Christian in Complete Armour: Volume 2 PB
By: William GurnallProduct Details | |
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Publisher | Banner of Truth |
Year | 1988 |
ISBN | 9780851515151 |
The Christian in Complete Armour is certainly one of the greatest of all the Puritans’ practical writings. This second volume in the 3-volume paperback set is a modernized abridgement of the Puritan Classic by William Gurnall.
‘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
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PageThe Several Pieces of the Whole Armour of God 19
6 FIFTH CONSIDERATION: THE CHRISTIAN’S SPIRITUAL GIRDLE 21
- Truth Of Doctrine As A Girdle For The Mind 22
Why Christians Need an Established Judgment in the Truth 24
How to Establish Judgment in the Truth 28
A Free and Bold Profession of Faith 32
How to Be Girded With the Profession of Truth 36
Imposters Who Use Truth 38
How to Have Hearts Inflamed With Love for Truth 40
- Truth Of Heart Or Sincerity As A Girdle For The Will 46
Why Truth of Heart Is Compared to a Girdle 47
Sincerity Covers the Christian’s Uncomeliness 47
The Uncomeliness Which Sincerity Covers 52
How Sincerity Covers the Saint’s Uncomeliness 55
Why Sincerity Covers the Saint’s Uncomeliness 58
Inseparable Companions of Sincerity 62
The Nature of Hypocrisy and Its Hatefulness to God 65
The Offenses of Hypocrisy 67
False Worship and False Claims 69
Search for Sincerity 74
The Hypocrite’s False Profession 76
Characteristics of Sincerity 81
Instructions to the Insincere 91
Instructions to the Sincere 96
Comfort for the Sincere Christian Who Doubts 110
Sincerity Strengthens the Christian’s Spirit 119
7 SIXTH CONSIDERATION: THE CHRISTIAN’S BREASTPLATE 143
The Meaning of Righteousness 143
Why Righteousness Is Compared to a Breastplate 149
Connection of the Breastplate and the Girdle 150
- Why Every Christian Should Keep On His Breastplate 152
- How The Christian Expresses The Power Of Holiness 172
In Worship 177
In Employment 182
In Behavior Toward Others 188
III. Guidance For The Christian Who Desires Holiness 200
How to Maintain Holiness 200
Satan’s Strategy to Disarm the Christian of His Breastplate 213
Two Particulars on Living a Holy Life 228
Reproof of Unholy Persons 230
Exhortation to Saints 237
8 SEVENTH CONSIDERATION: THE CHRISTIAN’S SPIRITUAL SHOE 245
- What Is Meant By The Gospel 245
Properties of a Joyful Message Found in the Gospel 247
Claims on Our Compassion of Those Who Never Heard the Gospel 250
The World’s Rejection of the Gospel 251
Exhortation to Unbelievers and Believers 256
- What Is Meant By Peace 262
Superiority of Our Nature in Christ to the Nature of Adam 274
Why You Should Seek Peace with God 277
How to Find Peace with God 287
Exhortation to Those Who Already Have Peace with God 297
Peace of Conscience 304
Reproof to Those Who Deny That Peace of Conscience Is the Blessing of the Gospel 313
Characteristics of Gospel Peace 323
Peace of Love and Unity 331
How the Gospel Alone Knits the Hearts of Men in Peace 333
The Difference between the Peace of Saints and the Peace of Sinners 338
Exhortation to Nourish Peace 343
Peace With Creation 355
III. The Preparation Of The Gospel Of Peace 356
What Is Meant By This Preparation of the Gospel of Peace? 356
Why Is It Called ‘The Preparation of the Gospel of Peace’? 357
Preparation for Trials 358
Why Christians Must Be Ready for Trials 359
Why So Few People Are Christians 372
Exhortation to Put on the Shoe of Preparation 375
Directions for Wearing the Spiritual Shoe 377
Gospel Peace Prepares the Saint for Trials 385
How Gospel Peace Prepares the Christian for Suffering 388
Gospel Peace and Patience 394
Tenderness of a Christian Conscience 396