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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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§. Sect. 4 1And these are the means of our effectual calling, which whosoever hath found powerful working in themselves for their conversion after the manner before spoken of, they may most certainly assure themselves that they are effectually called, and are already partakers of Jesus Christ and all his benefits. If therefore the Lord whilst we did lye frozen in the dregs of our sins, without all desire of grace or means to escape our sins, without all desire of grace or means to escape out of our misery, hath vouchsafed unto us the mystery of his holy word, if by the law he hath revealed our sins unto us and the punishments due unto them, and if by the gospel he hath showed us the way how we may come out of this misery; if by the inward cooperation of his holy spirit he hath opened our deaf cares, ⟨p. 474⟩and with this precious eyesalve hath anointed the blind eyes of our understandings so that we have attentively heard, and in some measure understood those principles of our christian religion, which have in the mystery of the word been delivered unto us; if our hearts have been softened and pierced, and our consciences wounded with the sight and sense of our sins; if despairing in our own strength, righteousness and all other means of our own, we have gone out of our selves, and rested and relied upon Christ Jesus alone for our justification and salvation, then are we without all doubt effectually called and are in the number of Gods church and people to whom the promises of grace do appertain.
§. Sect. 4 1And these are the meanes of our effectuall calling, which whosoeuer hath found powerfull working in themselues for their conuersion after the manner before spoken of, they may most certainely assure themselues that they are effectually called, and are alreadie partakers of Iesus Christ and all his benefites. If therefore the Lorde whilest wee did lye frozen in the dregs of our sinnes, without all desire of grace or meanes to escape our sinnes, without all desire of grace or meanes to escape out of our miserie, hath vouchsafed vnto vs the misterie of his holy word, if by the law hee hath reuealed our sinnes vnto vs and the punishmentes due vnto them, and if by the gospell hee hath shewed vs the way how we may come out of this miserie; if by the inward cooperation of his holy spirit he hath opened our deafe cares,