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A95610	The souldiers commission, charge, & revvard both of the deceitfull and negligent, and the faithfull & diligent in the Lords work. Opened in a sermon preached in Christ-Church Dublin, May 14. 1642. Before the state and chief of the Army, upon occasion of the interring of Sir Charles Coote knight, and one of the honourable Privy Council in Ireland. By Faithfull Teate D.D. then lecturer there, now preacher of the gospel in East-Greenwich in Kent.	Teate, Faithful, b. 1621.	1658 (1658)	Wing T616; ESTC R232310	29,273	35

conclude rashly that this subject The Souldiers Commission Charge and Reward is therefore like an Almanack out of date because wars in Ireland are blessed be God for the present at an end but well weigh with me these following Considerations 1. These truths are all grounded upon and extracted from the holy Scriptures which are always profitable for very good ends and uses as the Apostle declareth Rom. 15.4 1 Tim. 3.16 2. They were preached when they were most seasonable although they passed not the Presse till now even in the height of war there when I suppose few or none of our English Divines had handled this Theame by reason of our long continued Peace formerly in these Nations 3. It is wisdome to keep in store by you a Soveraign Receipt though there be no present need of it that it may be in readinesse when need shall require 4. As long as we have wars else-where by Sea and land directions are necessary for all such as are or shall be employed therein how to demeane themselves in this work of the Lord aright 5. Such as have been actors in these precedent wars now past have yet need to look back and compare all their proceedings from the first to the last with the rules which God hath prescribed them to walk by that they may have comfort in their weldoings or repent of their failings 6. Although the Souldiers Commission and Charge were terminated yet the Reward of such as have been faithfull and diligent in this service of the Lord observing his will and aiming at his glory shall never have end To God alone through Jesus Christ be all Glory world without end Amen A SERMON preached at the Funeral of Sir CHARLES COOTE senior who Deceased the 7th of May 1642. JEREM. 48.10 Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood IN this Chapter is comprised Moabs doom which is the destruction of that Nation v. 8. the spoiler shall come upon every City saith the Lord no City shall escape but they shall all be desolate without any inhabitant v. 8 9. for this end the Prophet enumerateth the sins wherewith the righteous Lord was incensed to pass this sentence upon them and these were carnal confidence in their riches v. 7. and in their numbers might and strength for war v. 14. their idolatry v. 13. contempt of God v. 26. and derision of his people v. 27. arrogancy pride and haughtiness of heart v. 29. This verse containeth the Chaldeans charge who were to be the executioners of that judgement on the Moabites to do their work throughly without sparing one or other Cursed be he saith the Lord that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully or negligently as it is in the margin for the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth both And that all may know what is here meant by the work of the Lord he expoundeth himself in the next words Cursed is he that keepeth back his sword from blood that is from the slaughter of the Moabites Hence we clearly gather That the right waging of a lawfull war is a work that God will own Doctrine This truth is further ratified by those titles wherewith the Lord stileth himself elswhere Jer. 10.16 The Lord of hosts is his name and Exod. 15.3 the Lord is called a Man of war as also the battels that David fought are termed the Lords battels 1 Sam. 1.17 and he is said to go forth against the Churches enemies in the Name of the Lord of hosts the God of the Armies of Israel 1 Sam. 17.45 This might suffice for proof but because this truth hath been of old and is at this day by some much controverted I shall briefly annex some other grounds for it Vide Ames de conscion l. 5. c. 33. sect 4. Argument 1. God cannot but allow of that which is done by vertue of his own command provided alwaies that it be performed in a right manner Now God hath commanded that whoso sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed for in the Image of God made he man Gen. 9.6 Thus he commanded Gideon to go against the Midianites to smite them and promised to go with him Judg. 6.14 16. saying to him Go in this thy might and save Israel from them have not I sent thee and again Prov. 20.18 With good advice saith the Lord by the mouth of Solomon make war 2. As he giveth a Commission so he giveth his Spirit to some for strength to turn the battel from the gate Isa 28.6 as well as for judgement to him that sitteth in judgement where he sheweth that a souldier is as necessary in time of war as a Judge in time of peace 3. He furnisheth those whom he calleth forth for his service not only with strength but likewise with singular dexterity and skill he teacheth their hands to war and their fingers to fight as he did Davids for which he blesseth the Lord who fitted him for the work and then employed and blessed him in it Psal 144.1 4. We finde him highly commending those who have behaved themselves excellently in this His work in 1 Chron. 11.11 26 c. where we have a catalogue of Davids Worthies reckoned up according to their several ranks and degrees of prowess and they are called more Honourable then others who were more valiant and slew more then others v. 20 21 23. 5. We finde him also distributing large and ample rewards to men eminently serviceable in this kind for he made David a sure house because he fought the battels of the Lord 1 Sam. 25.28 Loe here Davids house was surely founded in the blood of the enemies of the Lord. 6. He disposeth as he pleaseth of the events of warre and the Saints have ever ascribed their victories unto him alone 1 Chron. 29.11 and have accounted them exceeding great mercies and blessed him for the same which they would not have done but would rather have confessed themselves to have been guilty of hainous sins as of cruelty and murther in obtaining them if so be warfar in it self had been unlawfull Our fathers saith the Church got not the land in possession by their own sword neither did their own arm save them but thy right hand O Lord and thine arm and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour to them Through thee will we push down our enemies through thy Name will we tread them under that rise up against us Psal 44.3 5. 7. Lastly The Lord hath sharply taxed such as have been called to this work and have refused to come either through divisions or imployments of their own either about husbandry or Merchandize as you may see in Judg. 5.14 16 17. where we have those tribes recorded to their everlasting honour that came readily to Barak against Amalek as Ephraim Zebulun the Princes of Issachar and Naphtali and on the other side those are

instantly of weak he became strong and to all mens admiration went forth in confidence of assistance of the most high and by Faith put to flight those that rose up against him and who saw not that God was with him First he discomfited the Rebels in Wicklow he burned Clantarf a place neer this City filled with rapine and blood he took in the Garrisons of the Naaz and Trim he expeld the enemies out of the Navan and then he encountred with the whole body of the enemy at Kilrush in a pitcht battel and routed their vast multitudes and would have pursued them if he might have had his will with such heat and vigor that they should have had little leasure or opportunity to rally any more but he was called back and the number of his desired victories being made up with some overplus in his last battel near Trim he was slain being shot as it is verily conjectured by one of our side into the body having a little before with three or four Troops chased three or four thousand almost two miles and left about four hundred dead on the place Thus died this honorable Patriot and Champion in the Lords work and victorious in the sixty fifth year of his age Cic. de Senect wherein as Cato Major saith of Q. Maximus Hic bella gerebat ut adolescens cum plane grandis esset he was like Caleb for strength Jos 14.11 as able for the war both to go out and to come in as he was the day when he was first sent over having about a quarter of an hour before his fall slain with his sword a Rebel of great stature hand to hand But now as David said of Abner may I say of him A great man is fallen in our Israel in whom the Lord hath bereaved us at once of the mighty man and the man of war the prudent and valiant Captain the honorable man and the Counsellour c. 3.2 as the Prophet Isaiah speaks The greatnesse of our adversaries rejoycings at his fall proclaimeth aloud the greatnesse of our losse but nothing hath befallen him or us but what hath befallen the dearest of Gods Servants Sampson is reckoned in the Catalogue of Believers Heb. 11. who slew more ar his death than in all his life yet he perished among the Philistines by the Philistines sword gracious Jonathan afterwards fell upon Mount Gilboa 2 Sam. 1.20 which occasioned much triumph to the daughters of the uncircumcised Faithfull Uriah was also betrayed by Joab at the Kings Command and cut off by the sword of the children of Ammon Adde to these godly Josiah to whom there was none like before or after among all the Kings of Judah yet was he slain by the sword of Pharaoh Necho The sword devoureth one as well as another and all things befall all alike him that feareth God and him that feareth him not Yea Aristotle calleth this kind of death the most beautifull of all other Ethic. l. 3. Offic. l. 1. de somnio Scipionis c. 6. The Orator affirmeth that no good man will doubt to die for the profit of his Country This our deceased Champion accounted to be most eligible for such as lay down their lives for the brethren eminently shew forth their love to God and his Church 1 Joh. 3.16 as Gods love is apparently seen in his sons laying down his life for us And wise men in all ages agree upon this maxime Decet Imperatorem stantem mori And God gave him his option he was taken from us by this eligible beautifull honourable death for he deceased on Hors-back being upheld by his Son riding behind him till he had brought him to his quarters The Lord convince and humble us all for all our sins which have brought this judgment upon us Not one but many Achans have thus troubled our Israel for I know no kind of sins which are not predominant among us It is the Lords mercy we are not all consumed The Lord help us to look up to Jesus Christ whom our sins have also pierced Isa 55.4 for him hath God given to be a leader and commander to his people who once died that by his death we may have life and by his life salvation temporal and eternal for now though other Commanders die he liveth for ever and when other helpers may be far off he is ever present with all his people who alone can help when as without him all help of men is in vain as when the Spirit departed ttom valiant Sampson he became weak like other men This hath he commanded us to do and promised salvation to all them that so do Isa 45.22 And then shall our sorrows be all turned into joy and our enemies rejoycing shall vanish then shall the Lord who hath the residue of the spirit in the room of this one Heroick Patriot now gone to his rest raise up many deliverers endued with wisdome counsell and might and the fear of the Lord who may fight our Battels tread down our enemies as mire in the Streets restore poor out-casts to their rightfull possessions again and settle peace and truth in all the borders of this sinfull and bloody Land to the comfort of all true Israelites and his own everlasting glory Amen FINIS