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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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Thirdly and lastly (because it is my purpose only to touch this point by the way as not so properly belonging to this treatise) we are united unto Christ Jesus, and he is become our head and we his members, by reason of which union as he communicateth himself unto us, so also that which belongeth unto him as he is our mediator, and consequently not only his passive obedience whereby he hath made full satisfaction for our sins, but also his actual righteousness whereby he perfectly fulfilled the law.
Thirdly and lastly (because it is my purpose onely to touch this point by the way as not so properly belonging to this treatise) wee are vnited vnto Christ Iesus, and he is become our head and we his members, by reason of which vnion as he communicateth himselfe vnto vs, so also that which belongeth vnto him as he is our mediatour, and consequently not onely his passiue obedience whereby he hath made full satisfaction for our sinnes, but also his actuall righteousnesse whereby he perfectly fulfilled the law.
And thus it appeareth that our justification consisteth of two parts, the first the remission of our sins for the full satisfaction of Christ by his death and sufferings, the other the imputation of his habitual and active righteousness.
And thus it appeareth that our iustification consisteth of two parts, the first the remission of our sinnes for the full satisfaction of Christ by his death and sufferings, the other the imputation of his habituall and actiue righteousnesse.
The remission of sins is the first part of justification, whereby God forgiveth for the death and full satisfaction of Christ, all our sin both original and actual both in respect of the guilt and punishment, so as they shall never be imputed to our condemnation, neither in this life nor in the life to come.