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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. 3 Moreover this is one main part of the covenant of grace,1 which the Lord professeth that he will make with his church and people, namely that he will forgive their iniquity and remember their sins no more. Jer. 31.34. the counterpane of which covenant we have Heb. 10.16.17. and therefore if we on our part perform the condition of this covenant between God and us, that is, if we truly and unfeignedly repent us of our sins, and a rest and rely on Jesus Christ for our salvation by a lively faith, we may be assured that God on his part will not go one jot from his word, nor break the covenant which he hath made with us. For he hath not only made this his covenant with us by word of mouth, but he hath also committed it to writing, and not contenting himself herewith that there might be no place left to doubting, he hath confirmed and ratified his hand writing by ⟨p. 439⟩adding thereunto his seals which are the Sacraments; as first the seal of Baptism, whereby he assureth us that being outwardly received into the body of the Church, and inwardly ingrafted into the body of Christ, we have all our sins and filthy corruptions washed away with his precious blood, as the outward filth of the body is washed and purged by the washing of water. The virtue of which spiritual washing is not limited and restrained to the time past or present, as though it washed away only our original corruption, as some have foolishly imagined, but extendeth it self to the whole course of our lives; So that if falling into many and grievous sins we unfeignedly repent us of them, and apply Christ Jesus and his merits unto us by a true and lively faith, we may be assured of the pardon and forgiveness of them all, for this was promised sealed, and confirmed unto us in our Baptism.
§. Sect. 3 Moreouer this is one maine part of the couenant of grace,1 which the Lord professeth that he will make with his church and people, namely that he will forgiue their iniquitie and remember their sinnes no more.