Once more, it is necessary for a people who would preserve their liberty, to maintain the general practice of religion and virtue. This will tend to make them courageous: The truest fortitude is ever to be found where the passions and affections are in subjection to the laws of God. Religion conciliates the favor of God, upon whom success in war essentially depends, and the hope of this favour will naturally inspire a brave and undaunted resolution. … On the other hand, vice naturally makes men timorous, and fills the breast with baseness and cowardice. What is here said is agreeable to the observation of that wise King and inspired writer, who tells us, "the wicked flee, when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion."
Simeon Howard — A Sermon Preached to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston (1773)
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