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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. 4 The fourth reason to persuade us, 1is the necessity of undertaking this combat. There is no man so cowardly that will not fight when there is no hope in flight, no mercy to be expected in the enemy, no outrage and cruelty which will not be committed. But such is our enemy that we cannot possibly flee from him, his malice is unreconcilable, his cruelty outrageous, for he fighteth not against us to the end that he may obtain sovereignty alone, abridge us of our liberty, spoil us of our goods; but he aimeth at our death and destruction of body and soul: if therefore we so carefully arm our selves against carthly enemies, who when they have done their uttermost rage can but shorten a miserable life, how much more carefully should we resist this enemy, who seeketh to deprive us of everlasting life, and to plunge us into an ever-dying death?
§. Sect. 4 The fourth reason to perswade vs, 1is the necessitie of vndertaking this combat. There is no man so cowardly that wil not fight when there is no hope in flight, no mercie to be expected in the enemie, no outrage and crueltie which will not be committed. But such is our enemie that we cannot possiblie flee from him, his malice is vnreconcilable, his crueltie outragious, for hee fighteth not against vs to the end that hee may obtaine soueraigntie alone, abridge vs of our libertie, spoyle vs of our goods; but he aimeth at our death and destruction of bodie and soule: if therefore wee so carefully arme our selues against carthly enemies, who when they haue done their vttermost rage can but shorten a miserable life, how much more carefully should we resist this enemie, who seeketh to depriue vs of euerlasting life, and to plunge vs into an euerdying death?
- 1The necessity of undertaking this warfare.The necessitie of vndertaking this warfare.