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The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God
The whole-armour of God: or A Christians spiritual furniture, to keep him safe from all the assaults of Satan First preached, and now the second time published and enlarged for the good of all such as well use it:whereunto is also added a treatise of the sin against the Holy Ghost. By William Gouge B.D. and preacher of Gods Word in Black Fryers London. ...The vvhole-armor of God: or A Christians spiritual furniture, to keepe him safe from all the assaults of Satan First preached, and now the second time published and enlarged for the good of all such as well vse it:whereunto is also added a treatise of the sinne against the Holy Ghost. By VVilliam Gouge B.D. and preacher of Gods Word in Blacke Fryers London. ...
London: printed by John Beale, 1619London: printed by Iohn Beale, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 1. The Sum and several Heads.
§. 1. The Summe and seuerall Heads.
Saint PAUL having delivered such adoctrines of faith, andb precepts of manners (bothc general concerning all Christians, andd particular concerning the distinct degrees of several persons in a family) as he thought most meet, in the closing up of his Epistle, giveth a worthy direction for the better performing of them all; which is, to be courageous and well furnished against all those difficulties and dangers, ⟨p. 2⟩5wherewith they are like to meet in their Christian course. Well knew the Apostle that the best Christians while here they live in this world, are both prone to faint by reason of their own weakness, and also in hazard to be foiled by reason of their enemies power; therefore he taketh upon him the person of a wise, vigilant, and valiant Captain; and in soldier-like terms animateth the Lords Soldiers, that they neither faint in themselves, nor be daunted with their enemies.
SAint PAVL hauing deliuered such adoctrines of faith, andb precepts of maners (bothc generall concerning all Christians, and