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& Eccleflaftico ritu peragenda Subinduxerunt, ob Salutem animæ fiiæ,immo Salutem Omnium, & in Regni lui decus, felicitatem ac præ-fidium. Siquidem fub Ipfam mundi Originem, hæ duæ partes gu-bernanda tuendæq; reip. tanquam penicillo flint ExprefTæ j dum Suadea laus Speciatim adhibita ejus fingulare Präsidium obtineret, & moxfiib ipfo Gubernator exiftens ubiq; fîios ad rem confulto Clareq; ge-rendam haberet accinctos. Sic Abrahamus itaque poft honorem deorite præftitum & alia reip. Subinde munia fynceriter exhibita, fub deiprotezione milites educens, quos habebat Expeditos, optiméq; Coordi-nane, fratrem, fraternamq; Subftantiam ab hoflili turba recepit. CuiMelchifedecus ait, Benedictus Abraham deo, & benediótus deus, quoprotegente hoftes in Manibus ejus flint ; ibi geminum Regni tutamenac firmamentum indicans. Primarium fane divinæ proteótioms, piaConfònantia laudum divinarum & debitis orationibus impetrandæ ;fed quæ fèmper humanæ Virtuti, militariq; prudentiæ coafliftat. Necin SeleZo fòlum dei populo hic Ordo refplenduit, verum in Cæteraquoque plebe rationabili fbrmæ dedita. Abimelechus enim PalefH-norum rex multitudinem militarem fie digeftam habuifTe videtur, ut-pote Cujus Phicol princeps erat. Neque hic divinæ laudis & gloriæVidetur oblitus, qui benediZos Dei patrem Abrahamum & filium ejusIfaacum Cibi conciliare fluduit ; poflmodum ut populus, in dei Cul-tum ac Gloriam augefeebat, & hujus Rei Studium fimul accrevit;

pray and perform other Duties , according to the Ceremonies of the Church for theSalvation of their own Souls $ nay even for the Salvation of all , and for theGlory y Profperity and Safeguard of their ovm Kingdom : Thefe two Parts of govern-ing and defending the Commonwealth, being as it were , drawn ont with a Pencilfrom the very Beginning of the World: When by particularly attributing to Godthe Honour due to him they ßould obtain his extraordinary Aßßance , and the Go-vernor who is placed immediately under him , find hfs Men bravely refolved andprepared for A&ion. So Abraham after due Honour given to God , and the other

Duties of Government fincerely performedleading out his Soldiers which he had ingood Order and Readinefs, under the ProteSlion of the Almighty , recovered his Bro-ther y and his Brothers Family and Subßance from the Hands of his Enemies. Towhom Mclchifcdec /aid, Blejfed be Abraham of the moß high God 3 and Bleffed bethe moß high God which hath delivered thine Enemies into thine Handsythereby decla-ring the two chiefPoints ofdefending and maintaining a Kingdom : the chief one in-deed } that of the divine Protection to be obtained by a religious Harmony of divineHymns and Praifes } and proper Prayers fitted to that Purpofe 3 and which always areaiding and affifiing to humane Valour and Skill in War. Nor was this Order and Me-thod only to be found among the chofien People of God: But in every People and Nationrnder any reafionable Form of Government. For Abimelech a King [in Paleftine]had no doubt an Army 3 and WarriorSyUnder a due Regulation, feeing Phicol was chiefCaptain of his Hoß ; nor was he forgetful of the Honour and Glory due to God asmay appear from his defiring to enter into a Covenant with Abraham and his SonIfaac who were bleffed by God: afterwards as the People improved in the War-ßip of Gody this PraSfice increafed alfio, for Moles the Captain of the Ifraelites, and

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