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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.
Answer. No doubt but he had heard the word of God before: for Paul had been sometime in that City, so as that judgement was but as an hammer to drive into his heart the nails of Gods word: for it is the proper use of Gods judgements to beat down the hard and stout heart of man, and so to make him sensibly apprehend▪ Gods wrath denounced in his Word against sinners. So▪ wasr Manasseh brought to apply the threatenings of Gods word to himself by a great judgement.
Answer. No doubt but he had heard the word of God before: for Paul had beene sometime in that City, so as that iudgement was but as an hammer to driue into his heart the nailes of Gods word: for it is the proper vse of Gods iudgements to beate downe the hard and stoute heart of man, and so to make him sensibly apprehend▪ Gods wrath denounced in his Word against sinners. So▪ wasr Manasseh brought to apply the threatnings of Gods word to himselfe by a great iudgement.
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