The Christian in Complete Armour

Therefore (I beseech you) look to your armour, David would not fight in armour, he had not tried though it was a Kings; perhaps some thought him too nice: What? is not the Kings armour good enough for David? Thus many will say, Art thou so curious and precise? such a great man doth thus and thus, and hopes to come to heaven at last, and darest not thou venture thy soul in his armour? No, Christian, follow not the example of the greatest on earth; 'tis thy own soul thou venturest in battle, therefore thou canst not be too choice of thy armour. Bring thy heart to the Word, as the only touch-stone of thy grace and furniture; the Word (I told you) is the Tower of David, from whence thy armour must be fetched, if thou canst find this Tower-stamp on it, then 'tis of God, else not. Try it therefore by this one Scripture-stamp. Those weapons are mighty, which God gives his Saints to fight his battles withal, 2 Cor. 10.4. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God. The sword of the Spirit hath its point and edge, whereby it makes its way into the heart and conscience, through the impenitency of the one, and stupidity of the other, (wherewith Satan, as with buff and coat of male, arms the sinner against God) and there cuts and slashes, kills and mortifies lust in its own Castle, where Satan thinks himself impregnable. The Breast-plate which is of God, doth not bend and break at every pat of ⟨p. 70⟩temptation, but is of such a divine temperament, that it repels Satan's motions with scorn on Satan's teeth. Should such a one as I sin, as Nehemiah in another case? and such are all the rest. Now try whether your weapons be mighty or weak: what can you do or suffer more for God, then an hypocrite that is clad in fleshly armour? I'll tell you what the world faith, and if you be Christians, clear your selves, and wipe off that dirt which they throw upon your glistering armour: they say, These Professors indeed have God more in their talk then we, they are oftener in the mount of duty then we, but when they come down into their shops, relations and worldly employments, then the best of them all is but like one of us; they can throw the Tables of Gods Commandments out of their hands as well as we, come from a Sermon, and be as covetous and griping, as peevish and passionate as the worst;

Therefore (I beseech you) look to your armour, David would not fight in armour, he had not tried though it was a Kings; perhaps some thought him too nice: What? is not the Kings armour good enough for David? Thus many will say, Art thou so curious and precise? such a great man doth thus and thus, and hopes to come to heaven at last, and darest not thou venture thy soule in his armour? No, Christian, follow not the example of the greatest on earth; 'tis thy own soul thou venturest in battel, therefore thou canst not be too choice of thy armour. Bring thy heart to the Word, as the only touch-stone of thy grace and furniture; the Word (I told you) is the Tower of David, from whence thy armour must be fetch't, if thou canst finde this Tower-stamp on it, then 'tis of God, else not. Try it therefore by this one Scripture-stamp. Those weapons are mighty, which God gives his Saints to fight his battels withal,