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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. 4 Thirdly, the certainty of our election may be proved,1 by an argument drawn from the nature of faith: which is not a doubtful opinion, but a certain persuasion; not a general notion, but a particular assurance, whereby we do apply and appropriate unto our selves those things which we do believe. Whosoever therefore hath true faith, he doth certainly believe and is particularly assured of his election, justification and salvation. That faith is a certain persuasion, it may appear first by those properties and names which are given unto it in the word. Heb. 11.1. faith is said to be [Greek or Hebrew], that is,2 a subsistence or present being of things hoped for; so that hope waiteth for them in time to come, but faith enjoyeth them as being present, namely in respect of the certain assurance and particular application of the promises unto ourselves: and therefore the Apostle saith,3 that hereby we may know (not that we shall have, but) that we have eternal life, 1. Joh.4 5.13. not in possession but in assurance of faith. It is called [Greek or Hebrew] in the same place, which word is quite contrary to doubting, as signifying a manifest demonstration which doth not only show a thing probably, but also doth convince with strong arguments, and make that truth clear and manifest, which was otherwise obscure and secret, and therefore in the text it is called a demonstration of things not seen. So there is ascribed unto it fullness of persuasion, Heb.5 10.22. Let us draw near with a true heart, [Greek or Hebrew], in full assurance of faith: and also boldness with confident trust,