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A51026	The good patriot set forth in the example of the publick-spirited centurion in a sermon preached in the Gray-Friar Church of Edinburgh, on the first Munday of June, 168-, being the day ordinarly [sic] observed for the anniversary commemoration of George Herriot, the religious founder of the hospital called after his name Herriots Hospital.	Mackqueen, John, d. 1734.	1694 (1694)	Wing M227; ESTC R22268	32,260	60

of David and his Worthies and all these who have allyed the Divine Graces with the Moral Virtues of the Military Profession I will not say but such Examples were rare in former and latter times and it is to be regrated that Godliness is not so generally entertained countenanced or practised by Men of this Office as could be wished Lucan lib. 10 Which made the Historian Poet say Nulla fides Pietasque Viris qui Castra sequuntur If he had put Rara for Nulla he had lighted on the Truth of the Matter without marring the Elegancy of his Meeter It is truly matter of Regrate that the Camp should be no better than a Correction house or common Goal the ordinary Receptacle of Thieves and Robbers of Villains and Malefactors That such who are nottour for the Daringness of their Nature to commit all kind of Mischief and for their habitual hardiness in all manner of Wickedness should be singled out to fight the cause of GOD and the King while these are more likly by their Blasphemies and sins to undermine the Interests of both then promote them by their Strength and Number Yet we know when Princes are engaged in War Men levied for advancing or carrying on the same the Naughtiest and most Scandalous Rogues in the Countrey are sought and marked out as fit Champions to mantain the honour of the Soveraign and the Safety of the Countrey it is a miracle a good cause prospers in the hands of such Mannagers whose Enormities prognosticat more Vengeance than their Arms do Victory the Strength of an Army consists not in the Multitude of its Troops nor is the fury of Russians its strongest fence Pr●● 28.1 It is Piety and Virtue that inspires Men with Courage and Brav'ry and is like to Crown their Attemps with Success and Conquest Which is not to be expected from the Scum and Off-scourings of a Nation too frequently the Recruits of our Forces However we see We are not altogether to Discredit or Disgrace the Military Calling as if it were a kind of Nazareth Out of which no good can come As if it were a sort of Wilderness Barren of Trees of Righteousness we see both the Camp and Court present us with some no less conspicuous for Size and Verdure for Zeal and Constancy than those of other vocations Vertue is open and free calleth welcomes yea and Conquers some every where Wisdom despises no Passengers there is no Fortification against the Engines of Grace no Rampiers no Bulwarks Impregnable to its force no condition of life can resist its opperation It hath carried some spoils from every Occupation raised from Trophies in every Region and there is no Nation or Profession where it has not left some Prints of its Power and Vestiges of its Conquest It hath with a Mighty hand broke through strong Holds and Levell'd Mountains of opposition the Simplicity of the Gospel has Triumphed over the subtility of Philosophers the Sword of the Spirit has Vanquished the Carnal Weapons of the Redoubted Generals of the World some of the Roman Conquerors and Grecian Orators have stooped their Power and vailed their Crest to the Humility of the Cross We may say then with St. Peter at the Conversion of another Famous Centurion Of a truth GOD is no Respecter of persons but in every Nation So I may say in every Profession Acts 10.33 in every Occupation he that feareth GOD and worketh Righteousness is accepted of Him The Camp has furnished Champions no less Va●iant for GOD and Religion then they have been for their King and Country Devotion is not so Narrow or Morose but it may adapt and suit it self to the several Circumstances and Imployments of Human life Religion without any imputation of Levity or prejudice to her Matron Gravity may varie her Dress while she retains her Natural Purity and immaculate constitution and these Directors of Spiritual Life who present her in the same habite to a Souldier or a Courtier that they do to a Priest or a Monk spills her shape or laces her straiter then he needs The Sentinel does his duty in Watching and the Bed chamberman in his Waiting hours as well as a Regular in observing his Cannonical diets or a Pastor in his Preaching turns Behold here then the Excellency of Religion it can sort with every State accomodat it self to every Condition it can lodge under a Scarlet or Purple Robe As well as lurk under a Coul or Hair shirt It can enter and tarry in a Souldiers Tent as well as an Anchoret's cell there are Devour Courtiers and Godly Centurions who led a Life of Continence in Palaces of Pleasure afford Examples of Abstinence amidst the Incentives of a full Table are Paterns of a Real Humility in their greatest Magnificence while a Crou● of Attendants with bare heads and Bended Knees flock about them they retain pure hands and mild hearts maugre all the Provocations to Cruelty and temptations to Violence which surround them their fr●quent rough Warlike Exercises remove not Piery from their Souls Humanity from their hearts Tenderness from their Breasts Compassion from their Natures or Civility from their Manners There are who can unite the Piety of a Divine with the Policie of a Statseman the Devotion of a Regular with the Debonairness of a Courtier the Courage of a Hero with the Meekness of the Gentler Sex the Gallantry of a Wa●riour with the Charity of a Christian whose Religion does not soften the undauntedness of their temper or rebate the Vigour of their Resolution nor does their Valour impair their Affection to Divine Worship or abate the fervours of their prayers make their Confessions less humble their Devotion more Austere or their Behaviour morose No no their conversation bears all the caracters not only of a Courteous and Civil but likewise of a Religious and Virtuous Education Who amidst all the punctilios of Honour they so much stand upon And vie with others about have consciences tender of a sinful as well as a cowardly action Who avoid all appearances of evil and giving offence into GOD or disrespct to his Laws They place no courage in daring GOD or braving the Devil nor do they count it a despicable piece of timorousness to dread the Judge of all the World to fear hell or flee from damnation they esteem there is more of fool hardiness than of Courage of Raging madness then of true Gallantry in sporting with sinful occasions dallying with Spiritual dangers playing with what may consigne them to infernal flames or in an overventerous marching near the Precipice of everlasting burnings Well then while we see such Lill●es among Thorns and Roses among Thristles when we see such virtue and Goodness keept alive amidst such an Army of Temptations and difficulties may we not admire the Divine Bounty and Magnifie the Energy of His Grace that selects Souls brought up in the Tumults of War to make them examples of Piety and Patterns of Charity He