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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. 5 Secondly, we may gather firm assurance of the pardon of our sins from the offices of Christ,1 for first he is our prophet who hath revealed unto us all the will and counsel of his father, he hath declared unto us the mystery of our redemption and the means of our salvation, how we may attain unto the remission of our sins, and how we may come out of that miserable and wretched estate, in which we are by nature, and attain unto eternal happiness, he it is who by the bright beams of his word doth illuminate our understandings, and by the operation of his holy spirit ⟨p. 452⟩doth cause the seals of ignorance to fall from our eyes, Giving knowledge of salvation to his people by remission of sins. He is that glorious and bright shining day star, which from an high hath visited us, to give light unto them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. If therefore we will walk in the way which he showeth us, and use those means which he revealeth unto us in his Gospel, namely turn unto God by unfeigned repentance, and believe in him by a lively faith, we shall not need to fear our sins though never so grievous and manifold, for this our heavenly Prophet hath truly revealed unto us a plain way how we may come out of our sins and be reconciled unto God, how we may be adorned with the glorious robe of his righteousness and be made partakers of all his merits; how we may become of the children of wrath and firebrands of hell, the children of God, and heirs of heaven. And therefore let us walk in this way and assure our selves that we shall come to the journey end of our desires, for truth it self is our guide so that we need not to doubt of the way.
§. Sect. 5 Secondly, we may gather firme assurance of the pardon of our sinnes from the offices of Christ,1 for first he is our prophet who hath reuealed vnto vs all the will and counsayle of his father, he hath declared vnto vs the mysterie of our redemption and the meanes of our saluation, how we may attaine vnto the remission of our sinnes, and how wee may come out of that miserable and wretched estate, in which we are by nature, and attaine vnto eternall happinesse, he it is who by the bright beames of his word doth illuminate our vnderstandings, and by the operation of his holy spirit