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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
Book 1 › Chapter 6: Of Sathans aides: and first of the world.
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.
Let us remember that it will be to small purpose to enjoy these worldly pleasures of sin for a season, and in the end plunge our selves into everlasting death; that the worlds music is ⟨p. 34⟩but the Sirens song, which allureth us to make shipwreck of our souls on the rocks of sin, and while it tickleth the ear it woundeth us to the very heart; that though the cup which it offereth be of gold, and the drink sweet in taste, yet it is deadly poison in operation; for they that drink thereof are so lulled asleep in pleasures and security, that they never awake out of their spiritual lethargic; or if they do, yet like Sampson, without strength to resist the spiritual Philistines, after the world (like Delilah) hath lulled them a while in her lap of carnal pleasures. Let us remember, that they who drink of this cup of voluptuous vanities, must afterwards drink of that cup spoken of Psal. 75.8. that is,1 that is, the cup of Gods wrath; and shall be tormented in fire and brimstone for evermore,2 as it is expounded Apoc. 14.10. Let us remember that the worlds chief good is uncertain in getting, and momentany and mutable in the possession, it being every day ready to leave us, or we to leave it. Lastly, let us remember that for this short, inconstant, and vain joy, we lose an eternal weight of unspeakable glory, and plunge our selves into grievous and endless misery. What therefore will it profit us to gain the whole world, and lose our own souls, as our Saviour speaketh,3 Mark. 8.36.
Let vs remember yt it wil be to smal purpose to enioy these worldly pleasures of sinne for a season, and in the end plunge our selues into euerlasting death; that the worlds musicke is ⟨p. 34⟩