Christian In Complete Armour
Volume 3
Weight | 0.27 kg |
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Dimensions | 18.1 × 12.1 × 1.9 cm |
ISBN | 9780851515601 |
Binding | Paperback |
Format | Book |
Page Count | 320 |
Volume | 3 |
Scripture | Ephesians |
Original Pub Date | 1662 |
Banner Pub Date | Nov 1, 1988 |
Endorsements
‘If I might read only one book beside the Bible, I would choose The Christian in Complete Armour.’– JOHN NEWTON
‘Gurnall’s work is peerless and priceless; every line is full of wisdom; every sentence is suggestive. I have often resorted to it when my own fire has been burning low, and I have seldom failed to find a glowing coal upon Gurnall’s hearth.’– C.H. SPURGEON
‘A beautiful feature in Gurnall’s book is its richness in pithy, pointed, and epigrammatical sayings. You will often find in a line and a half some great truth, put so concisely, and yet so fully, that you really marvel how so much thought could be got into so few words. Solid scriptural theology, like that contained in these pages, should be valued and studied in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith and practice – books in which Christ and the Holy Ghost have their rightful office – books in which justification, and sanctification, and regeneration, and faith, and grace, and holiness are clearly, distinctly, and accurately delineated and exhibited – these are the only books which do real good. Few things need reviving more than a taste for such books as these among readers.’– J.C. RYLE
‘I believe The Christian in Complete Armour, should be in the library of every man and woman of God. No Christian leader, teacher, pastor, evangelist, or Christian worker should be without it.’– DAVID WILKERSON (author of The Cross and the Switchblade)
‘You could not buy a better work, nor get better value for your money.’– FREE PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE
Book Description
The Christian in Complete Armour is certainly one of the greatest of all the Puritans’ practical writings. This third volume in the 3-volume paperback set is a modernized abridgement of the Puritan Classic by William Gurnall.
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THE SEVERAL PIECES OF THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD (CONTINUED) | ||
9 | EIGHTH CONSIDERATION: THE CHRISTIAN’S SPIRITUAL SHIELD | 19 |
The Kind of Faith Commended | 19 | |
The Nature of Justifying Faith | 20 | |
Why Faith Is Compared to a Shield | 27 | |
The Meaning of the Expression ‘Above All’ | 30 | |
I.The Pre-Eminence Of Faith Above Other Graces | 32 | |
Why Faith Is Pre-eminent | 33 | |
How Faith’s Influence Reaches the Other Graces | 39 | |
The Pre-eminence of Unbelief among Sins | 48 | |
Why We Should Be Serious in the Trial of Our Faith | 51 | |
How to Judge the Truth of Faith | 54 | |
Exhortation to Unbelievers to Obtain the Shield of Faith | 68 | |
Directions to Unbelievers for Attaining Faith | 69 | |
Exhortation to Believers to Preserve the Shield of Faith | 79 | |
Faith Must Be Preserved Because of Its Pre-eminence among Graces | 79 | |
Directions to Believers for the Preserving of Faith | 81 | |
How We Know If Faith Is Weak or Strong | 86 | |
The Believer Must Acknowledge Faith | 93 | |
Suspicions Which Lead to a Person’s Denying His Faith | 94 | |
Characteristics of the Doubt Which May Accompany True Faith | 95 | |
Characteristics of Presumptuous Faith | 98 | |
II. A Powerful Argument To Quench The Fiery Darts Of The Wicked | 101 | |
Description of the Enemy | 101 | |
Faith’s Power Over the Enemy | 106 | |
Fiery Darts of Pleasing Temptations | 107 | |
Faith’s Power to Quench Pleasing Temptations | 109 | |
Faith’s Victory Distinguished from Heathens’ Victory | 117 | |
How to Use the Shield of Faith to Quench Enticing Temptations | 119 | |
Fiery Darts of Fearful Temptations | 123 | |
Faith’s Power to Quench Fearful Temptations | 124 | |
Faith Opposes Sin with a View of the Great God | 137 | |
Faith Relieves the Soul Which Fears God’s Justice | 139 | |
Faith Fights Sin through the Greatness of God’s Promises | 144 | |
Faith Teaches the Virtue of God’s Promises | 144 | |
Faith Opposes Despair | 150 | |
10 | NINTH CONSIDERATION: THE CHRISTIAN’S HELMET | 153 |
The Connection of the Helmet with the Shield and Other Pieces of Armour | 155 | |
Inferences Drawn from the Connection of Graces | 158 | |
I. The Helmet Of Salvation – What It Is | 159 | |
The Nature of the Hope That Forms the Helmet | 159 | |
Why This Hope Is Called the Hope of Salvation | 162 | |
Why Hope Is Compared to a Helmet | 163 | |
II. The Use Of The Helmet | 164 | |
Hope and Worthy Achievements | 165 | |
Hope and Diligence in the Smallest Service | 170 | |
Hope Supports the Christian in the Greatest Afflictions | 172 | |
Influences of Hope on Christians in Affliction | 173 | |
Hope and Comfort When God Delays the Performance of the Promise | 179 | |
Assurance Which Hope Gives When God Delays to Perform His Promise | 184 | |
III. Applications Of The Doctrine Of The Christian Helmet | 188 | |
The Metal of Our Helmet of Hope | 189 | |
Exhortation to Those Who Have This Helmet of Hope | 192 | |
Why We Should Strengthen Our Hope | 200 | |
How to Strengthen Hope | 205 | |
Exhortation to Those Who Have Not Got the Helmet of Hope | 218 | |
11 | TENTH CONSIDERATION: THE CHRISTIAN’S SWORD | 222 |
The Kind of Arms for the Christian’s Use | 222 | |
The Order and Place of This Piece of Armour | 224 | |
I. The Weapon Itself | 225 | |
What Is Meant by the Word of God | 226 | |
The Holy Scriptures Are the Undoubted Word of God | 227 | |
Divinity of Scripture: Its Subject Matter | 228 | |
Divinity of Scripture: Its Supernatural Effects | 237 | |
II. Why The Word Of God Is Called ‘The Sword Of The Spirit’ | 244 | |
Why God’s Word Is Compared to a Sword | 244 | |
Why This Sword Is Attributed to the Spirit | 245 | |
The Written Word Is the Sword By Which Christians Overcome Enemies | 246 | |
God’s Word Overcomes Persecutors | 247 | |
God’s Word Overcomes Heretics | 249 | |
God’s Word Overcomes Corruptions and Lusts | 251 | |
God’s Word Overcomes Afflictions | 253 | |
The Presumption of any in Disarming People of This Spiritual Sword | 256 | |
The Sufficiency of Scripture | 258 | |
The Wickedness of Using the Sword to Defend Sin | 258 | |
Thankfulness for the Word | 260 | |
The Importance of Studying God’s Word | 264 | |
God Is Able to Interpret His Word | 267 | |
III. How To Use The Sword Of The Word | 269 | |
How to Use the Sword Against Persecutors | 269 | |
Scriptural Promises for Believers’ Sorrows | 273 | |
How to Use the Sword Against Heretics | 276 | |
How to Use the Sword Against Lusts | 284 | |
How to Use the Sword of the Word Against Afflictions | 303 | |
Exhortation to Ministers Concerning the Sword of the Word | 313 |
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