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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.
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Late chaplain to the army.
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1690
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Wing S4430; ESTC R219655
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image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the water under the earth Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me and keep my commandments Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Six days shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no manner of work thou and thy son and thy daughter thy man-servant and thy maid-servant thy cattel and the stranger that is within thy gates For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day and hallowed it Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt do no murther Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt not commit adultery Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt not steal Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife nor his servant nor his maid nor his ox nor his ass nor any thing that is his Lord have mercy upon me and write all these thy laws in my heart I beseech thee Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets Matth. 22. v. 37 38 39 40. The Lord's Prayer the best form of your Christian Devotion either for the beginning or end of your Prayers OUR Father which art in Heaven Hallowed be thy Name Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us our trespasses As we forgive them that trespass against us And lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom The power and the glory for ever and ever Amen After this manner therefore pray ye Our Father c. Matth. 6. v. 9. When the Soldier stands Sentinel Take ye heed watch and pray for ye know not when the time is Mark 13.33 When he goes out to mount or dismount the Guard The Lord preserve my going out and my coming in from this time forth and for evermore Psal 121. v. 8. When he goes to fight the Enemy Plead thou my cause O Lord with them that strive with me and fight thou against them that fight against thee Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for mine help Psal 35. v. 1 2. ¶ God be with you in your life and at your death and make your Soul and Body precious in the sight of the Lord with whom I pray that you may live for evermore Amen FINIS
by thy governance to do alwaies that is righteous in thy fight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT V. For aid against Perils Note That this Collect is to be said at Night LIghten mine eyes O Lord that I sleep not in darkness nor in the shadow of death but by thy great mercy defend me from all perils and dangers this night that the Enemy may have no advantage over me nor yet the wicked approach to hurt me but preserve me both in body and soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT VI. For a Blessing upon the Church and State O Lord look down from Heaven behold and visit us with thy Salvation have mercy upon these sinful and distracted Kingdoms pardon our great and crying sins divert thy Judgments and give us all grace thankfully to accept thy mercies defend this Church with thy continual help and government Bless and preserve Their Majesties King WILLIAM and Queen MARY prosper Their Forces with all happiness both by Sea and Land and make them eminent Instruments of doing good for the furtherance of thy glory and do thou at last bring Them to thy everlasting Kingdom through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT V. For Victory over our Enemies O God the protector of all them that trust in thee the Lord of all power and might be ready I beseech thee to save and deliver me and all my Superior Officers and fellow Soldiers of this †This to be used as necessary Camp or Garison from the hands of our Enemies that we may be preserved and comforted in all the dangers and Calamities of War do thou strengthen the hands of our General and go along with our Officers and Soldiers and stand by us all in the day of Battel that we being armed by the power of thy Divine Providence may do great and valiant Acts and so magnifie thy honour and glory in giving us Victory and deliverance through Jesus Christ our Blessed Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT VI. For the Peace of the Christian World GRant I beseech thee O merciful Lord to all thy faithful People pardon and peace that they being cleansed from all their sins may walk in brotherly love and agreement of Mind and serve thee with a quiet Mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT VII For heavenly Hope and Confidence O God who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love grant I beseech thee that I may lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace and in all my troubles put my whole trust and confidence in thy mercy that thou being my Ruler and Guide I may so pass through things temporal that I lose not the things Eternal but may obtain thy gracious Promises through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour Amen COLLECT VIII To Conclude ALmighty God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears now that in his name I have made my Prayers and Supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may be effectually obtained to the relief of my necessity and to the setting forth of thy Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen COLLECT IX For a Blessing THE Lord fulfil the desires and Prayers of thy humble Servant as may be most expedient for me The Lord bless and keep me in the day of Battel in the hour of death and in the time of Judgment The Lord lift up the light of his Countenance upon me and give me Peace both now and evermore A COLLECT in case the Soldier be visited with Sickness or lie dangerously ill of his Wounds O Lord look down from Heaven visit and relieve me thy * As the case requires afflicted or wounded Servant whom thou hast made the object of thy heavy wrath and displeasure for the punishment of my sins sanctifie I beseech thee this thy fatherly correction to me that the sense of my weakness may add strength to my Faith and seriousness to my repentance that if it shall be thy good pleasure to restore me to my former health I may lead the residue of my life in thy fear and to thy glory or else give me grace so to take thy visitation that after this painful life ended I may dwell with thee in life everlasting through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen A Private Prayer for the Morning O Lord God of Hosts who rulest over all the Kingdoms of the Earth in whose Hands there is power and might so that none is able to withstand thee look down from Heaven and behold from the Habitation of thy Holiness and Glory upon me and all the Camp of our Israel who lie before thee dead in Trespasses and Sins be thou pleased to quicken us all by thy heavenly grace and power that we may arise from the Death of sin unto the Life of righteousness particularly be merciful unto me the unworthiest of all thy Servants give ear unto my Prayer O God and hide not thy self from my supplication who come unto thee with all humility and devotion of Soul and Body imploring thy fatherly mercy and forgiveness of all those grievous sins and transgressions which I do now confess before thee * Here recollect your particular sins O cleanse thou me from all my faults wash me in the Blood of that Immaculate Lamb who offered up himself a Sacrifice for the sins of the whole World look upon the intercession of the Blessed Jesus and let his saving power and efficacy plead pardon for my sins hear O Lord and forgive give grace and strength to thy Servant that he may reform all the errors and miscarriages of his former Life and be renewed in the Spirit of a sober Mind to think and do always those things that be righteous in thy sight Shew thy Pity and Compassion to this sinful and divided Nation wherein we live pardon our great and crying sins prevent the wrath of thy terrible Judgments and give us not over a prey unto the will of our Enemies for thou art the hope of our Israel and the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble and therefore that we may enjoy security and rest from all our Enemies round about us be thou pleased to bless and defend with thy peculiar favour and providence Their Sacred Majesties King William and Queen Mary make Them the saving Instruments of this Church and Nation and to this end do thou prosper Their Forces both by Land and Sea with happy Success and Victory Be thou O Lord the God of our defence and Salvation in the Day of Battel and strengthen the Hands of our General and bless all our Officers and Soldiers that we may be strong in the Lord and in the Power of his might to fight valiantly for the cause of God And now O Lord lest any unthankfulness for former mercies