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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.
2 Quest. How then may ordinary persons make imprecations against any?
Ans. No ordinary man can lawfully make any imprecation against the persons of any particular distinct men:1 Only in these three respects may imprecations be made.
- 1Imprecations may be made in three respects.Imprecations may bee made in three respects.
1.1 Indefinitely, against all such public desperate enemies as were noted before, without any application of the imprecation to any particular persons, no not so much as in thought: and thus was that general imprecation used when the Ark went forward,a Rise up Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered. And thus David useth many general imprecations, asb Let them be confounded which transgress without cause. cLet them all be confounded that hate Zion, &c.
1.1 Indefinitely, against all such publike desparate enemies as were noted before, without any application of the imprecation to any particular persons, no not so much as in thought: and thus was that general imprecation vsed when the Arke went forward,