A01979:2866
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 › Section › Section 177: §. 177. Of despising Ministers.
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.
§. 177. Of despising Ministers.
AS for those who reproach or disgrace our calling,1 or abuse our persons for our office sake, they reproach and abuse our Master: for so saith our Master,p He that despiseth you despiseth me. In this respect God saith of the Israelitesq they have cast me away, because they rejected his Prophets: and again,r they have spoiled me, because they deprived his Priests of their Tithes. Can such despisers of Gods Ministers think they shall escape just vengeance? Kings will not pass by any disgraces and wrongs done unto their Ambassadors unrevenged, if at least they can take revenge. But Christ is able to execute vengeance on all that shall despise him and his, and assuredly he will so do:f for he hath threatened as much: his Ministers are especially in the rank of those concerning whom he hath saida Touch not mine Anointed, for he added, and do my Prophets no harm. Remember the woeful desolation of Jerusalem, and note the cause thereof,b She killed the Prophets, and stoned them which were sent unto her.
AS for those who reproach or disgrace our calling,1