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Conscience with the Power and Cases Thereof
Conscience with the power and cases thereof Divided into V. books. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latin into English, for more public benefit.Conscience with the power and cases thereof Devided into V. bookes. Written by the godly and learned, William Ames, Doctor, and Professor of Divinity, in the famous University of Franeker in Friesland. Translated out of Latine into English, for more publique benefit.
Leiden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639Leyden and London : Imprinted W. Christiaens, E. Griffin, J. Dawson, Anno MDCXXIX 1639
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III. Every sin hath its temptations, and against the mind of man doth the devil fight, besieging it, in a circumventing way, and ordering his armies, and forces, against the armies of virtues, and against the Castle of mans soul.
III. Every sinne hath its temptations, and against the mind of man doth the devill fight, besieging it, in a circumventing way, and ordering his armies, and forces, against the armies of vertues, and against the Castle of mans soule.
IV. The fightings which arise from the faculty of reason within our selves are these, 1. Curiosity, that is a lust to know things not necessary, and things the knowledge of which tend nothing to, nor help forward at all salvation, 2. Slowness to believe, 3. Levity in believing every thing 4. Doubtfulness, 5. Suspiciousness, 6. A spirit of blasphemy which is a spring and fountain of abominable thoughts, and of thoughts so horrible and troublesome, that such a kind of temptation is like a martyrdom, and there have been some that have rather desired to suffer Martyrdom then to endure such thoughts.
IV. The fightings which arise from the faculty of reason within our selves are these, 1. Curiosity, that is a lust to know things not necessary, and things the knowledge of which tend nothing to, nor helpe forward at all salvation, 2. Slownesse to believe, 3. Levity in believing every thing 4. Doubtfulnesse, 5. Suspitiousnesse, 6. A spirit of blasphemy which is a spring and fountaine of abominable thoughts, and of thoughts so horrible and troublesome, that such a kind of temptation is like a martirdome, and there have beene some that have rather desired to suffer Martyrdome then to endure such thoughts.