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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. XXIII. How the christian being foiled by Satan's temptations may be raised again.
CHAP. XXIII. How the christian being foyled by Sathans temptations may be raised againe.
§. Sect. 1 And these are the means whereby the christian soldier may be strengthened and encouraged to stand in the combat of temptations. But sometimes it cometh to pass that by reason they neglect these means, or else do not so carefully use them as they should, they are foiled by Satan, overcome by his temptations, and led captive unto sin. How therefore must the christian thus overtaken behave himself? surely he is not desperately to cast away all hope of victory and cowardly to yield himself to be the slave of Satan, lying contentedly in the chains of sin, without any desire or endeavour of coming out of his captivity: but being fallen he is to labour and strive that he may rise again, and being taken prisoner by sin and Satan, he is not willingly to remain in their bonds but earnestly to desire his freedom and liberty.
§. Sect. 1 ANd these are the meanes whereby the christian souldier may be strengthened and encouraged to stand in the combate of temptations. But sometimes it commeth to passe that by reason they neglect these meanes, or else doe not so carefully vse them as they should, they are foyled by Sathan, ouercome by his temptations, and led captiue vnto sinne. How therefore must the christian thus ouertaken behaue himselfe? surely he is not desperatly to cast away all hope of victorie and cowardly to yeelde himselfe to be the slaue of Sathan, lying contentedly in the chaines of sinne, without any desire or indeauour of comming out of his captiuitie: but being fallen he is to labour and striue that he may rise againe, and being taken prisoner by sinne and Sathan, he is not willingly to remaine in their bonds but earnestly to desire his freedome and libertie.