A55301:98
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.
CHAP. IX.
The sixth Direction for suffering, is a lively hope of eternal Life: Hope assures us, that there is another World, that the good things of it exceed those of this, that we have an interest in them: Hope disposes us for them; Hope waits for them unto the end.
The sixth Direction is this: If we would be in a fit posture for suffering, we must get a lively hope of eternal Life: As our life is a Sea, Hope is compared ⟨p. 79⟩to an Anchor, which makes us stand steady in a storm: As our life is a warfare, Hope is compared to an Helmet, which covers the soul in times of danger: As the body liveth Spirando, by breathing, so the Soul lives Sperando, by hoping. A man cannot drown so long as his head is above water; Hope lifts up the head, and looks up to the Redemption and Salvation that is to come in another World in its fullness and perfection. Hope doth three things; it assures good things to come; it disposes us for them; it waits for them unto the end: Each of which will be of singular use to fit us for pious Sufferings.
THe sixth Direction is this: If we would be in a fit posture for suffering, we must get a lively hope of eternal Life: As our life is a Sea, Hope is compared ⟨p. 79⟩to an Anchor, which makes us stand steady in a storm: As our life is a warfare, Hope is compared to an Helmet, which covers the soul in times of danger: As the body liveth Spirando, by breathing, so the Soul lives Sperando, by hoping. A man cannot drown so long as his head is above water; Hope lifts up the head, and looks up to the Redemption and Salvation that is to come in another World in its fulness and perfection. Hope doth three things; it assures good things to come; it disposes us for them; it waits for them unto the end: Each of which will be of singular use to fit us for pious Sufferings.