which or at least to Receive Forgiveness from God tho' you should not have the happiness to hear it declar'd and pronounc'd by his Minister set about a serious and exact Review of your Life past a Tryal of your State and Actions I. The End for which you engage in the War which if only Gain or any such mean Prospect rather than the Excellency of the Cause and Love to your Country and Religion you are now to Repent of and heartily ask Pardon for it II. The Manner how you have Prosecuted it What Life you have led Whether you have observ'd those good Lessons Do Violence to no Man no Friend by Plunder c. and be content with your Wages Be not mutinous or unruly Whether you have not been cowardly in Fight or cruel in Victory or born malice against any Ha'nt thought your self like the Sons of Belial without Yoak or Law either of God or Man Bin lewd or atheistical or impious or have Encourag'd others in the same or other Crimes If you have wrong'd any Man as far as possible to make Restitution If you have offended God never to be at rest 'till you find your self truly sorrowful for it begging Pardon for his Dear Son Jesus Christ's sake who has assur'd us That those who come unto him he will in no wise cast off 3. Resolve by God's Grace if he thinks good to restore you to amend your Life and reform whatever you have now found amiss and Pray heartily for the help of his Holy Spirit in the bringing those Resolutions to a good Effect since otherwise they 'll be but as the Morning Cloud and Early Dew that soon passes away To whom you may Address your self in these or the like Words or get some other to do it for you A Prayer in the time of Sickness or any other Affliction O Just and Holy Lord who with Rebukes dost chasten Man for Sin and yet dost always punish less than our Iniquities deserve I desire unfeignedly to humble my self under thy mighty hand which now lies heavy upon me I heartily acknowledge O Lord that all I do or can suffer is but the due reward of my Deeds and therefore in thy most severe Inflictions I must still say righteous art thou O Lord and upright are thy Judgments But O Lord I beseech thee in Wrath remember Mercy and though my Sins have enforced thee to strike yet consider my weakness and let not thy stripes be more heavy or more lasting than thou seest profitable for my Soul Correct me but with the Chastisements of a Father not with the Wounds of an Enemy and tho' thou take not off thy Rod yet take away thine Anger Lord do not abhor my Soul nor cast thy Servant away in displeasure but Pardon my Sins I beseech thee and if yet in thy Fatherly Wisdom thou seest fit to prolong thy Corrections thy blessed Will be done I cast my self O Lord at thy Feet do with me what thou pleasest try me as Silver is tryed so thou bring me out purified And Lord make even my Flesh also subscribe to this Resignation that there may be nothing in me that may rebel against thy Hand but that having perfectly supprest all repining Thoughts I may chearfully drink of this Cup. And how bitter soever thou shalt please to make it Lord let it prove Medicinal and cure all the Diseases of my Soul that it may bring forth in me the peaceable Fruits of Righteousness that so these light Afflictions which are but for a moment may work for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory thro' Jesus Christ Amen Psalms to be used in Sickness In thee O Lord have I put my Trust let me never be put to confusion but rid me and deliver me in thy Righteousness incline thine Ear unto me and save me Be thou my strong hold whereunto I may always resort thou hast promised to help me for thou art my House of Defence and my Castle Deliver me O Lord God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel Man For thou O Lord God art the thing that I long for thou art my hope even from my Youth Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my Mothers Womb my Praise shall be always of thee I am become as a Monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee O let my mouth by filled with thy Praise that I may sing of thy Glory and Honour all the day long Cast me not away in the time of my misery neither forsake me when my strength faileth me Go not far from me O God my God hast thee to help me Forsake me not O my God until I have shewed thy strength unto this Generation and thy power unto all them that are yet to come Thy Righteousness O God is very high and great things are they that thou hast done O God who is like unto thee Ejaculations in Sickness O Saviour of the World who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed me save and help me I humbly beseech thee Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy Son yet do not cast off the Bowels and Compassion of a Father But as a Father pittieth his own Children so be thou merciful unto me O Lord of whom may I seek for for succour but of thee who for my Sins art justly displeased Yet O Lord God most Holy O Lord most mighty O Holy and most Merciful Saviour deliver me not into the bitter Pains of eternal Death neither suffer me at my last hour for any Pains of Death to fall from thee O Lord in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded Into thy hands I commend my Spirit for thou hast redâ—emed me O Lord thou God of Truth Come Lord Jesus come quickly 4. If it shall please God to restore you to Health again have a care you don't forget you Sickness and the Promises you then made to lead a better life which God will never forget though you may perhaps do it When you are tempted to any Sin ask your own Soul whether it would be a handsom return to him who so lately saved your Life so soon to rebeâ— against him And every Evening examin your self how you have performed those Vows which you made in your Trouble If you love your Country Victory Glory live Holy Lives for the English-mans Sins are his most formidable Enemies Swearing is unprofitable Lewdness is damnable Theft is base Cruelty is inhuman and Cowardie fit for none but Traytors Fight the good Fight keep the Truth lay hold on Eternal Life From henceforth there is laid up for you a Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give to all those that love his Appearance The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen FINIS
shall it work Love enough in me to Dye for him and for the maintenance of the True Observation of his Gospel by others tho' to my Sorrow and most hearty Grief I never truly observed it my self Lord thou that art able to Save hear my inward Prayers and strong Cries and Tears and deliver me to serve thee or serve thy self of my death and let the Merits and Blood of my Dearest Saviour atone for all my Sins and former Disobedience Let our Prodigal Soldier tho' on the brink of Death thus think and resolve when he Fights and let him fear no Enemy nor dread no Devil no doubt but he will find God a merciful and tender Father to receive him and his blood spent in so Glorious a Cause as for the True Religion and his Country will prove next to a second Baptism to entitle him anew to Christs Benefits and repair the old Pretensions he had forfeited by his wicked life Neither is this a New Sentiment the Old Christians thought the same and believed that the Blood of the Martyrs tho' they had been but a moment before Converted washed away all former Sins by a full application of Christ's Blood and supplied even the want of Baptism it self Let then none of your Brave Hearts despond gratifie not your Enemies the Devils or his Instruments the Papists with any Despair There is no Crime so Black against even an Earthly Prince but an offending Subject may wash off by a Bold Service or by shewing his Repentance by a Sacrifice of his Life for the support or defence of his Sovereign's Crown no doubt of a Pardon for that Man whether he lives or dies And shall we think our Heavenly Prince any less merciful or reconcilable than an earthly one No! He has declared At what soever time a Sinner shall repent he will receive him Be Comforted then all you Military Souls that have so long lain in Sin and let not that thought discourage you because you want time to Repent from Looking up to God or Facing your Enemies and his But be strong and shew your selves Valiant for your People and the Cities of your God and then submit to him and let him do what is good in his eyes as Joab counsels 1 Chron. 1.30 and without all doubt your Souls will be safe and you will have both the Crown and Reward of Martyrs For if they were counted Martyrs that lost their Blood under Persecutors what can you be less if you likewise fall by the Sword of the worst Persecutors of God and his People that ever yet were in Europe The Thief on the Cross suffered indeed with Christ but could not suffer for him but by Sympathy But you if you dye both suffer with him and for him in the most Glorious Cause that ever was contended for since Christianity You Fight and spend your Blood for the Lives Liberties and Properties of all Christians and for the Defence and Safety of the Protestant Religion and the Priviledges of both King and People in your Native Country in which are the Cities and Places inhabited by a People for whom he has so many times and in so many wonderfull manners evidently appeared And therefore you need not doubt if he chuses your Arms and your Blood now again for the Defence of so Glorious a Quarrel that he will accept them and forgive all your Sins Provided you will make but that Pious and Wise Use of the short moments he shall lend you in the intervals before or in an Engagement which I have Advised Angels shall then guard you up with the joyful Sound of Heavenly Trumpets into Paradise your Souls shall live with God and your Memories with your Country-men if left Happy at the Expence of your Blood and Future Histories shall Preserve your Valour to all succeeding Ages And thus you that will but come in tho' at the last hour shall Receive Equal of your Heavenly Master with them that came in at the first †2. Prayer before an Engagement O Lord our God to whom Vengeance belongeth who beholdest ungodliness and wrong and cruelty and oppression thou Lord of Hosts and God of Battels who sittest upon thy Throne and judgest right We make our Address to thee in our Necessity that thou would'st take the Cause into thy own Hand and judge between us and our Enemies Stir up thy Strength Lord and come and help us for thou givest not always the Battel to the strong but canst save by many or by few O let not our Sins now cry against us for Vengeance but hear us thy poor Servants begging Mercy and imploring Help and that thou would'st be a Defence unto us against the face of our Enemy Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen 3. Ejaculations in the Battel LET us be of Good Courage and play the Men for the House of our God and the City of our God and the Lord do what seemeth him Good Thro' thee O God shall we do great Acts thro' thee shall we tread down our Enemies O Lord arise help us and deliver us for thine Honour and let us not sink under the Weight of our Sins or the Violence of the Enemy O Lord preserve me and my Friends and forgive my Enemies VI. Directions and Prayer after a Victory WHEN it shall please God to Bless our Good King and the Confederates with Success against the Enemy have a care of Attributing it to an Arm of Flesh which is so unbecoming a Christian and avoid Cruelty or Insulting over the Vanquished both which are below the Generosity of an English-man Say Not unto us O Lord not unto us but to thy Name be all the Glory And as soon as convenience permits say humbly and devoutly this or the like Prayer unto God Thanksgiving after Victory O Almighty God the Sovereign Commander of all the World in whose hand is Power and Might which none is able to withstand Blessing and Praise be to thy Great and Glorious Name for this happy Victory the whole Glory whereof be ascribed to Thee who art the only Giver of it And we beseech thee give us Grace to improve this great Mercy to thy Glory the Advancement of thy Gospel the Honour of our Sovereign and as much as in us lies the Good of All Mankind And we beseech thee give us such a Sence of this Great Mercy as may engage us to a true Thankfulness such as may appear in our Lives by an humble holy and obedient walking before thee all our days thro' Jesus Christ our Lord to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit as for all thy Mercies so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance be all Glory and Honour World wiâ—hout end Amen VII Directions in Sickness I. IF possible get your Chaplain to assist you with the Churches Prayers that on your Penitent Confession you may receive the Benefit of his Absolution and Advice 2. In Order to
THE Souldiers MANUAL OR Directions Prayers and Ejaculations For such as Lead A Military Life By a Member of the Athenian Society LONDON Printed by I. Dawks for John Dunton at the Raven in the Poultry Price 2 d. or an Hundred of 'em stitch'd up in Blew Paper for 14 s. to those Gentlemen or Officers in His Majesty's Army that buy 'em to disperse DEDICATION To all Their MAJESTIES Forces by Sea or Land Dear Country-men ACcept this little Manual from those that Love you as their own Souls and would as willingly venture or lose their Lives for that Glorious Cause in which you are engag'd as you your selves can do it Had we any thing better to present you you should have it But as this is if you follow the Directions herein contained you 'll not fail to secure what 's of more value than all the World It 's most of it a Collection from the Works of such great Men as are above Censure and who are now receiving their Reward and contracted as much as possible to be of more general Use May the Lord of Hosts bless it to you and bless you all giving you Victory over your Sins and Enemies and helping you by Faith to subdue Kingdoms like the Primitive Worthies Which is and shall be the hearty and daily Prayer of Dear Country-men Your c. THE SOULDIERS Manual THIS Short Manual consists of the following Heads I. Directions for every Morning II. Morning Prayer III. Directions for Evening IV. A Prayer for King William and the Confederates to be said Morning and Evening V. A Prayer before Battel and Ejaculations in it VI. Behaviour and Thanksgiving after Victory VII Directions in Sickness with Prayers and Devotions I. Directions for every Morning 1. As soon as you awake look up to God and say I laid me down and slept I awaked for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for Ten Thousands of the People that set themselves against me round about 2. Immediately after this and before the more Solemn Devotions think with your self 1. What Sins you have committed since the last Night in Thought Word or Deed humbling your self for the same before God 2. What Temptations you are like to meet with that Day and by what means you have been formerly drawn into Sin arming your self against 'em by Faith and Prayer and resolving to avoid both the Sin and as much as possible the Occasion of it 3. What Good ye may do by preventing or reproving and discountenancing the Sins of others or exhorting 'em to Piety and Virtue encouraging them therein both by Word and Example II. Then Kneeling down if the Place permits say humbly and devoutly if you have no better this MORNING PRAYER O Almighty Lord God the great Creator and Governor of all things in whom I live move and have my Being I thy unworthy Creature humbly prostrate my self before thee to offer up my Morning Sacrifice of Prayer and Praise for all thy Goodness which endures for ever I Bless thee for my Creation and Preservation my Life Health Strength and all those outward Blessings I enjoy †Here mention any late Deliverance or other Mercy the Mercies of the Night past and of all my Life But above all for thine inestimable Love in the Redemption of the World by our Lord Jesus Christ who by his once offering himself upon the Cross did there make a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice Oblation and Satisfaction for our Sins I bless thee for being born in thy peculiar Fold the Christian Church and early Consecrated to thee by Baptism and the gracious Assistance of thy Holy Spirit towards the performance of the Vow which I then made unto thee and for thy Patience and Long-suffering that thou hast not forsaken me for the many Breaches thereof nor yet cut me off in the midst of my days and in the very Act of Sin which I must acknowledge I have most righteously deserved For O Lord I must own with shame and confusion of Face that I have most grievously offended against thee I was shapen in Iniquity and conceived in Sin My heart is by Nature deceitful above all things and desperately wicked neither can I tell how often I have actually transgressed in Thought Word and Deed †Here mention the chiefest of your Sins slighting both thy Mercies and thy Judgments and renewed offers of Pardon upon my Repentance and Obedience Or if at any time I have resolved to forsake my Sins soon returning to them again like a Dog to his Vomit What therefore remains for me but a fearful looking for of fiery Indignation which is the just reward of my Iniquities What can I expect but thy Wrath and Vengeance both in this Life and that to come But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayst be feared Thou hast laid help upon one that is mighty and hast sent thy Dear Son to die for us and to save his People from their Sins O fit me for that Mercy which he has purchased for me by a true Sence of all my Transgressions a hearty sorrow for them and hatred of them and a constant and sincere resolution and endeavour never more to be guilty of them And since I am not able of my self to help my self or do any good action grant me thy Grace O giver of all Grace that I may know and do thy Blessed Will Work in me a true Faith a firm Hope and Trust in thee and unfeigned Love to thee Zeal for thee Reverence of whatever is related unto thee and Fear to offend thee Thankfulness for thy Mercies Submission to thy Providences Devotion in thy Service Sorrow for my Sins Make me meek and contented and humble just and charitable sober and temperate and couragious and merciful Create in me a new Heart sanctifie me in Body Soul and Spirit and preserve me to thy heavenly Kingdom With me I beseech thee O Father of Mercies have mercy upon all Men All Jews Turks Idolaters Infidels and Hereticks that they may be turned from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan to God Bless the Vniversal Church especially the Reformed Churches and particularly the Church of England and give us Grace so deeply to repent us of our Sins and throughly to acknowledge our unworthiness that thou mayst have mercy upon us that we may not perish Bless with the choicest of thy Blessings our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Strengthen their Friends and subdue their Enemies give 'em Wisdom to go in and out before this great People and Grace to punish Wickedness and Vice and maintain thy true Religion and Virtue Let their Reign be long and happy and after this Life crown 'em with eternal Glory Pity all that are in Affliction especially those that suffer for Righteousness sake and the Defence of thy true Religion Bless my Friends and forgive my Enemies Preserve me this Day from Sin and Danger and give thy Holy