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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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Fourthly, this desire is true, and pleasing unto God, when as it proceedeth from a sense of our own want and penury, in regard whereof we are truly humbled. And hereof it is compared to hungering and thirsting; in which two things concur, first, a sense of want which afflicteth us, and, a desire to have it supplied.
Fourthly, this desire is true, and pleasing vnto God, when as it proceedeth from a sense of our owne want and penurie, in regard whereof we are truely humbled. And hereof it is compared to hungering and thirsting; in which two things concurre, first, a sence of want which afficteth vs, and, a desire to haue it supplied.
Fifthly, it is not sufficient that we have a continual and earnest desire of our salvation, unless we desire as earnestly the subordinate causes and means tending thereunto; namely, vocation, justification, sanctification, faith, repentance, and the rest of the graces of Gods spirit: for even Balaam himself did wish that he might die the death of the righteous, but his desire was not acceptable to God, because he wished not also to live their life: he desired to die like them, that he might be saved; but he desired not to serve the Lord in holiness and newness of life, whereby he might have been assured of salvation.
Fiftly, it is not sufficient that we haue a continuall and earnest desire of our saluation, vnlesse wee desire as earnestly the subordinate causes and meanes tending thereunto; namely, vocation, iustification, sanctification, faith, repentance, and the rest of the graces of Gods spirit: for euen Balaam himselfe did wish that he might die the death of the righteous, but his desire was not acceptable to God, because he wished not also to liue their life: he desired to die like them, that he might be saued; but hee desired not to serue the Lord in holinesse and newnesse of life, whereby he might haue been assured of saluation.