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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.
Contrariwise, if renouncing the world, and endeavouring to serve the Lord in uprightness and in truth, he seek to draw us from our integrity, by threatening afflictions and persecution; we are to strengthen our selves and resist him ⟨p. 61⟩with the sword of the spirit, remembering that they are blessed which suffer persecution for righteousness sake, 1for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, Mat. 5.10. That all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution, 1. Tim. 3.12. That whosoever loseth any thing for Christs sake, 2shall receive in recompense an hundred fold more, and have everlasting life to boot, Matth. 19.29.
Contrariwise, if renouncing the world, and endeuouring to serue the Lord in vprightnes and in truth, hee seeke to draw vs from our integritie, by threatning afflictions and persecution; wee are to strengthen our selues and resist him ⟨p. 61⟩with the sword of the spirit, remembring that they are blessed which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake, 1for theirs is the kingdō of heauen, Mat. 5.10. That all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus shall suffer persecutiō, 1. Tim. 3.12. That whosoeuer loseth any thing for Christs sake, 2shall receiue in recompence an hundreth fold more, and haue euerlasting life to boote,