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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
Book 2 › Chapter 37: How we may know whether we be effectually called or no.
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CHAP. XXXVII. How we may know whether we be effectually called or no.
§. Sect. 1 And so much concerning those reasons whereby the humbled and repentant sinner may gather unto himself certain assurance of the pardon and remission of his sins:1 of all which consolations Satan earnestly endeavoureth to spoil the afflicted ⟨p. 471⟩soul, by suggesting into his mind divers subtle and dangerous tentations. As first, that all these gracious promises & sweet consolations of the gospel do only belong unto those who are called▪ neither to all in this number, for many are called but few are chosen, but unto those alone whose calling is effectual, that is to say, who are separated from the world, given unto Christ and Christ unto them, and who are ingrafted into him, and become lively members of his body: but thou, will he say to the humbled sinner art not thus effectually called, and therefore do not flatter thy self with the hope of Gods promises, for though in themselves they are most certain, yet they belong not unto thee, but unto those alone whose calling is effectual.
§. Sect. 1 ANd so much concerning those reasons whereby the humbled and repentant sinner may gather vnto himselfe certaine assurance of the pardon and remission of his sinnes:1 of all which consolations Sathan earnestly indeuoureth to spoile the afflicted ⟨p. 471⟩soule, by suggesting into his mind diuers subtill and dangerous tentations. As first, that all these gratious promises & sweet consolations of the gospell do onely belong vnto those who are called▪ neither to all in this number, for many are called but few are chosen, but vnto those alone whose calling is effectuall, that is to say, who are seperated from the world, giuen vnto Christ and Christ vnto them, and who are ingrafted into him, and become liuely members of his body: but thou, will he say to the humbled sinner art not thus effectually called, and therefore do not flatter thy selfe with the hope of Gods promises, for though in themselues they are most certaine, yet they belong not vnto thee, but vnto those alone whose calling is effectuall.