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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35629	The accomplished commander being necessary instructions for the prudent conduct of officers in an army / written by a person of great experience in military affairs, and published for the common benefit, by R.C.	Person of great experience in military affairs.; R. C.	1689 (1689)	Wing C96; ESTC R3979	26,949	149

And Aristotle tells us in few words That a Magistrate or Prince is the keeper of Right and Equity but the same is best taught by St. Paul who expresseth the Cause efficient and final that is by whom Magistrates and Princes are ordain'd together with their Duties and Offices A Magistrate is the Minister of God for thy Good but if thou doe evil fear For he beareth not the Sword for nought He is the Minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth evil Rom. 13. v. 4. He also teacheth in the same place that every Soul ought to be subject to the Higher Powers because they are by God ordain'd and that whosoever resisteth that Power resisteth God the Giver and Fountain thereof Ver. 1 2. And shall not only be subject to the Judgment and Condemnation of Man but of God for you must be subject saith he not because of Wrath only but also for Conscience sake Ver. 5. The Examples are not to be numbred of God's punishing those who have resisted Authority by God ordained and established Neither ought any Subject therefore to resist the Power of Kings because they may be taxed with injustice or cruelty for it pleased God sometimes to punish his People by a Tyrannous hand And the Commandments of Obedience are without distinction The Prophets and Christ himself subjected themselves to the Power of Magistrates Christ commanded the Dues to Caesar should le given unto him and he paid tribute for himself and Peter Jerem. 29. v. 7. Jeremiah commanded the Israelites even those that were Captives under Heathen Kings to pray for them and the Peace of Babylon So Abraham pray'd for Abimelech and Jacob blessed the King of Aegypt and it is acceptable in the sight of our Saviour saith St. Paul that you make Supplications and Prayers for Kings and for all that are in Authority And if for such Kings as were Idolatrous much more for Christian Kings and Magistrates and so much did St. Chrisostome in his Homily to the people prefer Monarchical Government that he rather commended the Rule of Kings though Tyrants than that they should be wanting Prestat Regem Tyrannum habere quam nullum Better a Tyrannous King than no King And if they be good Kings which is generally presupposed then is there no liberty more safe than to serve them And certainly howsoever it may be disputed yet it is safer to live under one Tyrant than under ten Thousand Tyrants under a wise man that is Cruel than under the barbarous Cruelty of the Multitude For as Agesilaus answered a Citizen of Sparta that desired an Alteration of the Government viz. That that kind of Government which a man would disdain in his own house were very unfit to govern great Regions by Experience in Arms is the Original of true Nobility THe Romans made a Law that no Man should be admitted into the Council or Civil Magistracy without he had first served ten years in the Wars and the reason was that they by undergoing the Severities and Difficulties thereof might be the better Judges how to prevent it in times of Peace And we see that by experience in Arms Kingdoms subsist Justice flourishes and true Nobility hath its Being For before Wars were known all Men were of an equal Birth and the difference of Estates and Offices made the sole distinction of persons War in ancient time was neither the Refuge of the wretched nor the Sanctuary of the banished and the Romans received none but chosen Men into their service who were obliged to put themselves in good Equipage and for the space of twenty years serve upon their own expence either amongst the Horse or Foot and when they had fulfilled the term of their Service they received from the Commonwealth Rewards suitable to the Merits of their Actions either by being promoted to Honour or endow'd with the Lands of those they conquer'd Besides Experience puts a difference between those that have carried Arms and such as have not for from the Reputation of their brave Exploits which they had engraven on their Shields as a mark of the Nobility which they had acquir'd by their Valour from thence I say we have Escutcheons and the Titles of Knight Esquire Gentleman Such I say were of chiefest note amongst the Nobility and from them are descended the illustrious Families of great Lords who carry Coronets over their Arms and who in process of time have changed their ancient Titles into those at present according to the new Dignities wherewith Sovereigns have been pleased to honour them as of Duke Marquess Earl Viscount Baron and the like Experience in Arms hath also raised to the Throne many of low and despicable birth King David was a Sheepherd and Saul his Predecessour thought it no scorn to seek his Father's Asses Antipater King of Macedonia was the Son of a Juggler Agathocles King of Syracuse of a Potter Cambises King of Persia was said to be the Son of a Carter King Sibaris was a Servant in an Inn and Ottoman the raiser of that mighty Family who at this time possesses the greatest Empire in the World was at first no better than a Groom or one who drove Camels These Examples oblige us to acknowledge that it is only Experience in Arms that renders Men worthy of the most glorious employments and that in the Profession of Arms is likewise to be learnt that brave gentile way of Demeanour which is no where to be found but amongst the Nobility and Gentry There every thing goes by Honour without Lucre or Profit There Men learn to be generous liberal and faithfull There are nothing to be found in the Histories of the greatest Captains but acts of Honour and Vertue The Valour of Alexander the Prudence of Caesar the Modesty of Tyberius the Justice of Aulus Fulvius the Clemency of Augustus the Magnificency of Titus Vespasian the Chastity of Scipio Affricanus and the Integrity of Atillus Regulus are sufficient proofs of what I have alledged Yet nevertheless without flattery let it be spoken to the praise of this our Nation It is no where to be found in Histories either ancient or modern that ever English Valour gave place to any other Nation in the World but always rank'd it self in the Front. What wonderfull exploits have there been done by English Soldiery as the most famous Battels of Craessy Agincourt and Poictiers can bear me witness And to the eternal Honour of Edward the third and his Son the Prince of Wales famous by the Title of the Black Prince I may with Justice say it that they with their small numbers of Men shew'd more true Valour in fighting their Battels and gaining their Victories than ever Alexander with his Parmenio and the rest of his great Captains did in conquering the whole World. Therefore let not English Valour degenerate now let not the charming Beauty of Venus cause us to forget Mars for I am sure the courageous Heart takes more delight to be in the Fields of War than in the Arms of a Dalilah for the Actions of the former crown us with a lasting Fame but the latter only load us with Scandal and Ignominy THE END