Item #35018 RELIGION RECOMMENDED TO THE SOLDIER. A SERMON PREACH'D TO THE ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE ARTILLERY-COMPANY, JUNE 4. 1744. BEING THE DAY OF THEIR ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Joseph Parsons.

RELIGION RECOMMENDED TO THE SOLDIER. A SERMON PREACH'D TO THE ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE ARTILLERY-COMPANY, JUNE 4. 1744. BEING THE DAY OF THEIR ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Boston: Printed by B. Green, and Company for D. Henchman and J. Edwards, 1744. 30pp, as issued. Disbound, scattered spotting, Good+.

Parsons became Pastor of the First Church in Bradford in 1725; he stayed until his death nearly forty years later. He dedicates this Sermon to William Shirley, "Captain General and Governour in chief" of Massachusetts-Bay. Shirley's "consummate Wisdom" and "great Learning" have kept "our Fortifications in a condition to free us from perplexing Cares about the Enemy; and such speedy and vigorous Measures taken to guard our exposed Frontiers as calm our Minds under the sad Apprehensions we had entertained of a War, in which New-England is peculiarly interested." King George's War was raging in New England, Nova Scotia, and New York. As usual, England and France were arrayed on opposite sides. Relying on Scripture, Parsons reconciles the love of God with the task of a warrior. "True Religion makes the Soldier a Blessing to the World."
With ever-increasing threats, "It is now no Time for Soldiers to content themselves with showy Exercises and splendid Appearances. The Defence of your Country calls you into the Field."
Evans 5470. Sabin 58899. ESTC W21743. Item #35018

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