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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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3. Neither can it be supposed as a conditional Promise, held out to them as a motive to work them from their Idolatry, when antecedently thereunto, God hath expressly promised to do that for them (v. 16, 17.) with as high an hand and efficacy of Grace, as can well be expressed; wherefore these being exceptions expressly against the scope of the whole: It is objected.
3. Neither can it be supposed as a conditionall Promise, held out to them as a motive to work them from their Idolatry, when antecedentaly thereunto, God hath expressely promised to doe that for them (v. 16, 17.) with as high an hand and efficacy of Grace, as can well be expressed; wherefore these being exceptions expressely against the scope of the whole: It is objected.
3. That it cannot be proved that this promise properly, or directly intendeth the collation of Spiritual or heavenly good things unto them, so as of Temporal: yea the situation of it betwixt Temporal Promises, immediately both behind and before it, persuadeth the contrary: Read the Context from v. 8. to the end of the Chapter.
3. That it cannot be proved that this promise properly, or directly intendeth the collation of Spirituall or heavenly good things unto them, so as of Temporall: yea the situation of it betwixt Temporall Promises, immediately both behind and before it, perswadeth the contrary: Read the Context from v. 8. to the end of the Chapter.
Ans. The other forts being demolished, this last is very faintly defended. That it cannot be proved, that it doth so properly or directly; but if it doth intend spirituals properly and directly, though not so properly or directly, the case is clear: And that it doth properly intend Spirituals, and but secondarily and indirectly Temporals, as to sundry limitations, is most evident For,