"Fourthly, We arm and defend our Bodies. And our Souls have as much need of Armour as they: For the Life of a Christian is a continual Warfare; and we have potent and vigilant Enemies to encounter withal; the Devil, the World, and this corrupt Flesh we carry about with us."
— Ray [formerly Wray], John (1627–1705)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Samuel Smith
Date
1691
Metaphor
"Fourthly, We arm and defend our Bodies. And our Souls have as much need of Armour as they: For the Life of a Christian is a continual Warfare; and we have potent and vigilant Enemies to encounter withal; the Devil, the World, and this corrupt Flesh we carry about with us."
Metaphor in Context
Fourthly, We arm and defend our Bodies. And our Souls have as much need of Armour as they: For the Life of a Christian is a continual Warfare; and we have potent and vigilant Enemies to encounter withal; the Devil, the World, and this corrupt Flesh we carry about with us. We had need, therefore, to take to us the Christian Panoply, to Put on the whole armour of God, that we may withstand in the evil day, and having done all may stand; having our loyns girt with truth, and having the breast-plate of righteousness, and our feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace. Above all taking the shield of
faith, and for an helmet, the hope of Salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God, Ephes. 6. 13,14, &c.
(pp. 244-5)
(pp. 244-5)
Categories
Provenance
Reading (in the British Library)
Citation
23 entries in ESTC (1691, 1692, 1701, 1704, 1709, 1714, 1717, 1722, 1727, 1735, 1743, 1744, 1750, 1756, 1758, 1762, 1768, 1777, 1798).
Ray, John. The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. Being the Substance of Some Common Places Delivered in the Chappel of Trinity-College, in Cambridge. (London: Printed for Samuel Smith, at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-Yard, 1691). <Link to ESTC>
Ray, John. The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. Being the Substance of Some Common Places Delivered in the Chappel of Trinity-College, in Cambridge. (London: Printed for Samuel Smith, at the Princes Arms in S. Pauls Church-Yard, 1691). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
06/22/2014
