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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 3 › Chapter 1: Of Sanctification, and the causes thereof.
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CHAP. I. Of Sanctification, and the causes thereof.
§. Sect. 1 And so much for the answering of such temptations of Satan as concern our justification.1 Now we are to speak of our sanctification, which is the next effect of Gods election, and inseparably joined with our justification: wherein I will observe my former order, first setting down the doctrine of sanctification, and then answering those temptations of Satan which do most impugn it.
§. Sect. 1 ANd so much for the answering of such temptations of Sathan as concerne our iustification.1 Now wee are to speake of our sanctification, which is the next effect of Gods election, and inseparably ioyned with our iustification: wherein I will obserue my former order, first setting downe the doctrine of sanctification, and then answering those temptations of Sathan which doe most impugne it.
- 1That God is the principal efficient of our sanctification.That God is the principall efficient of our sanctification.