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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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No creature but Man doth partake of Gods mercy in this kind: unsensible, and unreasonable creatures are not subject to sin, nor yet to the eternal punishment of sin, because they have no immortal souls. The good Angels never sinned, and in that respect had no need to taste of this kind of mercy: whereupon when an Angel brought the news of Christs birth,1 he saith in the second person, To you, is borne a Saviour: but when the Prophet a son of man foretold thereof,2 he saith in the first person, To us a child is borne, To us a Son is given. The evil Angels, that had as much need thereof as sons of men,3 are reserved in everlasting chains under darkness, unto the judgement of the great day. This mercy is not vouchsafed unto them, in regard whereof it is said, that Christ took not on him the nature of Angels, 4but he took on him the seed of Abraham. In this respect we may with an holy admiration cry out,5 and say; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
No creature but Man doth partake of Gods mercy in this kinde: vnsensible, and vnreasonable creatures are not subiect to sin, nor yet to the eternall punishment of sinne, because they haue no immortall soules. The good Angels neuer sinned, and in that respect had no need to taste of this kind of mercy: whereupon when an Angell brought the newes of Christs birth,1 he saith in the second person, To you, is borne a Sauiour: but when the Prophet a sonne of man foretold thereof,2 he saith in the first person, To vs a child is borne, To vs a Sonne is giuen. The euill Angels, that had as much need thereof as sonnes of men,3 are reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day. This mercy is not vouchsafed vnto them, in regard whereof it is said, that Christ tooke not on him the nature of Angels,