A01979:3267
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.
To aggravate the terror hereof, Christ further setteth forth the issue of the same affirmatively, as Saint Mark hath recorded his words thus,
To aggrauate the terror hereof, Christ further setteth forth the issue of the same affirmatiuely, as Saint Marke hath recorded his words thus,
The* word translated in danger, or (as others) culpable, doth not so much imply a likelihood that he may be damned, as a certainty that he shall be damned: for it properly signifieth to be held fast, as a bird when she is taken in a snare, or a Malefactor when he is arrested by a Sergeant, or a condemned man when he is manicled, and fettered against the day of execution. It implieth that there is no means, no hope of escaping damnation: so as the main point here intended, is this; He that sinneth against the Holy Ghost, shall most certainly be damned. This the Apostle also implieth, where he saith, that to such an one there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 2but a certain fearful looking⟨p. 618⟩