PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Works of John Owen — Volume 11
John Owen · 384,374 words · 378 reading sections
Section 361
The minor is, " But Paul after his conversion was in a possibility of becoming a reprobate or castaway." Ans. He was not in respect of the event, upon the account of the purpose and promises of God of him and to him, made in Christ, though any such possibility may be affirmed of him in respect of himself and his own w…
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Mr Goodwin tells us, indeed, " That the word aUy.iimg is in the writings of the apostle constantly translated " reprobate," as Rom. i. 28, 2 Cor. xiii. 5-7, 2 Tim. iii. 8, Tit. i. 1 6, or is expressed by a word equivalent, as Heb. vi. 8." How rightly this is done, in his judg- ment, he tells us not; that it is so done …
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638 DOCTRINE OF THE SAINTS' PERSEVERANCE, [CHAP. non-approbation in that work, a necessity of duty being incumbent on him which he was to discharge, yet he that knows how to value the crown of ap])rubation from Christ, the holy angels, and the church, of having faithfully discharged the office of a steward in dispensi…
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To this Mr Goodwin farther adds that weighty observation, that the word "if" is not in the original; and thence takes occasion to fall foul upon the translators as having corrupted the passages, out of favour to the doctrine contended foT'. I wish they had never worse mistaken, nor showed more partiality in any other p…
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4. That among these persons many are oftentimes endued with excellent gifts, lovely parts, qualifications, and abilities, rendering them exceedmgly useful, acceptable, and serviceable to the church of God, becoming vessels in his house to hold and convey to others the precious liquor of the gospel, though their nature …
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Sect. 28, Mr Goodwin urges sundry reasons to prove that " they are not hypocrites or outside professors only, but true believers, that are described." If by " hypocrites and outside professors" he intends those who are grossly so, pretending to be what they are not, and what they know themselves not to be, we contend n…
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Ans. AVhether it be no punishment for them who have been in so good a way, a way of such tendency unto salvation and such use- fulness to the gospel, as those persons are supposed to be in, not to be renewed again to that state and condition, but to be shut up un- recoverably under the power of darkness and unbelief un…
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XVII.] CERTAIN PASSAGES IN SCRIPTURE CONSIDERED. 647 be offered, were it needful or much conducing to our business in hand. Nor, — 2. Shall I labour to manifest that persons may be enlightened, and yet never come to Christ savingly by faith, to attain union with him and justification by him ; — a thing Mr Goodwin wil…
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2. That the term of " sanctifying," when applied to persons, is not used in any other sense than what is by Mr Goodwin here expressed, is an assertion that will be rendered useless until Mr Goodwin be pleased to give it an edge by explaining in what sense he here in- tends to apply it. Of the term " sanctifying" there …
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2. " And besides, the very word itself, to taste, ordinarily in Scripture imports a real communion with, or participation and en- joyment (if the thing be good) of, that which was said to be tasted. ' O taste and see,' saith David, ' that the Lord is good,' Ps. xxxiv. 8. His intent, doubtless, was, not to invite men to…
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To the third, wherein he argues, with his predecessors, from our opinion concerning faith, a brief reply will suffice. That " a faint, weak perception and relish of heavenly things," is suflicient to make a man a believer, is so far from being our opinion that we utterly dis- claim them from being believers to whom thi…
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" The premises relating to the two passages yet under debate con- sidered, I am so far from questioning whether the apostle speaks of true and sound believers in them, that I verily judge that he pur- posely sought out several of the most emphatical and signal charac- ters of believers, yea, such which are hardly, or r…
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/ / 656 DOCTRINE OF THE SAINTS' rERSEVERANCE. [CHAP. here at no Letter rate of wisdom or understanding than this: ' The just shall live by his faith ; but if he shall do that which is simply and utterly impossible for him to do, my soul shall have no pleasure in him/ What savour of wisdom, yea, or of common sense, is…
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But before we pass farther, may not this witness, which Mr Good- win hath attempted in vain to suborn to appear and speak in his cause, be demanded what he can speak, or what he knows of the truth of that which he is produced to oppose? This, then, it con- fesseth and denieth not, at first word, that of professors ther…
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A71S. 1. The first reason intimated is, " That they are said to be '^poffxaipoi," a term given them, plainly, to distinguish them from true believers, — men that make a profession for a season, expressly opposed to them who receive the word " in honest and good hearts." If the word had denoted any excellency, any thing…
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What remains of Mr Goodwin's discourse on this text is spent iu answering some objections which are made against his interpretation of the place. It grows now late, and this task grows so heavy on my hand that I cannot satisfy myself in the repetition of any thing spoken before or delivered, which would necessarily enf…
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"1. If the said expressions import nothing but what hypocrites, and that ' in sensu composite,' that is, whilst hypocrites, are ca- pable of, then may those be hypocrites who are separated from men that live in error, and from the pollutions of the world, and that through the knowledge of Jesus Christ ; and, on the oth…
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worship of God, to be a colour and pretext for the free and uncon- trolled practising of vile abominations, may not be said so to escape it, yet such as those we have before described, with their convictions, light, gifts, duties, good conscience, etc., may truly and really escape from them and their ways who pollute t…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.