"The Soldier's catechism emerged during the English Civil wars.... This present catechism represents the first serious attempt to bring the Soldier's catechism current.... The Soldier's Pocket Bible and the second chapter of The Westminster confession of Faith...have been added.... The Pocket Bible originated in the same historical period as the Catechism...."--Introduction, p. 5. "The souldiers catechisme: composed for the Parliaments Army : consisting of two parts: wherein are chiefly taught: 1 The Iustification 2 The Qualifications of our souldiers" was first pub. in 1644. "The souldier's pocket Bible containing the most (if not all) those places contained in holy Scripture which doe shew the qualifications of his inner man, that is a fit souldier to fight the Lords battells..." was first pub. 1643.