A53688:1055
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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Ans. 1. That we cannot thirst under the enjoyment of the Life promised, proves this life not here to be enjoyed, is proved, because the eternalness of this life, is the cause of its exemption from Thirst; But that the plain contrary is the intendment of the Holy Ghost, I presume is evident to all men. The reason of our preservation to Eternal Life, and being carried on thereunto, is apparently assigned to those supplies of the Spirit, whereby our Thirst is taken away; The taking away of our Thirst, is the certain means of our Eternal Life, not a consequent of the Eternity of it. All the proof of what is here asserted, is, Let the whole passage be read, and minded, in which appeal, I dare acquiesce before the judgement seat of any Believer in the World, whose concernment this is. It is here then supposed, that the Eternity of the Life promised, is the cause of their not thirsting, in whom it is, which is besides the Text; and that they may thirst again (in the sense spoken of) who drink of that water of the Spirit, which Christ gives, which is contrary unto it: and of these two supposals, is this part of this discourse composed.
Ans. 1. That we cannot thirst under the enjoyment of the Life promised, proves this life not here to be enjoyed, is proved, because the eternallnesse of this life, is the cause of its exemption from Thirst; But that the plaine contrary is the intendment of the Holy Ghost, I presume is evident to all men. The reason of our preservation to Eternall Life, and being carried on thereunto, is apparently assigned to those supplies of the Spirit, whereby our Thirst is taken away; The taking away of our Thirst, is the certain meanes of our Eternall Life, not a consequent of the Eternity of it. All the proofe of what is here asserted, is, Let the whole passage be read, and minded, in which appeale, I dare acquiesce before the judgement seat of any Believer in the World, whose concernment this is. It is here then supposed, that the Eternity of the Life promised, is the cause of their not thirsting, in whom it is, which is besides the Text; and that they may thirst againe (in the sence spoken of) who drink of that water of the Spirit, which Christ gives, which is contrary unto it: and of these two supposalls, is this part of this discourse composed.