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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 7: The Application of the Point.
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If thou findest thy heart now in such a disposition as suits these Interrogatories, I dare not deny the banes, yea, I dare not but pronounce Christ and thee Husband and Wife. Go, poor soul, (if I may call so ⟨p. 369⟩glorious a Bride poor,) Go and comfort thy self with the expectation of thy Bridegrooms coming for thee, and when the evil day approaches, and death it self draws nigh, look not now with terror upon it, but rather revive with old Jacob, to see the chariot which shall carry thee over unto the embraces of thy husband, whom thou hearest to be in so great Honour and Majesty in Heaven, as may assure thee he is able to make thee welcome when thou comest there. Amongst the all things which are ours by being Christs, the Apostle forgets not to name this to be one, Death is ours. And well, he did so, or else we should never have looked upon it as a gift, but rather as a judgement. Now soul, thou art out of any danger of hurt that the evil day can do thee. Yet there remains something for thee to do, that thou mayest walk in the comfortable expectation of the evil day. We see that gracious persons may for want of a holy care fall into such distempers, as may put a sting into their thoughts of the evil day. David, that at one time would not fear to walk in the valley of the shadow of death, is so affrighted at another time when he is led towards it, that he cries, Spare me, O Lord, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, Psal. 39. The child, though he loves his father, may do that which may make him afraid to go home. Now, Christian, if thou wouldest live in a comfortable expectation of the evil day,
If thou findest thy heart now in such a disposition as suits these Interrogatories, I dare not deny the banes, yea, I dare not but pronounce Christ and thee Husband and Wife. Go, poor soul, (if I may call so ⟨p. 369⟩glorious a Bride poor,) Go and comfort thy self with the expectation of thy Bridegrooms coming for thee, and when the evil day approaches, and death it self draws nigh, look not now with terrour upon it, but rather revive with old Jacob, to see the chariot which shall carry thee over unto the embraces of thy husband, whom thou hearest to be in so great Honour and Majesty in Heaven, as may assure thee he is able to make thee welcome when thou comest there. Amongst the all things which are ours by being Christs, the Apostle forgets not to name this to be one, Death is ours. And well, he did so, or else we should never have look't upon it as a gift, but rather as a judgement. Now soul, thou art out of any danger of hurt that the evil day can do thee. Yet there remains something for thee to do, that thou mayest walk in the comfortable expectation of the evil day. We see that gracious persons may for want of a holy care fall into such distempers, as may put a sting into their thoughts of the evil day. David, that at one time would not feare to walk in the valley of the shadow of death, is so affrighted at another time when he is led towards it, that he cries, Spare me, O Lord, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence,