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The Looking Glass of the Holy War

Published: 1624
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Speculum belli sacri: Or The looking-glasse of the holy war wherein is discovered: the evill of war. The good of warr. The guide of war. In the last of these I give a scantling of the Christian tackticks, from the levying of the souldier, to the founding of the retrait; together with a modell of the carryage, both of conquerour and conquered. I haue applyed the generall rules warranted by the Word, to the particular necessity of our present times.

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[Amsterdam] Printed [by the successors of Giles Thorp] anno 1624.

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DedicationTO THE MOST ILLVSTIOVS PRINCE, FREDERICK KING OF Bohemia, Count Palatine of the Rhine, &c. As alſo to the…
DedicationTO THE PRINCE HIS HIGHNES CHARLES, The Hope of great Brittain.
DedicationTO THE HONOVRABLE AND HIGH COVRT OF PARLIAMENT.
To the readerTO THE TRVELY SINCERE READER.
Table of contentsA TABLE OF THE CONTENTS of the Chapters.
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Chapter 1CHAPTER I. The Evill of Wars.
Chapter 2CHAP. II. Of the good of War.

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Chapter 3CHAP. III. Of the Guide of Warre.
Chapter 4CHAP. IIII. Of the Authority required in waging War.
Chapter 5CHAPT. V. Of the Ʋertue of a Souldier.
Chapter 6CHAPT. VI. Of the Fitneſſe of the Souldier.
Chapter 7CHAP. VII. Of Diſcipline in Generall.
Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. Of the lawfull undertaking of War.
Chapter 9CHAPT. IX. Againſt whom to War.
Chapter 10CHAP. X. The orderly purſuit of War.
Chapter 11CHAP. XI. Gods preſence firſt of all to be ſought.
Chapter 12CHAP. XII. Of depriving the Enimy of all Means.
Chapter 13

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Author: Alexander Leighton (1568–1649)
Imprint: [Amsterdam] Printed [by the successors of Giles Thorp] anno 1624.
Extent: [20], 316 p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 15432 · ESTC S108433
Source: TCP A05289
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

Appeal to the Parliament

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CHAP. XIII. War muſt be as well Offenſiue as Defenſiue.

Chapter 14CHAP. XIIII. Of the ſafe leading of the Forces.

Chapter 15CHAP. XV. The manner of ſafe Incamping.

Chapter 16CHAPT. XVI. The Fixing of the Coulours.

Chapter 17CHAP. XVII. The Matter of the Camp.

Chapter 18CHAP. XVIII. Campe Diſcipline.

Chapter 19CHAPT. XIX. The Motions and Actions of War.

Chapter 20CHAP. XX. VVar eſpecially requireth Councell.

Chapter 21CHAP. XXI. The evill of evill Counſell, or want of good Counſell.

Chapter 22CHAP. XXII. That great Ones muſt uſe Counſell.

Chapter 23CHAP. XXIII. The Qualification of Councellours.

Chapter 24CHAPT. XXIIII. Of the particularities of the Counſell of War.

Chapter 25CHAP. XXV. Gods word the ground of Counſell.

Chapter 26CHAP. XXVI. Gods Miniſters the diſpoſers of this ſacred Counſell.

Chapter 27CHAP. XXVII. The wiſe carriage of Counſell.

Chapter 28CHAP. XXVIII. The execution of things conſulted on.

Chapter 29CHAP. XXIX. The true uſe of Stratagems.

Chapter 30CHAP. XXX. The Oppugnation of an Hold.

Chapter 31CHAP. XXXI. The carriage of the Beſieged.

Chapter 32CHAP. XXXII. The Exerciſing of Forces in the Field.

Chapter 33CHAP. XXXIII. The ordering of the Battell.

Chapter 34CHAP. XXXIIII. The Ioyning of Battel.

Chapter 35CHAP. XXXV. The Fight it ſelfe.

Chapter 36CHAP. XXXVI. The Generals and Souldiers part in Fight.

Chapter 37CHAP. XXXVII. Of the Iſſue of the hattle in Generall.

Chapter 38CHAP. XXXVIII. Of the Carriage of the Conquerour.

Chapter 39CHAP. XXXIX. Of the true Vſofe Victory.

Chapter 40CHAP. XL. Of the moderation of the Conquerours paſsions, and of his Temperance.

Chapter 41CHAP. XLI. The carriage of the conquered in Generall.

Chapter 42CHAP. XLII. Of acknowledging the defeat to be from God.

Chapter 43CHAP. XLIII. The mooving cauſe of the defeate is to be obſerved.

Chapter 44CHAP. XLIIII. Of quitting God of all injuſtice.

Chapter 45CHAP. XLV. Of humiliation for ſin, and forſaking of it.

Chapter 46CHAP. XLVI. Of the generous behaviour of the conquered in regard of his enemie.

Chapter 47CHAP. XLVII. Of the patience of the conquered.

Chapter 48CHAP. XLVIII. Of the Hope of the Conquered.

Chapter 49CHAP. XLIX. Of the end of Warre.

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