A53688:1373
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, Paul makes confession of his Faith to his Company, concerning the Accomplishment of this Promise.1 I believe God (saith he) [Greek or Hebrew]. It shall so come to pass in the same manner as it was told me; clearly engaging the Truth and Faithfulness of that God which he worshipped (for his Testimony to whose Truth he was then in bonds) for the accomplishment of what he had spoken to them: viz. that not one of them should be lost: Now supposing that any one person had by any accident fallen out of the ship, Mr Goodwin tells you there had been no opportunity or possibility left unto God to have fulfilled his Promise; true, for it had bin wholly frustrated, ⟨p. 288⟩He having undertaken for the lives of every one of them; but supposing that engagement of his, he that says any one might have so perished, is more careful doubtless to defend his own Hypothesis than the honour of the Truth, and Faithfulness of God.
Thirdly, Paul makes confession of his Faith to his Company, concerning the Accomplishment of this Promise.1 I believe God (saith he) 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. It shall so come to passe in the same manner as it was told me; clearely ingaging the Truth and Faithfulnesse of that God which he worshipped (for his Testimony to whose Truth he was then in bonds) for the accomplishment of what he had spoken to them: viz. that not one of them should be lost: Now supposing that any one person had by any accident fallen out of the ship, Mr Goodwin tells you there had been no opportunity or possibility left unto God to have fulfilled his Promise; true, for it had bin wholly frustrated, ⟨p. 288⟩He having undertaken for the lives of every one of them; but supposing that ingagement of his, he that sayes any one might have so perished, is more carefull doubtlesse to defend his owne Hypothesis than the honour of the Truth, and Faithfulnesse of God.
- 1§. 47.