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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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1Lastly when as Satan assaulteth the poor christian with his tentations, persuading him that he is not yet called nor separated from the wicked world, because it loveth him, he may well suspect his argument of falsehood, for Satan doth not hate those whom the world loveth; but by his continual assaulting of the weak christian, and his daily labouring to bring him through the violence of his tentations to utter destruction, it manifestly appeareth that Satan like a mortal enemy deadly hateth him; and therefore it is not likely that he is beloved of the world though it may for a time fawn upon him, that by pretending love and friendship it may work him the greater mischief.
1Lastly when as Sathan assaulteth the poore christian with his tentations, perswading him that he is not yet called nor separated from the wicked world, because it loueth him, he may well suspect his argument of falshood, for Sathan doth not hate those whom the world loueth; but by his continuall assaulting of the weake christian, and his dayly labouring to bring him through the violence of his tentations to vtter destruction, it manifestly appeareth that Sathan like a mortall enimie deadly hateth him; and therefore it is not likely that he is beloued of the world though it may for a time fawne vpon him, that by pretending loue and friendshipp it may worke him the greater mischiefe.
- 1That the world loveth them not whom Satan hateth.That the world loueth them not whō Sathan hateth.
§. Sect. 8 The second part of our effectual calling is the mutual donation of God the father,1 whereby he hath given Christ Jesus unto us to be our saviour and redeemer, and us unto Christ to be saved and redeemed, by which also we may prove that we are effectually called. For this gift is mutual and reciprocal, and therefore the one doth clearly prove