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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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1The formal cause of our justification is a reciprocal imputation or transmutation of the sins of the believer unto Christ and of his righteousness unto the believer: whereby it cometh to pass that the faithful man hath not his sins imputed unto him, nor the punishment due unto them inflicted on him, because Christ hath taken upon him the guilt and punishment, and by making full satisfaction unto his fathers justice, hath obtained the pardon and remission of all his sins. And also is clothed with the glorious robe of Christ Jesus righteousness, and so appearing before God both free from all sin and endued with perfect righteousness he is justified, reconciled, and eternally saved. And of this imputed righteousness the apostle speaketh, Rom. 4.5.2 But to him that worketh not, but believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6. Even as David declareth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, saying. 7. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8. blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not sin. and 2. Cor. 5.19.3 For God was in Christ and reconciled the world unto himself, not imputing their sins unto them &c. 21. For he hath made him to be sin for us which knew no sin that we should be made the righteousness of God in him. And the Apostle affirmeth 1. Cor. 1.30. That Jesus Christ is made unto us of God, wisdom, 4righteousness, sanctification and redemption. So that now Christs righteousness is our righteousness, his obedience our obedience, his merits our merits, as certainly, perfectly and effectually, even as if we our selves had been most innocent fulfilled the law, or made full satisfaction to Gods justice. By which it appeareth that in respect of our selves we are justified freely of Gods mere mercy & grace, without any respect of our own righteousness or worthiness; but yet through Christ and for his righteousness and obedience imputed