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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.
And that we may attain unto this sense and feeling of our sins,1 there are divers means to be used effectual for this purpose; as first we are to have our recourse unto God by earnest and fervent prayer, desiring and entreating that he will anoint the blind eyes of our understandings,2 with the precious eye salve of his holy spirit, that we may see our own wretchedness, misery, poverty, blindness and nakedness, and that he will soften our hard hearts, with the oil of his grace, and so beat these stony rocks, that out of them may flow plentiful streams of unfeigned repentance.
And that wee may attaine vnto this sense and feeling of our sinnes,1 there are diuers meanes to be vsed effectuall for this purpose; as first we are to haue our recourse vnto God by earnest and feruent prayer, desiring and intreating that he will annoint the blind eyes of our vnderstandings,2 with the pretious eye salue of his holy spirit, that we may see our owne wretchednesse, miserie, pouertie, blindnesse and nakednesse, and that hee will soften our hard hearts, with the oyle of his grace, and so beate these stonie rockes, that out of thē may flow plentiful streams of vnfained repentance.
- 11. Means prayers.1. Meanes prayers.
- 2Revel. 3.17.18.Reuel. 3.17.18.