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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. 2 And thus you see what the flesh is, 1and how it conspireth with Satan in seeking our destruction, whereby appeareth the treachery and dangerousness of this our enemy. The treachery thereof is hereby manifest, in that being in outward show a dear friend, and more near than an alter idem, another self, it notwithstanding aideth Satan to our own overthrow. So as we may complain with David, Psal 41.9. My familiar friend whom I trusted, 2which did eat my bread, hath lift up the heel against me. For this Judas which daily followeth us, and eateth, drinketh and sleepeth with us, doth betray us into the hands of those enemies who seek our life; and that, when it seemeth lovingly and kindly to kiss us.
§. Sect. 2 And thus you see what the flesh is, 1and how it conspireth with Sathan in seeking our destruction, whereby appeareth the treacherie and dangerousnes of this our enemie. The treacherie thereof is hereby manifest, in that being in outward shew a deare friend, and more neere than an alter idem, another selfe, it notwithstanding aideth Sathan to our owne ouorthrow. So as wee may complaine with Dauid, Psal 41.9. My familiar friend whom I trusted, 2which did eate my bread, hath lift vp the heele against me. For this Iudas which daily followeth vs, and eateth, drinketh and sleepeth with vs, doth betray vs into the hands of those enemies who seeke our life; and that, when it seemeth louingly and kindly to kisse vs.
- 1The treachery of the flesh.The treacherie of the flesh.
- 2Psal. 41▪ 9.