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 peop (1662)
Gurnall, William, 1617-1679. · London : Printed for Ralph Smith · leaf 12
, they are moft defenfive Arms. Indeed there is but oneof all die Pieces in the whole Panoply for offence^ i. e. The SfvordIt may be to give us this hint. That this fpirituai Warre of theChrifHan lies chiefly on the defence, and therefore requires Armsmoft of this kind to wage it. God hath… … i? And ta\mg the Helmet plunclcrhim of which, and with ic of his happinefTe, he commen-ceih a bloody warreagainft him: So that the Chriftian overcomeshis enemy,when himfelf is not overcome by him. He wins theday when he doth not lofe his grace^ Ms work being rather to keepwnat is his own, than to…
Devil · Puritans
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