A53688:1136
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. The Principle that begins it, and sets it on work immediately in us: and that is Faith; without Faith it is impossible to please God. Heb: 11. 6. Could a man do all that is commanded, yet if he did it not in Faith, it would be of no value; hence it is called the Obedience of Faith. Rom. 1. 5. not for Obedience to the Faith, but the Obedience of Faith, which Faith bringeth forth; Therefore are Believers called Obedient Children. 1 Pet. 1. 14. & we are said to purify our souls in Obedience to the Truth v. 22. Christ dwells in our hearts by Faith, and without him we can do nothing John 15. 5. All that we do is no better, seeing we can no way draw near unto God with a true heart, but in full Assurance of Faith. Heb. 10. 22.
1. The Principle that begins it, and sets it on worke immediately in us: and that is Faith; without Faith it is impossible to please God. Heb: 11. 6. Could a man doe all that is commanded, yet if he did it not in Faith, it would be of no value; hence it is called the Obedience of Faith. Rom. 1. 5. not for Obedience to the Faith, but the Obedience of Faith, which Faith bringeth forth; Therefore are Believers called Obedient Children. 1 Pet. 1. 14. & we are said to purifie our soules in Obedience to the Truth v. 22. Christ dwells in our hearts by Faith, and without him we can do nothing John 15. 5. All that we do is no better, seeing we can no way draw neare unto God with a true heart, but in full Assurance of Faith. Heb. 10. 22.