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A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the dutiesA guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties
A guide to godliness or a Treatise of a Christian life showing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helps enabling & the reasons persuading unto it the impediments hindering the practise of it, and the best means to remove them whereunto are added divers prayers and a treatise of carnal security by John Douname Bachelor in Divinity and minister of Gods Word.A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
London: printed by Felix Kingstone and William Stansby for Ed, 1622
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.
§. Sect. 4 That a godly life doth much strengthen us against Satan's tentations.
§. Sect. 4 That a godly life doth much strengthen vs against Satans tentations.
A fourth benefit of a godly life is, that it much strengtheneth us against the assaults of Satan, and so armeth us against all his tentations, that they shall not be able to do us any hurt. For whereas those who live in their sins, and neglect the duties of a godly life, do give unto him all advantage against them, and by leaving off the breastplate of Righteousness, do lie open to his poisonous darts; so as ⟨p. 708⟩he may easily persuade them, that they are subject to Gods wrath and the curse of the Law, seeing they continue in their sins: that they are not ingrafted into Christ, seeing they bring forth no fruits of holiness and righteousness; that they are out of Gods favour, seeing they have no care to please him, by performing such duties as are acceptable in his sight; and finally, that they are not the children of God, because they are nothing like him, nor reformed according to his image; nor heirs of heavenly happiness, seeing they have not purged themselves, as it becometh those who have this hope. Contrariwise, when we keep this breastplate of Righteousness fast buckled unto us, we may without danger repel all his fiery darts, seeing we are assured that we are in Gods favour, whilst we labour in all things to please him; that we are in Christ, seeing without him we could do nothing; that we are Gods children, seeing we resemble him 1