A01979:1206

The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God

Name: The whole-armour of God
Author: William Gouge

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. ...

William Gouge 1578–1653London: printed by John Beale, 1619London: printed by Iohn Beale, 1619

[26], 626, [12] p. · 196k words · STC 12123 · ESTC S103304

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THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 2 › Part 6 › Section 37: §. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they have Faith.THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 2 › Part 6 › Section 37: §. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they haue Faith.

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§. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they have Faith.

§. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they haue Faith.

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Object. Those were extraordinary persons, and had this knowledge of their Faith, by extraordinary revelation.

Obiect. THose were extraordinary persons, and had this knowledge of their Faith, by extraordinary reuelation.

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Answ. The^g Eunuch, and the^h blind man knew as much, and yet were no extraordinary persons. But to show that this knowledge came not of any extraordinary revelation, proper to extraordinary persons, the Apostle speaking of that spirit which David had, saith,ⁱ We have the same spirit of Faith, &c. Paul had the same spirit that David had, and other Christians the same that he, whereby they might discern their Faith, and therefore he useth the plural number, We have the same spirit, &c. yet more expressly he saith,^k We have received the spirit that is of God, that we may know the things which are given us of God. Is not Faith one of those things? yea, it is one of the most principal of them? Upon this ground the Apostle exhorteth us,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

William Gouge 1578–1653

Place

London

Printer

John BealeIohn Beale

Year

1619

Size

[26], 626, [12] p.

Words

195,569

Catalogue

STC 12123 · ESTC S103304

Text

EEBO-TCP A01979

Passages

3,349

Sections

594

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The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God

§. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they have Faith.

§. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they haue Faith.

§. 38. Of the difference betwixt those who seem to have Faith, and those who indeed have it.

§. 38. Of the difference betwixt those who seeme to haue Faith, and those who indeed haue it.

§. 39. Whether Faith and doubting may stand together.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

§. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they have Faith.

§. 37. Whether ordinary persons may know they haue Faith.

§. 38. Of the difference betwixt those who seem to have Faith, and those who indeed have it.

§. 38. Of the difference betwixt those who seeme to haue Faith, and those who indeed haue it.

§. 39. Whether Faith and doubting may stand together.

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