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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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Secondly, the Lord hath further con firmed this his covenant by the Sacrament of his Supper, for he hath therefore instituted and ordained it, that thereby we should be put in mind of our saviour Christs death and sufferings, to the end that we may gather more and more assurance, that our Saviour gave his blessed body to be crucified and shed his most precious blood, that he might take away the curse of the law, and nail it unto his cross, free us from his fathers anger by bearing it himself, and by his death deliver us from everlasting death, and by his bloodshed wash away all our sins and corruptions. And hence it is that the Apostle calleth the wine in the Lords supper, the new Testament in Christs blood,1 because thereby the new Testament is sealed and confirmed unto us. And therefore whensoever we receive the Sacrament of the Lords supper, the Lord doth thereby certainly assure us that our sins in Christ are pardoned and forgiven, and that he hath received us into his love and favour, yea the Lord hath not only ratified & confirmed his covenant with us, concerning the remission of our sins with his own hand writing and seals annexed, but also by his oath; For God willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the stableness of his counsel, ⟨p. 440⟩bound himself by an oath: that by two immutable things wherein it is impossible that God should lye, we might have strong consolation; as the Apostle speaketh, Heb. 6.17.18. And therefore unless we would conceive of God that he is untrue of his word, a covenant breaker, yea a perjured person (which were most horrible blasphemy once to imagine) we may undoubtedly assure our selves that he will pardon and forgive us all our sins, be they in number never so innumerable nor so heinous in their nature and quality, if we will turn unto him by unfeigned repentance, and lay hold upon Christ Jesus our saviour, by a true and lively faith.
Secondly, the Lord hath further cō firmed this his couenant by the Sacrament of his Supper, for he hath therefore instituted and ordained it, that thereby we should be put in mind of our sauiour Christes death and suffrings, to the end that we may gather more and more assurance, that our Sauiour gaue his blessed body to be crucified and shed his most pretious bloud, that hee might take away the curse of the law, and naile it vnto his crosse, free vs frō his fathers anger by bearing it himselfe, and by his death deliuer vs from euerlasting death, and by his bloudshed wash away all our sinnes and corruptions. And hence it is that the Apostle calleth the wine in the Lords supper, the new Testament in Christes bloud,