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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. 15 1Thirdly, he leaveth in us these spiritual enemies, that we may exercise our selves in fighting against them, and so be kept from idleness the mother and nurse of all evil; and as he would not at once cast out the Canaanites before the Israelites, but by little and little; least the land should grow unto a wilderness, and the wild beasts should multiply against them: so he would not suddenly cast out our spiritual enemies, but suffereth us to prevail against them by little and little, least giving our selves unto idleness when there is no opposition made against us, there grow in us as in a wilderness the noisome weeds and thorns of sin, and the wild beasts of all outrageous wickedness, which would devour and utterly destroy us. Whereas contrariwise when we are assaulted outwardly with the forces of satan and the world, and inwardly with the flesh and our natural corruptions, we have enemies against whom we may exercise our faith, affiance, hope, patience, courage, and all other graces which we have received, and by exercise increase them: we fight the Lords battles like his valiant soldiers, and being assisted by his holy spirit we obtain victory, and with our conquest ⟨p. 635⟩a more excellent crown of eternal glory:2 as appeareth Revel. 2.26, 27. and 3.21.
§. Sect. 15 1Thirdly, he leaueth in vs these spirituall enemies, that wee may exercise our selues in fighting against them, and so bee kept from idlenesse the mother and nurse of all euill; and as he would not at once cast out the Canaanites before the Israelites, but by little and little; least the land should grow vnto a wildernesse, and the wilde beasts should multiplie against them: so he would not suddenly cast out our spirituall enemies, but suffreth vs to preuaile against them by little and little, least giuing our selues vnto idlenesse when there is no opposition made against vs, there grow in vs as in a wildernes the noysome weeds and thornes of sin, and the wild beasts of all outragious wickednesse, which would deuoure and vtterly destroy vs. Whereas contrariwise when wee are assaulted outwardly with the forces of sathan and the world, and inwardly with the flesh and our natural corruptions, we haue enemies against whom wee may exercise our faith, affiance, hope, patience, courage, and all other graces which we haue receiued, and by exercise increase them: wee fight the Lords battailes like his valiant souldiers, and being assisted by his holie spirit wee obtaine victorie, and with our conquest