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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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Against all which temptations that we may be the better armed, let us in the next place propound some arguments whereby we may be withheld from falling into Satan's snares of sin, into which his suggestions, the worlds allurements, and our own corruptions lead and draw us: and then being hereby moved to a true detestation of our sins, and an earnest desire of having a divorce sued betwixt us and them, I will afterwards set down some means, by the careful use whereof we may be enabled to stand in the day of temptation, and preserved from falling into those sins which we already condemn in our judgements and dislike in our affections.
Against all which temptations that we may be the better armed, let vs in the next place propound some arguments whereby wee may bee withheld from falling into Sathans snares of sinne, into which his suggestions, the worlds allurements, and our owne corruptions leade and draw vs: and then being hereby moued to a true detestation of our sinnes, and an earnest desire of hauing a diuorce sued betwixt vs and them, I will afterwards set downe some meanes, by the carefull vse whereof we may be inabled to stand in the day of temptation, and preserued from falling into those sinnes which we alreadie condemne in our iudgements and dislike in our affections.
§. Sect. 4 The reasons whereby we may be persuaded to resist sin are of two sorts:1 the first, tying us to holy obedience in the bands of love: the other, binding us from falling into sin with the cords of fear. Of the former rank are these and such like holy considerations.
§. Sect. 4 The reasons whereby wee may bee perswaded to resist sinne are of two sorts:1 the first, tying vs to holy obedience in the bands of loue: the other, binding vs from falling into sinne with the cords of feare. Of the former ranke are these and such like holy considerations.