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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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CHAP. XI. The objections alleged against the assurance of our election, answered.
CHAP. XI. The obiections alleadged against the assurance of our election, answered.
§. Sect. 1 And thus much concerning the signs whereby we may be assured of our election:1 now I will answer such objections as are brought against this doctrine by the enemies of Gods truth. And these are of two sorts, first testimonies of Gods word, and secondly reasons. The testimonies of scriptures are divers:2 first they object such places as these; 1. Cor. 10.12. Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed least he fall. Pro. 28.14. Blessed is the man that feareth always, Rom. 11.20. Be not high minded but fear. Phil. 2.12. Make an end of your salvation with fear and trembling. 31. Pet. 1.17. Pass the time of your dwelling here in fear: to all which and many other such like places, we may answer generally, that the holy Ghost would not hereby take away our certainty of faith, but carnal security; he would not deprive us of the assurance of the remission of our sins and our election, but rather by these admonitions as with a bridle he curbeth in our unruly affections, and restraineth us from running into all licentiousness under this pretence that we are assured of our election; he would not have us doubt of Gods grace, but he would not have us too much trust and rely on those graces which we have received; and therefore he putteth us in mind of our own weakness and infirmity, not to the end we should doubt of our election, and despair or fear our perseverance, but to the end that distrusting our own strength we may wholly rely upon the power love and promises of God, and thereby gather so much more certain assurance of our election and perseverance, as