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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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2 God thus trieth the faith and patience of his Saints,1 whether they can and will continue to depend upon him. Who cease to pray, cease to wait: they withdraw themselves from God, h Gods soul will have no pleasure in them. (Heb. 10 38.)
2 God thus trieth the faith and patience of his Saints,1 whether they can and wil continue to depend vpon him. Who cease to pray, cease to waite: they withdraw themselues from God, h Gods soule will haue no pleasure in them. (Heb. 10 38.)
- 1Deus idcirco non celeriter annuit, ut tu diutius inquiras. Chrys. in Mat. hom. 24.Deus idcirco non celeriter annuit, vt tu diutius inquiras. Chrys. in Mat. hom. 24.
3 By Perseverance prayers wax more earnest and fervent. Christ often praying, prayed thei more fervently. Prayer is like to fire, which if it find fit matter, the longer it burns, the hotter it burns. But God loveth not key cold prayers: they are as irksome to him as lukewarm water to a mans stomach.k God will spue them out.
3 By Perseuerance prayers waxe more earnest and feruent. Christ often praying, prayed thei more feruently. Prayer is like to fire, which if it finde fit matter, the longer it burnes, the hotter it burnes. But God loueth not key cold prayers: they are as irkesome to him as lukewarme water to a mans stomack.