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1198.
[The preacher doth not all condemn]
He said to the soldiers, Do violence to no man.
—iii. 14.
The preacher doth not all condemn
Who justly wage defensive wars,
But shows salvation is for them
If, compass'd with ten thousand snares,
They dare their calling's sins eschew,
From avarice and ambition fly,
To God, their king, and country true,
And bold for Christ to live and die.
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