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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 But here the weak christian whose soul is oppressed with the heavy weight of sin will say unto me;1 alas this is small comfort unto me which you speak, neither can I hereby have any assurance that I am the child of God; for after I am fallen into sin, such is the hardness of my heart that I cannot bewail nor be sorry for it; and whereas every small worldly loss or cross maketh me mourn, weep and wail, when by my sin I have offended God, I cannot shed a tear nor show any true sign of hearty sorrow; and such is mine untowardness and corruption that in stead of forsaking my sin, I am ready to fall again upon the next occasion. And therefore I cannot have any faith or full assurance of Gods promises made in Christ, seeing they are all limited and restrained to those sinners which repent and amend.
§. Sect. 2 But here the weake christian whose soule is oppressed with the heauie waight of sinne will say vnto me;1 alas this is small comfort vnto me which you speake, neither can I hereby haue any assurance that I am the childe of God; for after I am fallen into sinne, such is the hardnes of my heart that I cannot bewaile nor be sorie for it; and whereas euery small worldly losse or crosse maketh me mourne, weepe and waile, when by my sinne I haue offended God, I cannot shed a teare nor shew any true signe of hartie sorrow; and such is mine vntowardnes and corruption that in stead of forsaking my sinne, I am readie to fall againe vpon the next occasion. And therefore I cannot haue any faith or full assurance of Gods promises made in Christ, seeing they are all limited and restrained to those sinners which repent and amend.
- 1The complaint of the weak christian.The complaint of the weake christian.