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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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Secondly, whosoever can come to the assurance that he hath a true and lively faith, he may also be assured that he is justified; for it is the nature and an inseparable property of true faith, to apply unto the believer Christ Jesus and his righteousness, whereby he is justified before God; and hence it is that the Scriptures plainly affirm that we are justified by faith and not by any thing else which is in us, as before I have sufficiently showed. But we may come to the certain assurance that we have a true faith, by the undoubted signs and inseparable fruits thereof, which we may discern in our selves (as hath been already plainly proved) though we never have any special revelation: And therefore without any such particular revelation we may attain unto the certain assurance that we are justified in Gods sight.
Secondly, whosoeuer can come to the assurance that he hath a true and liuely faith, he may also be assured that he is iustified; for it is the nature and an inseparable propertie of true faith, to apply vnto the beleeuer Christ Iesus and his righteousnesse, whereby hee is iustified before God; and hence it is that the Scriptures plainely affirme that we are iustified by faith and not by any thing else which is in vs, as before I haue sufficiently shewed. But we may come to the certaine assurance that we haue a true faith, by the vndoubted signes and inseparable fruites thereof, which wee may discerne in our selues (as hath been alreadie plainely proued) though we neuer haue any speciall reuelation: And therefore without any such particular reuelation we may attaine vnto the certaine assurance that we are iustified in Gods sight.
Thirdly, that which the Gospel assureth us of, we need not to make any doubt thereof, or once call it into question: but the Gospel assureth us, that whosoever believeth in Christ Jesus, and truly repent them of their sins, shall be made partakers of all the gracious promises of life and salvation therein contained; So Joh. 3.16.1 God so loved the world that he hath given his only begotten son, that whosoever