THe other sort, that through a rebellious will, despise Gods corrections, are the worser sort: they prouoke God to shew himselfe a God of vengeance, euen a con∣suming fire: forp 1.1 With the froward, he will shew himselfe froward. Reade what God threatneth, (Leu 26. 18, 21, 24, 28.) and how he executed those threats (Amo. 4. 6. &c.) That in these our dayes, men carry themselues stoutly a∣gainst God, is too euident, both by Gods dealings and mens. For God is very mercifull, slow to anger. What is the cause then that he hath of late sent so may iudge∣ments one after another vnto this land? wee may truely say with Ieremiah vnto God,q 1.2 We haue sinned and rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared. For man, who is bettered by the Lords correcting hand? what sinne is left? oh belo∣ued, let vs take heed we prouoke not God to lay his tod aside, and to take vp a staffe, or if that make vs not stoop, to vnsheath his sword, and cleane cut vs off,
The vvhole-armor of God: or A Christians spiritual furniture, to keepe him safe from all the assaults of Satan First preached, and now the second time published and enlarged for the good of all such as well vse it:whereunto is also added a treatise of the sinne against the Holy Ghost. By VVilliam Gouge B.D. and preacher of Gods Word in Blacke Fryers London. ...
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- The vvhole-armor of God: or A Christians spiritual furniture, to keepe him safe from all the assaults of Satan First preached, and now the second time published and enlarged for the good of all such as well vse it:whereunto is also added a treatise of the sinne against the Holy Ghost. By VVilliam Gouge B.D. and preacher of Gods Word in Blacke Fryers London. ...
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- Gouge, William, 1578-1653.
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- 1619.
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"The vvhole-armor of God: or A Christians spiritual furniture, to keepe him safe from all the assaults of Satan First preached, and now the second time published and enlarged for the good of all such as well vse it:whereunto is also added a treatise of the sinne against the Holy Ghost. By VVilliam Gouge B.D. and preacher of Gods Word in Blacke Fryers London. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01979.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2025.
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§. 19. Of despising Gods corrections.
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p 1.1
Psal. 18. 26.
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q 1.2
Lam. 3. 12.