A53688:1027
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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Temptation, & opportunity had almost turned him loose from under the power of Faith, waiting, and dependence on God, wherein lay the general frame of his Spirit: he is ⟨p. 204⟩recovered to it by a blow upon the heart, from some dismal Consideration of the Issue, and scandal of that which he was about.
Temptation, & opportunity had almost turned him loose frō under the power of Faith, waiting, and dependance on God, wherein lay the generall frame of his Spirit: he is ⟨p. 204⟩recovered to it by a blow upon the heart, from some dismall Consideration of the Issue, and scandall of that which he was about.
6. We have hereby also the Renewal, 1daily Renewal of sanctifying Grace; Inherent Grace is a thing in its own nature, apt to decay and dye; it is compared to things ready to dye. Rev. 3. 2. strengthen the things that remain, (saith Christ to the Church of Sardis) that are ready to dye. It is a thing, that may wither and decline from its vigour, and the soul may thereby be betrayed into manifold weaknesses and backslidings. It is not merely from the nature of the Trees in the Garden of God, that their fruit fails not, nor their leaves wither, 2but from their Planting by the Rivers of water; Hence are the sicknesses, weaknesses, and decays of the Spirit, mentioned in the Scripture. Should he, who had the richest stock of any living, be left to spend of it, without new supplies, he would quickly be a Bankrupt; This also is prevented by the Indwelling Spirit. He is the fatness of the Olive, that is communicated to the branches, continually to keep them fruitful and flourishing: He is that golden Oil, which passes through the Branches, and empties it self in the fruitfulness of the Church. He continually fills our Lamps with new Oil, and puts new vigour into our spirits.