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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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TO return to the point in hand, we have heard what the sin against the Holy Ghost is, and what the issue thereof is, namely, Impossibility of pardon, certainty of eternal damnation. Whose heart doth not tremble to⟨p. 623⟩ think of their estate? The very Devils do tremble to think of their own doom and judgement. Dives is thought to be in a most miserable plight. That which ministereth any comfort to sinners in this world, is, that they hope the due vengeance of their sins shall not be executed upon them. This hope can none have that sin against the Holy Ghost. Though all sins (as before we have heard) shall be pardoned, yet a man may so grow on in impudency and obstinacy, as to sin against the Holy Ghost, and make his sin irremissible, and himself certain of eternal damnation.
TO returne to the point in hand, wee haue heard what the sinne against the Holy Ghost is, and what the issue thereof is, namely, Impossibility of pardon, certaintie of eternall damnation. Whose heart doth not tremble to⟨p. 623⟩ thinke of their estate? The very Diuels doe tremble to thinke of their owne doome and iudgement. Diues is thought to be in a most miserable plight. That which ministreth any comfort to sinners in this world, is, that they hope the due vengeance of their sinnes shal not be executed vpon them. This hope can none haue that sinne against the Holy Ghost. Though all sinnes (as before we haue heard) shall bee pardoned, yet a man may so grow on in impudencie and obstinacie, as to sinne against the Holy Ghost, and make his sin irremmissible, and himselfe certaine of eternall damnation.
Let us therefore take heed of making any way to this sin,1 and of provoking God to cast us clean over into Satan's power, or rather to suffer us to give up our selves wholly unto Satan. For the preventing hereof, let the directions here following be carefully observed.