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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 3: §. 3. What kind of Girdle is here meant.
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§. 3. What kind of Girdle is here meant.
Point 11 The next point is, 1concerning the metaphor, and the fit application of this grace of truth. This speech of egirding the loins, is in Scripture taken in a double sense: one for trussing up a mans garments, the other for close and fast tying his harness together: in the former sense the metaphor is taken from travellers or runners: for in those countries they were wont to wear long aside garments, which if they were not tucked up, they would hang dangling about the heels of such as travelled or run a race, and so be a great hinderance unto them. In this sense this metaphor isf oft used,4 and thereby Gods people were taughtg to remove all impediments in their Christian course and journey,6 and to be as well prepared as they could be to perform the work of the Lord. In the latter sense the metaphor is taken from soldiers, who are wont to knit their Armour close and fast unto them, and so tie their loins hard, partly to keep their Armour from loosing and shaking, and partly to keep their body steady. hIn this sense the Lord