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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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The temptations which Satan suggesteth to hinder our progress in godliness are of two sorts: either allurements to entice us to go aside out of the narrow path of holiness, into the broad way of sin and wickedness; or discouragements to dishearten and weary us, in travailing this spiritual journey. By the first, he sweeteneth the bitter pill of sin that it may seem pleasant to our carnal appetites, to the end that we may greedily swallow it to our everlasting bane; by the other he laboureth to make wholesome godliness loathsome and altogether unpleasant to our sensual taste. Those he commonly useth before we have sinned, to cause us presumptuously to fall into it: and these after we have sinned and wounded our consciences, to the end he may move us desperately to surcease our labour in the works of sanctification, as being not only difficult, but altogether impossible.
The temptations which Sathan suggesteth to hinder our progresse in godlinesse are of two sorts: either allurements to intice vs to goe aside out of the narrow path of holinesse, into the broade way of sinne and wickednesse; or discouragements to disharten and wearie vs, in trauailing this spirituall iourney. By the first, he sweeteneth the bitter pill of sinne that it may seeme pleasant to our carnall appetites, to the end that we may greedely swallow it to our euerlasting bane; by the other hee laboureth to make holsome godlinesse loathsome and altogether vnpleasant to our sensuall taste. Those hee commonly vseth before we haue sinned, to cause vs presumptuously to fall into it: and these after wee haue sinned and wounded our consciences, to the end hee may moue vs desperately to surcease our labour in the workes of sanctification, as being not only difficult, but altogether impossible.
§. Sect. 2 The first sort of his temptations whereby he laboureth to draw us into sin,1 he enforceth by extenuating the sin unto which he allureth us, by putting us in mind of the mercies of God, and merits of Christ, and by hiding from us ⟨p. 609⟩