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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. 3 But yet we must not imagine,1 that every flickering and unconstant desire, proceeding from sudden passion, and some extraordinary occasion, is pleasing unto God; for so every worldling might imagine himself to be in the state of grace: but unto this desire I speak of, there are divers things required. As first, that this desire be joined with an holy endeavour, and earnest striving and labouring in the use of the ⟨p. 121⟩means, whereby we may attain unto those graces which we do desire: for it is not sufficient that we wish for faith, repentance, and other graces, unless we endeavour to attain unto them, and to this end carefully use all good means ordained of God for the obtaining our desires.
§. Sect. 3 But yet we must not imagine,1 that euery flickering and vnconstant desire, proceeding from suddaine passion, and some extraordinary occasion, is pleasing vnto God; for so euery worldling might imagine himselfe to be in the state of grace: but vnto this desire I speake of, there are diuers things required. As first, that this desire be ioyned with an holy indeuour, and earnest striuing and labouring in the vse of the ⟨p. 121⟩meanes, whereby wee may attaine vnto those graces which we doe desire: for it is not sufficient that wee wish for faith, repentance, and other graces, vnlesse we indeuour to attaine vnto them, and to this end carefully vse all good meanes ordained of God for the obtaining our desires.
- 1The conditions required unto that desire which is acceptable.The conditions required vnto that desire which is acceptable.