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pibus ac Ducibus fit ifla Notitia, velut Ipforum vere propria fubinde S Ugge*renda. Quod res videlicet ip fa Militaris rite difpofita, certe Religionis acpietatis ope iubnixa procedat. Quoniam adeo militiæ pietas ac Religiocoherer, ut hæc abfq; illa fæpe triumphet, citra hanc illa nihil efficiat, fedubique fruftra nitatur ac laboret. Militiam enim Pharao, ficut Mofes ha-buit. Sed Pietas qua Mofaici valuerunt Pharaonicis omnino defuit. UndeCertus Oraculi Contuitor ait, Dominus pugnabit pro Vobis, & Vos ta-cebitis ; pacatus (ait) fautor ac propitiator eorum Militum, qui fibi fidunt*feque fidenter orant, Dominus effc : ut vel tacentibus, & nihil manugerentibus, fed pietati folum intentis omnem Vi&oriam, quam pie quæ-runt, annuat & conquirat. Neq; pietatem fic unice tenendam, ut mi-litiam nihil curet aut minus confideret, idem Mofes abunde commone-facit 5 qui ducturus Ifiraelitas in terram a Deo fibi jufliffime Concefifam, quam fine militiæ provincia (ita dirigente Domino) confequinequiverant, eam Militaris Ordinis Normam infigniter exquifivit: uttribuum principes & idoneas infiiper turmarum difpofitiones inflitueret,optimcxp componeret. Sed & Religionis efficaciam in Sacerdotum ac Le-vitarum Officiis fimul expreffit. Quæ duo plane fic Connexa flint, ut neu-trum ex fe fufficiat : fed alterum alterius ope femper indigeat. Si quisJofiue, fi Judicum Subfequentium, fi Regum pariter atque Ducum deincepsHitleriani perlegat, eam inibi hujus Negotii Speciem intuebitur ut VirorumfortiumVires ac Confilia,fubinvocata dei protedlio quæ per Sacerdotes Deoq;

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them , as their proper Offices and Duties: And that the true Management of themilitary Affairs ßould firmly rely on, and proceed with the Affifiance of Reli-gion and Piety. Since therefore Religion and Piety are fio far confißent with the

Bufinefis of War, as fiometimes to obtain the Victory without Fighting, when on thecontrary, Fighting without Religion avails nothing. For Pharao had an Armyas well as Mo fies , but the Piety by which the Ifiraelites prevailed, was entirelywanting to the Forces of Pharao. Whence fays the faithful Enquirer into thedivine Oracles, the Lord ßall fight for you, and ye ßall hold your Peace. TheLord fays he is a propitious Affiflant ofthofie Soldiers who trufi in him, and callupon him boldly, and will grant all Victory which is asked devoutly, even to thofiewho are filent, and make no Ufe of Arms, but put their Confidence entirely in thedivine Goodnefis. And the fame Mofes abundantly ßews that we muß not fiokeep to Religion, as to take no Care, or negleB all Methods of Defence, when inhis March out of Egypt to conduct the Ifiraelites to the Land which God hadjufi-ly given them, and which {Godfib ordering it) they could not obtain without anArmy, he brought his Forces under an extraordinary Di fi cipline, at his infiitutingPrinces and Leaders of the Tribes, and defpofing his Troops under proper Regulati-ons. He at the fame Time alfio demonfirated the Efficacy of Religion in the Officesof the Priefis and Levites. Which two Things are fib apparently joined together,that neither of them can fiubfifi of it fielfi, but the one will always fand in need ofthe Affifiance of the other. Whoever further ßall look into the Hifiory of Jofhua,

of the Judges following, of their Kings and Leaders, will fee a Confirmation of thisArgument, and how the ProteBion of God when defired, is more eafily and moreimmediately obtained by the Interceffion of Priefis and holy Men dedicated to God,