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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
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§. 138. Of the things which we are to ask with all perseverance.
§. 138. Of the things which we are to aske with all perseuerance.
Answ. Noah certain and stint time can be limited. Some things are continually to be prayed for as long as we live, namely those things which we stand in need of all the days of our life, whether they respect soul or body, and those things which shall not be accomplished so long as we live; as a joyful resurrection and eternal salvation. These are to be prayed for in our ordinary prayers continually. Other things for which especially perseverance in prayer is needful, require a more particular and present answer of God, as a temptation, sickness, or any distress which hangeth over our heads, or lieth upon us, or such blessings as we stand in present need of: these are to be prayed for till we obtain our desire, as Jacob would not let the Angel go till he had blessed him: or till we have some better thing in lieu thereof, as Paul