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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 2 › Part 3 › Section 2: §. 5. What kind of Truth is here meant.
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But whosoever exclude any of these forenamed branches of truth, come (as I take it) short of the Apostles meaning; all of them must concur to make up the⟨p. 123⟩ strength and beauty of this Girdle. For truth is a general property,1 which as salt seasoneth every thing, and maketh it savoury to God and man: the whole lump must be leavened with it, I mean the whole man throughout, his opinion, his affection, his communication, his conversation.
But whosoeuer exclude any of these forenamed branches of truth, come (as I take it) short of the Apostles meaning; all of them must concurre to make vp the⟨p. 123⟩ strength and beauty of this Girdle. For truth is a generall propertie,1 which as salt seasoneth euery thing, and maketh it sauory to God and man: the whole lumpe must be leauened with it, I meane the whole man throughout, his opinion, his affection, his communication, his conuersation.
- 1Truth as salt.
1 Truth of judgement is the ground of all the rest:1 for though our hearts be never so sincere, our speeches never so true, our actions never so plain, yet if in judgement we be misled, all is but as straw and stubble, which when it cometh to the fire of trial, will soon be consumed. It seemeth that before Paul was instructed in the truth of the Gospel, he had a kind of truth in his heart, for hea was zealous towards God; yea also in his speeches and actions, for