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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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§. 11. Who cannot stand against flesh and blood, can much less stand against principalities and powers.
§. 11. Who cannot stand against flesh and blood, can much lesse stand against principalities and powers.
The affirmative part of the description of our assaulters followeth, which is joined to the other part with⟨p. 58⟩ an adversative particle but: 1not with flesh and blood, but with principalities: whereby is further confirmed that which we haveb before proved, and shall yet more evidently be demonstrated in handling the particular branches of this description,3 that our enemies, with whom we are to wrestle, are much more terrible then flesh and blood. I will not stand to prove the Doctrine again in this place, only here observe one use.
THe affirmatiue part of the description of our assaulters followeth, which is ioyned to the other part with⟨p. 58⟩ an aduersatiue particle but: 1not with flesh and blood, but with principalities: whereby is further confirmed that which we haueb before proued, and shall yet more euidently be demonstrated in handling the particular branches of this description,