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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
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And to the end that we may be the better enabled to resist this dangerous and damnable tentation, I will first show that we cannot be justified before the tribunal of Gods judgement by our inherent righteousness & good works; and secondly that we are justified by faith alone as it only applieth unto us Christ Jesus his righteousness and obedience.
And to the end that we may be the better inabled to resist this dangerous and damnable tentation, I will first shew that we cannot be iustified before the tribunall of Gods iudgement by our inhaerent righteousnesse & good workes; and secondly that we are iustified by faith alone as it onely applieth vnto vs Christ Iesus his righteousnesse and obedience.
§. Sect. 3 That we are not justified by our own works and righteousness, it manifestly appeareth both by plain testimonies of holy Scripture,1 and strong arguments which are grounded upon them. For the first, the Apostle plainly saith, that by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight, for by the law cometh the knowledge of sin: but now is the righteousness of God made manifest without the law, having witness of the law and the Prophets; to wit the righteousness of God, by the faith of Jesus Christ, 2unto all and upon all that believe. Rom. 2.20.21.22. So Phil. 3.9. He disclaimeth his own righteousness, & resteth upon the alone righteousness of Christ Jesus, which is made ours by faith for his justification and salvation. I have (saith he) counted all things loss and do judge them to be dung that I may win Christ, and might be found in him, not having ⟨p. 573⟩mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, even the righteousness which is of God through faith.