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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Neither will their corrupt translation stand with the sense and truth of the place: for, as he saith, no man knoweth whether he be worthy of love, so also, that no man knoweth whether he be worthy of hatred: but this is utterly false; for so should we say that we could not know whether the Sodomites for their filthiness, the Canaanites for their idolatry, Julian for his apostasy were worthy to be hated of God; whereas the scriptures witness the clean contrary, and even they themselves do confess, that they who desperately give over ⟨p. 172⟩themselves into all sin and wickedness, are not to doubt but that they are worthy of Gods anger and heavy displeasure; why therefore on the other side may not those who are truly converted unto God, and endued with a lively faith which worketh by love, be assured of Gods love and favour, seeing he hath assured them hereof in his word? Nay in the same chapter vers. 7. their corrupt exposition is overthrown; for there he biddeth us to eat our bread with joy, and to drink our wine with a cheerful heart, for God now accepteth our works. Now, though God did indeed accept our works, yet we could not be moved to joy and cheerfulness of heart hereby, unless also we might be assured of his acceptation.
Neither wil their corrupt translatiō stand with the sense and truth of the place: for, as he saith, no man knoweth whether he be worthie of loue, so also, that no man knoweth whether he be worthie of hatred: but this is vtterly false; for so should wee say that wee could not know whether the Sodomites for their filthinesse, the Canaanites for their idolatrie, Iulian for his apostasie were worthie to be hated of God; whereas the scriptures witnesse the cleane contrarie, and euen they themselues doe confesse, that they who desperatly giue ouer ⟨p. 172⟩themselues into all sinne and wickednesse, are not to doubt but that they are worthie of Gods anger and heauie displeasure; why therefore on the other side may not those who are truly conuerted vnto God, and indued with a liuely faith which worketh by loue, be assured of Gods loue and fauour, seeing he hath assured them hereof in his word? Nay in the same chapter vers. 7. their corrupt exposition is ouerthrowne; for there he biddeth vs to eate our bread with ioy, and to drinke our wine with a cheereful heart, for God now accepteth our works. Now, though God did indeede accept ourworkes, yet wee could not be moued to ioy and cheerefulnesse of heart hereby, vnlesse also we might be assured of his acceptation.