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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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may make me uncapable of thy future favours I desire to praise and glorifie thy holy name for all thy Temporal and Spiritual Blessings for the particular preservations of thy good Providence that thou hast defended my life hitherto from the violence of the Enemy and be thou pleased to continue still watchful over me help me O God of my Salvation for the glory of thy name and let me not be delivered over into the Hands of merciless and cruel Men and since I know not what sudden dangers may encompass me give me serious thoughts to prepare for the Hour of Death and the Day of Judgment that I may not be surprized at any sudden change or accident of mortality but may patiently submit to thy Holy Will and whether I live or die chearfully resign both my Soul and Body into the Protection of thy good Providence for the sake of Christ Jesus who is the God of my hope and Salvation and in whom I will trust for my deliverance from the Enemy and therefore devoutly pray as he hath taught me in his Holy Gospel saying Our Father c. A Private Prayer for the Evening O Lord God merciful and gracious Father who bearest the most tender love and compassion to the Children of Men who hath no pleasure in the death of the wicked but rather that he should turn from his way and live Be graciously pleased to accept of the hearty Contrition and repentance of thy humble Servant who meekly confess my sins and acknowledge my vileness * Hear mention the sins of the day I have sinned against thee O what shall I do unto thee O thou preserver of Men I have indeed sinned against thy Mercies and thy Judgments against the checks of my own Conscience and the deliberate Vows and Purposes of Holy amendment But now O Father I come unto thee in the mercies of the Holy Jesus and pray thee That thou wilt accept of the Sacrifice of his Blood to be a Propitiation for my sins O let the sprinkling of that everlasting Covenant wash and purifie my Soul clean and undefiled from all the Pollutions of Vice and Wickedness and do thou fill me with such a Measure and Portion of thy Grace that I may resist all future Temptations and diligently apply my heart to fulfil all thy Commandments by serving thee in true Holiness and Righteousness all the days of my life remember with me the sorrowful State and Condition of Mankind shew thy mercy and compassion to the manifold fins and Provocations of this Land and Nation and punish us not according to our iniquities for then how shall we escape O God if thou be extreme to mark what we have done amiss O remember not against us our former iniquities but let thy tender mercies speedily help and prevent us heal all our Divisions and Differences in Opinion and unite us all by the bands of Brotherly Love and Charity that we may become a chosen Generation and a peculiar People zealous of Good Works Let us not continue unthankful for thy late Mercies but let us all O Lord consider thy Work and the power of thy Providence and so repent of this our backsliding wickedness that iniquity may not be out Ruine And that Truth and Peace may flourish in our daies bless the Supream Power and Government of Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary prosper thou the Great Work of Their Hands O prosper thou Their handywork that They may become Victorious over all Their Enemies And to this end give a blessing of strength and courage to Their Forces both by Land and Sea particularly I pray for the chief Commanders the Officers and Soldiers of this * As occasion requires Camp or Garison Give us all the Spirit of Christian Fortitude and Resolution that we may be strong and of good courage to stand before the Enemy in the day of Battel O preserve thou the Life of thy Servant who now calls upon thee let the Enemy have no advantage over me nor the wicked approach to hurt me but let me be continually guarded by the Protection of thy good Providence until these Calamities be over-past And as thou hast been pleased to defend me this day and all the days of my Life for which my Soul does praise and magnifie thy Holy Name for this and all other thy mercies so let no evil happen unto me this Night nor any Destruction come nigh my Tent or Dwelling but O blessed Lord the keeper of Israel who never slumberest nor sleepest watch over me and all the Camp of our Israel that we may be secure from all dangers both of Soul and Body Give me serious Apprehensions of Death that I may consider the few and uncertain days of my Pilgrimage here and since I know not how short my time is to live make me sensible of all the sudden accidents and dangers of War that I may never live in such a state as I shall be afraid to die but may be always ready with chearfulness and joy to resign my self into the Hands of my merciful Redeemer and grant O Lord that whether I sleep or wake live or die I may always continue thy faithful Servant even unto the end of my life for the sake of Jesus Christ my only Lord and Saviour in whose Name I further call upon thee saying 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 Amen Repeat the Apostles Creed which is the right Confession of your Christian Faith I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate Was crucified dead and buried He descended into Hell The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into Heaven And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost The holy Catholick Church The Communion of saints The forgiveness of sins The resurrection of the body And the life everlasting Amen And this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith 1 John 5.4 That is the word of faith which we preach that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thy heart that God hat raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved Rom. 10.8 9. Repeat often the Decalogue or the Ten Commandments which is the Rule of your Obedience GOD spake these words and said I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt have none other Gods but me Lord have mercy upon me and incline my heart to keep this law Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven
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