A53688:1399
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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First then,1 it may be observed (as it was by the way in the foregoing Discourse) that notwithstanding the Promises of Perseverance which are given to the Saints, yet many there are, who are not enabled all their days to mix them with Faith (although their interest & portion lies in them, no less than theirs who through Grace attain the greatest Assurance) and on that account do never all their days get free from some bondage by reason of the Fear of Death and destruction: And in respect of such as these, the Comminations and threatenings insisted on, may have much of that End accomplished which by Mr Goodwin is assigned to them; not that such a frame is directly aimed at in them, Christ dying to deliver them, who, by reason of Death were in bondage all their days, from that bondage which the Fear of Death for since doth keep the souls of men in and under, but that it follows and will follow upon their darkness and weakness of Faith.
First then,1 it may be observed (as it was by the way in the foregoing Discourse) that notwithstanding the Promises of Perseverance which are given to the Saints, yet many there are, who are not enabled all their dayes to mix them with Faith (although their interest & portion lyes in them, no lesse than theirs who through Grace attaine the greatest Assurance) and on that account do never all their dayes get free from some bondage by reason of the Feare of Death and destruction: And in respect of such as these, the Comminations and threatnings insisted on, may have much of that End accomplished which by Mr Goodwin is assigned to them; not that such a frame is directly aimed at in them, Christ dying to deliver them, who, by reason of Death were in bondage all their dayes, from that bondage which the Feare of Death for since doth keepe the soules of men in and under, but that it followes and will follow upon their darkenesse and weaknesse of Faith.
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