A53688:260
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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Secondly, 1the comfortableness he tells us of the testimony of a mans conscience concerning his uprightness with God, depends mainly and principally upon his uniform and regular walking with God; now this being by the neglects of the Saints often interrupted with many stains of unworthiness, the testimony it self must needs be often suspended: now true believers finding themselves outgone in ways of obedience by them, that impenitently Apostatize, if from hence they must conclude them Hypocrites, they have no evidence left for the soundness of their own Faith, which their consciences bear Testimony unto, upon the fruitfulness of it, which is inferior by many degrees to that of them who yet finally fall away. This is the substance of one long Section pag. 109, 110. But
Secondly, 1the comfortablenesse he tells us of the testimony of a mans conscience concerning his uprightnesse with God, depends mainly and principally upon his uniforme and regular walking with God; now this being by the neglects of the Saints often interupted with many staines of unworthinesse, the testimony it selfe must needs be often suspended: now true believers finding themselves outgon in wayes of obedience by them, that impenitently Apostatize, if from hence they must conclude them Hypocrites, they have no evidence left for the soundnesse of their owne Faith, which their consciences beare Testimony unto, upon the fruitfullnesse of it, which is inferiour by many degrees to that of them who yet finally fall away. This is the substance of one long Section pag. 109, 110. But
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First, here is the same supposal included as formerly, that the only Evidence of a true Faith and acceptance with God, is the testimony of a mans conscience concerning his regular & upright walking with God; For, an obstruction in this being supposed, his comfort and consolation is thought to vanish; but that the Scripture builds up our assurance on other foundations is evident, and the Saints acknowledge it, as hath been before delivered; Nor