A53688:1745
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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And (according as is the constant manner of all, in our days that are ensnared with any error be it never so pernicious) have blessed God for it, professing they never found rest nor peace before; yet I no way question for such as fear the Lord, and are yet bowed down under the weight, and carried away with the strength of Mr Goodwin's Rhetoric for a season, will quickly find a fire proceeding out of that newly enthroned Doctrine, preying upon and consuming all their Joy, Peace, and Consolation, or (which I rather hope) a fire proceeding out of their Faith, (the Faith once delivered to the Saints) to the utter confusion & consumption of this bramble scratching error in the mean time if the eminent appearance of many thousands of the Saints of God, in this Nation (whereof many are fallen asleep, and many continue to this day) testifying and bearing witness to the Joy & Consolation they have found, & that upon Spiritual demonstrative grounds in being cast into the mould of the Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance for many days, be of no weight with Mr Goodwin, I know not why his single Testimony (which yet as to the matter of fact I no way question) concerning some few Persons by himself seduced, into a persuasion of their Apostasy, blessing God for the discovery made to them (the constant Practise of all persons in their first entanglement, in the foulest and grossest errors whatever) should sway us much to any good liking of it.
And (according as is the constant manner of all, in our dayes that are insnared with any errour be it never so pernitious) have blessed God for it, professing they never found rest nor peace before; yet I no way question for such as feare the Lord, and are yet bowed downe under the weight, and carryed away with the strength of Mr Goodwin's Rethoricke for a season, will quickly finde a fire proceeding out of that newly enthroned Doctrine, preying upon and consuming all their Joy, Peace, and Consolation, or (which I rather hope) a fire proceeding out of their Faith, (the Faith once delivered to the Saints) to the utter confusion & consumption of this bramble scratching errour in the meane time if the eminent appearance of many thousands of the Saints of God, in this Nation (whereof many are fallen asleepe, and many continue to this day) testifying and bearing witnesse to the Joy & Consolation they have found, & that upon Spirituall demonstrative grounds in being cast into the mould of the Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance for many dayes, be of no weight with Mr Goodwin, I know not why his single Testimony (which yet as to the matter of fact I no way question) concerning some few Persons by himselfe seduced, into a perswasion of their Apostacy, blessing God for the discovery made to them (the constant Practise of all persons in their first intanglement, in the foulest and grossest errours whatever) should sway us much to any good liking of it.