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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 1 › Part 3 › Section 1: §. 1. The coherence.
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§. 1. The coherence.
IN this verse is laid down the motive which the Apostle useth, to urge the fore-named direction. It may have a double reference First, general to the former exhortation, Be strong, &c. yea, and put on the whole armour, &c. because we have such enemies as are here described. Secondly, particular to the last clause of the former verse, where he showed that we were to stand against the Devil, so it serves as an amplification of them: for if the question be asked, what⟨p. 45⟩ is the Devil, that we should be so prepared against him? these words set him forth; not flesh and blood, but principalities, &c. The first particlea for, being a causal particle, which intimateth a reason, implieth the first reference: the immediate connection of this verse upon the last clause of the former verse, implieth the second. Both may well stand together: for both import one and the same thing: namely, that because we have so dreadful and deadly enemies, we ought to be well prepared against them.
IN this verse is laid downe the motiue which the Apostle vseth, to vrge the fore-named direction. It may haue a double reference First, generall to the former exhortation, Be strong, &c. yea, and put on the whole armour, &c. because we haue such enemies as are heere described. Secondly, particular to the last clause of the former verse, where he shewed that we were to stand against the Diuell, so it serues as an amplification of them: for if the question be asked, what⟨p. 45⟩ is the Diuell, that we should be so prepared against him? these words set him forth; not flesh and blood, but principalities, &c. The first particle