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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.
§. 119. Of the fittest times for daily prayer.
Quest. How often a day is it meet we should pray,1 and at what times?
Quest. HOw often a day is it meete we should pray,1 and at what times?
- 1Singulis diebus qui amplius non potest, faltem duabus vicibus oret mane scil. & vesper Concil. Constantinop. 6. cap. 7. Vide Crys. exhort. ad matutinas, & vesp. orations. Hom. 14. in Rom. 8.Singulis diebus qui amplius non potest, faltem duabus vicibus oret mane scil. & vespere Concil. Constantinop. 6. cap. 7. Vide Crys. exhort. ad matutinas, & vesp. orationes. Hom. 14. in Rom. 8.
Answ. Not to speak of sudden ejaculations, which we shall touch by and by, it is meet that solemn prayers be made at least twice a day. The fittest time for which is the morning and the evening. In the morning to praise God for our rest the night before, and to crave his protection over us, and his blessing upon us the day following. In the evening to praise him for the blessings received that day, and to crave his protection in the night when we sleep. Thus shall this spiritual sacrifice of thee Calves of our lips be answerable to that