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The Christian in Complete Armour
The Christian in complete armour. Or, A treatise of the saints war against the Devil, wherein a discovery is made of that grand enemy of God and his people, in his policies, power, seat of his empire, wickedness, and chief design he hath against the saints. A magazine opened: from whence the Christian is furnished with spiritual arms for the battle, helped on with his armour, and taught the use of his weapon, together with the happy issue of the whole war. The first part. / By William Gurnall, Minister of the Gospel in Lavenham. Imprimatur, Edmund Calamy.The Christian in compleat armour. Or, A treatise of the saints war against the Devil, wherein a discovery is made of that grand enemy of God and his people, in his policies, power, seat of his empire, wickednesse, and chiefe designe he hath against the saints. A magazin open'd: from whence the Christian is furnished with spiritual armes for the battel, help't on with his armour, and taught the use of his weapon, together with the happy issue of the whole warre. The first part. / By William Gurnall, Minister of the Gospel in Lavenham. Imprimatur, Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1655
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.
Thirdly, the quantity or entireness of the Armour; The whole Armour of God.
Thirdly, the quantity or entirenesse of the Armour; The whole Armour of God.
Fourthly, the use of this Armour; Put on the whole Armour of God.
To begin with the first, the furniture which every one must get that would fight Christs battles. The question here will be, What is this Armour?
To begin with the first, the furniture which every one must get that would fight Christs battels. The question here will be, What is this Armour?
First, by armour is meant Christ; we read of putting on the Lord Jesus, Rom. 13.14. where Christ is set forth under the notion of Armour. The Apostle doth not exhort them for rioting and drunkenness, to put on sobriety and temperance; for chambering and wantonness, put on chastity; (as the Philosopher would have done) but bids, Put on the Lord Jesus Christ; implying thus much till Christ be put on, the creature is unarmed. 'Tis not a mans morality and Philosophical virtues, that will repel a temptation, sent with a full charge from Satan's cannon, though possibly it may the pistol shot of some less solicitation; so that he is the man in Armour, that is in Christ. Again, the Graces of Christ these are Armour, as the Girdle of truth, the breast plate of righteousness, and the rest. Hence we are bid also put on the new man,