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A90293	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.	Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1643 (1643)	Wing O811; Thomason E97_14; ESTC R21402	143,909	187

and yet Chapter 36. vers 36. He affirmeth that he will doe this very thing that here he requireth of them a new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you an heart of flesh and I will cause you to walke in my statutes c. In how many places also are we commanded to feare the Lord which when we doe I hope none will deny to be a performance of our dutie and yet Jerem. 32. 40. God promiseth that he will put his feare in our hearts that we shall not depart from him Thirdly those two against which they lay particular exceptions faith and repentance are also expresly attributed to the free donation of God he granteth unto the Gentiles repentance unto life Acts 11. 18. and of faith directly it is not of our selves it is the gift of God Ephes 2. 8. To which assertion of the holy Spirit I shall rather fasten my beliefe then to the Arminians affirming that it is no gift of God because it is of our selves and yet this hindereth not but that it may be stiled Our most holy faith Iude 20. Let them that will deny that any thing can properly be ours which God bestoweth on us the Prophet accounted them not inconsistent when he averred that God worketh all our workes in us Isa 26. 12. They are our workes though of his working the Apostle laboured though it was not he but the grace of God that was with him 1 Cor. 15. 10. He worketh in us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of his good pleasure Philip. 2. 13. and yet the performance of our dutie may consist in those acts of our wils and those good deeds whereof he is the Authour so that according to Saint Austins counsell we will still pray that he would bestow what he commandeth us to have Fourthly 1 Cor. 4. Who made thee differ from another or what hast thou that thou hast not received Every thing that makes us differ from others is received from God wherefore the foundation of all difference in spirituall things betweene the sonnes of Adam being faith and repentance they must also of necessitie be received from above In briefe Gods circumcising of our hearts Colos 2. 11. His quickning us when we are dead Ephes ● 1. 2. Begetting us anew Iohn 1. 13. Making us in all things such as he would have us to be is contained in that promise of the New Covenant Jerem. 32. 40. I will make with them an everlasting Covenant that I will not turne away from them to doe them good but I will put my feare in their hearts that they shall not depart from me and is no way repugnant to the holy Scripture declaring our dutie to be all this that the Lord would have us and now let all men judge whether against so many and cleere testimonies of the holy Ghost the Arminian reasons borrowed from the old Philosophers be of any value the summe of them all you may finde in Cicero his third Booke De Natura Deorum Every one saith he obtaineth vertue for himself never any wise man thanked God for that for our vertue we are praised in vertue we glory which might not be were it a gift of God and truely this in softer termes is the summe of the Remonstrants Arguments in this particular Lastly observe that this errour is that which of all others the Orthodox Fathers did most oppose in the Pelagian heretiques yea and to this day the more learned Schoolemen stoutly maintaine the truth herein against the innovating Iesuits with some few of the testimonies of the Ancients I will shut up this discourse It is certaine that when we doe any thing we doe it saith Saint Augustine but it is God that causeth us so to doe and in another place Shall we not account that to be the gift of God because it is required of us under the promise of eternall life God forbid that this should seeme so either to the partakers or defenders of grace where he rejecteth both the errour and the sophisme wherewith it is upholden So also Coelestius Bishop of Rome in his Epistle to the Bishops of France So great saith he is the goodnes of God towards men that he will have those good things to be our good duties he cals them merits according to the phrase of those dayes which are his owne gifts to which purpose I cited before two Canons out of the Arausican Councel and Saint Prosper in his Treatise against Cassianus the Semipelagian affirmeth it to be a foolish complaint of proud men that Free-will is destroyed if the beginning progresse and continuance in good be said to be the gifts of God and so the imputation of folly wherewith the Arminians in my first Quotation charge their opposers being retorted on them by this learned Father I referre you to these following excerpta for a close S. S. Circumcise the fore-skinne of of your hearts and be no more stiffe necked Deut. 10. 16. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seede Chap. 30. 6. Make you a new heart and a new spirit O house of Israel Ezek. 18. 31. A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you Chap. 36. 36. If you will feare the Lord and serve him then shall you continue following the Lord your God 1 Sam. 12. 14. And I will put my feare into your hearts that ye shall not depart from me Ierem. 32. 40. He hath wrought all our workes in us Isa 26. 12. He worketh in us both to will and to doe of his good pleasure Philip. 2. 13. He hath blessed us with all spirituall blessings in him Ephes 1. 3. To you it is given in the behalfe of Christ to beleeve in him Philip. 1. 29. The bloud of Christ purgeth our consciences from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 9. 14. Lib. Arbit This is most certaine that that ought not to bee commanded which is wrought in us hee foolishly commandeth that to be done of others who will worke in them what he commandeth Rem Apol. It is absurd to affirme that God either worketh by his power or procureth by his wisedome that the elect should doe those things which God requireth of them Episcopius Faith and conversion cannot be acts of our obedience if they are wrought by God in us Rem Col. Hag. That God should require that of us which himselfe will worke in us is a ridiculous action scarce fit for a stage Rem Apol That saying of Augustine that God crowneth his owne gifts in us is not easily to be admitted Ibid. There is nothing more vaine and foolish then to ascribe faith and regeneration to the merit of Christ Idem CHAP. XI Whether Salvation may be attained without the knowledge of or Faith in Christ Jesus I Shall shut up