A01979:1758

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 8 › Section 23: §. 23. Answer to Satans suggestion of the hurt of much knowledge.THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 2 › Part 8 › Section 23: §. 23. Answere to Satans suggestion of the hurt of much knowledge.

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Answ. Knowledge in it self is a very good thing,¹ a duty expressly commanded:^g Join with virtue, knowledge, saith Saint Peter: yea Saint Paul goeth further, and implieth that it is our duty to be^h filled with knowledge, and toⁱ abound therein: and on the other side the Prophet complaineth, that^k Gods people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. It is not knowledge, but the abuse thereof which puffeth up, and^l so much doth the Apostle imply. Now if the abuse of a good thing should make us avoid it, what good thing should not be avoided? The cause⟨p. 338⟩ that Ministers, or any other are contemned, is not knowledge, but that corruption which is in man; even as by the venom in a Spider, the sweet juice of a flower is turned into poison.

Answ. Knowledge in it selfe is a very good thing,¹ a dutie expresly commanded:^g Ioyne with vertue, knowledge, saith Saint Peter: yea Saint Paul goeth further, and implieth that it is our duty to bee^h filled with knowledge, and toⁱ abound therein: and on the other side the Prophet complaineth, that^k Gods people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge. It is not knowledge, but the abuse thereof which puffeth vp, and

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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

Title page

The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God

§. 24. Of Ignorance: how heinous a sin it is.

§. 24. Of Ignorance: how hainous a sinne it is.

§. 25. Answer to Satan's suggestion of the non-proficiencie of many hearers.

§. 25. Answere to Satans suggestion of the non-proficiencie of many hearers.

THE THIRD TREATISE.

Of the means to use spiritual Armour aright.

Of the meanes to vse spirituall Armour aright.

THE FIRST PART.

Of Prayer in general.

Of Prayer in generall.

§. 1. Of the joining of prayer with the whole Armour of God.

§. 1. Of the ioyning of prayer with the whole Armour of God.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36