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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 3
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SECT. III.
The third boundary of the devils Principality is in regard of his subjects, and they are described here to be the darkness of ⟨p. 213⟩this world, that is, such who are in darkness. This word is used sometimes to express the desolate condition of a creature in some great distress, Isa 150. He that walks in darkness, and sees no light; sometimes to express the nature of all sin; so, Eph. 5.1. sin is called the work of darkness; sometimes the particular sin of ignorance; often set out by the darkness of the night, blindness of the eye, all these I conceive may be meant, but chiefly the latter; for though Satan makes a foul stir in the soul; that is, in the dark of sorrow, whether it be from outward crosses or inward desertions; yet if the creature be not in the darkness of sin at the same time, though he may disturb his peace as an enemy, yet cannot be said to rule as a Prince. Sin only sets Satan in the Throne; so that I shall take the words in the two latter Interpretations.
The third boundary of the devils Principality is in regard of his subjects, and they are described here to be the darknesse of ⟨p. 213⟩this world, that is, such who are in darknesse. This word is used sometimes to expresse the desolate condition of a creature in some great distresse, Isa 150. He that walks in darknesse, and sees no light; sometimes to expresse the nature of all sin; so, Eph. 5.1. sin is called the work of darknesse; sometimes the particular sin of ignorance; often set out by the darknesse of the night, blindnesse of the eye, all these I conceive may be mean't, but chiefly the latter; for though Satan makes a foule stir in the soule; that is, in the dark of sorrow, whether it be from outward crosses or inward desertions; yet if the creature be not in the darknesse of sinne at the same time, though he may disturb his peace as an enemy, yet cannot be said to rule as a Prince. Sin only sets Satan in the Throne; so that I shall take the words in the two latter Interpretations.