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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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Nay he leaveth the remembrance of his own sin of impatience and unbelief, for which he was debarred from entering into the land of promise, unto all posterities, as a perpetual note of his own weakness and infirmity. Neither sought he at all his own glory, and the advancement of his posterity, but the glory of God & the good of the church, as may hereby appear in that when the government was established in his hand, he doth not make his own sons his successors, but Joshua his servant, because God had so appointed it. The like may be said of Jeremiah, who hath in his prophecy left record of his murmuring and impatience,1 Jere. 20; Of Jonah who hath set down his own rebellion, punishment, and repining against God; Of the apostle Paul who hath not spared to call himself a cruel persecutor and chief of all sinners. Now we know that naturally, we desire to conceal the faults of our friends and kindred, and we count him an evil bird that defileth ⟨p. 327⟩his own nest; naturally we seek our own praise and the advancement of our children, and can brook •othing less than that our faults should be divulged and become table talk: and therefore this detection of their own and their friends falls and faults could not proceed from nature, or any worldly policy, but from the direction of Gods spirit which overruled their affections, and took away all partiality.
Nay hee leaueth the remembrance of his owne sinne of impatiencie and vnbeliefe, for which hee was debarred from entring into the land of promise, vnto all posterities, as a perpetuall note of his owne weaknesse and infirmitie. Neither sought he at al his own glorie, and the aduancement of his posterity, but the glory of God & the good of the church, as may hereby appeare in that when the gouernment was established in his hand, he doth not make his owne sonnes his successours, but Iosua his seruant, because God had so appointed it. The like may be said of Ieremie, who hath in his prophecie left recorde of his murmuring and impatiencie,1 Iere. 20