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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. 2 The first motive to persuade us to the hastening of our conversion is Gods commandment, whereby he enjoineth ⟨p. 377⟩us speedily to turn unto him, that we may do him service all the days of our life, to which end he hath created and redeemed us and doth continual preserve us. Psal. 95.7.8. To day if you shall hear his voice harden not your hearts, so as he chargeth us not to resist his calling no not till to morrow, for if today we will not hearken unto him, he hath not promised to call us again unless it be to judgment. So Eccl. 12.1. Remember now thy creator in the days of thy youth whiles the evil days come not, nor the years approach, wherein thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them, that is their old age, as afterwards he expoundeth himself. And Esa. 55.6. Seek ye the Lord whilst he may be found, call ye upon him whilst he is near. Matth. 3.2. Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Act. 3.19. And our saviour Christ doth enjoin us, first to seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof. Matth. 6.33. If therefore we will not wittingly and wilfully break Gods commandment, let us offer unto him the service of our youth as well as the service of our old age, for he requireth this as well as the other, nay before the other, and this was signified under the types of the old law, where the Lord requireth that they should offer unto him the principal of the flock, and such beasts as were whole and sound young and without blemish. So Levit. 3.1. the Lord requireth that the sacrifice which they offered should be without blemish, and 22.20. Ye shall not offer any thing that hath a blemish for that shall not be acceptable for you. And Deut. 15.21. if there be any blemish therein as if it be lame or blind, or have any evil fault thou shalt not offer it unto the Lord thy God. And for transgressing this law the Lord reprehendeth the people by his Prophet.