A90293:254
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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Now if no more good redound to us by the death of Christ, then to Simon Magus, we are not much obliged to him for our salvation: Nay, he may be rather said to have redeemed God, then us, for he procured for him immediately a power to redeem us if he would; for us, only by virtue of that power, a possibility to be redeemed: which leaves nothing of the nature of merit annexed to his death: for that deserveth that something be done, not only that it may be done: the workman deserveth that his wages be given him, and not that it may be given him. And then what becomes of all the comfort and consolation that is proposed to us in the death of ⟨p. 102⟩Christ: but it is time to see how this stubble is burned and consumed by the word of God: and that established which they thought to overthrow.
Now if no more good redound to us by the death of Christ, then to Simon Magus, we are not much obliged to him for our salvation: Nay, he may be rather said to have redeemed God, then us, for he procured for him immediately a power to redeeme us if he would; for us, onely by vertue of that power, a possibilitie to be redeemed: which leaves nothing of the nature of merit annexed to his death: for that deserveth that something be done, not onely that it may be done: the workman deserveth that his wages be given him, and not that it may be given him. And then what becomes of all the comfort and consolation that is proposed to us in the death of ⟨p. 102⟩Christ: but it is time to see how this stubble is burned and consumed by the word of God: and that established which they thought to overthrow.
First, It is clear that Christ died to procure for us an actual reconciliation with God: and not only a power for us to be reconciled unto him: for when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God, by the death of his son: Rom. 5. 10. we enjoy an actual reconciliation unto God by his death: he is content to be called our God, when we are enemies, without the intervening of any condition on our part required: though the sweetness, comfort, and knowledge of this reconciliation, do not compass, our souls before we believe in him. Again, we have remission of sins by his blood, and justification from them, not a sole vindication into such an estate, wherein, if it please God, and our selves, our sins are pardonable: for we are justified through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth, to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins: