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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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1Which temptations we are to withstand as being most dangerous and pernicious: and to this purpose there is something required at our hands to be performed before our coming to Gods assemblies, and something afterwards. Before we come to the hearing of the word, there is required due preparation, whereby our minds are made fit vessels to receive the spiritual treasure and food of our souls. For if we come into the congregation of the faithful, without any premeditation, reverence, or regard of the action which we are to take in hand; if we present our selves rashly and unadvisedly, as if we went to a play, or to dispatch some worldly business: we shall hardly keep our minds from negligent wandering and worldly ⟨p. 364⟩distractions, which will make the word of God fruitless and unprofitable.
1Which temptations we are to withstand as being most dangerous and pernicious: and to this purpose there is something required at our hands to be perfourmed before our comming to Gods assemblies, and something afterwards. Before wee come to the hearing of the word, there is required due preparation, whereby our mindes are made fit vessels to receiue the spirituall treasure and foode of our soules. For if we come into the congregation of the faithfull, without any premeditation, reuerence, or regard of the action which we are to take in hand; if we present our selues rashly and vnaduisedly, as if we went to a play, or to dispatch some worldly businesse: we shall hardly keepe our minds from negligent wandring and worldly ⟨p. 364⟩distractions, which will make the word of God fruitlesse and vnprofitable.
- 1That to resist Satan we must prepare our selves before we hear.That to resist Sathan we must prepare our selues before we heare.