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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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O how will you be astonished to see him become your Judge, whom you now refuse to be your King? to hear that Gospel witness against you for your damnation, which at the same time shall acquit others for their salvation? what think you to do, sinners, in that day? wilt thou cry and scream for mercy at Christs hands? Alas, when the sentence is past, thy face will immediately be covered: condemned prisoners are not allowed to speak: tears ⟨p. 221⟩then are unprofitable, when no place left for repentance, either in Christs heart or thine own. Or meanest thou to apply thy self to thy old Lord, in whose service thou hast undone thy soul, and cry to him, as she to Ahab, Help, O King: Alas, thine eye shall see him in the same condemnation with thy self. Hadst thou not better now renounce the devils rule, while thou mayest be received into Christs Government? pour out thy tears and cries now for mercy and grace when they are to be had, then to save them for another world to no purpose?
O how will you be astonish't to see him become your Judge, whom you now refuse to be your King? to heare that Gospel witnesse against you for your damnation, which at the same time shall acquit others for their salvation? what think you to do, sinners, in that day? wilt thou cry and shream for mercy at Christs hands? Alas, when the sentence is past, thy face will immediately be covered: condemned prisoners are not allowed to speak: teares ⟨p. 221⟩then are unprofitable, when no place left for repentance, either in Christs heart or thine own. Or meanest thou to apply thy self to thy old Lord, in whose service thou hast undone thy soule, and cry to him, as she to Ahab, Help, O King: Alas, thine eye shall see him in the same condemnation with thy self. Hadst thou not better now renounce the devils rule, while thou mayest be received into Christs Government? poure out thy tears and cries now for mercy and grace when they are to be had, then to save them for another world to no purpose?