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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
THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 3 › Part 2 › Section 40: §. 40. Of Purgatory.
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Object. 1 The second petition compriseth the dead under it.
Obiect. 1 The second petition compriseth the dead vnder it.
Answ. That petition hath not any particular respect to any particular person departed, so as it cannot justify any particular Prayers for a particular person deceased, which is the question in controversy. Indeed that petition respecteth the whole body of Christ, some of the members whereof are the Saints now dead: but it followeth not thereupon that it is a Prayer for the dead: for principally it respecteth the living, and the dead only by consequence. Besides, it implieth no altering of the estate of the souls of the dead, which is another point in question.
Answ. That petition hath not any particular respect to any particular person departed, so as it cannot iustifie any particular Prayers for a particular person deceased, which is the question in controuersie. Indeed that petition respecteth the whole body of Christ, some of the members wherof are the Saints now dead: but it followeth not thereupon that it is a Prayer for the dead: for principally it respecteth the liuing, and the dead onely by consequence. Besides, it implyeth no altering of the estate of the soules of the dead, which is another point in question.
Object. 2. Many prayed for their children and friends which were dead, and had them restored to life.
Obiect. 2. Many prayed for their children and friends which were dead, and had them restored to life.