A53688:824
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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2. In the continuance of the Rejection of the first, and the establishment of the Reception of the latter, at least in respect of his abiding with these, and those; with those for a season: but unto these (he saith) I will Betroth them unto me FOR EVER. Gods betrothing of Believers is his actual taking them into a Marriage covenant with himself, to deal with them in the tenderness, faithfulness, and protection of a Husband. So is he often pleased to call himself in reference to his Church; I shall not go forth to the consideration of this Relation, that God is pleased to take the souls of Saints into with himself. The eminent and precious usefulness and consolation, that floweth from it, is ready to draw me out thereunto, but I must attend that ⟨p. 152⟩which I principally aim at; namely, to evince, that God hath undertaken, the He and Believers, will, and shall abide in this Relation to the end; that he will for ever be a Husband to them, and that in opposition to his dealing with the carnal Church of the Jews, to whom he was betrothed as to Ordinances, but rejected them, and said he was not their Husband, as to peculiar grace. To whom God continueth to be a Husband, to them he continueth the loving-kindness, goodwill and protection of a Husband, the most intense, useful, fruitful, that can be imagined: This then will he do to Believers, and that for Ever. Now because sundry Objections may be levied against the Accomplishment of this Engagement of God, upon the account of our instability, and backsliding, the Lord addeth the manner of his entering into this engagement with us, obviating and preventing, or removing all such Objections whatever, which is the third thing proposed to consideration, namely, the Engagement of the Properties of God, for the accomplishment of this Promise.
2. In the continuance of the Rejection of the first, and the establishment of the Reception of the latter, at least in respect of his abiding with these, and those; with those for a season: but unto these (he saith) I will Betroth them unto me FOR EVER. Gods betrothing of Believers is his actuall taking them into a Marriage covenant with himselfe, to deale with them in the tendernesse, faithfulnesse, and protection of a Husband. So is he often pleased to call himselfe in reference to his Church; I shall not goe forth to the consideration of this Relation, that God is pleased to take the soules of Saints into with himselfe. The eminent and precious usefulnesse and consolation, that floweth from it, is ready to draw me out thereunto, but I must attend that