11. To be rooted and established in the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints. And to believe that whosoever is truly united unto Jesus Christ by a lively faith, shall be so preserved by Christ in the use of all Gospel-means, that he shall never totally and finally fall away. Christ Jesus at the day of judgement will have a complete body mystical, as well as natural. He will not loose any of his real members, for then his body should be incomplete. There was a book written in King James his days by Bertius, of the Apostasy of the Saints. This book the forenamed King calls (in a 2letter written to the States of Holland) A book with a blasphemous title. And a learned Professor of Oxford calls it a book with an execrable title. And surely if it was blasphemous and execrable then, it is as bad now. I will not enter upon the controversy: there are books lately written to very good purpose for the justification of the doctrine of perseverance. To me it is sufficient; that God hath said it; and shall not he do it? he hath said, whom he justified, them he also glorified. He hath said, The servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. He hath said, my sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me, and I will give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them o•t of my hand. My Father ⟨p. 18⟩which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand. He hath said, I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart 3from me. He hath said, Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth who are his, &c. Though Hymeneus and Philetas have not stood sure, yet the foundation of God standeth sure. He hath 4said, being confident in this very thing, that he that hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Christ. And that we are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. And whosoever is borne of God doth not commit 5sin; for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. He hath said, I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not. And he is now in heaven at the right hand of his Father making intercession for us. And the chief end of his intercession is, that God would uphold and continue us in his favour unto the end:
11. To be rooted and established in the Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints. And to beleeve that whosoever is truly united unto Jesus Christ by a lively faith, shall be so preserved by Christ in the use of all Gospel-means, that he shall never totally and finally fall away. Christ Jesus at the day of judgement will have a compleat body mystical, as well as natural. He will not loose any of his real members, for then his body should be incompleat. There was a book written in King James his dayes by Bertius, of the Apostacy of the Saints. This book the forenamed King calls (in a 2letter written to the States of Holland) A book with a blasphemous title. And a learned Professor of Oxford calls it a book with an execrable title. And surely if it was blasphemous and execrable then, it is as bad now. I will notenter upon the controversie: there are books lately written to very good purpose for the justification of the doctrine of perseverance. To me it is sufficient; that God hath said it; and shallnot he do it? he hath said, whom he justified, them he also glorified. He hath said, The servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. He hath said, my sheep heare my voyce and I know them, and they follow me, and I will give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them o•t of my hand. My Father ⟨p. 18⟩which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand. He hath said, I will put my feare in their hearts, that they shall not depart 3from me. He hath said, Neverthelesse the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seale, the Lord knoweth who are his, &c. Though Hymeneus and Philetas have not stood sure, yet the foundation of God standeth sure. He hath 4said, being confident in this very thing, that he that hath begun a good work in you will performe it untill the day of Christ. And that we are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. And whosoever is borne of God doth not commit 5sin; for his seed remaineth in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. He hath said, I have prayed for thee that thy faith faile not. And he is now in heaven at the right hand of his Father making intercession for us. And the chief end of his intercession is, that God would uphold and continue us in his favour unto the end:
- 1Impossibile est quod somel vivificavit Deus, ab •odem vel ab alio occidi. Origen. in Jerem. Hom. 1.
- 2Repertus est ja• pridem Petrus quidam Bertius Cacotheologus Leydenfis qui librum edere baud veritus est titulo ••rte ipso ex•crabile• de Apostatiâ sanctorum. Robert. Abbot professor Regius Dr. Owen. Dr. Kendall. Rom. 8. 30. John 8. 35. John 10. 27, 28, 29.Repertus est ja• pridem Petrus quidam Bertius Cacotheologus Leydenfis qui librum edere baud veritus est titulo ••rte ipso ex•crabile• de Apostatiâ sanctorum. Robert. Abbot professor Regius Dr. Owen. Dr. Kendal. Rom. 8. 30. John 8. 35. John 10. 27, 28, 29.
- 3Jer. 32. 40. 2 Tim. 2. 19.
- 4Phil. 1. 6.
- 51 John 3. 9. Luk. 22. 32.
