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A93461	The souldiers manual, or, Directions, prayers, and ejaculations for such as lead a military life. By A member of the Athenian Society.	Member of the Athenian Society.	1694 (1694)	Wing S4426A; ESTC R184342	12,359	24

Angles charge over me Forgive my Infirmities and deal with me not according to my Merits but thy Mercies in Jesus thy Son and my alone Saviour in whose Name and Words I conclude my imperfect Prayers saying as he has taught me OVR FATHER c. III. Directions for Evening 1. As in the Morning Enquire what Sin you have committed and how you came to fall into it 2. What Good omitted and for what reasons humbling your self before God making new resolutions to be more upon your guard for the future 3. If no remarkable fault or omission if you have done any Good or received any Mercy or Deliverance or been preserved even from the fear of Evil heartily bless God for it 4. Repeat the Morning Prayer only changing the Words Day or Night as the Sence requires 5. If lying down think upon the Grave and Death and before you go to sleep say I will lay me down in peace and take my rest for 't is thou Lord only that makest me dwell in safety Into thy hands I commend my Spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord thou God of Truth If upon Duty Meditate on good Things If you can read God's Word or any good Book If not read his Works Look into the Heavens the Works of his Fingers the Moon and Stars which he hath ordained and thence argue the Wisdom and Power of their Maker and praise him for them saying with the Psalmist At Midnight will I praise him because of his righteous Judgments IV. After Morning and Evening Devotions always add this Prayer for His MAJESTY and the CONFEDERATE Princes ALmighty and most Gracious God who hast in all ages shown thy Power and Providence in the raising up Pious and Religious Princes to be the Savers and Deliverers of thy People and hast promised that Kings shall be Nursing Fathers and Queens Nursing Mothers to thy Church I yield thee hearty thanks for raising up thy Servant King William to be the happy Instrument of our Deliverance by whom thou hast preserved thy pure Religion amongst us and all besides that is dear unto us Praised be thy Name for thy wonderful Preservation of him from all those great Dangers to which he has been exposed both by Sea and Land And most humbly I beseech thee still to continue him under the merciful Care and Protection of thy good Providence to preserve him from all secret and treacherous Practices and Attempts to stand by him and to cover his Head in the day of Danger and to bless him with Victory and all good Success Visit him as thou didst visit Moses in the Bush Gideon in the Field and Joshua in the Battel and by him be pleased in thy own good time to accomplish that great work which thou hast begun for the Salvation of thy People and Confusion of thy Enemies Be pleased also to Bless all those Princes which are joined together with him in the just Defence of their Countries and the Liberties of Europe and give such success to their Arms that they may humble the Pride of him who is the great Troubler of the World Grant this O Lord for thy Mercies sake in Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour Amen V. Preparation and Prayer before a Fight and Ejaculations in it 1. Prepare as for Death and think of nothing but that or Victory and in order thereunto first Examine the State the Condition of your Soul for sure you have Souls to be saved as well as others and think not that being of the right Side or very dying for it or your Country and Religion will save you unless you have repented of your Sins and are reconciled to God Since then you mayn't have many moments to live in this World you can't doubt but 't is the highest Wisdom to secure a better In order to which ask your self how you are prepared for 't and take this one short infallible Rule Whosoever continues in the habit of any one wilful Sin be it Swearing Cruelty Impurity or whatever else is not in God's Favour nor can if he so die expect any Mercy at his Hand Now there 's no way to recover from this Condition but Repentance and Faith The first Sorrow for Sin and leaving it the second an humble Trust in God's Mercy for the sake of Christ Jesus with a sincere Obedience to his Commands Without which Faith 't is impossible to please God as without Repentance we must all perish But because these Graces require generally Time and Labour to be produced in the Mind 't is a more desperate hazard to delay the getting 'em till such an Exigence than 't would be to put off your Arming your self 'till the Enemy were just upon you Therefore make this the business of your Lives and then you 'll not want Comfort at the approach or apprehension of Death However if this has been neglected before now begin it if practis'd renew it Humble your self for your Sins and cry for Mercy say God be merciful to me a Sinner and I Believe Lord help my Vnbelief 2. When that 's done consider What you are Fighting for your Country your Religion the Liberties of Europe Whom you are Fighting under King William Whom you are Fighting against the French whom you us'd to beat when the odds was on their side and they never you without it Commend your Soul to God in the following † Prayer and then Fall on in God's Name and May HE be with you But if any of you as is but too much to be fear'd thro' your rude and ignorant manner of Education or thro' your long and daily converse with Debauch'd and Irreligious Comrades wherewith all even the best of Armies swarm or by your own negligence and wilfulness in slighting o● contemning the Means of better Instruction and the Holy Ordinances Instituted by God for the working in us those Graces of Repentance and Regeneration so necessary to Salvation we have been discoursing of I say if any of you by these or any other depraved disposition of Mind or Body or unlucky circumstances of your Lives have hitherto been so unhappy as to spend your whole time in a continual course and habit of Sin and particularly in those which Men of your Vocation are most guilty of as Oaths Blasphemies Curses Damning your selves or others as likewise Drunkenness Vncleanness Malice Wrathful and Foolish Quarrels Vnjust Rapines Barbarous and Vnmanly Cruelties Rapes and such Bloodshed as is downright Murther and against all the Rules of War as well as the Laws both of Nature and Christianity and in a word have lived all along in all the gross Sins that Prophaness Licenciousness and Atheistical Infidelity can inspire and now are come perhaps within view of a Battel with a fierce and potent Enemy by whose hands you know not how soon God may call you to an Account for all those many Blasphemous Vollies you have formerly shot against Heaven and for all both your open and private Transgressions and

THE Souldiers MANUAL OR Directions Prayers and Ejaculations For such as Lead A Military Life By a Member of the Athenian Society LONDON Printed by I. Dawks for John Dunton at the Raven in the Poultry Price 2 d. or an Hundred of 'em stitch'd up in Blew Paper for 14 s. to those Gentlemen or Officers in His Majesty's Army that buy 'em to disperse DEDICATION To all Their MAJESTIES Forces by Sea or Land Dear Country-men ACcept this little Manual from those that Love you as their own Souls and would as willingly venture or lose their Lives for that Glorious Cause in which you are engag'd as you your selves can do it Had we any thing better to present you you should have it But as this is if you follow the Directions herein contained you 'll not fail to secure what 's of more value than all the World It 's most of it a Collection from the Works of such great Men as are above Censure and who are now receiving their Reward and contracted as much as possible to be of more general Use May the Lord of Hosts bless it to you and bless you all giving you Victory over your Sins and Enemies and helping you by Faith to subdue Kingdoms like the Primitive Worthies Which is and shall be the hearty and daily Prayer of Dear Country-men Your c. THE SOULDIERS Manual THIS Short Manual consists of the following Heads I. Directions for every Morning II. Morning Prayer III. Directions for Evening IV. A Prayer for King William and the Confederates to be said Morning and Evening V. A Prayer before Battel and Ejaculations in it VI. Behaviour and Thanksgiving after Victory VII Directions in Sickness with Prayers and Devotions I. Directions for every Morning 1. As soon as you awake look up to God and say I laid me down and slept I awaked for the Lord sustained me I will not be afraid for Ten Thousands of the People that set themselves against me round about 2. Immediately after this and before the more Solemn Devotions think with your self 1. What Sins you have committed since the last Night in Thought Word or Deed humbling your self for the same before God 2. What Temptations you are like to meet with that Day and by what means you have been formerly drawn into Sin arming your self against 'em by Faith and Prayer and resolving to avoid both the Sin and as much as possible the Occasion of it 3. What Good ye may do by preventing or reproving and discountenancing the Sins of others or exhorting 'em to Piety and Virtue encouraging them therein both by Word and Example II. Then Kneeling down if the Place permits say humbly and devoutly if you have no better this MORNING PRAYER O Almighty Lord God the great Creator and Governor of all things in whom I live move and have my Being I thy unworthy Creature humbly prostrate my self before thee to offer up my Morning Sacrifice of Prayer and Praise for all thy Goodness which endures for ever I Bless thee for my Creation and Preservation my Life Health Strength and all those outward Blessings I enjoy † Here mention any late Deliverance or other Mercy the Mercies of the Night past and of all my Life But above all for thine inestimable Love in the Redemption of the World by our Lord Jesus Christ who by his once offering himself upon the Cross did there make a full perfect and sufficient Sacrifice Oblation and Satisfaction for our Sins I bless thee for being born in thy peculiar Fold the Christian Church and early Consecrated to thee by Baptism and the gracious Assistance of thy Holy Spirit towards the performance of the Vow which I then made unto thee and for thy Patience and Long-suffering that thou hast not forsaken me for the many Breaches thereof nor yet cut me off in the midst of my days and in the very Act of Sin which I must acknowledge I have most righteously deserved For O Lord I must own with shame and confusion of Face that I have most grievously offended against thee I was shapen in Iniquity and conceived in Sin My heart is by Nature deceitful above all things and desperately wicked neither can I tell how often I have actually transgressed in Thought Word and Deed † Here mention the chiefest of your Sins slighting both thy Mercies and thy Judgments and renewed offers of Pardon upon my Repentance and Obedience Or if at any time I have resolved to forsake my Sins soon returning to them again like a Dog to his Vomit What therefore remains for me but a fearful looking for of fiery Indignation which is the just reward of my Iniquities What can I expect but thy Wrath and Vengeance both in this Life and that to come But there is forgiveness with thee that thou mayst be feared Thou hast laid help upon one that is mighty and hast sent thy Dear Son to die for us and to save his People from their Sins O fit me for that Mercy which he has purchased for me by a true Sence of all my Transgressions a hearty sorrow for them and hatred of them and a constant and sincere resolution and endeavour never more to be guilty of them And since I am not able of my self to help my self or do any good action grant me thy Grace O giver of all Grace that I may know and do thy Blessed Will Work in me a true Faith a firm Hope and Trust in thee and unfeigned Love to thee Zeal for thee Reverence of whatever is related unto thee and Fear to offend thee Thankfulness for thy Mercies Submission to thy Providences Devotion in thy Service Sorrow for my Sins Make me meek and contented and humble just and charitable sober and temperate and couragious and merciful Create in me a new Heart sanctifie me in Body Soul and Spirit and preserve me to thy heavenly Kingdom With me I beseech thee O Father of Mercies have mercy upon all Men All Jews Turks Idolaters Infidels and Hereticks that they may be turned from Darkness to Light and from the Power of Satan to God Bless the Vniversal Church especially the Reformed Churches and particularly the Church of England and give us Grace so deeply to repent us of our Sins and throughly to acknowledge our unworthiness that thou mayst have mercy upon us that we may not perish Bless with the choicest of thy Blessings our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary Strengthen their Friends and subdue their Enemies give 'em Wisdom to go in and out before this great People and Grace to punish Wickedness and Vice and maintain thy true Religion and Virtue Let their Reign be long and happy and after this Life crown 'em with eternal Glory Pity all that are in Affliction especially those that suffer for Righteousness sake and the Defence of thy true Religion Bless my Friends and forgive my Enemies Preserve me this Day from Sin and Danger and give thy Holy