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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1The third means is holy conference with our godly brethren; for hereby those which are falling are confirmed and the weary hands and weak knees strengthened as Eliphas speaketh Job. 43.4.2 And those who are weak in faith are comforted and established with the godly instructions, profitable exhortations, and sweet consolations of those who are more strong; and therefore the Apostle Paul exhorts those who had attained unto a great measure of faith that they admit such as were weak into their company to be made partakers of their Christian conferences to the end that hereby they might be more and more strengthened and confirmed. Rom. 14.1.3
1The third meanes is holy conference with our godly brethren; for hereby those which are falling are confirmed and the wearie handes and weake knees strengthened as Eliphas speaketh Iob. 43.4.2 And those who are weake in faith are comforted and established with the godly instructions, profitable exhortations, and sweete consolations of those who are more stronge; and therefore the Apostle Paul exhorts those who had attayned vnto agreat measure of faith that they admitt such as were weake into their companie to be made partakers of their Christian conferences to the ende that hereby they might be more and more strengthened and confirmed. Rom. 14.1.3
- 1The 3. means holy conferece
- 2Job. 4.3.4.Iob. 4.3.4.