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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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Fourthly, by this assurance of faith and inward peace, it also worketh in us inward comfort and consolation, which maketh us with patience to endure all afflictions, and to stand against all the temptations of our spiritual enemies, in which respect our Saviour Christ calleth 1the holy spirit, the Comforter, because he is the author and fountain of all consolation. Fourthly, from this peace and comfort, he raiseth spiritual joy and rejoicing in God, our hearts being ravished in the assurance of his mercy, and the sense and feeling of his love and favour in Jesus Christ, in the freedom out of the hands of all our spiritual enemies, and our assured hopes of heavenly happiness the which also is a fruit of the spirit, as the Apostle reckoneth ⟨p. 298⟩2it in the same place; and is so to be seen in the faithful, not only when their wine and oil aboundeth, in which 3the wicked also may rejoice, but also when in the absence of these, the light of Gods countenance doeth shine upon them, which causeth us to joy and rejoice even in the middest of crosses and tribulations, as the Apostle telleth us. 4Fifthly, from all these ariseth thankfulness unto God, from whom we have received all these benefits, the which is showed not with our lips alone, but by our conscionable care and zealous endeavour to glorify God in all our thoughts, words and actions; and our earnest desire to approve our selves unto God in all things, and to retain his love and avoid his displeasure, in loving and practising whatsoever he loveth and requireth, and in hating and forsaking all that he abhorreth and forbiddeth.
Fourthly, by this assurance of faith and inward peace, it also worketh in vs inward comfort and consolation, which maketh vs with patience to indure all afflictions, and to stand against all the temptations of our spirituall enemies, in which respect our Sauiour Christ calleth 1the holy spirit, the Comforter, because he is the authour and fountaine of all consolation. Fourthly, from this peace and comfort, he raiseth spirituall ioy and reioycing in God, our hearts being rauished in the assurance of his mercy, and the sense and feeling of his loue and fauour in Iesus Christ, in the freedome out of the hands of all our spirituall enemies, and our assured hopes of heauenly happinesse the which also is a fruite of the spirit, as the Apostle reckoneth