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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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3 All that are elected,1 are elected to eternal life: and being elected thereto, they shall assuredly be made partakers thereof. Gods purpose and decree remaineth firm and stable, and cannot be made frustrate. They are not therefore in danger of eternal damnation: and so cannot fall into that sin.
3 All that are elected,1 are elected to eternall life: and being elected thereto, they shall assuredly be made partakers thereof. Gods purpose and decree remaineth firme and stable, and cannot be made frustrate. They are not therefore in danger of eternall damnation: and so cannot fall into that sin.
- 13 They are elected to life
Yet let no man be presumptuous, or secure in this regard: for first, he may be mistaken in his election, and think he is chosen, when indeed he is not. If he be deceived, and mistake the marks of his election, then is he not exempted from this sin, and the fearful issue thereof.
Yet let no man be presumptuous, or secure in this regard: for first, hee may bee mistaken in his election, and thinke he is chosen, when indeed he is not. If hee be deceiued, and mistake the markes of his election, then is he not exempted from this sinne, and the feareful issue thereof.
Again, though he be elected, yet if he be not watchful over himself, he may fall into so great a gulf of sin, and be so near the pit of eternal damnation, as he will have cause again, and again to repent his folly, as we have * before showed.