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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But he is not only an accuser, but a slanderer also, and thereof he hath his name [Greek or Hebrew]. If therefore he can spy but an appearance of evil in us, he will not stick to say, that we have or will commit that evil which he suspecteth us of, for he will wrest and misconstrue all we do to the worst sense, and make of every molehill an huge mountain. Thus wrongfully did he slander Job, that he served God for that end for which Demetrius served his Goddess, namely for advantage, because he preserved him and blessed all he had; affirming that if he would take away his goods, and a little afflict his body, he would blaspheme him to his face, Job. 1.10. And this also teacheth us to look warily to our actions,1 abstaining not only from evil, but also from all appearance thereof, as the Apostle exhorteth,2 that so we give not to our malicious enemy the least advantage.
But he is not onely an accuser, but a slaunderer also, and thereof he hath his name 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. If therefore he can spie but an apparance of euill in vs, he will not sticke to say, that wee haue or will commit that euill which he suspecteth vs of, for he will wrest and misconster all we do to the worst sense, and make of euery molehill an huge mountaine. Thus wrongfully did he slaunder Iob, that hee serued God for that end for which Demetrius seru'd his Goddesse, namely for aduantage, because he preserued him and blessed all he had; affirming that if he would take away his goods, and a little afflict his bodie, he would blaspheme him to his face, Iob. 1.10. And this also teacheth vs to look warily to our actions,1 abstaining not onely from euill, but also from all apparance thereof, as the Apostle exhorteth,2 that so wee giue not to our malitious enemie the least aduantage.
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