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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.
Those who have important businesses abroad, do not stay at home and refuse to travail because some go out of the way; but therefore they are more careful to inform themselves of every turning in their journey, because they would not err with others: those that have a desire to live, do not refuse all meat because some surfeit & die, by eating that which is unwholesome; but rather hereby they are made more wary in making good choice of such diet as is fit for the preservation of their health: those also who are sick, do not neglect all physic, because there are many cozening Imposters and unlearned Empirics who kill in stead of curing; but this maketh them with more circumspection to find out a skilful and learned physician. Let us therefore follow the like practise in these spiritual things: and seeing there is but one direct way which leadeth unto heaven, and many byways which lead to destruction, let not this keep us from travailing this heavenly journey, but rather move us with more diligence to inquire the right and perfect way: seeing also there are many which offer us poison in stead of the wholesome food and physic of our souls, let us learn with more care to make choice and to put a difference between the one and the other.
Those who haue important businesses abroad, doe not stay at home and refuse to trauaile because some goe out of the way; but therefore they are more carefull to informe themselues of euery turning in their iourney, because they would not erre with others: those that haue a desire to liue, doe not refuse all meate because some surfet & die, by eating that which is vnwholsome; but rather hereby they are made more warie in making good choyse of such diet as is fit for the preseruation of their health: those also who are sicke, doe not neglect all phisicke, because there are many cousening Imposters and vnlearned Emperickes who kil in sted of curing; but this maketh thē with more circumspection to find out a skilful and learned phisition. Let vs therefore follow the like practise in these spirituall things: and seeing there is but one direct way which leadeth vnto heauen, and many bywaies which leade to destruction, let not this keepe vs from trauayling this heauenly iourney, but rather moue vs with more diligence to inquire the right and perfect way: seeing also there are many which offer vs poyson in sted of the wholesome foode and phisicke of our soules, let vs learne with more care to make choyse and to put a difference betweene the one and the other.