A85783:630
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
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.
The second Point follows.
The second Point followes.
That these wicked Spirits do chiefly annoy the Saints with,1 and provoke them to spiritual sins. Sins may be called spiritual upon a double account; either from the subject wherein they are acted, or from the object about which they are conversant.
THat these wicked Spirits do chiefly annoy the Saints with,1 and provoke them to spiritual sinnes. Sinnes may be called spiritual upon a double account; either from the subject wherein they are acted, or from the object about which they are conversant.
- 1Doct. 2.
First, in regard of the subject; when the spirit or heart is the stage whereon sin is acted, this is a spiritual sin; such ⟨p. 260⟩are all impure thoughts, vile affections and desires; though the object be fleshly lust, yet are spiritual sins, because they are purely acts of the soul and spirit, and break not forth unto the outward man.
First, in regard of the subject; when the spirit or heart is the stage whereon sinne is acted, this is a spiritual sinne; such ⟨p. 260⟩