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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 And these are the reasons drawn from Gods nature in himself and his actions towards us,1 whereby we may undoubtedly be assured of our perseverance. The second sort of arguments may be taken from our selves, and first from the nature of true faith wherewith we are endued, which is not temporary but constant and permanent. For he that hath a true and lively faith, is like the house builded upon the rock, which neither the rain nor floods nor winds could overthrow, Matth. 7.24, 25:2 neither shall the gates of hell overcome him, chap. 16. vers. 18: he is like the good ground in which the seed falling is not stolen away, nor choked up, nor withereth for want of root, but he receiveth the seed and keepeth it, and bringeth forth fruit with patience, 3as it is Luk. 8.15. And contrariwise it is a most undoubted mark of an hypocrite who never was endued with a true faith, when as his faith is temporary, and he falleth away, according to that 1. Joh. 2.19. They went out from us, but they were not of us; 4for if they had been of us they would have continued with us. But this cometh to pass that it might appear that they are not all of us.
§. Sect. 6 And these are the reasons drawne frō Gods nature in himself and his actions towards vs,1 wherby we may vndoubtedly be assured of our perseuerance. The second sort of arguments may bee taken from our selues, and first from the nature of true faith wherewith wee are endued, which is not temporarie but constant and permanent. For he that hath a true and liuely faith, is like the house builded vpon the rock, which neither the raine nor floods nor windes could ouerthrow,