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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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Secondly, if only our sins were pardoned and we not not made partakers of Christs active righteousness, our imputed righteousness should not excel the righteousness of Adam before his fall, for he neither committed sin of omission ⟨p. 568⟩nor commission till he transgressed Gods commandment in eating of the forbidden fruit; but we are made partakers of a more excellent righteousness by faith, then we lost in Adam, even the righteousness of God by the faith of Jesus Christ, 1as the Apostle speaketh Rom. 3.22. which consisteth not only in the absence of evil and sin, but in the presence also of actual holiness and righteousness.
Secondly, if onely our sinnes were pardoned and wee not not made partakers of Christs actiue righteousnesse, our imputed righteousnesse should not excell the righteousnesse of Adam before his fall, for he neither cōmitted sinne of omission ⟨p. 568⟩nor commission till he transgressed Gods commaundement in eating of the forbidden fruit; but we are made partakers of a more excellent righteousnesse by faith, then we lost in Adam, euen the righteousnesse of God by the faith of Iesus Christ, 1as the Apostle speaketh Rom. 3.22. which consisteth not onely in the absence of euill and sinne, but in the prefence also of actuall holinesse and righteousnesse.