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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 2 › Section 2
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Fourthly, comfort thy self, Christian, with this, that as thou art fl•sh, so thy heavenly Father knows it, and considers thee for it.
First, in point of affliction, Psal. 103.14. He knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are but dust. Not like some unskilful Empiric, who hath but one receipt for all, strong or weak, young or old, but as a wise Physician considers his Patient, and then writes his bill: men and devils are but Gods Apothecaries, they make not our physic, but give what God prescribes. Balaam loved Balks see well enough, but could not go an hairs breadth beyond Gods Commission. Indeed God is not so choice with the wicked, Isa. 27.7. Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote h•m? In a Saints cup the poison of the affliction is corrected, not so in the wickeds, and therefore what is medicine to the one is ruin to the other.
First, in point of affliction, Psal. 103.14. He knoweth our frame, he remembreth that we are but dust. Not like some unskilful Emperick, who hath but one receipt for all, strong or weak, young or old, but as a wise Physician considers his Patient, and then writes his bill: men and devils are but Gods Apothecaries, they make not our physick, but give what God prescribes. Balaam loved Bal•ks see well enough, but could not go an hairs breadth beyond Gods Commission. Indeed God is not so choice with the wicked, Isa. 27.7. Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote h•m? In a Saints cup the poison of the affliction is corrected, not so in the wickeds, and therefore what is medicine to the one is ruine to the other.