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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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§. Sect. 3 Thirdly,1 let us call to our remembrance Gods fierce wrath conceived against sin, and his fearful judgements which he hath executed upon sinners, and that not only particular men, but also whole states and common-wealths. Let us call to mind the general deluge in which all mankind saving eight persons were drowned; the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone; the rooting out of the whole nation of the Canaanites; the rejection of the Jews; the overthrow and utter defacing of those famous Churches of the Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, ⟨p. 618⟩Colossians, Thessalonians; and the rest mentioned in the Revelation. And to the examples of former times add those which every man observeth in his own experience; and then consider withal that the cause which moved the Lord to execute in his just displeasure these heavy judgements upon mankind, was nothing else but sin, and it will be a forcible reason to withdraw us from it. For the Lord is immutable and unchangeable in his course of justice, and he hateth sin now as deadly as in former ages; neither will he spare us more than others, if we live in our sins without repentance: nay certainly as our sins being aggravated by many circumstances are more odious unto him, so will the Lord proportionably inflict more heavy judgements upon us then he hath upon others, whose sins have not been so great and presumptuous. For if the Lord give us now extraordinary knowledge, or at least the means thereof, and we sin against this knowledge and against our own consciences; if he hath in most abundant measure, multiplied his mercies upon us, and we hereby be made more unkind and ungrateful; if he hath given us warning by innumerable examples of his heavy judgements executed upon others in former times, and in our own days, yea even in our own sight, layeth heavy punishments upon such as have committed no other sins then we our selves are guilty of, and yet we continue in our sins without repentance, how is it possible but that we should provoke Gods fierce wrath against us, and draw down violently upon our selves with these caltrops of iniquity, Gods fearful plagues and heavy judgements.
§. Sect. 3 Thirdly,1 let vs cal to our remembrance Gods fearce wrath conceiued against sinne, and his fearefull iudgements which he hath executed vpon sinners, and that not onely particular men, but also whole states and common-wealthes. Let vs call to minde the generall deluge in which all mankinde sauing eight persons were drowned; the destruction of Sodome and Gomorrah by fier and brimstone; the rooting out of the whole nation of the Cananites; the reiection of the Iewes; the ouerthrow and vtter defacing of those famous Churches of the Corinthians, Galathians, Ephesians, Philippians,