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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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CHAP. XVIII. How Satan fitteth his temptations to our state and conditions.
CHAP. XVIII. How Sathan fitteth his temptations to our state and conditions.
§. Sect. 1 But as Satan fitteth his temptations to our nature and disposition, so also to our state and condition: for this also he observeth, and according to the quality thereof he tempteth us to such sins, as by reason thereof we are most inclinable: and this he doth both in respect of our worldly and also our spiritual estate. In regard of our worldly estate, he observeth whether we are in prosperity or adversity.1 If we be in prosperity, then he tempteth us to those sins whereunto that estate is most subject, namely to pride and forgetfulness of God, to contempt of our poor brethren, to the love of the world, to coldness in religion, and carnal security; for he will persuade us, how wickedly soever we live, that we are highly in Gods favour, otherwise he ⟨p. 79⟩would not bestow so great and manifold benefits upon us, as pawns and pledges of his love.
§. Sect. 1 BVt as Sathan fitteth his temptations to our nature and disposition, so also to our state and condition: for this also he obserueth, and according to the qualitie thereof he tempteth vs to such sinnes, as by reason thereof wee are most inclinable: and this he doth both in respect of our worldly and also our spirituall estate. In regard of our worldly estate, he obserueth whether we are in prosperitie or aduersitie.1 If we be in prosperitie, then he tempteth vs to those sinnes whereunto that estate is most subiect, namely to pride and forgetfulnes of God, to contempt of our poore brethren, to the loue of the world, to coldnes in religion, and carnall securitie; for he will perswade vs, how wickedly soeuer we liue, that we are highly in Gods fauour, otherwise he