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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
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.
1 By heavenly matters, I mean such as principally respect Gods glory (for God being himself Heavenly, whatsoever tendeth to his Honour, is in that respect Heavenly,) and then such as respect our souls salvation: for as the things which concern the temporal good of our body are earthly, so the things which concern the eternal good of our souls are Heavenly: for to Heaven they aspire, and in Heaven shall they enjoy their happiness.
1 By heauenly matters, I meane such as principally respect Gods glory (for God being himselfe Heauenly, whatsoeuer tendeth to his Honour, is in that respect Heauenly,) and then such as respect our soules saluation: for as the things which concerne the temporall good of our body are earthly, so the things which concerne the eternall good of our soules are Heauenly: for to Heauen they aspire, and in Heauen shall they enioy their happinesse.
2 Where (I say) the Devils fight for heavenly matters,1 matters, my meaning is, not that they desire to get them, but that they endeavour to spoil us of them: so that in this combat the prize propounded to us is heavenly; namely, whether we will serve our Heavenly Father, or the hellish fiend: whether we will let go, or fast hold that heavenly treasure which Christ hath purchased for us, all those heavenly things whereby God is honoured, and our souls are saved.
2 Where (I say) the Diuels fight for heauenly matters,1 matters, my meaning is, not that they desire to get them, but that they endeauour to spoile vs of them: so that in this combate the prize propounded to vs is heauenly; namely, whether we will serue our Heauenly Father, or the hellish feene: whether we will let goe, or fast hold that heauenly treasure which Christ hath purchased for vs, all those heauenly things whereby God is honoured, and our soules are saued.
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