A01979:2418

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 102: §. 102. Of forbearing to eat and drink in the time of a Fast.THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 3 › Part 2 › Section 102: §. 102. Of forbearing to eate and drinke in the time of a Fast.

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Under this phrase of cherishing the Body, ¹is eating and drinking especially meant: for thereby is the body more then by any other thing nourished and refreshed; nothing so absolutely necessary thereto as food. Besides, the general nature and matter of a Fast consisteth therein especially: and therefore the Scripture most usually expresseth abstinence from food when it mentioneth a fast. Fast (saith Ester) and neither eat nor drink. ²Let neither man nor beast (saith the King of Nineveh, when he proclaimed a Fast) taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water. ³Of David it is also noted, that in the day of his Fast,⁴ he would not eat meat.

VNder this phrase of cherishing the Body, ¹is eating and drinking especially meant: for thereby is the body more then by any other thing nourished and refreshed; nothing so absolutely necessary thereto as food. Besides, the generall nature and matter of a Fast consisteth therein especially: and therefore the Scripture most vsually expresseth abstinence from food when it mentioneth a fast. Fast (saith Ester) and neither eate nor drinke. ²Let neither man nor beast (saith the King of Niniueh, when he proclaimed a Fast) taste any thing: let them not feede, nor drinke water. ³Of Dauid it is also noted, that in the day of his Fast,⁴ he would not eate meate.

1I. Point. How far we must abstain from refreshing the body in a Fast.I. Point. How farre we must abstaine from refreshing the body in a Fast.

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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

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The whole-armour of GodThe vvhole-armor of God

§. 103. Of forbearing other things beside food in a Fast.

§. 103. Of forbearing other things beside foode in a Fast.

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Reformers309

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§. 103. Of forbearing other things beside food in a Fast.

§. 103. Of forbearing other things beside foode in a Fast.

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