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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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Thirdly, that we pray with a pure conscience and faith unfeigned, lifting up pure hands to God, 1without wrath or doubting, as it is 1. Tim. 2.8. to which is opposed prayer proceeding from a polluted conscience, when as men live in their sins without any true sorrow for those which are past, or any sincere purpose to forsake them in the time to come; which ⟨p. 67⟩prayers must needs proceed from an heart full of incredulity, seeing they have no promise in the word whereupon they may ground their faith: nay, contrariwise it is said, that God heareth not sinners, Joh. 9.31. that is,2 such as go on in their sins without repentance, having no purpose of heart to leave and forsake them.
Thirdly, that we pray with a pure conscience and faith vnfained, lifting vp pure hands to God, 1without wrath or doubting, as it is 1. Tim. 2.8. to which is opposed prayer proceeding from a polluted conscience, when as men liue in their sinnes without any true sorrow for those which are past, or any sincere purpose to forsake them in the time to come; which ⟨p. 67⟩prayers must needes proceede from an heart full of incredulitie, seeing they haue no promise in the word whereupon they may ground their faith: nay, contrariwise it is said, that God heareth not sinners, Ioh. 9.31. that is,2 such as go on in their sinnes without repentance, hauing no purpose of heart to leaue and forsake them.