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A53688 The doctrine of the saints perseverance, explained and confirmed, or, The certain permanency of their 1. acceptation with God & 2. sanctification from God manifested & proved from the 1. eternal principles 2. effectuall causes 3. externall meanes thereof ... vindicated in a full answer to the discourse of Mr. John Goodwin against it, in his book entituled Redemption redeemed : with some degressions concerning 1. the immediate effects of the death of Christ ... : with a discourse touching the epistles of Ignatius, the Episcopacy in them asserted, and some animadversions on Dr. H.H. his dissertations on that subject / by John Owen ... Owen, John, 1616-1683. 1654 (1654) Wing O740; ESTC R21647 722,229 498

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the_o doctrine_n m._n goodwin_n have_v espouse_v it_o be_v the_o latter_a only_o that_o be_v here_o intend_v the_o prevent_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v his_o moral_a persuasion_n of_o the_o will_n to_o the_o good_a propose_v to_o its_o consideration_n see_v then_o in_o the_o next_o place_n what_o it_o be_v to_o second_v &_o entertane_v these_o motion_n with_o a_o suitable_a concurrence_n in_o the_o heart_n and_o will_n now_o this_o must_v be_v either_o to_o yield_v obedience_n to_o these_o motion_n and_o to_o do_v the_o good_a persuade_v unto_o or_o something_o else_o if_o any_o thing_n else_o we_o desire_v to_o know_v of_o m._n goodwin_n what_o it_o be_v and_o wherein_o it_o consist_v if_o it_o be_v to_o do_v the_o good_a persuade_v too_o than_o what_o become_v i_o pray_v you_o of_o those_o subsequent_a help_n which_o be_v suspend_v upon_o this_o obedience_n when_o the_o thing_n itself_o be_v already_o perform_v which_o their_o help_n and_o assistance_n be_v require_v unto_o 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their_o walk_v unworthy_o of_o or_o not_o answerable_a to_o the_o grace_n they_o have_v receive_v be_v clear_a ephesian_n 4._o 31._o the_o apostle_n admonish_v believer_n to_o abstain_v from_o the_o sin_n he_o there_o enumerate_v and_o consequent_o other_o of_o the_o like_a import_n have_v put_v on_o and_o learned_a christ_n unto_o sanctification_n that_o they_o do_v not_o grieve_v the_o spirit_n from_o who_o they_o have_v receive_v that_o great_a mercy_n and_o privilege_n of_o be_v seal_v to_o the_o day_n of_o redemption_n but_o that_o therefore_o the_o subsequent_a and_o more_o effectual_a motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o free_a as_o the_o first_o but_o supend_v on_o our_o performance_n of_o that_o which_o he_o first_o move_v unto_o and_o so_o consequent_o that_o there_o be_v neither_o first_o our_o second_o motion_n of_o the_o spirit_n but_o may_v be_v render_v useless_a and_o fruitless_a or_o be_v for_o ever_o prevent_v be_v a_o argument_n not_o unlike_a that_o of_o the_o 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the_o multitude_n or_o the_o people_n be_v not_o such_o poor_a inconsiderable_a thing_n as_o they_o be_v report_v to_o be_v when_o he_o advise_v they_o to_o stop_v and_o stay_v the_o sedition_n by_o yield_a obedience_n to_o the_o thing_n by_o they_o appoint_v and_o command_v if_o it_o be_v in_o itself_o evil_a disorderly_a and_o not_o according_a to_o the_o mind_n of_o christ_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v order_v and_o appoint_v thing_n in_o the_o church_n it_o have_v be_v simple_o evil_a for_o clemens_n to_o have_v advise_v any_o to_o yield_v obedience_n unto_o thing_n by_o they_o so_o appoint_v where_o be_v now_o ignatius_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n even_o those_o who_o be_v contend_v about_o rule_n and_o government_n in_o the_o church_n be_v advise_v to_o stand_v to_o the_o determination_n of_o the_o people_n and_o to_o cry_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o be_v also_o insist_v on_o by_o blondellus_n who_o thence_o argue_v potestatem_fw-la plebis_fw-la circa_n sacra_fw-la disser_fw-fr 5._o cap._n 8._o sect._n 4._o ad_fw-la verba_fw-la haec_fw-la say_v our_o doctor_n prodigii_fw-la instar_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la notandum_fw-la duxit_fw-la dav_n blondellus_n potestatem_fw-la plebis_fw-la circa_n sacra_fw-la de_fw-fr quâ_fw-la tandem_fw-la integram_fw-la dissertationem_fw-la elucubravit_fw-la artificiis_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la asserturus_fw-la hic_fw-la inquit_fw-la nos_fw-la monet_fw-la clemens_n fideles_fw-la etiam_fw-la de_fw-la episcopatu_fw-la aut_fw-la presbyterio_n contendentes_fw-la non_fw-la ab_fw-la episcopi_fw-la singulari_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nutu_fw-la sed_fw-la à_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la pependisse_fw-la but_o let_v not_o our_o doctor_n be_v angry_a nor_o cry_v out_o so_o fast_o of_o prodigy_n a_o little_a time_n will_v manifest_v that_o many_o thing_n may_v not_o be_v prodigious_a which_o yet_o be_v contrary_a to_o sundry_a of_o his_o conception_n and_o apprehension_n i_o can_v but_o acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v provoke_v but_o with_o all_o must_v say_v that_o i_o have_v find_v very_o common_o that_o reason_n usher_v in_o by_o such_o loud_a clamour_n have_v in_o examination_n prove_v to_o have_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o some_o such_o noise_n as_o may_v fright_v man_n from_o the_o consideration_n of_o they_o what_o be_v in_o the_o next_o section_n set_v up_o to_o shield_v the_o child_n of_o episcopacy_n from_o be_v affright_v with_o this_o prodigy_n may_v perhaps_o be_v of_o more_o efficacy_n thereunto_o than_o the_o exclamation_n before_o mention_v he_o therefore_o proceed_v sect_n 5._o certè_fw-la say_v he_o si_fw-la serio_fw-la rem_fw-la ageret_fw-la da●_n blondellus_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la suis_fw-la non_fw-la de_fw-fr episcopis_fw-la nostris_fw-la actum_fw-la planè_fw-la &_o triumphatum_fw-la erit_fw-la nec_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la universo_fw-it aliquo_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la collegie_n quod_fw-la ille_fw-la tam_fw-la afflictim_n ardet_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o multitudinis_fw-la solius_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la tum_fw-la contendentes_fw-la de_fw-la episcopo_fw-la tum_fw-la fideles_fw-la omnes_fw-la corinthios_n pependisse_fw-la aequè_fw-la concludendum_fw-la erit_fw-la if_o any_o man_n in_o the_o world_n have_v manifest_v more_o desperate_a affection_n towards_o presbytery_n than_o this_o doctor_n have_v do_v towards_o episcopacy_n for_o my_o part_n solus_fw-la habeto_fw-la but_o though_o neither_o clemens_n nor_o blondellus_n speak_v any_o one_o word_n about_o the_o order_n of_o thing_n multitudinis_fw-la solius_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la yet_o here_o be_v that_o say_v by_o they_o both_o as_o be_v sufficient_o destructive_a not_o only_o to_o the_o episcopacy_n the_o doctor_n contend_v for_o as_o a_o thing_n whole_o inconsistent_a with_o the_o power_n and_o liberty_n here_o grant_v the_o people_n but_o of_o any_o such_o presbytery_n also_o as_o shall_v undertake_v the_o order_n and_o dispose_n of_o thing_n in_o the_o church_n of_o god_n without_o the_o consent_n and_o concurrent_a suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n such_o a_o presbytery_n it_o seem_v blondellus_n do_v not_o defend_v but_o yet_o neither_o the_o doctor_n outcry_n as_o at_o a_o prodigy_n nor_o this_o retortion_n upon_o presbytery_n be_v any_o answer_n to_o the_o testimony_n of_o clemens_n nor_o indeed_o be_v there_o the_o least_o possible_a reflection_n upon_o a_o orderly_a gospel_n presbytery_n in_o any_o church_n and_o over_o it_o by_o what_o clemens_n here_o profess_v to_o be_v the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n all_o the_o appearance_n of_o any_o such_o thing_n be_v from_o the_o term_n solius_fw-la foist_v into_o the_o discourse_n of_o blondellus_n by_o the_o doctor_n in_o his_o take_n of_o it_o up_o to_o retortat_fw-la clemens_n in_o the_o very_a next_o word_n secure_v we_o from_o any_o thought_n that_o all_o thing_n depend_v à_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la solius_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la his_o very_a next_o word_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d our_o doctor_n and_o master_n have_v stuff_v their_o imagination_n with_o the_o shape_n and_o lineament_n of_o that_o hierarchichal_n fabric_n which_o the_o craft_n policy_n subtlety_n avarice_n pride_n ambition_n of_o many_o age_n successive_o have_v form_v and_o frame_v according_a to_o the_o pattern_n they_o see_v in_o the_o mount_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o goverment_n therein_o upon_o the_o first_o hear_v of_o a_o church_n a_o flock_n of_o christ_n walk_v in_o orderly_a subjection_n to_o their_o own_o elder_n concur_v with_o they_o and_o consent_v to_o they_o in_o their_o rule_n and_o government_n instant_o as_o man_n amaze_v cry_v out_o a_o prodigy_n it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a into_o what_o ridiculous_a contemptible_a miscarriage_n pride_n prejudice_n and_o selfulness_n do_v oftentime_o betray_v man_n otherwise_o of_o good_a ability_n in_o their_o way_n and_o very_o commendable_a industry_n but_o section_n the_o six_o the_o doctor_n come_v 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