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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. 6 The third reason may be taken from the constancy and immutability of God, both in his love towards us,1 and also in his gifts. In the former respect we may thus reason: Whomsoever the Lord loveth with a constant and immutable love, those shall most certainly be saved, seeing it is the nature of love to desire the good of the party beloved, and to seek his welfare as much as it can; but the Lord loveth his faithful ones with a constant and perpetual love, as himself testifieth Jere. 31.3.2 I have loved thee with an everlasting love, therefore with mercy have I drawn thee. So Joh. 13.1. Forasmuch as he loved his own which were in the world, 3unto the end he loved them. And therefore all the faithful may assure themselves that they shall be saved, and being once assured of Gods love, they may with the Apostle be undoubtedly persuaded, that nothing in the world shall be able to separate them from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
§. Sect. 6 The third reason may bee taken from the constancie and immutabilitie of God, both in his loue towards vs,1 and also in his gifts. In the former respect wee may thus reason: Whomsoeuer the Lord loueth with a constant and immutable loue, those shall most certainly be saued, seeing it is the nature of loue to desire the good of the partie beloued, and to seeke his welfare as much as it can; but the Lord loueth his faithfull ones with a constant and perpetual loue, as himselfe testifieth Iere. 31.3.2 I haue loued thee with an euerlasting loue, therefore with mercie haue I drawne thee. So Ioh. 13.1. Forasmuch as he loued his owne which were in the world,