A53688:699
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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Ans. Christ knew what was in man, and had no need of any to tell him, he knew from the beginning who it was that should betray him, and plainly pronounced him to be a Devil; He knew he was so, that he Believed not; that he would continue so,1 he would betray him, that his end would be desperate; be pronounced a curse upon him, as being cursed by David: Ps. 109. so many Generations before his coming into the world; and is it probable now that he promised this man a Throne for his following him in the Regeneration? ⟨p. 124⟩which is most certain (take it in what sense you will) he did never follow him in, but only as he gave him his bodily attendance, in his going up and down. He was never admitted to be witness of his Resurrection, the time being not yet come, wherein a discovery was to be made of the hypocrisy of Judas, that he might have space to carry on the work which he had to do, and the number of those, who in a peculiar manner were to bear witness to the completing of the whole work of Regeneration in the Resurrection of Christ,2 being twelve, he who was afterwards admitted into that number being one that now followed him, our blessed Saviour telleth them indefinitely to their consolation, what will be the Glorious Issue of their following him, and bearing witness to him, in this work. That which is promissory in the words, is made to them, who forsook all and followed him in the work mentioned, which assuredly he, who was always a thief, a Devil, a covetous person, that followed not in the main of the work it self, was none of; that Promise being afterwards fulfilled to another then present with Christ. It is granted, if the rest of the twelve had fallen away, you may suppose of them what you please: that they might fall away, is to beg that, which you cannot prove, nor will ever be granted you, though you should resolve to starve your self, if you get it not: But this is
Ans. Christ knew what was in man, and had no need of any to tell him, he knew from the beginning who it was that should betray him, and plainely pronounced him to be a Divell; He knew he was so, that he Believed not; that he would continue so,