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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. XII. The reasons alleged against the assurance of our salvation, answered.
CHAP. XII. The reasons alledged against the assurance ofour saluation, answered.
§. Sect. 1 And so much concerning the testimonies of scripture,1 which are alleged against the certainty of faith: now let us consider their reasons. First, they object that it is proud arrogance and heretical presumption for a miserable sinner, without all doubting to assure himself that he is elected and shall be saved. To which I answer, that if with the pharisaical papists and proud justiciaries, we did build our assurance upon our own merits and worthiness, it were indeed intolerable arrogancy and proud presumption, not only certainly to believe, but even to doubt whether we are elected and shall be saved (for where as doubting is there is some hope also) whereas the scriptures peremptorily conclude, that they who look for righteousness and salvation by the law, are under the curse, Gal. 3.10;2 and that by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in Gods sight, Rom. 3.20; and that we are justified not by our deserts, in whole or in part, but freely by Gods grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, as it is, vers. 24. But seeing we wholly disclaim our own righteousness, and humbly acknowledging our own misery and wretchedness, do wholly rely our selves upon the gracious promises of God, and the merits of Christ Jesus, seeing we become nothing in our selves in the work of our salvation that God may be all in all, seeing we cast away all glory from our selves, that we may wholly glory in the Lord according to that Jerem. 9.24. Let him that glorieth,