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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.
Fourthly, if all were redeemed by the death of Christ, then should they also be saved: for what should hinder them from salvation, who are redeemed, seeing they have received the pardon and remission of their sins, as appeareth Ephes. 1.7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, 1even the remission of our sins. Col. 1.14. And consequently whosoever are redeemed are justified, and also heirs of eternal blessedness; for blessed are those whose iniquity is forgiven, 2and whose sin is covered, as it is Psal. 32.1. Seeing also Christ who hath redeemed us, is stronger than Satan and all the power of hell, and therefore all their spiritual enemies conjoined together, cannot pluck those whom he hath redeemed out of his hand violently and against his will, neither can we with any probable show of reason imagine that he would willingly lose those whom he hath redeemed with the inestimable price of himself, neither will it stand with the justice of God to impute the sins of ⟨p. 283⟩any to their condemnation, for which Christ hath fully satisfied, nor to exact that debt again which he hath paid: and therefore if Christ had died for all, God in his justice could not choose but save all: and Christ might well say to his father, to what purpose have I died if thou destroyest those whom I have saved? what profit is in my blood, if thou condemnest those whom I have redeemed?
Forthly, if all were redeemed by the death of Christ, then should they also be saued: for what should hinder them from saluation, who are redeemed, seeing they haue receiued the pardon and remission of their sinnes, as appeareth Ephes. 1.7. In whom we haue redemption through his blood, 1euen the remission of our sinnes.