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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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Thirdly, for whom Christ died, for them also he rose again, to make intercession for them, for whose offences he was delivered, for their justification he was raised: Rom. 4. 25. and Chap. 5. 10. He is a high Priest to make intercession for them in the holiest of holies, for whom by his blood he obtained everlasting redemption, Heb. 9. 11. 12. Those two acts of his Priesthood are not to be separated, it belongs to the same Mediator for sin, to sacrifice and pray: our assurance that he is our Advocate, is grounded on his being a propitiation for our sins: he is an Advocate, for every ⟨p. 96⟩one, for whose sins his blood was a propitiation: 1 John 2, 1, 2. But Christ doth not intercede, and pray for all, as himself often witnesseth: John 17. He maketh intercession only for them, who come unto God by him: Heb. 7. 24. He is not a Mediator of them that perish, no more then and Advocate of them that fail in their suits, and therefore the benefit of his death also must be restrained to them, who are finally partakers of both: we must not so dis-join the offices of Christs Mediatorship, that one of them may be versated about some towards whom he exerciseth not the other: much less ought we, so to separate the several acts of the same office. For whom Christ is a Priest, to offer himself a sacrifice, for their sins, he is surely a King, to apply the good things purchased by his death unto them, asb Arminius himself confesseth; much more to whom he is a Priest by sacrifice he will be a Priest by intercession: and therefore, seeing he doth not intercede and pray for every one, he did not die for every one.
Thirdly, for whom Christ died, for them also he rose againe, to make intercession for them, for whose offences he was delivered, for their iustification he was raised: Rom. 4. 25. and Chap. 5. 10. He is a high Priest to make intercession for them in the holiest of holies, for whom by his bloud he obtained everlasting redemption,