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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1But if they cannot deny that sometimes they have had the grace given them of God to call earnestly upon his name, howsoever in this present time they are altogether disfurnished thereof, then let them know that their case in this respect is common withal the dear children of God, for hearty prayer is not in our own power, neither doth it attend upon our own will, but it is the gift of God which at sometimes in plentiful measure he bestoweth upon his children, and at other times he pulleth back his liberal hand; to the end that by the want thereof, we may learn to ascribe ⟨p. 497⟩the glory and praise of our hearty prayers unto God, who worketh in us the will and the deed and is in truth the only true author of them which praise, otherwise in pride of hart we would arrogate unto our selves, as being a natural faculty and in our own power; and also to the end we may more highly esteem it, and with more joy and diligence use it when we have it bestowed on us, least through our negligence and slothfulness we move the Lord to take it from us.
1But if they cannot denie that sometimes they haue had the grace giuen them of God to call earnestly vppon his name, howsoeuer in this present time they are altogether disfurnished thereof, then let them know that their case in this respect is common withall the deare children of God, for harty prayer is not in our owne power, neither doth it attend vpon our owne will, but it is the gift of God which at sometimes in plentifull measure he bestoweth vpon his children, and at other times he pulleth backe his liberall hand; to the end that by the want thereof, we may learne to ascribe ⟨p. 497⟩the glorie and praise of our harty prayers vnto God, who worketh in vs the will and the deed and is in truth the onely true authour of them which praise, otherwise in pride of hart we would arrogate vnto our selues, as being a naturall facultie and in our owne power; and also to the end we may more highly esteeme it, and with more ioy and diligence vse it when we haue it bestowed on vs, least through our negligence and slouthfulnesse we mooue the Lord to take it from vs.
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