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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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1Notwithstanding, I do not, nor dare affirm, that the spirit of God dwelleth in us essentially more then in any other creature, communicating his essence with us, as an essential part of us. For his nature and essence being most simple and indivisible, in comprehensible, and omnipresent, filling all places without repletion, and containing all, it self being infinite and contained of nothing, cannot be said thus to dwell in man; for this were to deify and make a God of him; much less do I say that the spirit assumeth our nature, (as the second person assumed the nature of Christ) to subsist in him by personal union and to become one with him and he with us, for thus also we should fall into the same error of deifying man, and besides then the third person in Trinity should be incarnate as well as the second. Yea contrariwise we are to know, that the spirit is said to be given us in the same sense, as he is said to be sent forth unto us: Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the spirit 2of his son into your hearts, crying, Abba father. Now by this phrase of sending forth; the holy Ghost teacheth us, that the spirit is in one manner in Christ; & in another manner in us; for he is in him most properly, substantially, & essentially, as being his spirit, coessential with him & coeternal: in which respect the Apostle maketh him and the spirit all one. 2. Cor. 3. 17. The Lord is that spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty, & Col. 2. 9. he saith, that in him dwelleth the fullness ⟨p. 18⟩of the Godhead bodily: but in us not primarily, and originally, but as he is sent forth of Christ unto us, by whom 3we have special right unto him since his resurrection, by 4virtue of his promise, John 16. 7. If I go not away, the comforter will not come unto you, but if I depart I will send him unto you. And by his mediation and intercession now sitting at the right hand of his father: according to that, I will pray the father, and he will give you another comforter, that he