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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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§. Sect. 5 But it is further urged that it is plainly said in the scriptures,1 that he died for all without exception. I answer, that it is an usual thing in Gods word, to put this word (all) for many, or for all those which are of one kind. So it is said Mar. 1.5. that all the country of Judea and they of Jerusalem, went out unto John the Baptist and were baptized of him; that is, not every man without exception, but great multitudes. So it is said Mat. 4.23. ⟨p. 285⟩that our Saviour Christ healed every disease and sickness amongst the people, that is, many that were diseased,2 or diseases of all kinds. And Act. 10.38. it is said,3 that Christ healed all that were oppressed by the devil, that is, very many, for otherwise great numbers oppressed of the devil never came into our Saviours presence. Thus also it is said ver. 12. that there was in the sheet which Peter saw in his vision ([Greek or Hebrew]) all four-footed beasts, that is, beasts of all kinds. And thus sometimes, by all, we are to understand all the elect and them only, and sometimes all the reprobate and them alone. In the first sense are these places to be understood. Joh. 12.32. our Saviour saith, that after he is crucified he will draw all men unto him, that is,4 all the faithful and elect, for they only are converted unto God and drawn unto Christ. So it is said Esa. 54.13. that all shall be taught of God. And Jere. 31.34.5