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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 50: That faith alone justifieth.Book 2 › Chapter 50: That faith alone iustifieth.
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but that amongst all other graces this act of justifying peculiarly and properly belongeth unto faith, and not to any other grace, virtue; or works.
but that amongst all other graces this act of iustifying peculiarly and properly belongeth vnto faith, and not to any other grace, vertue; or workes.
§. Sect. 2 Now that that faith alone, in this sense understood, justifieth, appeareth plainly,1 both by testimonies of scripture and apparent reasons. For the first, it is manifest, Rom. 3.28. where after long disputation concerning this point, the Apostle expressly concludeth thus. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the works of the law. And chap. 4. vers. 5. To him that worketh not, but believeth in him, that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 2So Gal. 2.16. Know that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ: 3even we I say have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law, no flesh shall be justified. And cap. 3.11. And that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: 4for the just shall live by faith. 12. And the law is not of faith. And hence it is that the righteousness of Christ, whereby we are justified is called the righteousness of faith. 5because faith is the only instrument, which apprehendeth and applieth this righteousness unto us, for our justification.