186 OJR EP E.N TA Ne.&,) 1-' IJ. The Commijion being had, weai:e not tOdtpArt,'but fiay and take our h;ftrtti'f/~· ;: lnflruili· ons alfo with us : Which is the latter pan, of keepingft~mwi&!cednejfe; Ipfuahi~hisl Conll'!iJion from Go", to goe up againfl A r : Ycr,fqrl~aving out this ~attet,ahd not ;1ookmg to. t1chan better.,hadnot fogoodfpeed. This't~ereforeti\lifi_accomp:lnie; .aud keepeumewtth the former,as aThen 'tothatJfhen. '· · ,'. ! r •\ 1 ··Wherein 'firll:, ofthe joyning thefetwo, •thatdley mufi gile together,; "'a~d Theconj~•· (ohHe reafon)why they mull:goetoget·her. ' ·' · "; ': ·, ·' .,: :;;;fi.~""' .·, z And after;_of'the manner; howwemayandmull:l:eepeo'urftlvesfromi·hiifl > witltedtlt/[e. ' .• ' ' ., " •· 'r f I c"· J. Ln.; ·The mwing of thefehvo withinthe compalfe ofor\e verfe, > ,.:iJoing fortlftvir!Jl ""mnie, and' Forbearing of'fin, is\\fotth the ll:ayingon. - .\.- .. Leading an armie, pertaineth to c.Militariepolicy : Forhe4ri•g ofji'nne,is flat divi• ?iltte. · ' · ._, ,, ., .)~ · For,what hath the leading an armie, todoe with fo~hMringo/flnne? Yet, Col> hath thus fon,:d them,as we fee. ThereforePolicie ofWar,whereto-the former~ and Divinitie,wherto thelatterbelongerb,are nor Cuch !hangers otie to the-other,as that the one mull: avoid while-the other is in-place. ~ut that, as loving neighbours'-and good friends (here) they meet together, they ll:and together, they- keep time, con(e-' , quencc, apd correfpondence,the olle~irh,the'otber. Goo Himfel.fe,.in w_hoCe impe· ,riallll:yle (fooft proclaimed in the Prophets) they boihme~t, The LBrdofHofl.s, The .• IJo!y one of I(rael : Go o(I fay) Himfelf~ in the great chapter o[Wiir (t'tie't'f!'entiethof this booke) al!igneth an imploymenrto'the Prieft.s, ;~swell as-to the iJfjic(rs'of1h~· , Cainpe. Even to doe that (which yer while was affayed) to animate the Companies i 11 the Lord,amJthe power•[ hu might ;letting thctn fee the right of their caufe,and !JQ~ ready Go o is to receive the righq under the banner and po}Verof I;Iis pr9te(l:ioli. And,fromGodHimCelfe (no doubt) was that bappie and blclfed combination,which in moll: Wars of bappie fuc~elfe,we find, ofaCaptaine and aProphet-Corted together: • iixod.•7· 'Ioft~a,witb Mofes a Prophet; b Baruch,with Deboraa Propheteffe:' Ezeki.is,with E(ay: ! ~~~/!~: d I'O_[aphat,witb Iaazi"il :'' Io;u withElifoa: And one ofthefe doing the otherno man. d •Ciar.•o·••· ner of hurt,but good. Io(ua-liftingup his band, againll: Amalek: Mofes lifting up his '• Km, '3·'•· hand,for Iojita. The one leading againll: the cnemie and annoying him ;the other lea· ding againll: fin and annoying it; Againll: lin(what fomereckonof it,it skills not, bur) certainely the moll: dangerous enemy both of private perfons and of publike States. Thefe two then, • Goingfmh with theHojl, and • Departingfromfin, being thus linked by Goo, our fuit is,breakc not thislinke .: G o o bath joyned.them, that we lhould joyne them. And this is aneedfull fuit. For,it is one of thedifeafn under the fun; in Warre, all our thoughts run upon the Hoft; Looking to theHtjl onely,and nothing but the Htjl : and kttingftnne run whither it will without any keeper. I know well; I both know and acknowlc:dge, that the Armiesgoingforth is mainly to Exod.t7-9. be regarde<'! ; It hathtbe firll: place in theVlr[e; and it bath it not for nought. Io{t<a 1,"~:;;/.;: mull: choofe out menfirll:: ric1ualls mull: be fupplied (It~dg.zo.)Andnemo militatfti– pendiu jieu, Paymull:betboughtof. We mull:goe forthwith our Hoft; (They be the words of theText:) Goe; notfit fti!l: And, With an htft; not aheape of naked, or flarved men. We mull: hepe, and not tempt God. To helpe"God,is afir~nge fpeech; IuJ. 1 ., 3 • yet, faid it may be, feeing anAngeUhath faid it: Cttrfe ye Meroz (faith the AngeUof theLord) cur(e theinhAbitants thereof; Why~ bec.ufe they came not to helpe the Lord,to helpe the Lordagdinft the mighty. This mull: firll: be done. But, whenrhis is done, all is not done : We are not at a full point; We are but in the middell: of tbefemence yet. Asthatpart(oftbeHoft) is to be regarded :fo, this (ofjinsreftraint) isnono be neglected. As that bath the firll: place : fo mull: this have thefecond, and fecond the former, or we !hall have but abroken fentence without it.There is not,there can– not be amore prejudicial! conceipt,than to fay inour hearts: If 'he firll: be well; a!l' . IS
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