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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
Book 2 › Chapter 48: Of our justification.Book 2 › Chapter 48: Of our iustification.
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And so much concerning those tentations of Satan which he suggesteth to the end that he may frustrate our effectual calling. §. Sect. 1 1The next subordinate cause and means of our salvation is our justification, for whomsoever the Lord effectually calleth those also he justifieth. as it is Rom. 8.30. In speaking whereof I will first show what it is, and afterwards answer such tentations of Satan as he suggesteth into our minds, to the end that he may infringe the doctrine of justification, and make it vain and unprofitable unto us.
ANd so much concerning those tentations of Sathan which he suggesteth to the end that hee may frustrate our effectuall calling. §. Sect. 1 1The next subordinate cause and means of our saluation is our iustification, for whomsoeuer the Lord effectually calleth those also he iustifieth. as it is Rom. 8.30. In speaking whereof I will first shew what it is, and afterwards answere such tentations of Sathan as he suggesteth into our mindes, to the end that hee may infringe the doctrine of iustification, and make it vaine and vnprofitable vnto vs.
For the first. Justification is an action or work of the whole trinity the father, son, and holy ghost, whereby God graciously and freely imputing unto every faithful man the righteousness and obedience of Christ the mediator doth accept of him and pronounce him to be just and righteous, for the glory of his name and salvation of the believer.