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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79542	The Christian souldiers magazine, of spirituall weapons. Wherein all degrees of souldiers may be compleatly armed with zeal and courage (from the alsufficiencie of the Lord of hosts) to encounter with the Goliahs of our times. As also armour of proof against the three arch-enemies of mankind, viz. the flesh, the world, and the devill. By a well-wisher of the cause of Christ. Inprimatur [sic], Edm. Calamy.		1644 (1644)	Wing C3949; Thomason E1189_7; ESTC R208282	9,052	16

Royall Throne and make inquisition for all the Innocent blood that has beene powred forth in so great abundance by those Irish Rebells English Miscreants and Romish Papists Athiests and devills incarnate that like their father are full of wrath and still some out great fury which I hope presages and is an eminent token of their speedy perdition and that they have but a short time to reigne upon earth I remember Lord thou hast said That whoso sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shead Father shall I be the Executioner of that thy most equall just and righteous decree I beseech thee grant power strength Christian-curage and undaunted magnanimitie unto thy servant to do valiantly for the vindication of the glory of thy great Name which hath so long beene blasphemed by those Heathens I desire to be instrumentall for the setting up of the Kingdome of thy deare Sonne my sweete Lord Jesus Christ though I my selfe be made the lowest and meanest part of his footstoole Nay Lord I passe not what becomes of this my corruptable carkasse neither count I my life deare unto me but shall thinke my selfe highly honoured if thou wilt enable me to lay it downe freely and cheerfully for thy sake who didst not sticke to poure out all thy most precious blood yea and thy very soul too for me a worthlesse worme Grant me therefore a sufficient measure of thy grace to goe through this great and weighty worke thou hast called me unto and then behold Lord here I am dispose of me as thou pleasest Also I most humbly and earnestly beseech thee great and glorious Lord God on the bended knees of my very Soule to vouchsafe thy blessing abundantly to all our Hosts and Forces both by sea and land be thou thy self Lord Admirall and Lord Generall Sit at the Helme steering the course of our Navey in the great Deepes and if any forrein foe be making any preparations to invade this poore perishing Land good Lord be pleased either to take them alive in their own devices which their hands have made or else by the same Almighty Power whereby thou overwhelmedst that proud and presumptuous King Pharaoh and his huge Hoste doe thou overwhelme them and all their Engines and Instruments of VVarre in the vast Ocean infuse likewise I heartily pray thee into the hearts of all our Commanders in chiefe a double portion of that Spirit of magnanimity which thhu bestowest upon thy Worthies of old that like David Joshua Jeptha and Sampson c. they may shew themselves very zealous for their God and may slay some of them their thousands and others their ten thousands of thine and thy peoples implacable enemies laying them flat on the earth with heapes upon heapes and never ceasing to persue them untill they have utterly destroyed them Lord root out every accursed thing from the Campe and let nothing remain amongst us that may any way offend the eyes of thy glory to provoke thee to depart away from us And for Jesus his sake suffer neither us the Worthies in Parliament the Synode of Divines the Common Councell of London nor any Committees any way imployed about the affaires of this tottering and almost overthrown Iland to give themselves rest untill they have found out that new Nationall sinne or those crying capitall Abominations what ever they be that has prevailed so far with thy Maiesty as to bring that great Evill upon us in making thy Israel to fly before and turne their backs upon their enemies find out every Achan among us and discover thou every Treacherous dealer speedily in the whole army for they have dealt very trecherously in the Covenant of the Lord of Hosts And good Lord I pray thee Command our Rulers to take speedy order Joshua like that such troublers of the Israel of God may be troubled themselves without any longer procrastination That so the heavy wrath of God so grievously kindled against his owne people and threatning the utter ruine and totall subvertion of this wofully wasted Kingdome may be appeased and Justice being impartially executed by our faithfull Phinehasses the Plague may be stayed the destroying Angel may be commanded to put up his sword into its scabbord the Lord may be pleased againe to be mercifull unto us in lifting up the light of his Countenance upon us granting unto us that great blessing of Peace with Truth even that Peace of and with our God which passeth all Vnderstanding And our Land may have rest from all our enemies All which with whatsoever else particularly thou of thy infinit mercy knowest to be needful for thy unworthy Servant this whole Nation or any other of thy poore people all the World over I humbly beg and crave at thy mercifull hands only and alone for Jesus Christ his sake To whom with thy own Sacred Maiestie O Father of Mercies and the most holy Spirit of Grace mercy Peace and Truth be ascribed from the bottome of my heart-root all possible glory h●nour praise thanksgiving and obedience now and evermore Amen FINIS

THE CHRISTIAN SOULDIERS Magazine OF Spirituall Weapons Wherein all degrees of Souldiers may be Compleatly Armed with Zeal and Courage from the Al-sufficiencie of the Lord of Hosts to encounter with the Goliahs of our Times As also Armour of Proof against the Three Arch-Enemies of Mankind viz. The Fesh the World and the Devill By a well-wisher of the Cause of CHRIST 2 Chron. 32.6 7. Be strong and Couragious be not afraid nor dismayed for the King of Assyria nor for all the multitude that is with him for there be more with us then with him with him is an arm of flesh but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battells And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah King of Judah Imprimatur Edm. Calamy Printed at London by G. Bishop 1644 The Christian Souldiers Magazine of Spirituall Weapons 2 Chron. 32.6 Be strong and Couragious be not afraid nor dismayed for the King of Assyria c. IN these words Christian Courage is cryed up and all sinfull feare is cryed downe Even all kinds of dismayings which put men upon sinfull shifts in troublous times For which every true Christian is to labour to disswade both themselves and others under the consideration of Gods command who as frequently forbids all distracting and distrustfull feares as murder and Theft c. Besides the consequences are very mischievous to our selves both in soules and bodies to others by our ill example and greatly dishonourable to our God I will not denie but grant The strongest Champion and stoutest Commander that ever drew sword being he is but a man is sometimes subject to be over-powred by them David a man after Gods own heart and a most Valiant Warrior of undaunted magnanimity hee complaines of his owne shivering Fitts Psal 55.3 Fearfulnesse and trembling is fallen upon mee and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed mee And in another place he said I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul 1 Sam. 27.1 And Paul when his friends perswaded him not to goe up to Jerusalem answered with a most undaunted courage and resolution What mean ye to weep and to break my heart for I am ready not to be bound only but also to die at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord JESVS Acts 21.12 13. And yet the self same Paul saies Without were fightings within were feares 2 Cor. 7.5 Our Saviour complaines even of his own Disciples crying out O ye of little faith Matth. 8.26 And againe Where is yuur Faith Luke 8.25 This is caused somtimes by divine dissertions Psal 30.6 7. Thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled c. And sometimes through the black Inditements which Satan is apt to set before mens eyes if the Lord but allow him that liberty As the depth of their danger and the fierce anger of God against sin c. Yet notwithstanding every Christian may get good ground of hope out of Gods Word Yea even the most timerous may gather strength in the most troubleous times It is very observable what strength David got against such shivering fits When he said I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that have set themselves against me round about Psal 3 6. It may be objected that this was but a supposition of Davids l●ke Peters who said to our Saviour though all men sh●uld forsake thee yet will not I but if David had been pu● to the tryal as Peter was he would have fallen as ●●ully as he did Ans Nay but he was in present danger then he spake these words as it appeares here vers ●… 2 and yet he said I laid me downe and slept and rose up again for the Lord sustained me vers 5. Object O but there 's a great deale of difference between the faith of David and such a poore weake wretch as I am Ans We have all the same spirit of faith which hee had 2 Cor. 4.13 Object He had great knowledge and interest in the Promises of God and therefore well may his faith be farre stronger then mine Ans Have not all the people of God an equall rite to all the Promises No sinne shall have dominion over you Ro. 6.14 therefore no sinfull feare The self same faith that David had all the Saints of God have an Interest in and we may expect as great a degree of the assistance of Gods Spirit as David did having the self-same grounds for our Faith that he had for his And our Ordinances which through Gods great mercy we yet Injoy are altogether as good Jesus Christ yesterday and to day and the same for ever Means to be used to get rid of these sinfull fears 1. Labour to make sure of your Interest in heaven Jo. 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled ye beleeve in God beleeve also in me vers 2. In my fathers house are many Mantions c. I goe to prepare a place for you Our Lord himself has given us his own example and he has now found the experience of this truth he● indured the Crosse dispising the shame and is now set down at the right hand of God Heb. 12.2 3 4. This was it which steeled Moses his faith and made him esteem the reproach of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward Heb. 11.26 The Saints also took with joy the spoiling of the goods knowing that they had in heaven a better and a more induring substance Heb. 10.34 All we have is not heere We have something out of the reach of those cursed Cavaliers It is worth our observing that in heaven is Substance here are but the shadows shells huskes there are the kernells and the sollid graine That is a better substance these reach only the outward man they come immediately from God himself And which is best in inioying that we have communion with our God All that is here are but like snow-balls which melt in the hand Prov. 23.5 Wilt thou set thy heart upon that which is not Riches take to themselves wings and flie away c. But we have in heaven a better and a more induring Substance It was the saying of a holy man who is now with God There is but one short life between us and a crown and when this momentary life is ended we shal injoy an incorruptible Crown of glory unto all eternitie Labour therefore for Spirituall Purity Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Matth. 5.8 2. Labour to set your judgements right concerning those things that occasion your sinfull fears In the night time we are apt to thinke that theeves are comming into our houses to rob us when our friends are coming to visite us Matth. 14.26 27. VVhen the Disciples thought they had seen a Spirit on the water and thereupon cryed out through causelesse feare the Lord is pleased to shew them their errour and calls unto them saying It is I be not