A53688:1003
The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance
The doctrine of the saints perseverance, explained and confirmed, or, The certain permanency of their 1. acceptation with God & 2. sanctification from God manifested & proved from the 1. eternal principles 2. effectual causes 3. external means thereof ... vindicated in a full answer to the discourse of Mr. John Goodwin against it, in his book entitled Redemption redeemed : with some digressions concerning 1. the immediate effects of the death of Christ ... : with a discourse touching the epistles of Ignatius, the Episcopacy in them asserted, and some animadversions on Dr. H.H. his dissertations on that subject / by John Owen ...The doctrine of the saints perseverance, explained and confirmed, or, The certain permanency of their 1. acceptation with God & 2. sanctification from God manifested & proved from the 1. eternal principles 2. effectuall causes 3. externall meanes thereof ... vindicated in a full answer to the discourse of Mr. John Goodwin against it, in his book entituled Redemption redeemed : with some degressions concerning 1. the immediate effects of the death of Christ ... : with a discourse touching the epistles of Ignatius, the Episcopacy in them asserted, and some animadversions on Dr. H.H. his dissertations on that subject / by John Owen ...
London: printed by Leon. Lichfield, 1654
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1. By giving us the knowledge of the will of God, in all Wisdom and Spiritual Understanding. Col. 1. 9. carrying us on unto all Riches of the full assurance of Understanding, to the acknowledgement of God, and of the Father, and of Christ, Cap. 2. 2. This is that Spiritual, Habitual, Saving Illumination, which he gives to the Souls of them, to whom he is given: He, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, by him, shining into their minds, to give them the knowledge of his Glory in the face of Jesus Christ, 2 Cor. 4. 6. This is else where termed translating from darkness to light: opening blind eyes, 1giving light to them that are in darkness, 2freeing us from the Condition of natural men, who discern not the things that are of God. 3This the Apostle makes his design to clear up and manifest 1 Cor. 1. He tells you,4 the things of the Gospel are the Wisdom of God in a mystery, 5even the hidden Wisdom, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory, v. 7. And then proves that an acquaintance herewith, is not to be attained by any natural means or abilities whatsoever: v: 9. Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for those that Love him: And thence unto the end of the Chapter, variously manifests, how this is given to Believers, and wrought in them by the Spirit alone; from whom it is, that they know the mind of Christ; But (saith he) God hath revealed them unto us, by his Spirit, for the Spirit searcheth all things, even the deep things of God: for who knoweth the things of a man, but the spirit of a man? & who knoweth the things of God but the Spirit of God? and we have received the Spirit, not of this world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we may know the things which are freely given us of God.