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The conflict between the flesh and the spirit. Or the last part of The…The conflict betvveene the flesh and the spirit. Or the last part of The…
The conflict between the flesh and the spirit. Or the last part of The Christian warfare wherein is described the nature of these combatants, the malice and power of the flesh and fleshly lusts, with the means whereby we may subdue and overcome them. By John Downame Bachelor in Divinity, and preacher of Gods Word.The conflict betvveene the flesh and the spirit. Or the last part of The Christian warfare wherein is described the nature of these combatants, the malice and power of the flesh and fleshly lusts, with the meanes whereby we may subdue and ouercome them. By Iohn Dovvname Batchelar in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods Word.
London: printed by William Jones, 1618London: printed by William Iones, 1618
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1A second effect of the spirit whereby we may be assured that it dwelleth in us, is the preparing of our hearts to receive the grace of a lively and justifying faith and the effectual working of it in us being thus prepared, It prepareth them, first by enlightening our minds and by showing unto us our sin and misery by the law of God, and that in respect of our selves we are brought into a damnable and desperate condition, out of which we cannot recover by any means of our own, nor by all the help of men and Angels. And when her by it hath throughly humbled us and made us despair of all our own abilities, then it revealeth unto us the infinite mercies of God, his free grace and eternal love in his son, and the all-sufficient merits of Christ, together with the sweet promises of the Gospel made in him, offering grace and mercy, for the forgiveness of sin, and the salvation of our souls, to ⟨p. 262⟩all that will receive them by the hand of faith, and will turn unto God by unfeigned repentance: unto which truth of God revealed in the ministry of the Word, the holy spirit by a secrete operation worketh an assent as being most infallible, seeing it proceedeth from him who is trueth it self and cannot lye, which assent being effectual worketh in our understandings a persuasion that our sins though many and heinous, are yet pardonable; and in our judgements a most precious esteem of Gods mercies and Christs merits, from and by which alone we receive remission. In our hearts also this effectual assent worketh an earnest and constant desire that they may be pardoned, and to this end an hungering and thirsting after Christ and his righteousness; in our wills a firm resolution to rest upon Christ alone for justification and salvation; and in our actions a conscionable endeavour in the use of all good means, whereby we may be more and more assured, that we shall have our part in the mercies of God and the merits of Christ. And these are the first degrees of justifying faith which who so want are destitute of it;
1A second effect of the spirit whereby we may be assured that it dwelleth in vs, is the preparing of our hearts to receiue the grace of a liuely and iustifying faith and the effectuall working of it in vs being thus prepared, It prepareth them, first by enlightening our mindes and by sh•wing vnto vs our sinne and misery by the lawe of God, and that in respect of our selues wee are brought into a damnable and desperate condition, out of which wee cannot recouer by any meanes of our owne, nor by all the helpe of men and Angels. And when her by it hath throughly humbled vs and made vs despaire of all our owne abilities, then it reuealeth vnto vs the infinite mercies of God, his free grace and eternall loue in his sonne, and the al-sufficient merits of Christ, together with the sweete promises of the Gospell made in him, offring grace and mercy, for the forgiuenesse of sinne, and the saluation of our soules, to