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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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Thirdly he saith, Eph. 2.8.9. that we are saved by grace through faith not of our selves, nor of works least any man should boast himself. If he had spoken only of works they might (though foolishly) have wrested it to ceremonies only seeing the Ephesians were not bound to the ceremonial law, ⟨p. 575⟩as being strangers to the common wealth of Israel, as himself speaketh ver. 12. but when he saith also not of our selves,1 he excludeth all whatsoever is in us from being the cause of our salvation, not only ceremonial but also moral duties. So writing to Titus he saith Tit. 3.5.2 Not by the works of righteousness which we had done but according to his mercy, he saved us, in which place we are necessarily to understand the works of the moral law; for Titus being a Grecian was not bound to observe the ceremonial law, and therefore he was not so much as circumcised as the apostle plainly affirmeth,3 Gal. 2.3.
Thirdly hee saith, Eph. 2.8.9. that wee are saued by grace through faith not of our selues, nor of workes least any man should boast himselfe. If hee had spoken only of workes they might (though foolishly) haue wrested it to ceremonies only seeing the Ephesians were not bound to the ceremoniall law, ⟨p. 575⟩as being strangers to the common wealth of Israel, as himselfe speaketh ver. 12. but whē he saith also not of our selues,1 he excludeth al whatsoeuer is in vs from being the cause of our saluation, not onely ceremoniall but also morall duties. So writing to Titus he saith