A53688:395
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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CAP. III.
1. The Immutability of the Purposes of God proposed for a second Demonstration of the Truth in hand. 2. Somewhat of the nature and properties of the Purposes of God: The object of them. 3. Purposes how Acts of Gods Understanding & Will. The only foundation of the futurition of all things. 4. The Purposes of God Absolute. Continuance of Divine Love towards Believers purposed. 5. Purposes of God farther considered, and their nature explained 6. Their Independency & absoluteness evinced. 7, 8. Proved from Isa: 46. 9, 10, 11. Psal. 33. 9, 10, 11. Heb. 6. 17, 18. &c. those places explained. 9, 10. The same Truth by sundry Reasons and Arguments farther confirmed. 11. Purposes in God, of the continuance of his Love and Favour to Believers, manifested by an Induction of Instances out of Scripture: the first from Rom. 8. 28. proposed. And 12, 13, 14. Farther cleared and improved: M. G. dealing with our Argument from hence, and our Exposition of this place, considered. His exposition of that place proposed and discussed. The design of the Apostle consented on: the fountain of the Accomplishment of the good things mentioned, omitted by Mr G. In what sense God intends to make all things work together for good to them that Love him. 15. Of Gods fore-knowledge. Of the sense and use of the word [Greek or Hebrew], also of Scisco, and [Greek or Hebrew] in Classical Authors. [Greek or Hebrew] in Scripture every where taken for Fore-knowledge or Pre-determination, no where for Pre-approbation, of pre-approving, or Pre-approbation here insisted on by Mr G. its inconsistency with the sense of the Apostles discourse manifested. 16. The progress of Mr G. exposition of this place considered. Whether men Love God antecedently to his Predestination and their effectual calling: to preordain, and to preordinate different. 17. No assurance granted of the consolation professed to be intended: The great uncertainty of the dependence of the Acts of Gods Grace mentioned▪ on one another: the efficacy of every one of them resolved finally into the wills of men. 18. Whether calling according to Gods purpose, supposeth a saving answer given to that call: The affirmative proved, and exceptions given thereto removed. 19. What Obstructions persons called may lay in their own way to justification.