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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.
all which the spirit of God by these admonitions and exhortations preventeth.
all which the spirit of God by these admonitions and exhortations preuenteth.
Secondly, I answer that these. and such like admonitions, are not directed only to the faithful, who may and ought to be assured of their election, but in general to the whole Church, wherein there are many hypocrites who content themselves with a bare show of godliness, and many worldly men who please themselves with carnal security, and a carcass of faith, which never so much as breatheth, and much less performeth any actions of holiness and righteousness: and therefore as it was necessary that the faithful should be more and more confirmed with the promises of the Gospel, so was it requisite that hypocrites and secure worldlings should be roused out of their security, with these and such like admonitions and comminations.
Secondly, I answere that these. and such like admonitions, are not directed onely to the faithfull, who may and ought to be assured of their election, but in generall to the whole Church, wherein there are many hypocrites who content themselues with a bare shew of godlinesse, and many worldly men who please themselues with carnall securitie, and a carcase of faith, which neuer so much as breatheth, and muchlesse performeth any actions of holinesse and righteousnesse: and therefore as it was necessarie that the faithfull should be more and more confirmed with the promises of the Gospell, so was it requisit that hypocrits and secure worldlings should be rouzed out of their securitie, with these and such like admonitions and comminations.
§. Sect. 2 Neither were they necessary for hypocrites and worldlings alone,1