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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 8 › Section 5
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Secondly, God to give further weight and credit to our unbelieving and mis-giving hearts, seals his promise with an oath. See, Isa. 54.9, 10. With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer; this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should not return over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee. Yea, he goes on and tells them, The mountains shall depart, (meaning at the end of the world, when the whole frame of the heavens and earth shall be dissolved) but his kindness shall not depart, neither shall his Covenant of peace be removed. Now lest any should think this was some charter belonging to the Jews alone, we find it, v. 17. settled on every servant of God as his portion: This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. And surely God that is so careful to make his children's inheritance sure to them, will con them little thanks, who busy their wits to invalid and weaken his conveyances, yea, disprove his will; if they had taken a bribe, they could not plead Satan's cause better.
Secondly, God to give further weight and credit to our unbelieving and mis-giving hearts, seals his promise with an oath. See, Isa. 54.9, 10. With everlasting kindnesse will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer; this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should not return over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee. Yea, he goes on and tells them, The monntaines shall depart, (meaning at the end of the world, when the whole frame of the heavens and earth shall be dissolv'd) but his kindnesse shall not depart, neither shall his Covenant of peace be removed. Now lest any should think this was some charter belonging to the Jewes alone, we finde it, v. 17. setled on every servant of God as his portion: This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousnesse is of me, saith the Lord. And surely God that is so careful to make his childrens inheritance sure to them, will con them little thanks, who busie their wits to invalid and weaken his conveyances, yea, disprove his will; if they had taken a bribe, they could not plead Satans cause better.