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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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§. 27. Of the reasons why the sin against the Holy Ghost is unpardonable.
§. 27. Of the reasons why the sinne against the Holie Ghost is vnpardonable.
The reason why the sin against the Holy Ghost neither shall, nor can be forgiven, is not simply in regard of the greatness and heinousness of it, as i• it were greater then the mercy of God, and sacrifice of Christ; so as if that sin were put into one balance,1 and Gods mercy with Christs sacrifice into another, that would weigh down this: but rather in regard of that order which God hath set down, and that fixed decree and doom (more immutable then the decrees and statutes which the things of the Medes and Persians confirmed) which he hath both established, and revealed: I say revealed, because his secret decree is established against every impenitent sinner, but the order is published, and the decree revealed only against such as sin against the Holy Ghost.
THe reason why the sinne against the Holy Ghost neither shall, nor can be forgiuen, is not simply in regard of the greatnesse and hainousnesse of it, as i• it were greater then the mercy of God, and sacrifice of Christ; so as if that sinne were put into one ballance,1 and Gods mercy with Christs sacrifice into another, that would weigh downe this: but rather in regard of that order which God hath set downe, and that fixed decree and doome (more immutable then the decrees and statutes which the things of the Medes and Persians confirmed) which hee hath both established, and reuealed: I say reuealed, because his secret decree is established against euery impenitent sinner, but the order is published, and the decree reuealed onely against such as sinne against the Holy Ghost.