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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.
So do these Popish Chirurgeons and Romish counsellors deal with their Patient and Client; for showing his wounded conscience, and desiring some comfort at their hands, they will not make any sovereign salve of the simples which they might gather out of Gods word, whereby ⟨p. 187⟩he might soon be healed, for then their cure, and consequently their gains were at an end: but they hold him in suspense, and increase his disease of doubting, applying thereunto poisons in stead of salves, whereby at last his wound is made desperate. Thou canst not (will they say) attain unto any certain assurance of thine election, for that were fond presumption; but thou art to hope well: and that thou mayest confirm thy hope, thou must make vows and go on pilgrimage, to invocate and offer unto these and these saints, thou must do these works of supererogation, build such a Monastery, repair such a Church, give so much money to such a Cloister, buy these Indulgences, whereby thou mayest receive pardon for thy sins; and for more surety sake, thou shalt at thy death bequeath so much money to the Priests, for Masses, Trentals and Dirges, that if it happen thou go into Purgatory, thou mayest speedily be delivered: but all this while they speak not a word of Gods undeserved grace and free election, not a syllable of Christs death and satisfaction for our sins; no, this were too sovereign a salve, and would too soon heal the wounded conscience, and so mar the market of these mount-banks, making their Vows, Pilgrimages, Masses, Dirges, Indulgences, and other trumpery-ware not worth the cheapening.
So doe these Popish Chirurgeons and Romish counsailers deale with their Pacient and Client; for shewing his wounded conscience, and desiring some comfort at their hands, they will not make any soueraigne salue of the simples which they might gather out of Gods word, whereby ⟨p. 187⟩he might soone be healed, for then their cure, and consequently their gaines were at an ende: but they holde him in suspense, and increase his disease of doubting, applying thereunto poysons in stead of salues, whereby at last his wound is made desperate. Thou canst not (will they say) attaine vnto any certaine assurance of thine election, for that were fond presumption; but thou art to hope well: and that thou maist confirme thy hope, thou must make vowes and goe on pilgrimage, to inuocate and offer vnto these and these saints, thou must doe these workes of supererogation, build such a Monastery, repaire such a Church, giue so much money to such a Cloister, buie these Indulgences, whereby thou maist receiue pardon for thy sinnes; and for more surety sake, thou shalt at thy death bequeath so much money to the Priests, for Masses, Trentals and Dirges, that if it happen thou goe into Purgatorie, thou maist speedely be deliuered: but all this while they speake not a word of Gods vndeserued grace and free election, not a syllable of Christs death and satisfaction for our sinnes; no, this were too soueraigne a salue, and would too soone heale the wounded conscience, and so marre the market of these mount-bankes, making their Vowes, Pilgrimages, Masses, Dirges, Indulgences, and other trumpery-ware not worth the cheapning.