A53688:1412
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. That it is not the intendment of any divine Threatenings to beget such a Fear in reference to them that believe, hath been declared.
1. That it is not the intendment of any divine Threatnings to beget such a Feare in reference to them that believe, hath beene declared.
2. It is no fruit or product of the Spirit of Life and Love, which as hath been shown is the principle of all our Obedience and walking with God.
2. It is no fruit or product of the Spirit of Life and Love, which as hath beene showne is the principle of all our Obedience and walking with God.
3. It holds out a frame of Spirit directly contrary to what we are called and admitted unto under the Gospel; For God hath not given us the Spirit of fear, but of ••wer, of Love, and of a sound mind. 2. Tim. 1. 7. and Rom. 8. 15. We have not received the Spirit of bondage unto fear, but the Spirit of Adoption whereby we cry Abba Father. The Spirit of this Fear and Dread, and the bondage that attends it, is at open variance with the Spirit of Liberty, Boldness, Power, Adoption, and a sound mind wherewith Believers are endued. And
3. It holds out a frame of Spirit directly contrary to what we are called ond admitted unto under the Gospell; For God hath not given us the Spirit of feare, but of ••wer, of Love, and of a sound minde.