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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 this work is not peculiar unto any one person, but is commune to the whole trinity. For God the father being fully satisfied by the full satisfaction, righteousness, and obedience of Christ the son, applied unto us by the holy spirit, doth pardon and forgive us all our sins, and pronounceth and accepteth of us as innocent, and endued with perfect righteousness.
And this worke is not peculiar vnto any one person, but is commune to the whole trinitie. For God the father being fully satisfied by the full satisfaction, righteousnesse, and obedience of Christ the sonne, applied vnto vs by the holy spirit, doth pardon and forgiue vs all our sinnes, and pronounceth and accepteth of vs as innocent, and indued with perfect righteousnesse.
The motive or impulsive cause, which moved the Lord thus to justify us, was not any thing in us or out of him self; but of his mere mercy, and free good will wherewith he hath loved us from the beginning, as it manifestly appeareth Rom. 3.24.1 Where the Apostle saith that we are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. and Tit. 3.5.7.2 Not by the works of righteousness which we had done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of the new birth and renewing of the holy ghost. 7. That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
The motiue or impulsiue cause, which moued the Lorde thus to iustifie vs, was not any thinge in vs or out of him selfe; but of his meere mercy, and free good will wherewith hee hath loued vs from the beginning, as it manifestly appeareth