come truly fubject to his Government and holy Laws during the remaining part of their Lives, through the gracious Affistance of his holy Spirit. This is the Subftance of a faving Faith; and I earneftly forewarn you, my Brother, that you never fatisfy yourself with any Conceit of effectual Faith or Repentance, which does not make you a new Creature in the Frame of your Heart, and to take up new Measures for the following Courfe of your Life.

IV. Accuftom your Mind to confider fpiritually and religiously upon the ordinary Accidents that fall out in the Course of your Life; which will be particularly useful to you in your way of Life, becaufe you have not fuch Advantages of public Sermons as fome others enjoy; and becaufe your military Profeffion, taking it in a fpiritual Senfe, is the very Business of a Chriftian. Our Vows to God in our Baptifm are expreffed in the Terms of War: we there engage to fight manfully against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil; and to continue Christ's faithful Soldiers to our Lives end. It will therefore be eafy, and even natural to you, when you accuftom yourself to think of fpiritual Things, to improve the ordinary Paffages of a Soldier's Life to the Advantage of your fpiritual Warfare. For Inftance; When you fee a Soldier lifting himself under your Commander, remember your own Dedication to GOD in

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Baptifin: For the very Word Sacrament, which anciently fignified an Oath, is fuppofed to be taken from the Soldier's Oath of Military Faithfulness to his Prince and General. When you fee with what Readiness the brave Soldier undertakes the most dangerous Enter, prize at the Command of his General; efteeming himself particularly honoured by the Difficulty and Hazard of his Poft; confider how much greater Reafon there is for a Chriftian's most chearful Submiffion to GOD'S Will in the moft difficult Circumstances of this Life; and that we ought to value fuch fpecial Opportunities of doing Honour to GOD. When you fee the Stratagems and Contrivances of your Enemies to deceive and destroy you, think of the Devil's reftlefs Malice against you, and the many Devices he fets on foot to bring about your Ruin. When you are on the Guard or the Patrole, remember your Saviour's Command, to watch. and pray, that you be not furprized, and fo fall into the Hands of your fpiritual Enemy the Devil. When you obferve how Soldiers difengage themfelves from the Business of Trade and other Employments, that they may be wholly at the Command of their General; confider the Apostle's Improvement of this, (2 Tim. ii. 4.) where he preffes us to be more moderate in our Concerns for temporal Things, that fo we might the more freely attend upon GOD, and improve in our fpiritual Eftate. When you fee what

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Shame and Punishment fuch Men meet with, who defert their Colours, or keep Correfpondence with the Enemy; meditate on the infupportable Shame and Torment of all unfaithful Chriftians at the laft Judgment. And laftly, when you fee the Honour done to fuch Perfons as do eminent Service to their Prince and Country; then think upon the glorious Triumphs of the bleffed Saints, Martyrs and Confeffors, now in Heaven, who either fuffered for the true Religion, or by any other Ways did Honour or Service to it. And fo for other like Inftances.

V. Be of an obliging and inoffenfive Behaviour towards all Perfons. Be Courteous and Brother-like to your Fellow-Soldiers: Do no Violence to any one in your Marches or Quarters; but be a Protector of Innocence whereever you go; like the Soldiers of David, who were a Guard to the neighbouring Shepherds and their Flocks Day and Night, (1 Sam. xxv. 16.)

I must needs fay, that an obliging and gentle Behaviour in a Soldier, appears more graceful than in others: The ufual Military Roughness is as a Shade, which renders this Civility in a Soldier the more illuftrious. So that hereby you conquer the Hearts of all People, and oblige them to ferve you, which is the most noble and the most effectual way of Conqueft. And by this, the antient Remans conquered the World. The Justice, Modefty,

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Modefty, and Goodnefs of their Generals, and the ftrict Virtue and Difcipline of their Armies, became fo famous in all Parts, that they were at once Terrible and Lovely to their Enemies; and the wifer fort of Men grew ambitious of refting under the Wings of their Eagles, of being fubject to their Government. And on the contrary, as their Virtue and good Manners grew lefs, their Empire and Power decayed. By which it appears, that good Difcipline and good Behaviour, are as neceffary to promote the Intereft of an Army, as Policy and Arms are.

VI. Reverence the fweet and comely Graces of Chastity and Modefty. Abhor that Smut which renders any one's Mouth more odious and nafty than a Dunghil. And do to yourself and to Womankind that Right, as to be their Security against all Affronts; that they may not be terrified, but comforted by your Appearance: By which you will become a real Perfon of Honour, and will entail the powerful Prayers of virtuous Perfons upon you, which will be fucceeded by the infinite Bleffings of Almighty God.

VII. Be immoveably faithful to the Interefts of your Prince and Country.__Scorn the bafe Name of a Deferter or Traitor. To difcover the Secrets of your General or Party, to betray his Troops or Magazines, to difpute his Commands, or to Mutiny, are

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VIII. Learn the true way of defpifing E Death, and of laying the Foundation of unfhaken Fortitude of Mind; which is by the folid and well grounded Hope of eternal Life, through Peace with GoD in our Lord JESUS CHRIST; the Means of getting which, has

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