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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.
He that will adhere to persecuted Truth, had need to be well ⟨image 4⟩settled in it, and carry the sweet savour of it upon his heart: He, that will stand out against the Threatenings of Men, had need be well-fixed in the Promises of God, & from thence draw out Comfort in an Evil Day How can a Christian part with the present World, if he hath not another, a better, to go to; or lay down a Temporal Life, if he hath not a lively hope of an Eternal one in Heaven? How can he lift up himself above the Dregs of a Corrupt World, if he be not ecstasied and rapt up in Love to God: or bear the Terrors and Cruelties of Men, if the fear of God do not prevail and over-rule his heart? Humility must make him a Worm, a Nothing in his own Eyes, that he may be willing to be trampled on by Men. Obedience must work him to a compliance with God's Commanding Will, that Patience may fit him to subject to his disposing one. Believe it, it is a great, an Heroical thing, to suffer for Religion; it must be Grace, ⟨image 4⟩true Grace, (such as carries a man up above himself and the World, and joins him to the Fountain of Comfort and Happiness) that will make him fit to suffer and lose all for Righteousness sake.
He that will adhere to persecuted Truth, had need to be well ⟨image 4⟩setled in it, and carry the sweet savor of it upon his heart: He, that will stand out against the Threatnings of Men, had need be well-fixed in the Promises of God, & from thence draw out Comfort in an Evil Day How can a Christian part with the present World, if he hath not another, a better, to go to; or lay down a Temporal Life, if he hath not a lively hope of an Eternal one in Heaven? How can he lift up himself above the Dregs of a Corrupt World, if he be not extasied and rap't up in Love to God: or bear the Terrors and Cruelties of Men, if the fear of God do not prevail and over-rule his heart? Humility must make him a Worm, a Nothing in his own Eyes, that he may be willing to be trampled on by Men. Obedience must work him to a compliance with God's Commanding Will, that Patience may fit him to subject to his disposing one. Believe it, it is a great, an Heroical thing, to suffer for Religion; it must be Grace, ⟨image 4⟩