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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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Answ. 1Sin hath received a deadly wound: though it assail us, yet shall it not get conquest over us. Besides the guilt & punishment of those very sins, which yet we are subject unto, shall not be laid upon us: they are clean remitted, and in that respect we fully acquitted.
Answ. 1Sinne hath receiued a deadly wound: though it assaile vs, yet shall it not get conquest ouer vs. Besides the guilt & punishment of those very sins, which yet we are subiect vnto, shall not be laid vpon vs: they are cleane remitted, and in that respect we fully acquitted.
- 1How far we are freed from sin.How farre we are freed from sinne.
Object. 2. We want many good and comfortable graces, and fail in the measure of those we have: our sanctification is not perfect.
Obiect. 2. Wee want many good and comfortable graces, and faile in the measure of those we haue: our sanctification is not perfect.
Answ. 1All the faithful have all such graces as are absolutely necessary unto salvation, actually wrought in them. As a child borne of a woman hath all the parts of soul and body, so he that is borne again of God hath all the parts of a new man. No Saint wanteth any grace that may hinder his salvation, though he should instantly die. As for that measure which some want, it is not so great as can justly impeach the truth of grace: that grace which they have is true, though it may be weak: and their sanctification is sound, though imperfect. The perfecting of sanctification is not so great and powerful a work, as the first beginning of it. The most effectual & powerful work of Gods spirit in the faithful, is their very new birth, the first act of their conversion. For when a sinner is first converted, he is a new created: of nothing (I speak in regard of of our spiritual being) he is made something: of a man dead in sin, he is quickened, & hath spiritual life put into him. Now the growth in sanctification, is but a proceeding from one degree to another in the same kind: yea the very perfection of sanctification