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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. 3 And these are the means which properly tend to the strengthening and increasing of our faith,1 which whosoever carefully and conscionably use, they shall assuredly find them effectual for this purpose: Now we are to speak of those means whereby we may be preserved from doubting and desperation, of which I shall not need to speak much, seeing the most of these points are handled before.
§. Sect. 3 And these are the meanes which properly tende to the strengthening and increasing of our faith,1 which whosoeuer carefully and conscionably vse, they shall assuredly find them effectuall for this purpose: Now wee are to speake of those meanes whereby wee may bee preserued from doubting and desperation, of which I shal not neede to speake much, seeing the most of these points are handled before.
- 1Of the means whereby we may be preserved from doubting and desperation.Of the means whereby we may be preserued from doubting and desperation.
1The first means to preserve us from desperation is to call continually unto our remembrance that the promises of the gospel are general and indefinite, excluding none how unworthy and sinful soever they be, if they do not exclude themselves through their own infidelity;2 So Mat. 11.28. our Saviour calleth all humbled and repentant sinners without exception, saying, Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will ease you. 3