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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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CHAP. XXXIII. Of the second Argument grounded upon Gods justice.
CHAP. XXXIII. Of the second Argument grounded vpon Gods iustice.
§. Sect. 1 The second argument to assure those of the forgiveness of their sins,1 who unfeignedly repent and rely wholly upon Jesus Christ for their salvation, by a lively faith may be drawn from Gods justice, for their sins are fully and sufficiently punished in Christ Jesus, and therefore it will not stand with the justice of God, to punish them again in any of those who have applied unto them the merits and sufferings of Christ by a lively faith; and as the Lord cannot in justice let sin go unpunished, and therefore hath punished the sins of all men either in Christ Jesus, or will throughly punish them in the parties themselves, so the same justice will not admit that the same sins should be twice punished, once in our Saviour; and again in the faithful. Now that our saviour Christ hath sufficiently suffered for all the sins of the faithful; it is evident by many places of the Scriptures. Isaiah 53.4. Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows. 5. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was broken for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. 2 Cor. 5.21. he hath made him to be sin for us which knew no sin, that we should be made the righteousness of God in him. So the apostle He. 9.26. saith that our saviour Christ hath appeared once to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And Pet. 1. epistle 2.24. saith that his own self bare our sins in his body on the tree, that we being delivered from sin should live in righteousness. Seeing then our sins were laid upon Christ and severely punished in him, God in his justice will not inflict any more punishments upon the faithful but will pardon and forgive them, which pardon and forgiveness is a work of his justice as well as of his mercy, and therefore it is said,