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A90971	A spirituall snapsacke for the Parliament souldiers. Containing cordiall encouragements, effectuall perswasions, and hopefull directions, unto the successefull prosecution of this present cause. by J. P.	Price, John, Citizen of London.	1643 (1643)	Wing P3348; Thomason E103_13; ESTC R17482	16,838	20

fight for such a God Secondly you fight for Iesus Christ who hath fought with Heaven and Earth and Hell for you who became sinne to make you righteousnesse and a Curse to make you a blessing who gave Glory for shame Life for death Joy for sorrow that you may exchange shame for Glory death for Life and sorrow for Joy broken for your sinnes was hee that your breaches may be made up crusht was Iesus Christ for you that you might once be crowned with him you fight for that Jesus which is the God of Glory the Lord of Hoasts the Head of Angells the Heir of Heaven the Prince of Peace whose everlasting thoughts eternall purposes timely actions most bitter passions whose present worke at the throne of Grace whose all in all was and is and ever shall be for your present and eternall good and who would not fight for such a Jesus Thirdly you fight for the Holy Ghost his worke in the World in the hearts of the Saints is the great Controversie between you and your Adversaries God in you is their malice against you you fight for that spirit that fills you with joy unspeakeable and full of Glory by which you are sealed to the day of Redemption Ephes 4.30 by which you are comforted in all your tribulations Iohn 14. which maketh you meete for the inheritance with the Saints in light 1 Col. 12. which stayeth you with Flagons and comforteth you with Apples 2 Cant. 5. affording such meat which the World knowes not of which hall be as Rivers of water in a dry place and as the shadow of a mighty Rock in a weary Land whose inward heat of life and joy shall like the fire in the Temple never be extinct Fourthly you fight for the glorious Gospell of Jesus Christ and the through-fare thereof in your Native Country that Gospell that hath brought life and immortalitie to light which hath discovered bowells of Grace in God to you from all eternity the treasure of Comfort the vision of Heaven the support of Saints the rule of life the way of Peace the path to Glory Fiftly you fight for Sion and all her priviledges for Sion and her Ordinances for Sion and her children for Sion the house of God 76. Psal 2. the Arke of God the Temple of God the joy of God 132. Psal 13. the perfection of beautie 50. Psal 2. for Sion the Subject of Gods love 87. Psal 2. of his desire 132. Psal 14. of his Jelousie 8 Zachary 2. the friend the Sister the Spouse of Christ for Sion which whosoever hateth shall be turned backward 129. Psal 5. to favour whose dust is an acceptable service in the sight of God Thus you see the fulnesse and generality of the Cause in respect of the soule you fight for the God of Grace for Jesus Christ the gift of Grace the spirit of Grace the Gospell of Grace and the children of Grace Secondly see the fulnesse of the Cause in respect of the outward man in many particulars First you fight for your King though this be esteemed a Paradox a Riddle a lye a scorne because it is contrary to his Commands and his Person is with those against whom you fight and so in danger yet first you take up Armes in under and for the defence of his lawfull Authority setled in Parliament and not among Cavaliers against those whose endeavours are to destroy the Parliament and Lawes of the Land and consequently all his Royall and lawfull authority and so either to unking and dethrone him or make him a Tyrant the high way to ruine him by exposing him to the wrath of God and the dangerous hazards of a Tyrannicall Government which are commonly stabs poyson plers and Treasons You fight for his Authority which is greater then his personall Commands if he should personally edmmand to murther which is forbidden by his Authoritie which would be most disloyall he that disobeyeth the one or the other the King saith he will rule us by Law and make his will that Law though it be in things contrary to knowne Lawes and you fight against his will because contrary to his Authority which is greater than his Will the party you fight against resist his lawfull Authoritie you his corrupt Will they his power you his Command they withstand him as a King you as a man who are the greater Rebells his deliberate Will is in Parliament signified by his Writ and Act of continuance his passionate will is in his Camp signified by his Commands that you should not obey his will in Parliament what will you doe you will say he is not present in Parliament therefore the third Estate which is essentiall thereunto is gone and so there is a diffolution of the whole I answer his power is there though not his Person he is not in his inforiour Courts personally but vertually and so he is in Parliament his Person may die but not his power you are proclaimed Traitors by his mouth your Enemies by his Law you by his Person they by his power you are proclaimed Traitors but what is the Treason you will not quietly let your throats be cut nor suffer the Parliament to be destroyed you will not advance Prerogative above Law nor permit an Army of Theives to take away all you have without resistance you will not destroy the Kings lawfull Authority by submitting your selves to his unlawfull Commands you will not permit cursed men to destroy the Parliament as Doog at Sauls tyrannicall command did destroy the Lords Priests 1 Sam. 22 18 but defend them from slaughter as David did Abiathar v. 23. in a word you will not be made slaves but say you are free borne and this is Treason how prove you that why your Enemies call it so 2. You fight for the recovery of his Royall Person out of the hands of those miscreants and reinstate Him in his Royall Throne and Dignity that both He and his Posteritie if God will may yet flourish in their Royaltie so that notwithstanding all contradictions you fight for your King Secondly you fight for your Countrie for the peace of it against the great disturbers thereof 2. For the plentie of it against the Plunderers tobbers spoylers destroyers thereof 3. For the Libertie of it the Lawes power and Priviledges thereof in Parl our Nationall Inheritance 4. For all your common Interests in any thing you enjoy your Houses Lands Estates Callings what ever you have is lost if the day be lost 5. You fight for your neerest relations your Wives and poore children who are undone if you give up the Cause if the Principles of Heathens have rendered them valiant for their Countries good and their Valour famous to succeeding posteritie shall not the Principles of piety be stronger in Christians thus you have a good cause it is clearely good it is fully good for God your King your Countrey in all their references never the like cause all things considered from the

A Spirituall SNAPSACKE FOR THE PARLIAMENT SOVLDIERS CONTAINING Cordiall Encouragements Effectuall Perswasions and hopefull Directions unto the Successefull prosecution of this present CAUSE BY J. P. LONDON Printed for Henry Overton in the Yeare 1643. To His Excellence ROBERT EARLE OF ESSEX Viscount Hereford Baron Ferrars of Chartley Lord Bourcheir and Lovaine One of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Councell and Generall of the Army raised by the Parliament in Defence of the true Protestant Religion his Majesties Person the Laws and Liberties of the Kingdome and the Priviledges of Parliament Right Honourable GReatnesse and Goodnesse as they are infinitely in GOD so in what degree they concentre in Man they have a God like Divine influence and power to create Love and Respect Boldnesse and Reverence in Persons Inferior Your goodnesse hath made you Great and your Greatnes contrary to common Experience hath made you Good and both these hath emboldened me humbly to solicite your Excellence that this small Snapsacke upon the strictest search of your dilligent Sentinels and approbation thereof may freely passe among your Common Souldiers It is not my presumption to present your Excellence with the broken Morsells Cram'd up therein knowing that Curious Carving fit for such a personage becomes not a Snap sacke and well Considering both your plentifull Supply from your Spirituall Quartermasters and mine owne insufficiency being neither a Prophet nor a Prophets Sonne but the best of my hopes is your EXCELLENCIES permission of its free Portage and could it procure the light of your countenance and your Command of it's use as a taken hereof it would be to its Author like the filling of the poore Widdowes Vess●lls for the Oyle in the Cruce a greater reward then ever ●●s look't for howsoever the Eternall God and our succeeding Posterity shall call you blessed for your Love Zeale and Courage in Gods and your Countries Cause And that the Almighty may not onely make you a Moses to lead his Israel out of Egypt and bring you to Mount Nebo in the sight of the good Land But a Ioshuah to bring them into the Possession thereof removing all Obstacles supplying all wants in your way fill you withall the divine qualifications of the worthies of Israel make you Strong and of good Courage bee with you never leave you nor forsake you is the earnest Prayer as of many thousands the Israelites of GOD so amongst them of your EXCELLENCIES most humbly Devoted Vnworthy whose Name should be Spel'd out J. P. A SPIRITVALL SNAPSACKE FOR THE PARLIAMENT SOVLDIERS MAN is borne to sorrow because borne in sinne and his insensible security is his chiefest misery common Souldiers and common Saylors are most commonly under the shadow of death and seldome mindefull of another life the consideration whereof is the ground of our present discourse wherein as brevitie must be our practice because many morsells must be cram'd up in a small Snapsack so spiritualitie must be our Subject for these Reasons First because the Souldiers for whom this is chiefly intended have a spirituall Palate the bread of life is their Hony-comb and Angells food their fare Gods word is their delight and all their well Springs are therein a rare thing in common Souldiers Secondly because they cannot come to the common Markets where this Provision is to be had this is their sorrow but not their sinne Gods Ordinances are rarely in the Souldiers march and therefore a little in the Snapsack will doe some good for to the hungry stomack every bitter thing is sweet Thirdly through constant want of wholsome dyet corrupt food may doe some hurt I meane the body of sinne within and evill Company without proves bitter to an honest minde to dwell in Kedar is his woe and to march in Mesech his complaint Fourthly because they are subject to many sorrowes for good Souldiers must endure hardnesse cold and hunger Wounds and Soares are commonly the Souldiers share spirituall refection will beare them up the waters of Life proves Cordiall in fainting fits and in outward troubles inward comfort refresheth the minde But least we should be longer in untying the strings then your stomacks will beare being sharp set roule these considerations as so many sweet morsells under your tongue to beare up your hearts in your hardest worke First you HAVE A GOOD CAUSE a singular incouragement to a pious minde amongst all other causes that ever drew Armies into the field yours for goodnesse hath the precedencie and this will appeare by these particulars First it is a most cleare and candid cause whose shining beauty and refined perspicuity amongst all other causes is like the Sunne in the Firmament It is not my purpose to answer scruples about the clearenesse of the Cause they for whom this is provided are not to seeke in this particular the Swords in their hands argues the clearenesse of their Judgements herein neither are they singular in this opinion all the Godly Learned and conscientious Ministers and people of the Kingdome will joyne issue with them herein satisfaction herein from learned Orthodoxe and godly Divines in this particular hath bin like the waters of Iordan in the time of harvest witnesse Goodwins Anticaval severall Answers to Dr. Fearne a late Treatise made by many Godly Ministers in justification of Defensive Armes and few there are of the contrary judgement but Papists Athiests Praelates Delinquents and prophane wretches excepting such who may exchange their eye-sight with Balaams Asse and cannot see the drawne sword of ruine or slavery in their base submission to the adverse party Secondly as the Cause is cleare so it is A MOST FULL AND GENERALL CAUSE soule and body in all their present concernments are deeply interessed in the same First for Matters of the Soule consider First you fight for God who will therefore fight for you the Battell is his the Victory therefore shall be yours mighty in Battell is God for you Couragious in Battell be you for Him you fight for Him whose glorious Attributes will be unto you a munition of Rocks 33. Esay 16. You fight for Him whose glorious name will be unto you a strong Tower Prov. 18.10 You fight for Him at whose Command is Heaven and Earth for your defence you fight for Him who hath divided the Seas for passage Exod. 14.21 smitten Rocks for drinke Ex dus 17.6 given Angells food for meat Exod. 16.14 Who hath made the Mountaines to skip like Rams and the little Hills like Lambs 114. Psal 6. Who hath bound Kings in chaines and Nobles in Fetters of Iron Psal 149.8 Who hath rebuked Kings and destroyed mighty Princes in the behalf of those that fought for him you fight for Him in whose hands is the breath of your nostrills and all your wayes without whose Providence not one hair of your head shall fall to the ground Who can protect in Battells succeed Battells restore losses make up breaches and give you an inheritance and Crowne with glory who would not