A53688:881
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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1. First, That all good things, that are spiritual whatsoever, that are wrought either for men, or in them, are fruits of the death of Christ. They have nothing of themselves, but nakedness, blood, and sin, guilt and impenitency, so that it is of indispensable necessity, that God should show them favour, antecedently to any Act of their Believing on him. Faith is given for Christs sake, as was observed.
1. First, That all good things, that are spirituall whatsoever, that are wrought either for men, or in them, are fruits of the death of Christ. They have nothing of themselves, but nakednesse, bloud, and sinne, guilt and impenitency, so that it is of indispensable necessity, that God should shew them favour, antecedently to any Act of their Believing on him. Faith is given for Christs sake, as was observed.
2. Secondly, That all the Effects and Fruits of the death of Christ, antecedent to our Believing, are deposited in the hand of the Righteousness, and Faithfulness of God,1 to whom, as a ransom, 2it was paid, as an Atonement, it was offered, before whom, as a price and purchase, it was laid down. It is all left in the hands of Gods Faithfulness,3 Righteousness, Mercy, and Grace, to be made out effectually to them,4 for whom he died, in the appointed time or season. So that,
2. Secondly, That all the Effects and Fruits of the death of Christ, antecedent to our Believing, are deposited in the hand of the Righteousnesse, and Faithfulnesse of God,1 to whom, as a ransome, 2