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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. 1 And these are the temptations which Satan useth to dissuade us from hearing the word;1 but if we break these snares and cannot be withheld from frequenting Gods holy assemblies; then he will labour by all means to make the word of God which we hear, fruitless and uneffectuall for our conversion and salvation; and to this end he will labour to work in us a negligent carelessness in hearkening to those things which are delivered; and this is usually accompanied with dullness of spirit, drowsiness and sleepiness: or if we set our selves to hear the word, with any care and conscience to profit thereby, then he will seek to distract our minds with wandering thoughts, either by offering and suggesting to our consideration and memory the world and the vanities thereof, as our affairs and business and those pleasures wherewith we are most delighted; or if this will not prevail, by casting into our minds things in their own nature good and religious, if they were thought upon in time convenient, to the end that we may be distracted, and be made unfit to hear the word with profit.
§. Sect. 1 ANd these are the temptations which Sathan vseth to disswade vs from hearing the word;1 but if we breake these snares and cannot bee withheld from frequenting Gods holie assemblies; then hee will labour by all meanes to make the word of God which we heare, fruitlesse and vneffectuall for our conuersion and saluation; and to this end hee will labour to work in vs a negligent carelesnesse in hearkening to those things which are deliuered; and this is vsually accompanied with dulnesse of spirit, drowsinesse and sleepinesse: or if wee set our selues to heare the word, with any care and conscience to profit thereby, then he wil seeke to distract our mindes with wandring thoughts, either by offring and suggesting to our consideration and memorie the world and the vanities thereof, as our affaires and businesse and those pleasures wherewith wee are most delighted; or if this will not preuaile, by casting into our mindes things in their owne nature good and religious, if they were thought vpon in time conuenient, to the end that wee may be distracted, and be made vnfit to heare the word with profit.
- 1That Satan tempteth us to careless negligence in hearing.