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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.
§. 53. Of Faith when the fruits of it appear not.
§. 53. Of Faith when the fruits of it appeare not.
Quest. What if a man cannot find in him these effects of Faith, as peace of conscience, security of mind, joy of heart, hath he then no true Faith at all?
Quest. VVHat if a man cannot find in him these effects of Faith, as peace of conscience, security of minde, ioy of heart, hath he then no true Faith at all?
Answ. I dare not so pronounce: for true believers⟨p. 252⟩ may be much troubled in their mind,1 fearful of their estate, full of grief and mourning, and seem to be, far from those fore-named signs, both in the beginning, while Faith is as it were in the bud, and also in the time of temptation, as it were in winter time. But yet there may be observed in such persons, an inward panting and breathing (which are signs of life▪) namely, a groaning & grieving that they want those fruits of Faith, and an earnest desire of them.
Answ. I dare not so pronounce: for true beleeuers