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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.
§. 184. Of the end of a Ministers high calling.
Use Thus then we see that this excellent and high calling is not committed to Ministers for their own sakes only, for their honour and renown, to exalt them, to puff them up, and make them insolent, but to provoke them to do their duty. Whereupon the Apostle saith, fIf a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A work it is, and requireth pains and diligence: for which end they are calledg Workmen, hLabourers, iWatchmen, kShepherds, lServants, mMinisters, nStewards, &c. They who neglect the duties of an Ambassador, can receive small comfort in the dignity of their embassy: and yet many there be who seek to be Ministers, only as men seek to be civill Officers, for profit and promotion sake, as is too evident by their carriage in their Ministry: they neither care to frame their lives worthy of their place, neither are faithful in performing the work of their Ministry, whereby they cause this honourable calling to be vilely and basely esteemed.