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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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1Thirdly, we must not always set before us the innumerable multitude and huge weight of our sins, but withal call to our remembrance the infinite mercies of God and merits of Christ, who hath offered unto his father a propitiatory sacrifice and full satisfaction for all our sins, 2and not for ours only ⟨p. 543⟩but for the sins of all the world, as the Apostle speaketh,3 1. Joh. 2.2. Seeing therefore our debt how great soever it be is already discharged; and our sins how outrageous soever▪ they be, are fully punished long ago in our Saviour Christ, and seeing God himself who hath received this debt and taken this punishment, is of infinite justice and mercy, why should we now despair of pardon? Nay, why should we not most certainly be assured that the roll and reckoning of our sins how long soever it be, is quite blotted out and cancelled, so as they shall never again be laid to our charge.
1Thirdly, we must not alwaies set before vs the innumerable multitude and huge waight of our sins, but withal cal to our remembrance the infinite mercies of God and merits of Christ, who hath offered vnto his father a propitiatorie sacrifice and full satisfaction for all our sinnes, 2and not for ours onely ⟨p. 543⟩but for the sinnes of all the world, as the Apostle speaketh,3 1. Ioh. 2.2. Seeing therefore our debt how great soeuer it be is already discharged; and our sinnes how outragious soeuer▪ they be, are fully punished long agoe in our Sauiour Christ, and seeing God himselfe who hath receiued this debt and taken this punishment, is of infinite iustice and mercy, why should we now despaire of pardon? Nay, why should wee not most certainely be assured that the roull and reckoning of our sins how long soeuer it be, is quite blotted out and cancelled, so as they shall neuer againe be laid to our charge.