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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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1The last means to strengthen and increase our faith is continual and fervent prayer, for faith is not in our own power but it is the free gift of God, as the Apostle teacheth us, Ephe. 2.8. neither can any man come unto our Saviour Christ by a lively faith except it be given him of the father,2 as himself speaketh.3 Joh. 6.65. And therefore when we see the small measure of our faith, we are with the apostles to pray unto the Lord that he will increase it.4 Luk. 17.5. And when we perceive that it is grievously assaulted with doubting and infidelity, we are in fervency of spirit to cry out with the father of the possessed child: Lord I believe help my unbelief. Mark.5 9.24. And then we may be assured that the Lord will hear us and satisfy our godly desires, making us to grow up from faith to faith, till at length we attain unto such a fullness of persuasion, that we shall be able truly to say with the Apostle; I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. as it is Rom.6 8.38.39.