 3. 11. seeme to come of their owne accord or are gathered together by ill instruments such as the vncleane spirits like frogs be in Reu. 16. 14. or by the diuell set on as Gog and Magog Reu. 16. 16 Ioel 3. 2. Iud. 4. 7. Reu. 20. 8. yet know wee must that God also gathereth them together where and whither he will He did draw Sisera with his Charets and multitude to come forth to the riuer Kishon Gods hand though the enemie thinkes not so is in their conduction 2. The number of the enemie is not at their own will to come forth Esa 13. 4. but the Lord numbereth and mustereth them and so knoweth to a man how many hee sendeth forth against his people 3. These enemies of his Church yet his host he gathereth together he numbreth and mustereth them and bringeth them out against his people for seuerall ends Sometime onely to terrifie his people to make them feare before him to humble themselues with fasting and prayer which being performed he will set himselfe against those their enemies and destroy them as hee did the three Nations 2. Ch. 20. which came against Iehosophat and as he did the proud Spaniards in their great Armado comming against Queene Elizabeth in the yeere 88. to their owne shame and the confusion of their conceited inuincible power Sometime it s to giue his people some glorious victory ouer their Enemies to let them see his power mercy and preseruation of them to stirre them vp to a more zealous seruice of him as he did in the dayes of Asa when the dreadfull host of Zerah the Ethiopian his tenne hundred 2 Ch 14. thousand came against Iudah and were vtterly discomfited Often the Lord hath hardened these enemies hearts against his people that those enemies might be overthrowne Exo 14. Num. 21. Ios 11. 19 20. so he hardened Pharaoh and his Egyptians to follow after Israel that he might drowne them in the sea So delt he with Og and Sihon and withall the King of Canaan that his people might vtterly destroy them In like sort hee dealt 2 Sam 5. 8. 10. with Dauids enemies who made war with him but to their owne ruine and ouerthrow and to the infinite inriching of Dauid and his people the Israelites But some other time he gathereth these Enemies to this end that they may indeede afflict and punish his owne people yea to rule ouer them making them to serue with rigour cruelty and great contempt Thus he sent out the King of Assyria and gaue him a charge to take the spoyle Esa 10. 6. and the prey yea and to tread them downe like the mire in the streetes Yet obserue in this hand of God 1. That the Enemies preuailing against the Lords people as from God Iud. 3. 8. 4. 2. 3 3. 12. Leu. 26. 36 37. himselfe He selleth them into the enemies hands he strengthneth the enemies to get the victorie and if people be weake fearfull fly away be ouercome spoyled it is he that doth it He turneth backe the weapons of

thorow intreaty their lives were spared yet they were punished and their punishment was to lye in Tents during the warre without fire to live onely with bread and water and to make restitution to the husbandmen and the reason given of this severitie was because such acts did tend to rebellion Aurelian writes an epistle to Tribunes and souldiers to keepe their hands from other mens goods But theft is not onely to be restrained in souldiers but also in Captaines and officers which they may many wayes commit 1. In false musters robbing so the state by having pay for moe in the roll then be in service This abuse Guice l. 15 was the ruine of Francis the first before Pavy they that give in false numbers by the Lawes in France suffer Liv. 28. death The Romans payd every souldier by the poll so at musters do now the Spaniards Secondly in robbing poore souldiers of their pay Caesar was severe against Caesar de b●llo Civ this villany so as two of his Captaines of horse Roscillus and Ae●us having defrauded souldiers of their pay fled to the enemy as soone as they knew that Caesar had notice thereof It s an indelible Character of infamie saith one to defraud a poore souldier of his due Thirdly in taking from a souldier that which is his owne as his weapon Of Capt abusing poore souldiers reade Sir Toh Smiths epistle to the Nobility of England l 3. 6. qui aliena F. de remilita or horse c. Theophilu● the Emperour of the East banished a Commander out of his Dominion for taking a souldiers good horse perforce from him for want whereof he was afterwards slaine in battle and withall bestowed the Commanders possession vpon the souldiours widdow albeit that Captaine had bestowed the horse vpon the Emperour himselfe vnwitting to him till the widow claimed him as the Emperour rode on him As Captaines and Officers may not wrong souldiers so souldiers may not rob one another Modestinus iudged him worthy of death that stole his fellowes armes To conclude great care must bee had that souldiers doe no spoyle nor rob such by whom they are permitted to passe by peaceably nor such as bee Merchants and Victuallers of the Campe but such must be suffered to goe and come very securely The Army of the Prince of Orange besieging Florence had like to haue beene famished through the disorder onely of three or foure souldiers which robbed the Merchants and Victuallers which came and went from the Campe but those were therefore hanged and then plenty was brought in The punishing of this sinne in Tamberlaines Campe made his huge Army of many hundred thousands to bee plentifully served XVII And last is the spreading of rumours raising of false reports to dishearten an Army is worthy death This the Lord of hosts punished with death and sent the Num. 14. 37. plague vpon them that brought vpon the land an ill report which daunted the peoples hearts for going forward it set them in a rebellion A false imagination conceiued and rumoured in the host of the Syrians to wit that Ieh●ram had hyred the Charriots and horses of Pharaoh to come vpon them when they besi●dged Samaria and in a manner had won it made them flye suddenly 2 K. 7 6 7. none pursuing and to loose the victory ●ea and what els they had running away as for their lives Rumours of falsho●d are often vttered of the enemy ●o worke feare and so to da●nt m●ns spirits which rumours therefore are not to be beleeued These are those sinn●full evills which principally in an army are to be suppressed and punished yet in proceeding against offenders as need must be taken of to much levitie so also beware of too great severitie Lucul●us vndid himselfe by this and ●as forsaken of his souldiers who went to Pompey to whom they prooued most faithfull and constant Rigour may rule but gaining affection by ●lemency causeth true obedience yet offenders must not goe vnpunished For by suppressing disorders God is honoured the Army strengthned the enemies disheartned neighbours and friends secured and so encouraged to abide constant but vvhere sin doth reigne disorders suffered there all things fall out cleane contrary misery and want will follow to their ruine and overthrow God will bee against them and friends will abandon them as vnvvorthy of aide CHAP. XVI Of a convenient armie and of necessaries prepared aforehand to maintaine the same VEgetius exhorteth those that purpose to begin wars carefully Li. 3 ca. 3. to weigh and consider their store and charges And prouision is to be made long before for in action then to prouide will be too late The Kings of Iudah made 2 Ch 14 8 17 2 26. in the dayes of peace great preparation for warre and had souldiers in readinesse to withstand sudden invasi●●s As may be seene ●n the reigne of Asa Iehosophat Vzzi●h and other Kings It is the saying of one That Long a praeparatio belli celer●m facit victoriam Long preparation by good deliberation maketh qu●cke dispatch in the execution and speedily getteth the vi●tory In going to warre first the number Num. 31. 3 ● Ios 8. 1. convenient to be employed is to be considered of both for horse and foot for powers both by sea and land The number is vncertaine somtimes Moses will appoint but twelve thousand the least number sent foorth to speed well sometime Iosua must take all the strong men of warre to fight with the enemy as need is so must be the number The heathen in former times had ever mighty hosts some hundred thousands the Midianites Philistims Ios 10. 11. 4. Canaanites Ethiopians Hol●phernes host was an hundred and seventie thousand and twelve thousand Arc●ers Iudg. 6. 5. 7. 2. 2 Chro. 14 Luk. 14. 31 on horsebacke now according to the power of the Enemy so must we goe out against him if we bee able as Christ reacheth in his parable To subdue enemies it is ever very necessary to have a full army if wee looke for victory for Touching a handfull or small number 3 or 4000 these doe rather injury themselves then the enemy they rather kindle and nourish warre then end it and doe rather hearten the enemy then strike him with feare anger him then hurt him What got Israel vnadvisedly by sending a small number 2 or 3000 against Ai It was but losse to themselves and encouragement to the Enemy The Lacedemonians could do no good against the Ath●nians as long as their numbers Thuci● 1. were smal but did hurt to themselves But now for a full power and to vse our best strength to obtaine the victory many reasons may perswade 1. God taught Iosua to doe when his small number was overthrowne he commanded him to take all the men of warre Ios 8. ● T●ucid ● 2. The heathen Oracle consulted with by the Lacedemonians before the Peloponensian warre to know by what meanes