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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Though therefore our souls are most filthy & polluted, yet if we come to Christ he will surely wash & purge us, for to this purpose he suffered his precious water and blood to issue out of his side, that thereby as with a living and clear stream issuing from a most pure fountain, he might cleanse us from all our sins, and wash away all our filthy corruptions, though we are most desperately sick, let us come unto our spiritual physician, for he can cure the most remediless diseases as perfectly and as speedily, as the most small infirmity and faint weakness: though our souls are wounded even to the death, with the deep piercing and deadly impoysoning sting of sin, yet let us seek help of this our heavenly surgeon, who with the precious balm of his blood, can as easily heal the most dangerous wounds, as small scratches or little cuts. Neither is he more able then willing, for hereby his virtue and power, his love and bounty, is the more ⟨p. 451⟩manifested to his endless and immortal praise.
Though therefore our soules are most filthy & polluted, yet if we come to Christ he will surely wash & purge vs, for to this purpose he suffered his precious water and bloud to issue out of his side, that thereby as with a liuing and cleare streame issuing from a most pure fountaine, he might cleanse vs from al our sins, and wash away all our filthy corruptions, though we are most desperatly sicke, let vs come vnto our spirituall physition, for he can cure the most remedilesse diseases as perfectly and as speedily, as the most small infirmitie and faint weaknesse: though our soules are wounded euen to the death, with the deepe pearcing and deadly impoysoning sting of sinne, yet let vs seeke helpe of this our heauenly surgeon, who with the precious baulme of his bloud, can as easily heale the most dangerous woūds, as small scratches or little cutts. Neither is he more able then willing, for hereby his vertue and power, his loue and bountie, is the more ⟨p. 451⟩manifested to his endlesse and immortall prayse.