The Christian soldier's penny Bible. Shewing, from the Holy Scriptures, the soldier's duty and encouragement. Being a brief collection of pertinent scriptures, under XX heads, fit for the soldier's, or seaman's pocket, when his is not furnish'd with, or cannot well carry a larger volume, in time of war.
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The Christian soldier's penny Bible. Shewing, from the Holy Scriptures, the soldier's duty and encouragement. Being a brief collection of pertinent scriptures, under XX heads, fit for the soldier's, or seaman's pocket, when his is not furnish'd with, or cannot well carry a larger volume, in time of war.
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London :: Printed by R. Smith for Sam: Wade, under the piazza of the Royal Exchange in Cornhil, and sold by him and Rich. Baldwin near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane,
1693.
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Bible -- Selections -- 17th century.
Soldiers -- Religious life -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The Christian soldier's penny Bible. Shewing, from the Holy Scriptures, the soldier's duty and encouragement. Being a brief collection of pertinent scriptures, under XX heads, fit for the soldier's, or seaman's pocket, when his is not furnish'd with, or cannot well carry a larger volume, in time of war." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B02150.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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V. The Christian Soldier should not depend on his own Wisdom or Strength, or preparation for War.
IN all thy ways acknowledge the Lord,
and lean not to thine own Understanding.
For by Strength shall no Man prevail: The Adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces.
I will not trust in my Bow, neither shall my Sword save me.
There is no King saved by the multitude of an Host:
A mighty Man is not delivered by much Strength.
An Horse is a vain thing for Safety:
Neither shall he deliver any by his great Strength.
There is no Man that hath power over the Spirit,
to retain the Spirit; neither hath he power in the day of Death; and there is no discharge, (or casting off Weapons) in that War, neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
O our God!
wilt thou not judge them, for we have no might against this great Company that cometh against us: Neither know we what to do, but our desires are upon thee.