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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
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.
AN ALPHABETICAL Table.
A. Ability. Abilities of mind and body not to be gloried in. 202 Accuser. Satan an Accuser. 116 How to know his accusations from the rebukes of Gods Spirit. 117 Affliction. Affliction, a season Satan chooseth to tempt in. 95 The day of affliction an evil day. 351 How affliction is evil, and how not. 352 Afflictions discover the naughtiness of the heart. 354 Wicked men the worse for afflictions. 356 Almighty. Almightiness given as the finest hold-fast for faith in straits. 24 No easy matter to oppose Almighty Power against sense and reason. 25 God very tender of the honour of this Attribute. 27, 28 A five-fold engagement on Gods Almighty Power for his Saints help. 29, 30, 31 Answer. How we put a stop to Gods Answers of prayer, how not. 47, 48 Apostasy. The Apostasy of false Christians must not discourage weak Saints. 8 Lamentation for the Apostasy of these times. 376 The root of final Apostasy, is the want of a through change upon the heart. 380 ⟨image 211⟩Armour. What meant by Armour. 53 The Saints Armour must be divine in institution. 61 The slighty Armour used by Papists and carnal Protestants. 62 Our armour must be of divine constitution. 67 How to try our armour whether of God or not. 69 The necessity of armour, for every faculty and sense, and why. 73 Assurance. Assurance lost by declining. 336 Attribute. Those Attributes of God, which comfort Saints, speak terror to the wicked. 38
A. Ability. ABilities of minde and body not to be gloried in. 202 Accuser. Satan an Accuser. 116 How to know his accusations from the rebukes of Gods Spirit. 117 Affliction. Affliction, a season Satan chooseth to tempt in. 95 The day of affliction an evil day. 351 How affliction is evil, and how not. 352 Afflictions discover the naughtinesse of the heart. 354 Wicked men the worse for afflictions. 356 Almighty. Almightinesse given as the finest hold-fast for faith in straits. 24 No easy matter to oppose Almighty Power against sense and reason. 25 God very tender of the honour of this Attribute. 27, 28 A five-fold engagement on Gods Almighty Power for his Saints help. 29, 30, 31 Answer. How we put a stop to Gods Answers of prayer, how not. 47, 48 Apostasie. The Apostasie of false Christians must not discourage weake Saints. 8 Lamentation for the Apostasie of these times. 376 The root of final Apostasie, is the want of a through change upon the heart. 380