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The Christian warfare wherein is first generally showed the malice, power and politic stratagems…The Christian warfare wherein is first generally shewed the malice, power and politike stratagems…
The Christian warfare wherein is first generally showed the malice, power and politic stratagems of the spiritual enemies of our salvation, Satan and his assistants the world and the flesh, with the means also whereby the Christian may withstand and defeat them : and afterwards more specially their particular temptations, against the several causes and means of our salvation, whereby on the one side they allure us to security and presumption, and on the other side, draw us to doubting and desperation, are expressed and answered : written especially for their sakes who are exercised in the spiritual conflict of temptations, and are afflicted in conscience in the sight and sense of their sins / by I. Downame ...The Christian warfare wherein is first generally shewed the malice, power and politike stratagems of the spirituall ennemies of our saluation, Sathan and his assistants the world and the flesh, with the meanes also whereby the Christian may vvithstand and defeate them : and afterwards more speciallie their particvlar temptatiions, against the seuerall causes and meanes of our saluation, whereby on the one side they allure vs to security and presumption, and on the other side, draw vs to doubting and desperation, are expressed and answered : written especially for their sakes who are exercised in the spirituall conflict of temptations, and are afflicted in conscience in the sight and sense of their sinnes / by I. Dovvname ...
London: printed for Cuthbert Burby, 1604
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§. Sect. 6 The fifth degree is a specially persuasion wrought in us by Gods spirit whereby we particularly apply unto us the sweet promises of the gospel,1 and are assured of Gods love and favour, & of the remission of our sins for the merits, righteousness, and obedience of Jesus Christ, resting upon him alone for our salvation. An example whereof we have in the Apostle Paul Gal. 2.20.2 Thus (saith he) I live yet not I now but Christ liveth in me: and in that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the son of God, who hath loved me and given himself for me. And this persuasion ought to go before sense and experience, for first we believe and are persuaded of the truth of Gods promises and resist diffidence and doubting, and afterwards follows joyful sense and experience of Gods mercy, truth, and goodness towards us. And hence it is that the Apostle defineth faith to be the ground of things which are hoped for, and the demonstration or evidence of things not seen. 3Heb. 11.1. & to this purpose our saviour Christ saith to Thomas. Joh. 20.29. Thomas because thou hast seen me, thou believest, blessed are they which have not seen and have believed. An example hereof we have in the Canaanitish woman who though she had no experience of Gods truth in his promises, yea though she had many repulses yet believed, and afterwards to her comfort had joyful experience of them,4 Mat. 15.27.
§. Sect. 6 The fift degree is a specially perswasion wrought in vs by Gods spirit whereby we particularly apply vnto vs the sweete promises of the gospell,1 and are assured of Gods loue and fauour, & of the remission of our sinnes for the merits, righteousnesse, and obedience of Iesus Christ, resting vpon him alone for our saluation. An example whereof wee haue in the Apostle Paul