A53688:1667
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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The First stirring of sin is to draw away the soul from what it ought to be fixed upon, by its rising up irregularly to some delightful object. For a man to be drawn away by his lust, is to have his Lust drawn out to some object suited to it, wherein it delighteth. Now this drawing away, denoteth two things.
The First stirring of sinne is to draw away the soule from what it ought to be fixed upon, by its rising up irregularly to some delightfull object. For a man to be drawne away by his lust, is to have his Lust drawne out to some object suited to it, wherein it delighteth. Now this drawing away, denoteth two things.
1. The turning of the soul from the actual rectitude of its frame towards God. Though the soul cannot always be in actual Exercise of Grace towards God, yet it ought always to be in an immediate readiness to any Spiritual duty, upon the account whereof, when occasion is administered, it doth as naturally go forth to God, as a vessel full of water floweth forth when vent is given unto it. Hence we are commanded to pray always. Our Saviour giveth a Parable to instruct his Disciples, that they ought to pray [Greek or Hebrew] Luke 18. 1. And we are commanded to pray [Greek or Hebrew], without ceasing or intermission, 1 •hess. 5. 17. Which the same Apostle in an other place calleth praying [Greek or Hebrew] in every place: namely as occasion is administered. It is not the perpetual exercise of this duty (as the Jews some of them have ridiculously interpreted the first Psalm of reading the Law day and night) which would shut out and cut off all other duties, not only of mens Callings and Employments as to this Life, but all other duties of the ways & worship of God whatever; But it is only the readiness and promptitude of the heart in its constant frame to that necessary duty, that is required; Now he who is [Greek or Hebrew] by lust, is drawn off from this frame; that is, he is interrupted in it by his lust, diverting unto some sinful object. And as to this particular, there is a great difference betwixt the sinning of Believers, and those who arise not beyond that height which the power of Conviction beareth them oftentimes up unto. For