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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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Thirdly,1 we are often and earnestly to meditate upon the justice and truth of God, in whose presence the heavens are not clean, and the Angels themselves are unable to abide the rigour of his justice, and how much more is man abominable and filthy, who drinketh iniquity like water. In whose sight out best righteousness is like a polluted cloth, and how much more filthy then are our sins and wickedness, moreover as he is most just so as he cannot let sin go unpunished, so also he is most true, yea truth it self, neither can any of those threatenings fall to the ground unexecuted, which he hath denounced against those who live in their sins, and therefore there is no means to escape his fearful judgements, unless we turn from our sins and meet the Lord by unfeigned repentance.
Thirdly,1 we are often and earnestly to meditate vpon the iustice and truth of God, in whose presence the heauens are not cleane, and the Angels themselues are vnable to abide the rigour of his iustice, and how much more is man abominable and filthy, who drinketh iniquitie like water. In whose sight out best righteousnesse is like a polluted cloth, and how much more filthy then are our sinnes and wickednesse, moreouer as he is most iust so as he cannot let sinne goe vnpunished, so also hee is most true, yea truth it selfe, neither can any of those threatnings fall to the ground vnexecuted, which he hath denounced against those who liue in their sinnes, and therefore there is no meanes to escape his fearfull iudgements, vnlesse we turne from our sinnes and meete the Lord by vnfained repentance.