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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 9 › Section 2
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SECT. II.
Secondly, Satan by tempting one Saint hath a mischievous design against others, either by encouraging them to sin by the example of such a one, or discouraging them in their holy course by the scandal he hath given; but God here befooles him,
First, making the miscarriages of such a seasonable caveat to others to look to their standing. Doest thou see a meek Moses provoked to anger, what watch and ward hast thou need keep over thy unruly heart? though loud winds do some hurt by blowing down here a loose tile, and there a turret, (which was falling before,) yet the common good surmounts the private damage of some few; these being as a broom in Gods hand to sweep and cleanse the air: so though some (that are wicked) are by Gods righteous judgement for the same hardened into further abominations by the Saints falls, yet the good which sincere souls receive by having their formality and security in a further degree purged doth abundantly countervail the other, who are but sent a little faster, whither they were going before.
First, making the miscarriages of such a seasonable caveat to others to look to their standing. Doest thou see a meek Moses provok't to anger, what watch and ward hast thou need keep over thy unruly heart? though loud winds do some hurt by blowing down here a loose tyle, and there a turret, (which was falling before,) yet the common good surmounts the private damage of some few; these being as a broom in Gods hand to sweep and cleanse the aire: so though some (that are wicked) are by Gods righteous judgement for the same hardened into further abominations by the Saints falls, yet the good which sincere soules receive by having their formality and security in a further degree purged doth abundantly countervaile the other, who are but sent a little faster, whither they were going before.