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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.
3. Faith looks to Christ as an Head and Helper: He is not a mere Pattern, but an Head and Helper too; Were there no other supporting Grace for the Saints but that little in their own bosom, they might expect to fail in the Trial; but there is an inexhaustible Fountain of Grace in their Head in Heaven, and that will bear them up in all their Sufferings. This made St. Paul glory in Persecutions, because the Power of Christ would rest upon him; and when he was weak in himself, he was strong in that, 2. Cor. 12.9, 10. St. Cyprian, speaking of Christ in the Martyrs, saith, Qui pro nobis mortem semel vicit, 1semper vincit in nobis; he that once overcame death for us, always overcomes it in us: This the Martyr Blandina, though weak in body, found by experience, being bore up in the midst of Torments by the Power of Christ,2 and finding a fresh refreshment; as often as she said, Christiana sum, I am a Christian. The same was seen in the Martyr Sanctus, who bore various Torments above all humane Strength, because he was bedewed and confirmed out of the Celestial Fountain of living water flowing down from Christ. Whatever thou doest, O ⟨p. 65⟩Christian, be sure to apply thy self by Faith unto the never failing Fountain of Grace in him, that thou mayst have such Supplies of Grace, as may bear thee up in an evil day.
3. Faith looks to Christ as an Head and Helper: He is not a meer Pattern, but an Head and Helper too; Were there no other supporting Grace for the Saints but that little in their own bosome, they might expect to fail in the Trial; but there is an inexhaustible Fountain of Grace in their Head in Heaven, and that will bear them up in all their Sufferings. This made St. Paul glory in Persecutions, because the Power of Christ would rest upon him; and when he was weak in himself, he was strong in that, 2. Cor. 12.9, 10. St. Cyprian, speaking of Christ in the Martyrs, saith, Qui pro nobis mortem semel vicit, 1