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Christ Is Yours: The Assurance of Salvation in the Puritan Theology of William Gouge is unavailable, but you can change that!

Maintaining hope in Christ for the weary soul. In the face of trials and tribulations, persevering in the faith can be a difficult task. For Puritan pastor-theologian William Gouge, this question was of critical importance for those he shepherded. His theology of assurance during the difficult seasons in life provided direction and help to weary souls. In Christ Is Yours, Eric Rivera explores...

our owne weaknesse, and thereupon renounced all confidence in ourselves, our care must be to flye to a sure ground, and rest thereon: so shall we be safe and sure, yea so may be quiet and secure. This sure ground, and safe rocke is onely the Lord.”89 The only way the Christian can stand is by the strength of God’s might and being furnished with the full armor that God provides. Of the six pieces of armor, Gouge argues that the shield of faith is most important because faith is the mother of all graces.
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