A53688:660
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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Gospel Promises then are,1 1. The free, and gracious dispensations, and 2. Discoveries of Gods good will and Love to 3. Sinners, 4. through Christ, 5 In a Covenant of Grace, 6. Wherein upon his Truth and Faithfulness, he engageth himself to be their God, to give his Son unto them, and for them, and his Holy Spirit to abide with them, with all things that are either required in them, or are necessary for them, to make them accepted before him, and to bring them to an enjoyment of him.
Gospell Promises then are,1 1. The free, and gracious dispensations, and 2. Discoveries of Gods good will and Love to 3. Sinners, 4. through Christ, 5 In a Covenant of Grace, 6. Wherein upon his Truth and Faithfulnesse, he engageth himselfe to be their God, to give his Sonne unto them, and for them, and his Holy Spirit to abide with them, with all things that are either required in them, or are necessary for them, to make them accepted before him, and to bring them to an enjoyment of him.
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I call them Gospel Promises: 1not as though they were only contained in the Books of the New Testament, or given only by Christ after his coming in the flesh;2 for they were given from the beginning of the World, or first entrance of sin:3 and the Lord made plentiful provision of them and by them for his People, under the Old Testament: but only to distinguish them from the Promises of the Law, which hold out a word of Truth & Faithfulness engaged for a reward of Life, to them that yield obedience thereunto (there being an indissoluble connection between entering into life, and keeping the Commandments) and so to manifest,