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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. 3 And thus have I proved the certainty of our perseverance,1 by the covenant of grace which God hath made with his Church; for whatsoever the Lord promiseth to the whole body of the Church, that he also promiseth to every particular member thereof, seeing the whole containeth all his parts: so that whatsoever belongeth to the whole body, that also belongeth to all the members. But it may be objected that howsoever this covenant on Gods part is firm and eternal, yet by our fault and transgression it may be made void and frustrate. I answer that so likewise the covenant made with the Israelites was firm on Gods part, but made frustrate by their sins, but the Lord hath made a new covenant with us, not of works but of grace, upon the condition of faith and repentance, which being observed on our part our sins and unworthiness cannot make it frustrate and of none effect; as before I have showed more at large.
§. Sect. 3 And thus haue I proued the certaintie of our perseuerance,1 by the couenant of grace which God hath made with his Church; for whatsoeuer ye Lord promiseth to the whole body of the Church, that he also promiseth to euery particular member thereof, seeing the whole containeth all his parts: so that whatsoeuer belongeth to the whole body, that also belongeth to all the members. But it may be obiected that howsoeuer this couenant on Gods part is firme and eternall, yet by our fault and transgression it may be made voyde and frustrate. I answere that so likewise the couenant made with the Israelites was firme on Gods part, but made frustrate by their sinnes, but the Lord hath made a new couenant with vs, not of workes but of grace, vpon the condition of faith and repentance, which being obserued on our part our sinnes and vnworthinesse cannot make it frustrate and of none effect; as before I haue shewed more at large.
- 1An objection taken from our faltinesse answered.An obiection taken from our faltinesse answered.