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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.
2. Faith looks to Christ as a Pattern: He is not only a Propitiation to be trusted in, but a Pattern to be imitated by us: He suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps, 1 Pet. 2.21. Whom should we follow but our Lord and Saviour? How can we Spare our own blood, if we be washed in his? He drunk up the bitter Cup to the bottom, and shall we not take some drops of it? He bore the wrath of God for us, and shall we not bear the wrath of man for him? He learned obedience by the things which he suffered, and how much more should we poor Creatures do so? He entered by suffering into glory; and why should we dream of another way thither? If we would be ready to suffer, let us look unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the Cross, despising the shame; Let us consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest we be weary and faint in our minds, Hebr. 12.2, 3. The noble Alzearius, being asked,1 how he could so patiently bear injuries, answered thus; Converto me ad injurias Christi, I turn me to the injuries done to my Saviour. We must look to Christ's Cross, that we may bear our own it being now, no longer ⟨p. 64⟩mere suffering, but sanctified by the sufferings of our Saviour.
2. Faith looks to Christ as a Pattern: He is not only a Propitiation to be trusted in, but a Pattern to be imitated by us: He suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps, 1 Pet. 2.21. Whom should we follow but our Lord and Saviour? How can we Spare our own blood, if we be washed in his? He drunk up the bitter Cup to the bottom, and shall we not take some drops of it? He bore the wrath of God for us, and shall we not bear the wrath of man for him? He learned obedience by the things which he suffered, and how much more should we poor Creatures do so? He entred by suffering into glory; and why should we dream of another way thither? If we would be ready to suffer, let us look unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the Cross, despising the shame; Let us consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest we be weary and faint in our minds,