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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. XIIII. Satan's temptations concerning our redemption, wherewith he moveth the worldling to presumption, answered.
CHAP. XIIII. Sathans temptations concerning our redemption, wherewith he moueth the worldling to presumption, answered.
§. Sect. 1 And thus have I showed what our redemption is:1 now let us consider of those temptations of Satan which he suggesteth into the minds of men, whereby he laboureth to deprive them of this great benefit, and to keep them still in his captivity, or to pull them back again when they are escaped. And these are of two sorts, the first leading to security and presumption, the other to doubting and desperation. For if he have to deal with worldly men; who were never truly converted unto God, he laboureth to persuade them that they are redeemed by Christ, and therefore though they live in their sins, yet they shall be saved, for Christ came into the world to save sinners: but when he assaulteth the true christian, who is indeed the redeemed of the Lord; then he moveth him to doubt and despair, either of the sufficiency or of the efficacy, of the work of our redemption wrought by Jesus Christ.
§. Sect. 1 ANd thus haue I shewed what our redemption is:1 now let vs consider of those temptations of Sathan which he suggesteth into the minds of men, whereby he laboreth to depriue them of this great benefit, and to keepe them still in his captiuitie, or to pul them back againe when they are escaped. And these are of two sortes, the first leading to securitie and presumption, the other to doubting and desperation. For if he haue to deale with worldlie men; who were neuer truely conuerted vnto God, hee laboreth to perswade them that they are redeemed by Christ, and therfore though they liue in their sinnes, yet they shall bee saued, for Christ came into the world to saue sinners: but when he assaulteth the true christian, who is indeede the redeemed of the Lord; then he moueth him to doubt and despaire, either of the sufficiencie or of the efficacie, of the worke of our redemption wrought by Iesus Christ.