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Christian in compleat armour : or, A treatise of the saints war against the devil, wherein a discovery is made of that grand enemy of God and His peop

Gurnall, William, 1617-1679. · 1662 · London : Printed for Ralph Smith · 98 pictures

A 1662 London treatise by the Puritan minister William Gurnall, published by Ralph Smith, arguing that the Christian's spiritual life is a war against the devil and offering armour-based guidance to believers. The pictures are four small woodcut decorative initial letters, a capital T framed by curling foliage, birds, and scrollwork in heavy black ink on cream paper, useful to a designer seeking historic letterform ornament and symmetrical border motifs.

Devil · Puritans

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