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The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God

Name: The whole-armour of God
Author: William Gouge

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. ...

William Gouge 1578–1653London: printed by John Beale, 1619London: printed by Iohn Beale, 1619

[26], 626, [12] p. · 196k words · STC 12123 · ESTC S103304

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THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 3 › Part 2 › Section 91: §. 91. Of motives to public prayer.THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 3 › Part 2 › Section 91: §. 91. Of motiues to publike prayer.

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1 The more public prayer is,¹ the more honourable & acceptable it is to God. If it be an honour to God for one to pray, the more do join together therein, the more honourable it must needs be: it is the more acceptable, because God delights in the joint consent of his Saints worshipping him: whereupon God promised,^l Where two or three were gathered together in his name, to be in the midst of them.

1 The more publike prayer is,¹ the more honorable & acceptable it is to God. If it be an honor to God for one to pray, the more do ioyne together therin, the more honorable it must needs be: it is the more acceptable, because God delights in the ioynt consent of his Saints worshipping him: whereupon God promised,^l Where two or three were gathered together in his name, to be in the midst of them.

11 It is more honourable and acceptable.1 It is more honorable and acceptable.
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2 It is also the more powerful:¹ the cries of many joined together make a loud cry in Gods ears, and move him the sooner to open his ears. Hereupon when there was a judgement in the Land,^m the Prophet calleth all the people to assemble together to pray: and so did

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The book

Title as printed

Author

William Gouge 1578–1653

Place

London

Printer

John BealeIohn Beale

Year

1619

Size

[26], 626, [12] p.

Words

195,569

Catalogue

STC 12123 · ESTC S103304

Text

EEBO-TCP A01979

Passages

3,349

Sections

594

Title page

The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God

§. 92. Of private Prayer.

§. 92. Of priuate Prayer.

§. 93. Of prayer in a family.

§. 94. Of secret Prayer.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

§. 92. Of private Prayer.

§. 92. Of priuate Prayer.

§. 93. Of prayer in a family.

§. 94. Of secret Prayer.

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