The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis.

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The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis.
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Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
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"The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10194.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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Fulgentius.

Fulgentius, an acute and learned Father, who flourished from the yeere of our Lord 490. to 510. hath fully declared himselfe on our behalfe. For in his Booke de Praedestinatione ad Mo∣nimum, pag. 20. 21. his words are these;

Gratia •…•…st illa iusta retributio, qua bonis suis meliora retribuens Deus, glori∣ficaturus est justos: & hoc etiam gratiae opus erit. Quia vt hoc mereatur, ipsa praeueniendo misericorditer in cipit;

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ipsa subsequendo custodit. Praeuenit igitur impium, vt fiat justus: subsequitur justū, ne fiat impius. Praevenit caecum, vt lumen quod non invenit, donet: subsequitur videntem, vt lumen, quod contulit, seruet. Praevenit elisum vt surgat: subsequitur elevatū, ne cadat. Praevenit donans homini bonam voluntatē: subsequitur beneuolētem, operando in illo boni operis facultatem. Hoc igitur ista misericordia dei in homine subsequitur, quod praeveniens ipsa largitur. Et ideo non solù errantem iustificando ad viam revocat: sed etiam benè ambulando custodit & adjuvat, vt ad donum glorificationis aeternae perducat. Haec autem omnia, id est, & vocationis nostrae initia, & justificationis augmenta, & glorificationis praemia, in praedestinatione sua Deus semper habuit, quia & in vocatione, & in justificatione, & in glori∣ficatione sanctorum, gratiae suae futurae opera praescivit. Ob hoc totū Deo assignat Apostolus dicens: Nam quos praesciuit, & praedestinauit conformes fieri imagini filij eius, vt sit ipse pri∣mogenitus in multis fratribus. Quos autem praedestinauit hos & vocauit & quos vocauit, hos & iustificauit: quos autem iustifi∣cauit, illos & glorificauit. Ista sempiterna voluntas ejus nunquam mutabilita•…•…i subjacet, quia initium existendi non habet. Quod autem semper sic est vt esse non caepe∣rit proculdubiò sic est, vt id quod est, non esse, non pos∣sit. And in his booke De Incarnatione & Gratia Domini Iesu Christi, cap. 31. p. 797. 798. and 815. 806. his words are these. Quocirca omnes illos quos Deus vult salvos facere, sic in∣telligere debemus, vt nec aliquem putemus salvari posse nisi volente Deo: nec existimemus voluntatem omnipo∣tentis Dei aut in aliquo non impleri, aut alequatenus im∣pediri. Omnes enim quos Deus vult salvos fieri, sine dubi∣tatione salvātur, nec possunt salvari, nisi quos Deus vult sal∣vos fieri, nec est quisquam quem Deus saluari velit & non salvetur, quia Deus noster omnia quaecun{que} voluit fecit. Ipsi om∣nesvti{que} salvi fiunt: quos omnes vult salvos fieri: quia haec salus non illis ex humana voluntate nascitur, sed ex Dei bona voluntate praestatur. Nefas est autem, si quis omni∣potentem dicat aliquid facere non posse, quod ipse velit.

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voluntati enim eius quis resistet? Nemo vti{que} quia non est a∣liqua natura quae ab eius creatione sit aliena. Et sicut ni∣hil naturaliter subsistit, quod ille non fecerit: ita nihil prouenit in salutem hominum, quod ille non in aeterna bonae voluntatis suae dispositione faciendum praedestina∣uerit, a quo et fides gratis infunditur per quam benè am∣bulemus et perseuerantia donatur, per quam ad spem per∣uenire possimus, haec autem dona sua semper Deus in ae∣terna at{que} incommutabili habet voluntate disposita, in qua praeordinauit at{que} praeparauit, et quae daret et quibus da∣ret. Ipse enim praedestinando praeparauit gratiae donum qui gratiam donando implet praedestinationis effectum. Cuius gratia nobis et initium bonae voluntatis donatur ad fidem, et ipsi voluntati adiutorium tribuitur, vt quod be∣ne vult, benè operetur. Deus enim qui hominem con∣didit, ipse praedestinatione sua et donum illuminationis ad credendum, et donum perseuerantiae ad proficiendum atque permanendum, et donum glorificationis ad regnan∣dum, quibus dare voluit praeparauit, qui{que} non aliter per∣ficit in opere, quam in sua sempiterna at{que} incommutabili habet voluntate dispositum.
What can there bee said more fully to our purpose, then this, which the elegant, acute, and learn∣ed Father had recorded to posterity?

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