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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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Yea verily,1 it is not only possible, but also necessary that not only any one, but every one be endued with every kind of sanctifying grace, which appertaineth to the essential being of a Christian. For regeneration is as perfect in the kind thereof, as our natural birth.
Yea verily,1 it is not onely possible, but also necessarie that not onely any one, but euery one be endued with euery kinde of sanctifying grace, which appertaineth to the essentiall being of a Christian. For regeneration is as perfect in the kinde thereof, as our naturall birth.
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Men ordinarily are borne with all the parts and members of a man: if not, they are either monsters, or at least imperfect: but in the spiritual birth, which isa from above, evenb of God, there is no imperfection of parts, there are no monsters: all that are borne of the Spirit, have all the essential parts of the Spirit; & thus are all alike, though not in measure, yet in number of graces. For as the flesh hath corrupted every power of the soul & part of the body,⟨p. 28⟩ so doth the Spirit renew every power and part of both. The Apostle testifieth of the Corinthians, thatc in all things they were made rich, and not destitute of any gift.