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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
THE Whole Armour of GOD. › Treatise 1 › Part 3 › Section 12: §. 12. Exposition of words.
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.
These two titles, principalities and powers, area thus set down, rather thenb powerful governors, to amplify both the one, and the other.
These two titles, principallities and powers, area thus set downe, rather thenb powerfull gouernours, to amplifie both the one, and the other.
- aIn abstracto.
- bIn concreto.
The third is worldly Governors. This I take to be added as an exposition of the first, or rather as a limitation thereof, showing over whom the Devils are governors: not over the chosen and called of God; but over the world (Forc Christ maketh a direct opposition betwixt these:) therefore the Apostle useth a compound word, which expresseth not only their government, but also their subjects.
The third is worldly Gouernors. This I take to be added as an exposition of the first, or rather as a limitation thereof, shewing ouer whom the Diuels are gouernours: not ouer the chosen and called of God; but ouer the world (Forc Christ maketh a direct opposition betwixt these:) therefore the Apostle vseth a compound word, which expresseth not onely their gouernement, but also their subiects.