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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
A TREATISE Of the whole Armour Of God. › Introduction › Chapter 5 › Section 4
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SECT. IV.
A fourth wile of Satan as a troubler, is to draw the Saint into the depths of despair, under a specious pretence of not being humbled enough for sin. This we find singled out by the Apostle for one of the devils fetches. We are not ignorant (saith he) of his devices. [Greek or Hebrew], his Sophistical reasonings.1 Satan sets much by this slight; no weapon oftener in his hand: where is the Christian that hath not met him at this door? here Satan finds the Christian easy to be wrought on, the humours being stirred to his hand, while the Christian of his own accord complains of the hardness of his heart, and is very prone to believe any, who comply with his musing thoughts; yea, thinks every one flatters him, that would persuade him otherwise. 'Tis easier to die that soul into black, which is of a sad colour already, then to make such a one take the lightsome tincture of joy and comfort.
A fourth wile of Satan as a troubler, is to draw the Saint into the depths of despair, under a specious pretence of not being humbled enough for sin. This we finde singled out by the Apostle for one of the devils fetches. We are not ignorant (saith he) of his devices. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, his Sophistical reasonings.1 Satan sets much by this slight; no weapon oftener in his hand: where is the Christian that hath not met him at this door? here Satan findes the Christian easie to be wrought on, the humours being stirr'd to his hand, while the Christian of his own accord complains of the hardnesse of his heart, and is very prone to believe any, who comply with his musing thoughts; yea, thinks every one flatters him, that would perswade him otherwise. 'Tis easier to die that soul into black, which is of a sad colour already, then to make such a one take the lightsome tincture of joy and comfort.