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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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Secondly, there is not only an impotency, but an enmity in corrupted nature, to any thing spiritually good. The things that are of God, are foolishness unto a natural man: 1 Cor. 2. 14. And there is nothing that men do more hate, and contemn, then that which they account as folly. They mock at it, as a ridiculous drunkenness, Act. 2. 13. And would to God our days, yielded us not too evident proofs, of that universal opposition, ⟨p. 138⟩that is between light and darkness, Christ and Belial, Nature and Grace, that we could not see every day the prodigious issues of this in-bred corruption, swelling over all bounds, and breaking forth into a contempt of the Gospel, and all ways of godliness. So true it is, that the carnal mind is enmity against God, it is not subject unto his law, neither indeed can it be: Rom. 8. 7. So that,
Secondly, there is not onely an impotencie, but an enmitie in corrupted nature, to any thing spiritually good. The things that are of God, are foolishnesse unto a naturall man: 1 Cor. 2. 14. And there is nothing that men doe more hate, and contemne, then that which they account as folly. They mock at it, as a ridiculous drunkennesse, Act. 2. 13. And would to God our dayes, yeelded us not too evident proofes, of that universall opposition, ⟨p. 138⟩that is betweene light and darkenesse, Christ and Beliall, Nature and Grace, that we could not see every day the prodigious issues of this in-bred corruption, swelling over all bounds, and breaking forth into a contempt of the Gospel, and all wayes of godlinesse. So true it is, that the carnall minde is enmitie against God, it is not subiect unto his law, neither indeed can it be: Rom. 8. 7. So that,