A01979:3116
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.
Indefinitely, in a double respect.
Indefinitly, in a double respect.
1 To set forth all mankind in general,1 and so it compriseth under it every son of Adam, every mothers child (as we speak). In which sense Bildad useth it, where comparing mankind with the celestial bodies, he saith, How much less MAN a worm, even the SON OF MAN, a worm?2
1 To set forth all mankind in generall,1 and so it compriseth vnder it euery son of Adam, euery mothers childe (as we speak). In which sence Bildad vseth it, where comparing mankind with the celestiall bodies, he saith, How much lesse MAN a worme, euen the SONNE OF MAN, a worme?2
2 To design corrupt and wicked men,1