A90293:170
Theomachia autexousiastikē
Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianism. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddess contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the main errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their own writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By John Owen, Master of Arts of Queens College in Oxon.Theomachia autexousiastikē: or, A display of Arminianisme. Being a discovery of the old Pelagian idol free-will, with the new goddesse contingency, advancing themselves, into the throne of the God of heaven to the prejudice of his grace, providence, and supreme dominion over the children of men. Wherein the maine errors of the Arminians are laid open, by which they are fallen off from the received doctrine of all the reformed churches, with their opposition in divers particulars to the doctrine established in the Church of England. Discovered out of their owne writings and confessions, and confuted by the Word of God. / By Iohn Owen, Master of Arts of Queens Colledge in Oxon.
London: printed by I.L. for Phil. Stephens, 1643
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The sum of their Doctrine in this particular, is laid by one of ours in a Tract entitled Gods love to mankind, &c. a Book full of palpable ignorance, gross sophistry, and abominable blasphemy, whose Author seems to have proposed nothing unto himself, but to rake all the dunghills of a few the most invective Arminians, and to collect the most filthy scum and pollution ⟨p. 60⟩of their railings to cast upon the truth of God, and under I know not what self-coined pretences, belch out odious blasphemies against his holy name.
The summe of their Doctrine in this particular, is laid by one of ours in a Tract intituled Gods love to mankinde, &c. a Booke full of palpable ignorance, grosse sophistrie, and abominable blasphemie, whose Authour seemes to have proposed nothing unto himselfe, but to rake all the dunghils of a few the most invective Arminians, and to collect the most filthy scumme and pollution ⟨p. 60⟩of their railings to cast upon the truth of God, and under I know not what selfe-coyned pretences, belch out odious blasphemies against his holy name.
The sum, saith he, of all these speeches (he cited to his purpose) is,t That there is no decree of saving men, but what is built on Gods fore-knowledge of the good actions of men: No decree? no not that whereby God determineth to give some unto Christ, to ingraft them in him by faith, and bring them by him unto glory: which giveth light to that place ofu Arminius, where he affirmeth, That God loveth none precisely to eternal life, but considered as just either with Legal or Evangelical righteousness. Now to love one to eternal life, is to destinate one to obtain eternal life by Christ: and so it is co-incident with the former assertion that our election or choosing unto grace and glory is upon the fore-sight of our good works: which contains a doctrine so contradictory to the words, and meaning of the Apostle,