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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.
He is compared to a lion, yea to a roaring lion. 11. Pet. 5.8. which ravenously hunting after his pray hath his force redoubled with his hunger. And also to a great red Dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, whose strength is so great, that with his very tail he drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth, Apoc. 12.4.2 that is, he vanquisheth and subdueth many in the visible Church which make some profession of religion, but in their lives deny the power thereof. And this his strength is so much the more dangerous, by reason of his mortal malice and deadly poison which he casteth out of his mouth in great abundance.
He is compared to a lion, yea to a roring lion. 11. Pet. 5.8. which rauenously hunting after his pray hath his force redoubled with his hunger. And also to a great red Dragon, hauing seuen heads and tenne hornes, whose strength is so great, that with his very taile hee drew the third part of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth, Apoc. 12.4.2 that is, he vanquisheth and subdueth many in the visible Church which make some profession of religion, but in their liues denie the power thereof. And this his strength is so much the more dangerous, by reason of his mortall malice and deadly poyson which he casteth out of his mouth in great abundāce.