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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.
1 To vow in praying doth much sharpen our prayers, and make us more eagerly call upon God.
1 To vow in praying doth much sharpen our praiers, and make vs more eagerly call vpon God.
2 It doth manifest a very earnest desire of obtaining the thing we desire: it argueth that we are willing to do any thing, or part with any thing to obtain it.
2 It doth manifest a very earnest desire of obtaining the thing we desire: it argueth that we are willing to doe any thing, or part with any thing to obtaine it.
3 It doth as it were set a tutor over us, to call upon us to perform our duty, to check us when we are slack therein, and to keep us within that compass that we have set unto our selves.
3 It doth as it were set a tutor ouer vs, to call vpon vs to perform our duty, to check vs when we are slack therein, and to keepe vs within that compasse that we haue set vnto our selues.