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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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CHAP. XLIII. Satan's tentations grounded upon our want of sense and feeling of faith, answered.
CHAP. XLIII. Sathans tentations grounded vpon our want of sense and feeling of faith, answered.
§. Sect. 1 And these are the signs by which every believer may be assured that he hath a true & lively faith:1 which howsoever they be to be observed in every faithful man, yet not at all times, for oftentimes it cometh to pass that the believing Christian doth neither feel his faith nor the fruits thereof, especially in the infancy of faith and in the combat of tentations, which giveth occasion unto Satan of suggesting into his mind a dangerous tentation. Thou braggest much (will he say) of thy faith, and thou confirmest, this thy persuasion that thou art endued therewith with many signs and fruits which have accompanied it; but if now thou examine thy self a right thou shalt find in thee no such matter; and not to stand upon other arguments, I appeal unto the testimony of thine own conscience, whether at this present thou hast any sense or lively feeling of faith, or canst discern those fruits thereof which before thou hast spoken of; if not, then do not flatter thy self in vain with a fond persuasion, for though thou wilt not believe me, yet at least believe thine own sense and feeling which plainly telleth thee that either thou never haddest any true faith indeed, or if thou haddest yet that now it is quite lost and perished.
§. Sect. 1 ANd these are the signes by which euery beleeuer may be assured that he hath a true & liuely faith:1 which howsoeuer they bee to be obserued in euery faithfull man, yet not at all times, for oftentimes it commeth to passe that the beleeuing Christian doth neither feele his faith nor the fruites thereof, especially in the infancie of faith and in the cumbate of tentations, which giueth occasion vnto Sathan of suggesting into his mind a daungerous tentation. Thou braggest much (will he say) of thy faith, and thou confirmest, this thy perswasion that thou art indued therewith with many signes and fruits which haue accompanied it; but if now thou examine thy selfe a right thou shalt find in thee no such matter; and not to stand vpon other arguments, I appeale vnto the testimonie of thine owne conscience, whether at this present thou hast any sense or liuely feeling of faith, or canst discerne those fruits thereof which before thou hast spoken of; if not, then doe not flatter thy selfe in vaine with a fond perswasion, for though thou wilt not beleeue mee, yet at least beleeue thine owne sense and feeling which plainely telleth thee that either thou neuer haddest any true faith indeed, or if thou haddest yet that now it is quite lost and perished.