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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. 2 Now this sensible or discerned hardness of hart is also of two sorts:1 the first is of them who carefully use all good means and endeavour with all diligence to better their estate which they see to be most miserable and to mollify their hard hearts, and to attain unto hearty and unfeigned repentance. Which who so doth he may assure himself that he is the child of God and in his love and favour; for earnestly to desire repentance, and carefully to use the means whereby we may attain thereunto, to be displeased ⟨p. 490⟩with our hardness of heart and to labour that it may be mollified, to be sorry that we can be no more sorry and to be displeased with our selves because we can no more be displeased with our sins, is very acceptable in the sight of God though we see but a little progress in godliness, and but a small increase of repentance which we desire in great measure, for the Lord esteemeth the will for the deed, and the affection for the action, and we may assure our selves that if on our part we be not wanting in the use of the means, the Lord will not be wanting on his part to supply our wants, and to satisfy all our Godly desires.
§. Sect. 2 Now this sensible or discerned hardnesse of hart is also of two sortes:1 the first is of them who carefully vse all good meanes and indeauour with all diligence to better their estate which they see to bee most miserable and to mollifie their hard hartes, and to attaine vnto harty and vnfained repentance. Which who so doth hee may assure himselfe that hee is the child of God and in his loue and fauour; for earnestly to desire repentance, and carefully to vse the meanes whereby we may attaine thereunto, to be displeased ⟨p. 490⟩with our hardnesse of heart and to labour that it may bee mollified, to bee sorry that wee can bee no more sorry and to bee displeased with our selues because wee can no more bee displeased with our sinnes, is very acceptable in the sight of God though wee see but a little progresse in godlinesse, and but a small increase of repentance which wee desire in great measure, for the Lorde esteemeth the will for the deed, and the affection for the action, and wee may assure our selues that if on our part wee be not wanting in the vse of the meanes, the Lord will not bee wanting on his part to supply our wantes, and to satisfie all our Godly desires.