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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. 5 1Secondly we may come to the knowledge of our effectual calling, by considering the several parts thereof. The first is our selection and separation out of the corrupt mass of mankind, whereby it cometh to pass that though we be in the world, yet we are not of the world, and therefore we neither love it, nor the world us; and this our Saviour showeth, Joh. 15.19. If (saith he) he were of the world the world would love his own, but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 2and the apostle John affirmeth, that if any man love the world the love of the father is not in him. 1. Joh. 2.15. and the apostle James telleth us that the amity of the world is enmity with God, 3and therefore whosoever will be a friend of the world maketh himself the enemy of God. If therefore our love and affections be weaned in some good measure from the world, and sixth on spiritual and heavenly things, if we cease to be citizens of the world,4 and begin to have our conversation in in heaven from whence we look for a saviour even the Lord Jesus Christ; and if the world begin to hate and scorn us, then may we be assured that we are severed from the world, and entertained into Gods church and family.
§. Sect. 5 1Secondly we may come to the knowledge of our effectuall calling, by considering the seuerall parts thereof. The first is our selection and separation out of the corrupt masse of mankind, whereby it commeth to passe that though wee be in the world, yet we are not of the world, and therefore wee neither loue it, nor the world vs; and this our Sauiour sheweth, Ioh. 15.19. If (saith he) hee were of the world the world would loue his owne, but because yee are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.