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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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§. Sect. 8 Thirdly, that righteousness which justifieth us,1 must consist in perfect obedience and fulfilling of the law of God, in that exact manner and measure which Gods justice doth require: but this cannot possibly be done by any righteousness which is in us, which is most imperfect and mingled with many sins and corruptions, for in many things we sin all, as it is Jam. 3.2. and he that saith he hath no sin is a liar, as John speaketh 1. ep. 1.8. and our best righteousness is like a polluted cloth, 2as it is Esa. 64.6. but by the alone righteousness of Jesus Christ, which being imputed unto us is sufficient to answer and satisfy Gods exact and most perfect justice. That our righteousness whereby we are to be justified must be perfect,3 and such as the law and exact justice of God requireth, it appeareth Rom. 3.31. whereas the Apostle plainly affirmeth, that when faith is imputed unto righteousness,4 the law is not made void, but rather confirmed and fulfilled. Do we then (saith he) make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid. Yea we establish the law. But this cannot be done by our righteousness, which is imperfect and mingled ⟨p. 584⟩with innumerable sins, but by the alone most perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed unto us. Again, the Lord hath commanded and straitly charged, that in our civill judgements the righteous shall be justified,5 and the wicked condemned, Deut. 25.1. And the wise man saith, that he that justifieth the wicked, 6