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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01371	A watch-vvorde for warre Not so new as necessary: published by reason of the disperced rumors amongst vs, and the suspected comming of the Spanyard against vs. Wherein we may learne how to prepare our selues to repell the enemie, and to behaue our selues all the tyme of that trouble. Compendious for the memorie, comfortable for the matter, profitable for the matter, profitable for the tyme.	Gibbon, Charles, fl. 1589-1604.	1596 (1596)	STC 11492; ESTC S117690	33,754	62

are exscited to looke vnto the Lord this feare was in Iehoshaphat a godly King it is sayd that hee feared and set him selfe to seeke the Lord 2 Chro. 20 3. Flesh and blood is fraile and therefore soone affrighted but happie are those which in their feare can follow so good a course as this King did There be others that are terrified by remembrance of theyr misdeeds and feare that God will afflict them and so by this meanes they are mooued to amendement Thys feare is laudable VVhen iudgements were pronounced and impendant vppon Sion it is sayde the Sinners were afraid and a feare came vpon the hypocrits Esay 33 14 therefore if thys feare vpon vs arise by reason of our sins and for feare of Gods wrath wee depart from them wee neede not feare the Spaniard though he put vs in feare of vvarre 2 Timor detestabilis detestable feare proceedeth two wayes Of Cowardice Of Despayre Of Cowardice some are afrayd of their owne shadow as Gaal was who tooke the shadow of the Mountains for men Iudg 9 36. Now as a coward can doe little good in the vvarres with his weapon so he may do much hurte with his words by discouraging others and therfore this martiall exhortation was made in Deut 20 8 VVhosoeuer is afrayd and faynt-harted let him goe and returne vnto his house least his bretherens hart faynte like his hart There be many such faint-harted men which doth argue no humanitie but effemenacie VVhen open proclamation was made in the warres of Gedeon that such should returne home which were timerous or fearfull of 32. thousande there departed 22. thousand men away Iudg 7 3. If the Spaniards come against vs let vs not be fearefull considering our cause is so good that wee ought to shewe our selues couragious and not covvards 3 Of Despayre If God casteth feare vpon a man and in his feare he dispaire of Gods protection this is to bee taken for a great punishment because it is inflicted vpon the wicked as appeareth in Deut 28 66 Thy life shall hange before thee and thou shalt feare both night and day And in Leuit 26 36 I will send a faintnes into their harts It was the iudgement God imposed vpon the impious Babilonians that theyr hands shall be weakened and theyr harts melt and they shal be afrayde anguish and sorrovve shal take them Esay 13 8 and therefore howsoeuer it fall out God defende vs from this feare yea though wee should take a little foyle of the enemie as the Israelits dyd of the men of Ai farre be it from vs we should be so fearfull that our harts shoulde melt away like water as theyrs did Iosua 7 5 in seioyning fayth from feare VVe must consider for our benefite generally three things 1 VVhat VVarre is 2 VVho is the Author of it 3 VVherefore it is sent 1. What Warre is THE Poets fayned VVarre to bee a Riuer running with blood by reason of the manifolde and miserable massacres and slaughters VVe read in Esay how the Lorde threatned so great a slaughter among the Moabites that the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood Esay 15 9 so merciles are men in vvarre that it may wel be true which Homer sayth There is some sacietie of all things except it be of war Some other of the Ethnick wryters haue deemed war to be a fire alwaies flaming because they commonly vse to consume Citties and Townes when they are besieged with fire as Iericho was by Iosua Ierusalem by the king of Babel These bee rather descriptions of the fruites and effects of vvar then a true definition The Phylosophers define vvar to be the pride of Princes VVee reade of Alexander that hee was so aspyring minded that he thought the whole world too little to satisfie his lust Thys is no perfect definition for by thys reason vvee may define war to be a matter of ingratitude because Dauid tooke occasion by the vnkindnes of Hanun to attempt warre 2 Sam 10 7. Some of the vvryters define vvar to be a forceable and hostile discention vndertaken by lawfull Edict for the repressing of iniuries Thys is the inferior and actiue definition but not the effectuall for vvar is nothing else but a diuine scourge for sinne Esay 10 26 Deut 28. IF VVarre be a scourge wee must not laugh set light by it for as wee deeme that childe graceles which will not shed teares when hee is scourged of his Maister so we are to be thought godles if we will not sorrow implore vnder the scourge of God Thys meeteth with two contrary motions vvhich proceede of sinister Greefe Ioy. 1 Sinister griefe is that which is conceiued vpon carnall occasions as for example it may bee there are manie vvhen they heare of vvarrs it is grieuous to them in tvvo respects 1 Of theyr expence 2 Of theyr seruice 1 Of theyr Expence because they are to bee at some charges in prouiding of Armour and other martiall contributions vvhat a contemptible and griple griefe is this There is no Prince in Christendome euer possessed peace so long as our gracious Soueraigne It is vvritten of Iuda and Israell they dwelt vvithout feare euery man vnder his own Vine 1 Kin. 4 25 the like hath been verified by vs in England Reade throughout all Chronicles and see howe many of her predecessors had the like Alcion dayes Search the Scriptures and you shall find how that beloued Lande of Israell neuer had the like fruition of peace as Englande had vnlesse it were in Salomons dayes Discend into other Countries and you shall see hovve the Lovve Countries haue beene afflicted with vvar 23. yeeres together hovve Fraunce hath neuer beene free from intermissiue vvarrs as for Spayne I need not speake of it These things considered what ingratefull and disloyall persons are these vvhich hauing by continuance of peace gathered plentie and with theyr plenty are so vncheerefull to part with a little to defend theyr Queene and theyr Countrey Tully hath a prety saying Hee that desireth peace let him prepare for vvar How can a man be sure to possesse any thing in his owne Country vnlesse hee prouideth to repell the enemie that commeth against it Therefore that is a very mellifluous saying of one of the Fathers Sumptus pro militia honorabilis est the cost for vvarfare is very honourable for it is a meane to defend our liues lyberties and lyuings and to preserue our wiues and children Miserable are those men that will not strayne themselues at a pynch to defend these vvhen of couetousnesse by sparing cost they may be constrayned to forsake all 2 Of their Seruice others are grieued at VVarres because they must then leaue their wiues children goods or rather because they must hazard theyr liues Far better it is for one to venture his lyfe like a man then to be killed in his house like a beast Is it not better to hazard the lyfe of one in an house then in