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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.
The means required on mans part, are next to be declared. Here I will show what man must do that he may believe: and what motives there be to stir him up to believe.
THe meanes required on mans part, are next to be declared. Here I will shew what man must doe that he may beleeue: and what motiues there be to stirre him vp to beleeue.
Two things are to be done of man: one that to his uttermost⟨p. 224⟩ power he use and well employ that ability,1 whatsoever it be, that he hath by nature or special gift.
Two things are to be done of man: one that to his vttermost⟨p. 224⟩ power he vse and well imploy that ability,1 whatsoeuer it be, that he hath by nature or speciall gift.
- 1What man must do to believe.What man must doe to beleeue.
Because God in wisdom hath appointed the preaching of his word, to be the means of working Faith, man must diligently use that means, and constantly attend thereupon, not giving over till he find the blessed work of Faith wrought in him. A natural man may go to Church, and with his outward ear hearken to the Word, and wait upon it. And because prayer is a means to move God to give his Spirit, and thereby to open mans heart to receive the Word into it, and to make his word powerful and effectual, he must also as well as he can, pray to God for his Spirit, and for his blessing on his Word. For a natural man may pray, though not in Faith; and God doth oft hear the desire of such, as he heareth