The Christian Warfare; Written Especially for Their Sakes Who Are Exercised in the Spirituall Conflict of Tentations, and Are Afflicted in Conscience in the Sight Ande Sense of Their Sinnes (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1634 Excerpt: ...bitterest death to Hue disgraced. Thecouetous man most gloricth and reioyceth in his riches, and is content to hazard his soule, rather than this wealth. The voluptuous man most reioyceth in his pleasures, and would rather feu both earthly and heauenly patrimonies, than he would be depriued of his fensuall delights. And according to their 30 40 joy in keeping them., such is their scare of losing them, andanswerable tobothistheir sorrow and griefc, when as they ate taken from them. On the other side, they whose &) hearts are inflamed with the fire of Gods loue, doc most reioyce in hinn, and in the assurance of his loue and mercie towards them; and making most "precious account ofthisie well, they had rather lose the whole world than Gods fauour, or the testimonies thereof in their ovfta consciences, -and grieue more when hauing fallen into sinne, they want the ioy of their saluation, and doe not apprehend the loue of God, nor sensibly discerne the beames of his fauour shining into their: hcarts, as theyhaue done before times, than if they were depriued ofall the honours, riches, and pleasures of the world. Let euery one therefore according to this signe examine himfclfc; and if vpon triali wefind, that God isour principa lioy, aud thatwemostrcioyoeinhi$saluation;ifwith the Prophet r auid wee had rather see the light of Godscountenancc shining vpon vs, Ffol4-4-7than that men should shew vs any worldly good; and when it appeareth, haue more joy of heart, than worldly men haue when their wheate and oy le abound; ifinthiswe can with him rather place our blessedncsse, that the Lord it our gad, than in the cnioy-VfaLm-i yi ing of all theprosperiricof the world; if we haue greater care of retaining the fauour of God, gc assurance of our own saluarion, and ...