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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. 10 1Secondly, he hath left in us these relics of sin and manifold imperfections, to the end that there might be continual matter and a fit object, wherein he might exercise, and by exercising manifest, to the praise of his grace, his patience, long suffering, love, goodness, and infinite mercy, in the pardoning and forgiving of them, which would not so plainly appear if at once he had endued us with perfect righteousness.
§. Sect. 10 1Secondly, he hath left in vs these reliques of sin and manifold imperfections, to the end that there might be continuall matter and a fit obiect, wherein he might exercise, and by exercising manifest, to the praise of his grace, his patience, long suffring, loue, goodnesse, and infinite mercie, in the pardoning and forgiuing of them, which would not so plainly appeare if at once hee had indued vs with perfect righteousnesse.
- 1That there might be a sit object of his mercy and patience.That there might be a sit obiect of his mercie and patience.
§. Sect. 11 1Thirdly, that hereby he might make way for the manifestation of his power in our weakness and imperfections. If we were perfectly righteous and endued with all grace, it were no wonder if we should withstand Satan's temptations and get the upper hand in the spiritual combat; but seeing we are of our selves sinful, exceeding weak and full of all imperfections, hereby is the infinite power of God manifested, in that we are notwithstanding enabled, to withstand Satan and all the power of hell which oppose themselves against us, seeing nothing else could uphold such feeble weakness against such puissant might. Of this the Apostle speaketh