A53688:1530
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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Thirdly the place that both these Lords have in this life in a Believer, Cap. 7. This then is the only reigning sin & in whomsoever it is in its power & compass as it is in all unregenerate men, in them, & in them only doth sin reign, & every sin they commit is with full consent, (as was manifested before) in exact willing Obedience to the sovereign Lord that reigns in them.
Thirdly the place that both these Lords have in this life in a Believer, Cap. 7. This then is the only reigning sin & in whomsoever it is in its power & compas as it is in all unregenerate men, in them, & in them only doth sin reigne, & every sin they commit is with full consent, (as was manifested before) in exact willing Obedience to the soveraigne Lord that reignes in them.
Fourthly,1 observe that the Grace, new Creature, Principle or Spiritual Life that is Given to, bestowed on, and wrought in all, and only Believers, be it in the lowest and most remiss degree that can be imagined, is yet no less universally spread over the whole soul, than the contrary habit and principle of Lust and sin, whereof we have spoken; In the Understanding it is Light in the Lord, in the Will Life, in the Affections Love, Delight, &c. those ⟨p. 329⟩being reconciled, who were alienated by wicked works. Where ever there is any thing, the least of grace, there something of it is in every thing of the soul, that is a capable seat for good or evil habits, or dispositions; He that is in Christ is a new creature, 2 Cor: 5. 17. not renewed in one or other particular, he is a new Creature.
Fourthly,1 observe that the Grace, new Creature, Principle or Spirituall Life that is Given to, bestowed on, and wrought in all, and only Believers, be it in the lowest and most remisse degree that can be imagined, is yet no lesse universally spread over the whole soule, than the contrary habit and principle of Lust and sinne, whereof we have spoken; In the Understanding it is Light in the Lord, in the Will Life, in the Affections Love, Delight, &c. those