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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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1The spirit then whereof we entreat, is the new man, or the regenerate part of a Christian which is nothing else but a created quality of wisdom, holiness and righteousness, whereby we are in the whole man renewed unto Gods image; which continually fighteth against, and in the end overcometh the flesh with all the lusts thereof. And 2this is the other champion in the spiritual combat, which also is described unto us in the Scriptures by divers names, that we might the better conceive of the nature thereof; For first it is called the Spirit, both to note the cause and author of it, which is the Spirit of God; and to teach us, 3that it is of a simple, pure and immortal nature, and most opposite to that which is carnal, earthly and sensual. It is called the new man, in opposition to the old Adam, and that corruption of nature which was derived immediately from 4him, and to point out the difference between the flesh and the spirit in respect of their causes; for the cause of the flesh, was the old man, our first parent Adam, from whom it was propagated; the cause of the other, was the new man or second Adam, Christ Jesus, who by his Spirit hath regenerated 5and begotten us unto God: making us to become new creatures, renewed according to the image of God. It ⟨p. 6⟩is called the spiritual man both to point out the cause from which it hath it being, even the Spirit of God, which regenerateth 6and sanctifieth us, and also in respect that it self is the cause of many spiritual actions, and is wholly taken up and exercised about spiritual and divine objects; above all things seeking to be enriched with Gods saving graces, and to have sure title and just claim to the Kingdom of heaven, which is the inheritance of the blessed Angels and holy spirits. And finally to put a difference between him who is led by the spirit, and him who is merely natural and worldly, the one resembling and imitating the old Adam, who was from the earth, earthly; the other the second Adam, who was from heaven, heavenly; the one led by the sense, and seeking only things sensual and carnal; the other soaring aloft, and minding those things which are divine and spiritual. It is called the (