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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
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§. 15. Of meditating on the end of Hope.
TO these may be added as a further means to uphold and cherish Hope,1 a serious and frequent meditation of the end of our Hope,2 namely, that rich and glorious inheritance which Christ hath purchased for his Saints, and God hath promised unto them. Much might be said to amplify this point, but I will refer it to the private meditation of the Reader: and let it the rather be meditated of, because we see the hopes of worldly men to be sustained with matters which are no way comparable hereunto. Observe what their hope is in earthly things, which are very uncertain:o The husbandman waiteth for the fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the former and the latter rain. As the Husband-man, so the Soldier, the Mariner, the Merchant, who not? Their hopes make them unter much, and send themselves forth to great dangers, & yet oft they fail of their hopes. Shall Christians of all others cast away their Hope, the end whereof is more excellent then all things in Sea and Land, which also they are sure to receive, if they faint not? aCast not away your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.
TO these may be added as a further meanes to vphold and cherish Hope,1 a serious and frequent meditation of the end of our Hope,2