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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.
First, such as rake up the Saints old sins, which God hath forgiven and forgotten, (merely to grieve their spirits and bespatter their names,) these show their devilish malice indeed, who can take such pains to travel many years back, that they may find a handful of dirt to throw on the Saints face. Thus Shimei twitted David, 1Come out thou bloody man. When you that fear God meet with such reproaches, answer them as Beza did the Papists, who for want of other matter charged him for some wanton Poems penned by him in his youth, Hi homunciones invident mihi gratiam Dei. These men (said he) grudge me the pardoning mercy of God.
First, such as rake up the Saints old sins, which God hath forgiven and forgotten, (meerly to grieve their spirits and bespatter their names,) these shew their divellish malice indeed, who can take such pains to travel many yeares back, that they may finde a handful of dirt to throw on the Saints face. Thus Shimei twitted David, 1Come out thou bloody man. When you that feare God meet with such reproaches, answer them as Beza did the Papists, who for want of other matter charged him for some wanton Poems penn'd by him in his youth, Hi homunciones invident mihi gratiam Dei. These men (said he) grudge me the pardoning mercy of God.
Secondly, such as watch for the Saints halting, and catch at every infirmity to make them odious and themselves merry. 'Tis a dreadful curse such bring upon themselves; (though they little think of it,) no less then Amaleks, the remembrance of whose name, 1God threatened to blot from under heaven; why, what had Amalek done to deserve this? they smote the hindermost, those that were feeble, and could not march with the rest. And was it so great a cruelty to do this? much more to smite with the edge of a mocking tongue the feeble in grace.