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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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Fifthly, God sees no saith, no obedience, perseverance; nothing but sin and wickedness in any man, but what himself intendeth graciously and freely to bestow upon them, for faith is not of our selves, it is the gift of God, it is the work of God that we do believe, John 6. 29. he blesseth us with all spiritual blessings in Christ, Ephes. 1. Now all these gifts and graces, God bestoweth only upon those whom he hath antecedently ordained to everlasting life: For the election obtained it and the rest were blinded, Rom. 11. 7. God added to his Church daily those that should be saved, Acts 2. 47. therefore surely God chooseth us not, because he foreseeth those things in us, seeing he bestoweth those graces because he hath chosen us:x Wherefore saith Austine, doth Christ say, you have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, but because they did not choose him that he should choose them: but he chose them that they might choose him. We choose Christ by faith, God chooseth us by his decree of election, the question is whether we choose him, because he hath chosen us, or he chooseth us, because we have chosen him, and so indeed choose our selves: we affirm the former, and that because our choice of him, is a gift he himself bestoweth only on them whom he hath chosen.
Fifthly, God sees no saith, no obedience, perseverance; nothing but sinne and wickednesse in any man, but what himselfe intendeth graciously and freely to bestow upon them, for faith is not of our selves, it is the gift of God, it is the worke of God that we doe beleeve, Iohn 6. 29. he blesseth us with all spirituall blessings in Christ, Ephes. 1. Now all these gifts and graces, God bestoweth onely upon those whom he hath antecedently ordained to everlasting life: For the election obtained it and the rest were blinded, Rom. 11. 7. God added to his Church daily those that should be saved,