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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43093	Military and spirituall motions for foot companies with an abridgement of the exercise of a single company as they now ought to be taught and no otherwise : composed in Ireland and now published for the good of his fellow soldiers in England / by Captaine Lazarus Haward ...	Haward, Lazarus.	1645 (1645)	Wing H1167; ESTC R9876	38,148	47

MILITARY AND SPIRITUALL MOTIONS FOR Foot Companies VVith an Abridgement of the Exercise of a single Company as they now ought to be taught and no otherwise Composed in IRELAND and now published for the good of his fellow Soldiers in ENGLAND By Captaine Lazarus Haward of Ailsford in Kent London Printed by Tho. Harper and are to be sold in Little Britain 1645. To the Honorable Sir Anthony Weldon Knight and the rest of the Hon ble Deputy Lievtenants and Comittees of the County of Kent Honourable Gentlemen THE noble favours I daily receive from you since my arrivall out of Ireland into this County hath imboldned me to offer this poor tribute of mine experience not to teach your uncontrollable knowledges but humbly desire it may kisse your hands as a sacrifice offered from your servant or as a weaknesse that stands in need of your protections In your Honours I know is power to judge of my labour and in you also is power to exercise mercy I hope I have written nothing that is erring from sence or truth having not laboured mine own but the profit of my poore bleeding dying Country-men whom these miserable times have called out to this miserable unnaturall War desiring not only his temporall victory but above al his spirituall There may be many puny Scholars that from these briefe Rules may gather more abler judgements Your noble favours and allowance can only make it acceptable to those which need it especially in this Country which I wish to be served by it then let those graces fly from your noble natures that as now I live I may die your Honours poore Servant and Soldier L. H. To the Curteous Reader I Have not presumed to adde any thing to the uncontrollable knowledges of such as have formerly taken much pains in writing at large upon this Subject of drilling drayning or exercising of Foot Companies nor any new thing to catch covetous spirits but only what may ever be embraced of solid and substantiall judgements Innovations and divisions have stirred up such dismall distractions that it hath brought us neere to a fearefull desolation and that which by the blessing of God should be the principall means of our restoring being the Honourable art of War is with the times much of it become full of divisions and divisionall practises onely serving to delight curious spectators otherwise dangerous to the poore soldier if ever he be brought upon service the actors little regarding the old briefe rules from whence their new devised divisionall whimzies are fetcht But since peace it lost and the devouring sword strives to be conquerour of all and fearing that thou that art my fellow soldier who standst in need not only of military discipline but also in more need of spirituall so that not having put on S. Pauls spirituall armour nor beene exercised in any spirituall motions thou be in danger to lose both soule and body together Let me intreat thee to peruse these few briefe rules concerning the defence of thy soule and body both the brevity of the rules which thou art to use for defence of thy body will affoord thee sufficient time peruse and double over those good motions admonitions sentences and sayings as their letters have linkt them to their order which being well observed will bring thee to be a soldier of that great Captaine Christ Jesus under whose obedience is obtained ever lasting victory and a crowne of glory Thus uniformity in discipline spirituall and temporall will make us like the Israelites go up as one man with one heart and in one forme and so take away the evill from before our brethren and so once more enjoy a happy peace in Church and State this being the briefest way to give an end to our miserable troubles having comprehended the full and whole Exercise of a Foot Company in the last sheet of this Booke I commend thee to it and the rest which being construed according to my honest meaning I have got my desire and shall ever rest at thy service Lazarus Haward Military Motions for Exercising of Foot Companies S Ilence is the daughter of shamefastnesse both which as they are excuses for mediocrity so they are prejudices to excellencies I t is a shame a godly mans zeal should not be as couragious to defend the truth as a wicked mans malice is violent to oppose it L et heaven thunder earth and hell roar speak for the truth for it is truth that preserves our lives and makes us blessed for ever E vill thoughts can seldome bring forth good words never good deeds for as corne is so will the flower be N othing more lewd then error the more false the matter the greater noise to hold it up C ursed is that speech that is either against the God of truth or against Gods truth or against the friend of both God and truth E very man that is Christs Souldier will fight for him S erve the time I wicked counsell we are made to serve God T hat minde can never be steady that stands upon anothers feet untill it will rather lead then follow A Commonwealth is a tent picht up to shelter men from wrong that they may live happily together Lawes are the cords of it breake the cords and the tent falls N othing that the Law allowes but the male-content censures what it forbids that he strives to justifie but that 's a treacherous hand that steals away from States-men their reputation D ivinity is a mistresse for the highest masters of men and the Scripture is the best counsellour for the greatest States-man in the World R ulers to be unrighteous are like blazing Stars with long tailes drawing traines of mischiefe after them and is ominous to a whole Kingdome but piety in a Prince blesseth all his Subjects I f Magistrates will uphold Gods Kingdome he will uphold theirs if they will have God to be mindfull of them in his mercie they must be mindefull of him in their businesse G od permits false teachers for mans ingratitude because Ahab will not beleeve Micha a lying spirit shall deceive his Prophets H ee that comes in Gods name and is sent yet delivers a false message when he is come is a falsifier of Gods Word T o intangle the soul with multitude of traditions ceremonies and unconcerning rites is to be condemned for it takes away liberty of conscience I t would coole the heart of the Devill if the Church had escaped the ingenious solicitations of our superstitious teachers who not only trouble the waters of our peace but poyson her very springs of life N o sooner was God worshipped and served but hatred and spight fell to the portion and lot of Religion Y f false teachers had not store of followers hereticall positions would fall to the ground and themselves slinke away with reproach and shame O ur wickednesse in these daies and dangerous times proceeds not from weake but from wilfull ignorance V iolent opposing the