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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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CHAP. LI. Satan's temptations moving the weak Christian to doubt of his justification, answered.
CHAP. LI. Sathans temptations mouing the weake Christian to doubt of his iustification, answered.
§. Sect. 1 And so much for answering Satan's temptations,1 whereby he laboureth to persuade us to rest upon a false and imperfect righteousness for our justification: now we are briefly to speak of those which he suggesteth into the minds of weak Christians, to the end that he may make them doubt of their justification, that so he might (if it were possible) make frustrate this work of God, or at least rob their souls of all comfort and peace of conscience, which always accompanieth the assurance of our justification; for being justified by faith, we have peace towards God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2as the Apostle speaketh, Rom. 5.1. First therefore he suggesteth that our justification is an action of God, and therefore unknown to us; so that we cannot possibly attain unto any certain knowledge that we are justified of God, unless he assure us hereof by some special and extraordinary revelation.
§. Sect. 1 ANd so much for answering Sathans temptations,1 whereby he laboureth to perswade vs to rest vpon a false and imperfect righteousnesse for our iustification: now wee are briefly to speake of those which hee suggesteth into the mindes of weake Christians, to the end that hee may make them doubt of their iustification, that so hee might (if it were possible) make frustrate this worke of God, or at least robbe their soules of all comfort and peace of conscience, which alwaies accompanieth the assurance of our iustification; for being iustified by faith, wee haue peace towards God through our Lord Iesus Christ,