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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. 2 1But here the tempter will object that the Apostle affirmeth Heb. 6.4, 5, 6. That it is impossible that those who have been once enlightened, &c. if they fall away, should be renewed by repentance: seeing by so sinning, they crucify again to themselves the Son of God, and make a mock of him. And therefore whosoever sinneth after his true conversion, can neither repent nor receive mercy. To which we must answer, that the Apostle in this place doth not speak of every falling into ⟨p. 647⟩to sin, for so he should be contrary to the other Scriptures before alleged, but of a general falling away by apostasy, and of a malicious persecuting of the known truth, which is the sin against the holy Ghost, the which is joined with continual impenitency, and therefore cannot be pardoned. And this appeareth manifestly by the words of the text; for he doth not simply say if he fall into sin, but if he fall away, namely by a general and malicious apostasy: and again, he showeth of what manner of falling he meaneth in the words following, whereas he saith, that such as thus fall away, crucify unto themselves the son of God, and make a mock of him. Now they are said to crucify Christ again, who with an unplacable hatred do scorn and deride Christ crucified, renouncing all part and hope in his death and sufferings, as did some of the malicious Jews, and as some apostates do in these days. And therefore this place maketh nothing against the repentance and receiving to mercy of such as fall through infirmity into some particular sins, though never so heinous.
§ Sect. 2 1But here the tempter will obiect that the Apostle affirmeth Heb. 6.4, 5, 6. That it is impossible that those who haue been once inlightened, &c. if they fall away, should be renewed by repentance: seeing by so sinning, they crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, and make a mocke of him. And therefore whosoeuer sinneth after his true conuersion, can neither repent nor receiue mercy. To which we must answere, that the Apostle in this place doth not speake of euery falling into