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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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1Lastly, let us seriously meditate on those fearful punishments, which are prepared for those who live and die in their sins; for they shall for ever be separated from the presence of God, the joys of heaven, and the sweet company of the Saints and Angels, and be cast into eternal darkness, where they shall for ever and ever be tormented in flames unquenchable, all which horrible punishments are due unto all,2 who continue not in all which is written in the book of the law to do them, and therefore how shall we escape who in stead of continuing in obedience to all Gods commandments, have continually broken them aland done the clean contrary, if we do not in the sense of the heavy burden of our sins, humble our selves before God by unfeigned repentance, and come unto Christ by a true and lively faith, that we may be eased of this intolerable weight, and adorned with his righteousness and obedience.
1Lastly, let vs seriously meditate on those fearefull punishments, which are prepared for those who liue and die in their sinnes; for they shall for euer be seperated from the presence of God, the ioyes of heauen, and the sweete companie of the Saints and Angels, and be cast into eternall darknes, where they shall for euer and euer be tormented in flames vnquenchable, all which horrible punishments are due vnto all,2 who continue not in all which is written in the booke of the law to doe them, and therefore how shall we escape who in stead of continuing in obedience to all Gods commandements, haue continualy brokē them aland done the clean contrary, if we do not in the sense of the heauy burthen of our sinnes, humble our selues before God by vnfained repentance, and come vnto Christ by a true and liuely faith, that we may bee eased of this intollerable waight, and adorned with his righteousnesse and obedience.
- 15. Remembrance of those punishments due to the wicked.
- 2Gal. 3.10.