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Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day showing how Christians…Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day shewing how Christians…
Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day showing how Christians are to bear sufferings, and what graces are requisite thereunto : suited for all good Christians in this present time / by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.Armatura Dei, or, A preparation for suffering in an evil day shewing how Christians are to bear sufferings, and what graces are requisite thereunto : suited for all good Christians in this present time / by Edward Polhil ..., Esq.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1682
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. They give the highest proof of their Sincerity, that can be given: Abraham gave a great proof of his Sincerity in leaving his Country, and a greater in offering up his only Son Isaac at Gods command; but I take it, the Martyr gives a higher proof of it ⟨p. 142⟩than is done in either of those, it being more to part with all the World than to part with our Country, and to offer up our selves to God than to offer up a Son. The highest proof of Grace is in Suffering; That Faith muh be right that endures the fiery Furnace; that Love must be pure, that practically lifts up God above all other things; that Hope must be lively that lets go a present World for a future one; that Obedience must be glorious that continues unto the death. The Martyr hath a fair prospect, with a comfortable sight of his own uprightness, Conscience gives an Euge to his Graces and Sufferings; nay, the holy Spirit is as a seal and earnest of his Heavenly Inheritance; It bears witness with his Spirit, that he is a Son and Heir of God.
1. They give the highest proof of their Sincerity, that can be given: Abraham gave a great proof of his Sincerity in leaving his Countrey, and a greater in offering up his only Son Isaac at Gods command; but I take it, the Martyr gives a higher proof of it ⟨p. 142⟩than is done in either of those, it being more to part with all the World than to part with our Countrey, and to offer up our selves to God than to offer up a Son. The highest proof of Grace is in Suffering; That Faith muh be right that endures the fiery Furnace; that Love must be pure, that practically lifts up God above all other things; that Hope must be lively that lets go a present World for a future one; that Obedience must be glorious that continues unto the death. The Martyr hath a fair prospect, with a comfortable sight of his own uprightness, Conscience gives an Euge to his Graces and Sufferings; nay, the holy Spirit is as a seal and earnest of his Heavenly Inheritance; It bears witness with his Spirit, that he is a Son and Heir of God.