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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.
§. 187. Of receiving Gods message by the ministry of man.
§. 187. Of receiuing Gods message by the ministry of man.
Reject not the offer of peace made unto you by Gods Ambassadors,1 because they are sons of men; yield not to Satan's suggestions, whereby he laboureth to persuade men that whatsoever Ministers say of peace and reconciliation, God meaneth no such thing: but rather, seeing God hath sent them forth, and set them in his stead,u Receive them as Gods Angels, yea, as Christ Jesus: and* receive the Word preached by them, as it is indeed the Word of God, which also worketh in you that believe: xBelieve Gods Prophets, so shall you prosper. Whosoever lightly esteem their Ministry, and believe not their message,⟨p. 546⟩ they put from them the very Word of God, and judge themselves unworthy of everlasting life.
REiect not the offer of peace made vnto you by Gods Ambassadors,1 because they are sonnes of men; yeeld not to Satans suggestions, whereby he laboureth to perswade men that whatsoeuer Ministers say of peace and reconciliation, God meaneth no such thing: but rather, seeing God hath sent them forth, and set them in his steede,