A01979:1559
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.
§. 7. Of the resemblance betwixt Hope and an Helmet.
Fitly is Hope resembled to an Helmet, 1which, according to the notation of the2 Greek word, covereth the head all over, so as under it may be comprised the Beaver, and whatsoever covereth the face. The use of this Helmet is to keep and fence the head safe from Arrows, Darts, Bullets, Swords and other weapons, whereby it might otherwise be sorely wounded, and the man be killed down-right.
FItly is Hope resembled to an Helmet, 1which, according to the notation of the2 Greeke word, couereth the head all ouer, so as vnder it may be comprised the Beuer, and whatsoeuer couereth the face. The vse of this Helmet is to keep and fence the head safe from Arrowes, Darts, Bullets, Swords and other weapons, whereby it might otherwise be sorely wounded, and the man be killed downe-right.
- 1III. Point. How fitly Hope is resembled to an Helmet.
- 2[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
He that hath his head and face well and safely covered, will be bold and courageous without fear, lifting up his head, and looking his enemy in the face, and so boldly go on forward, not fearing Arrows, Darts, or any such things that shall be shot, or thrown at him. Even so he whose soul is established with Hope, waiting for Salvation in the end, will with an holy resolution go on in his course to God, not fearing the manifold assaults of his spiritual enemies, being assured that they shall not pierce his soul, but that at length he shall remain a Victorer, when the Devil and his instruments have shot all their Arrows against him. Hope of Salvation maketh a man rouse up his soul and spirit in the midst of temptations: thus much the notation of that