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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Title: 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. ...
Author: Gouge, William, 1578-1653.
Publication: At London :: Printed by Iohn Beale,; 1619.
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Subject terms: Spiritual life -- Modern period, 1500-.; Sin, Unpardonable -- Early works to 1800.
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§. 39. Whether Faith and doubting may stand together.

Quest. CAn then true Faith stand with doubting?* 1.1

Answ. Yea, it can: for what the Apostle saith of knowledge, may we apply to other Christian graces, euen to the mother of them all, Faith;a 1.2 we beleeue in part: The man that said,b 1.3 Lord I beleeue, yet doubted: for he added, helpe my vnbeleefe. This doubting is not of the nature of Faith, but rather contrary vnto it, arising from the flesh which remaineth in vs, so long as wee remaine in the World:* 1.4 therefore the more strength Faith getteth, the more is doubting driuen away. Yet as the Spirit in truth may be where the flesh is, so in truth may Faith be where doubting is: but as we must striue to subdue the flesh, so also must we striue to dispell doubting.

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* 1.1

True Faith may stand with doub∣ting.

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a 1.2

1 Cor. 13. 9.

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b 1.3

Mar. 9. 24.

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* 1.4

Fidei praecipua virtus in eo est, vt non ambigas Chrys. in Tit. hom. 3.

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