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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 9 › Section 3
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Thirdly, thou consultest worst of all for thy self. God is out of thy reach, what thou spittest against heaven, thou art sure to have fall on thy own face at last, and thy brother whom thou enviest God stands bound to defend him against thy envy, because he is maligned for what he hath of God in him. Thus did God plead Josephs cause against his envious brethren, and Davids against wicked Saul. Thy self only hast real hurt.
Thirdly, thou consultest worst of all for thy self. God is out of thy reach, what thou spittest against heaven, thou art sure to have fall on thy own face at last, and thy brother whom thou enviest God stands bound to defend him against thy envy, because he is maligned for what he hath of God in him. Thus did God plead Josephs cause against his envious brethren, and Davids against wicked Saul. Thy selfe only hast real hurt.
First, thou deprivest thy self of what thou mightest reap from the gifts of others. That old saying is true, Tolle invidiam, mea tua sunt, & tua mea: What thou hast is mine, and what I have thine; when envy is gone. Whereas now, like the leach, (which they say draws out the worst blood) thou suckest nothing, but what swells thy mind with discontent, and is after vomited out in strife and contention. O what a sad thing is it, that one should go from a precious Sermon, a sweet prayer, and bring nothing away but a grudge against the instrument God used; as we see in the Pharisees and others at Christs preaching.
First, thou deprivest thy self of what thou mightest reap from the gifts of others. That old saying is true, Tolle invidiam, mea tua sunt, & tua mea: What thou hast is mine, and what I have thine; when envy is gone. Whereas now, like the leach, (which they say draws out the worst blood) thou suckest nothing, but what swells thy minde with discontent, and is after vomited out in strife and contention. O what a sad thing is it, that one should go from a precious Sermon, a sweet prayer, and bring nothing away but a grudge against the instrument God used; as we see in the Pharisees and others at Christs preaching.