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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 But that the poor soul wounded with sin and groaning for weariness under this unsupportable burden,1 may have some ground whereupon to rest, when it is ready to faint, & some spiritual weapons whereby it may defend it self, and beat back the violence of Satan's tentations, I will make choice of some amongst many of the comfortable promises of the gospel, made unto all repentant sinners. First therefore let ⟨p. 438⟩us consider, that when the Lord like a mighty monarch would set out his own stile as it were in fair text letters, to be read of all his subjects, he thus proclaimeth it, Exod. 34.6. The Lord, the Lord, strong, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth. 7. Reserving mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sinners. where we may observe that the greatest part of his stile consisteth of his mercy, graciousness, long suffering, goodness & readiness to forgive the iniquities of repentant sinners; as therefore we cannot offer a greater disgrace to a mighty prince, then to deny or call into question any part of his titles or regal stile, so we cannot more dishonour the prince of princes, and sovereign king of heaven & earth, then by doubting of or denying any of these his titles which in his own stile he hath attributed unto himself, seeing then he professeth and proclaimeth himself to be a gracious, merciful long suffering God, who is always ready to forgive repentant sinners when they implore his mercy, let us not offer God that disgrace to rob him of any part of his glorious titles, nor deprive our souls of that true comfort which the Lord by them in his infinite goodness hath granted unto us.
§. Sect. 2 But that the poore soule wounded with sin and groning for wearines vnder this vnsupportable burthen,1 may haue some ground whereupon to rest, when it is ready to faint, & some spirituall weapons whereby it may defend it selfe, and beate backe the violence of Sathans tentations, I will make choise of some amongst many of the comfortable promises of the gospell, made vnto all repentant sinners. First therefore let ⟨p. 438⟩