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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 1
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.
Thirdly, by their nature in its substance and degeneracy, Spiritual wickednesses.
Fourthly, in their Kingdom or proper Territories, Rulers of the darkness of this world.
Fourthly, in their Kingdome or proper Territories, Rulers of the darknesse of this world.
Fifthly, by the ground of the war, In heavenly places, or about heavenly things.
First, of the first, Principalities; [Greek or Hebrew], the abstract for the concrete, that is, such as have a Principality; So, Titus 3.1. we are bid to be subject to Principalities and Powers, that is, Princes and Rulers, so the vulgar reads it. We wrestle against Princes, which some will have to express the eminency of their nature above mans, that as the state and spirit of Princes is more raised then others, great men have great spirits, as Zeba and Zalmunna to Gideon, asking who they were they slew at Tabor; As thou art, (say they) so were they, each one resembled the children of a King, that is, for Majesty and Presence beseeming a Princely race; so they think, the eminent nature of Angels here to be intended, who are as far above the highest Prince, as he above the basest peasant; but because they are described by their nature in the fourth branch, I shall subscribe to their judgement, who take this for their Principality of Government, which the devil exerciseth in this lower world; and the Note shall be,