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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.
§. 15. Of the resemblance betwixt Faith and a Shield.
A Shield is a general fence for the whole body, especially for the principal parts, the head and heart. There are sundry kinds of shields, bucklers, and targets used in war: some round and small, some square, some like an half moon, some after one fashion, some after another, and accordingly they have divers names.h The Greek word which here the Apostle useth, is taken fromi a door or gate: so as it signifieth, a long, broad, large shield, wherewith the whole body was covered. The use of it is both to avoid handy blows,3 strokes, foins, pushes and the like, made with Sword, Halberd, Sp•are, and such like weapons; and also to keep off Darts, Arrows, Bullets, Stones, and such annoyances⟨p. 215⟩ as were shot, and flung afar off: so as it is a common defence against all sorts of weapons, all kinds of assaults.