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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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1Secondly, if we fight against these enemies and valiantly overcome, the Lord hath promised to give us to eat of the tree of life which is in Paradise, and the Manna that is hid, and that he will write our names in the book of life, Apoc. 2 and 3. that is, he will in this life bestow on us all his spiritual graces, and in the life to come replenish us with such joys as neither eye hath seen, 2nor ear heard, nor heart of man conceived, 1. Cor. 2.9. Let us therefore strive that we may overcome, Nam brevis est labor, praemium verò aeternum: Our labour is but short, but our reward shall be eternal. On the other side, if we consider Satan's pay which he giveth unto his soldiers, we shall find that it is nothing but the pleasures of sin for a season, and in the end everlasting death and destruction of body and soul: For the wages of sin is death, as it is Rom. 6.23. Who therefore is so slothful and cowardly that would not be encouraged,3 to fight the Lords battles against our spiritual enemies, with such promises made by him who is truth it self and cannot deceive us? Who is so desperate and fool-hardy as to fight under Satan's banner, seeing the pay which he giveth is everlasting death, and utter confusion?
1Secondly, if wee fight against these enemies and valiantly ouercome, the Lord hath promised to giue vs to eate of the tree of life which is in Paradice, and the Manna that is hid, and that he will write our names in the booke of life, Apoc. 2 and 3. that is, he will in this life bestow on vs all his spirituall graces, and in the life to come replenish vs with such ioyes as neither eye hath seene, 2nor eare heard, nor heart of man conceiued,