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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
and he yieldeth this reason, because the law of the spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus, had freed them from the law of sin and of death, that is, because the power and virtue of the spirit of God (which is the author of life, by uniting us as members unto the body ⟨p. 629⟩of Christ in whom we live, and by sprinkling our consciences with his precious blood) had delivered them from the force and power of sin and death, so that now it could not condemn them, nor oblige and bind them to guilt and punishment as in former times. Seeing therefore the sting of sin is taken away that it cannot condemn us, let us not so fear it as that it should move us desperately to cast away our weapons not daring to encounter it; for though this our enemy may assault us, yet it cannot overcome us; though it may wound us, yet it cannot kill us; though it may give us a foil, yet in the end we are sure of victory, if we manfully resist and labour to subdue it.
and hee yeeldeth this reason, because the law of the spirit of life which is in Christ Iesus, had freed them from the law of sinne and of death, that is, because the power and vertue of the spirit of God (which is the author of life, by vniting vs as members vnto the bodie ⟨p. 629⟩of Christ in whom we liue, and by sprinkling our consciences with his precious bloud) had deliuered them from the force and power of sinne and death, so that now it could not condemne them, nor oblige and binde them to guilt and punishment as in former times. Seeing therefore the sting of sinne is taken away that it cannot condemne vs, let vs not so feare it as that it should moue vs desperately to cast away our weapons not daring to encounter it; for though this our enemie may assault vs, yet it cannot ouercome vs; though it may wound vs, yet it cannot kill vs; though it may giue vs a foyle, yet in the end wee are sure of victorie, if we manfully resist and labour to subdue it.
§ Sect. 6 Secondly, let us consider that the Lord doth not require of us under the Gospel such exact and perfect righteousness,