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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
THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 3 › Part 6 › Section 141: §. 141. Of holding out in prayer.
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§. 141. Of holding out in prayer.
Who desire to reap the fruit of their prayer, must both oft renew their prayer, and also hold on without fainting till it be heard. aIn the word here used is this duty oft urged: but most elegantly and emphatically doth theb Prophet set it forth in his own example, saying, For Scions sake I will not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalems sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof break forth as the light, &c. Again, he saith of other Watchmen, All the day and all the night continually they shall not cease. Further, by way of exhortation, he addeth, Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Christ doth also excellently set it forth by two parables,