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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.
The affirmative,1 (who are to be prayed for,) is very general. For (except those before excepted,) all of all sorts are to be prayed for. Indeed the Apostle in this Text nameth none but Saints, yet simply he excludeth not all other, but rather more forcibly urgeth this duty for the Saints: as if he had said, whomsoever ye forget, forget not any of the Saints: let them especially above all be remembered. In effect so much is here implied, as is expressed.⟨p. 384⟩ Gal. 6. 10. Let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of Faith.
THe affirmatiue,1 (who are to be prayed for,) is very generall. For (except those before excepted,) all of all sorts are to be prayed for. Indeed the Apostle in this Text nameth none but Saints, yet simply he excludeth not all other, but rather more forcibly vrgeth this duty for the Saints: as if he had said, whomsoeuer ye forget, forget not any of the Saints: let them especially aboue all be remembred. In effect so much is here implyed, as is expressed.⟨p. 384⟩ Gal. 6. 10. Let vs doe good vnto all men, especially vnto them who are of the houshold of Faith.
- 1For whom prayer is to be made.
If this place excluded all but Saints, and implied that none but they should be prayed for, it would thwart and contradict many other places of Scripture which shall be declared when we prove that such as are not of the Church may be prayed for. Wherefore because the two later sort who sin against the Holy Ghost, and who are rejected of God, are not by ordinary spirits discerned, I may for an ordinary direction say,