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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. Danger maketh watchful.
§. 2. Danger maketh watchfull.
From the inference then of this verse, and from the force of the Apostles argument, I collect, that The greater danger we are subject unto, 1the more watchful and careful we must be for our safety. 2When Christ observed what a sore agony he was to enter into, he did not only watch and pray himself, but called upon his Disciples toa watch and pray: and because they did not, he rebuked them for their sluggishness. Saintb Peter urgeth this duty of watchfulness upon a like reason; namely, because we have so fearful an enemy▪ cOutward temporal dangers make natural men watchful and careful for their temporal estates and lives, as the histories of all times and ages show. Seeing then that spiritual dangers are much more fearful, ought we not to be much more careful?
FRom the inference then of this verse, and from the force of the Apostles argument, I collect, that The greater danger we are subiect vnto, 1the more watchfull and carefull we must be for our safety. 2When Christ obserued what a sore agony he was to enter into, he did not only watch and pray himselfe, but called vpon his Disciples toa