A53688:1210
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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2. That the Doctrine he opposeth,1 Promiseth Gods Love, and the unchangeable continuance of it unto men, though they change to Profaneness; Though this ⟨p. 251⟩is said over and over an hundred times, yet I cannot believe it, because the Doctrine openly affirmeth the continuance of the Love of God to them that are Godly, to be effectually and eventually preventive of any such profaneness, as is inconsistent therewithal; and therefore much more vain is that, which he affirmeth in the third place.
2. That the Doctrine he opposeth,1 Promiseth Gods Love, and the unchangeable continuance of it unto men, though they change to Prophanenesse; Though this ⟨p. 251⟩is said over and over an hundred times, yet I cannot believe it, because the Doctrine openly affirmeth the continuance of the Love of God to them that are Godly, to be effectually and eventually preventive of any such prophanenesse, as is inconsistent therewithall; and therefore much more vaine is that, which he affirmeth in the third place.
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3. Namely, that the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints, doth not so much absolutely promise the Love of God to them that are Godly, as it promiseth it conditionally, to them that are profane, in case they have been Godly: that is, it teacheth, that God promiseth the certain continuance of his Love to him, that is Godly, on condition he cease to be so, and turn profane;
3. Namely, that the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints, doth not so much absolutely promise the Love of God to them that are Godly, as it promiseth it conditionally, to them that are prophane, in case they have been Godly: that is, it teacheth, that God promiseth the certain continuance of his Love to him, that is Godly, on condition he cease to be so, and turne prophane;