Gurnall, W. – The Christian In Complete Armour

The Christian In Complete Armour
By William Gurnall (1657)
Christian In Complete Armour

This is an older work, but none-the-less an excellent work on the subject of Christian warefare. Gurnall has 2 volumes: Vol 1: A Sweet and Powerful Encouragement to the War; Directions for managing this War successfully; the reason why the Christian must be armed, ‘That ye may be able to stand’; the nature of the War, and character of the Assailants; the Assailants described Positively; a Second Exhortation to Arm, and an Argument urging the Exhortation; First Piece—The Christian’s Spiritual Girdle; Sincerity strengthens the Christian’s Spirit; Second Piece—The Christian’s Breastplate; Third Piece—The Christian’s Spiritual Shoe. Vol 2: Fourth Piece—The Christian’s Spiritual Shield; the Saint’s Enemy Described; Fifth Piece—The Christian’s Helmet; Sixth Piece—The Christian’s Sword; the necessary duty of the Christian, as clothed in the Whole Armour of God: or, how the Spiritual Panoply may alone be kept furbished; How to perform the duty commanded—a directory for prayer; the Inward Principle of Prayer; the Duty of every Christian in complete Armour to aid by Prayer.

CONTENTS of Christian In Complete Armour

A Treatise of The Whole Armour of God (Christian In Complete Armour)


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Volume 1

1. A Sweet and Powerful Encouragement to the War
2. Directions for managing this War successfully,
3. The reason why the Christian must be armed, ‘That ye may be able to stand’
4. The nature of the War, and character of the Assailants.
5. The Assailants described Positively
6. A Second Exhortation to Arm, and an Argument urging the Exhortation.
7. First Piece—The Christian’s Spiritual Girdle.
8. Sincerity strengthens the Christian’s Spirit.
9. Second Piece—The Christian’s Breastplate.
10. Third Piece—The Christian’s Spiritual Shoe.

Volume 2

1. Fourth Piece—The Christian’s Spiritual Shield.
2. The Saint’s Enemy Described.
3. Fifth Piece—The Christian’s Helmet.
4. Sixth Piece—The Christian’s Sword.
5. The necessary duty of the Christian, as clothed in the Whole Armour of God: or, how the Spiritual Panoply may alone be kept furbished.
6. How to perform the duty commanded—a directory for prayer.
7. The Inward Principle of Prayer
8. The Duty of every Christian in complete Armour to aid by Prayer.


pc10 Sexual Purity
is an exhortation to purity in sexual matters for the Christian. We look at various aspects of the issue.
Topics: It is not an impossible fight! | The Biblical Model | Homosexuality and Prostitution | Nudity and the Mind | Self-Stimulation | Resisting the Temptation.
Excerpts: Job 31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Job understood that sexual sin begins with the sight, and the seeing before desiring. Job made a covenant with himself, a commitment that he would not look on young women to desire them or to let his imagination run wild with them even their image or in his thoughts. Equally, Jesus taught us in Mat. 5:28 that even thinking sinful thoughts without doing them is as sinful as actually doing them. This is an amplification of Exo 20:17 “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife”. David saw before taking (2Sam 11:2).
Fasting is to teach us that the body does not control over us, and this is exactly what is necessary for people with this problem. This sin is pinned to the thoughts, “for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” Pro 23:7. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” Phil 4:13.

Read the Tract: pc10 Sexual Purity.

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2 thoughts on “Gurnall, W. – The Christian In Complete Armour

  1. Volume One seems to be missing – after the introductions, the text starts with ‘the 4th piece’ = thought you’d like to know.
    Thanks for all your wonderful work for us!
    Phil

    1. Hi Phil, I don’t have an Android device, so can you check and see if clicking on “Volume 1” if that will open the contents? If not let me know and I will break them apart in to modules, and repost them.

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