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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.
§. 129. Of prayer coming from the spirit of a Man.
§. 129. Of prayer comming from the spirit of a Man.
2 For the second doctrine,1 that Prayer framed by the Spirit of God, floweth out of the very spirit and heart of a man; it is also clear byx the forenamed place, The spirit maketh intercession with groans, &c. Now groans proceed from the heart, and spirit, not from the tongue and lips: but more expresslyy the Apostle saith, that the spirit which crieth Abba Father, is sent into our hearts. Hence it is that they which pray in the spirit, are saidz to pour out their soul and their heart to God. The Virgin Mary (who without all question praised God in the spirit) saith,* My soul magnifieth the Lord, my spirit rejoiceth in God.
2 FOr the second doctrine,1 that Prayer framed by the Spirit of God, floweth out of the very spirit and heart of a man; it is also cleare byx the forenamed place, The spirit maketh intercession with groanes, &c. Now groanes proceede from the heart, and spirit, not from the tongue and lips: but more expreslyy the Apostle saith, that the spirit which crieth Abba Father, is sent into our hearts. Hence it is that they which pray in the spirit, are said