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发帖数: 1776 | 1 第十七章 论圣徒的坚守
一、凡神在他爱子里收纳，并用他的灵有效地召选而成为圣洁的人，虽不能完全，
也不能至终从恩典的地位中堕落；反要保守这地位，一直到底，永远得救1。
二、圣徒的这种坚守到底，并非由于他们自己的自由意志，乃在乎从父神白白而不
变之爱所流出之拣选预旨的不变性2；也在乎耶稣的功德和代求的效力3；由于圣灵的同
在和神的种子在他们里面4，并由于恩典之约的本质5。从此也生出耐久的确实性与无谬
性6。
三、然而圣徒由于撒但和世界的试探，在他们心中仍存的败坏优势，并忽视他们坚
守的方法，可能陷入大罪之中7，并一时在其中继续8。因此触犯神的怒气9，令圣灵担忧
10，剥夺了所受的恩慈和安慰11，使心变为顽固12，良心受伤13，损害并毁谤他人14，
自取今生的审判15。
1. 腓一6；彼后一10；约十28-29；约壹三9；彼前一5、9。
2. 提后二18-19；耶卅一3。
3. 来十10、14，十三20-21，九12-15，七25；罗八33-39；约十七11、24；路廿二
32。
4. 约十四16-17；约壹二27，三9。
5. 耶卅二40；希八10-12。
6. 约十28；帖后三3；约壹二19；帖前五23-24。
7. 太廿六70、72、74。
8. 诗五十一标题，五十一14；撒下十二9、13。
9. 赛六十四5、7、9；撒下十一27。
10. 弗四30。
11. 诗五十一8、10、12；启二4；歌五2-4、6。
12. 赛六十三17；可六52，十六14；诗九十五8。
13. 诗卅二3-4，五十一8。
14. 撒下十二14。
15. 诗八十九31-32；林前十一32。 | C****i
发帖数: 1776 | 2 CHAPTER XVII
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
I. They, whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called, and sanc
tified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the sta
te of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eterna
lly saved.[334]
II. This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, bu
t upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and
unchangeable love of God the Father;[335] upon the efficacy of the merit an
d intercession of Jesus Christ,[336] the abiding of the Spirit, and of the s
eed of God within them,[337] and the nature of the covenant of grace:[338] f
rom all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.[339]
III. Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the wor
ld, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of the m
eans of their preservation, fall into grievous sins;[340] and, for a time, c
ontinue therein:[341] whereby they incur God’s displeasure,[342] and grieve
his Holy Spirit,[343] come to be deprived of some measure of their graces a
nd comforts,[344] have their hearts hardened,[345] and their consciences wou
nded;[346] hurt and scandalize others,[347] and bring temporal judgments upo
n themselves.[348]
[334] Philippians 1:6. Being confident of this very thing, that he which hat
h begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. 2
Peter 1:10. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your call
ing and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. John
10:28-29. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, ne
ither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me
, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father?s h
and. 1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed
remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 Peter 1:5,
9. Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to b
e revealed in the last time.... Receiving the end of your faith, even the sa
lvation of your souls.
[335] 2 Timothy 2:18-19. Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that th
e resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheles
s the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth th
em that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart fr
om iniquity. Jeremiah 31:3. The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Y
ea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindnes
s have I drawn thee.
[336] Hebrews 10:10, 14. By the which will we are sanctified through the off
ering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.... For by one offering he ha
th perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Hebrews 13:20-21. Now the Go
d of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shep
herd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you p
erfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellp
leasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ev
er. Amen. Hebrews 9:12-15. Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by
his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eterna
l redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes o
f an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the fles
h: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit o
ffered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to
serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new test
ament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that
were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the pro
mise of eternal inheritance. Romans 8:33-39. Who shall lay any thing to the
charge of God?s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth?
It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate
us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake
we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved
us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor princ
ipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, n
or depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. John 17:11, 24. And now I am no
more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Fath
er, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may
be one, as we are.... Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given m
e, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast giv
en me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Luke 22:32. B
ut I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art conver
ted, strengthen thy brethren. Hebrews 7:25. Wherefore he is able also to sav
e them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to
make intercession for them.
[337] John 14:16-17. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you anoth
er Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth hi
m: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 1 John 2:
27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye n
eed not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of al
l things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye sh
all abide in him. 1 John 3:9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
[338] Jeremiah 32:40. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, tha
t I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in
their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
[339] John 10:28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never pe
rish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 2 Thessalonians 3:3.
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 1
John 2:19. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had b
een of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, th
at they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
[340] Matthew 26:70, 72, 74. But he denied before them all, saying, I know n
ot what thou sayest.... And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the
man.... Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And
immediately the cock crew.
[341] Psalm 51 (title). To the chief muscian, A psalm of David, when Nathan
the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Psalm 51:14. D
eliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tong
ue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
[342] Isaiah 64:5, 7, 9. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteo
usness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we
have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.... And there i
s none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of
thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of o
ur iniquities.... Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity
for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 2 Samuel 11:2
7. And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house,
and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had do
ne displeased the LORD.
[343] Ephesians 4:30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
sealed unto the day of redemption.
[344] Psalm 51:8, 10, 12. Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones w
hich thou hast broken may rejoice.... Create in me a clean heart, O God; and
renew a right spirit within me.... Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation
; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Revelation 2:4. Nevertheless I have so
mewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Song of Solomon
5:2-4, 6. I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that k
nocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for
my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I have
put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I
defile them? My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowe
ls were moved for him.... I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdra
wn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I
could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
[345] Isaiah 63:17. O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and
hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants? sake, the tribes
of thine inheritance. Mark 6:52. For they considered not the miracle of the
loaves: for their heart was hardened. Mark 16:14. Afterward he appeared unto
the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and
hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after h
e was risen.
[346] Psalm 32:3-4. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roari
ng all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moistu
re is turned into the drought of summer. Psalm 51:8. Make me to hear joy and
gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
[347] 2 Samuel 12:14. Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great oc
casion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born
unto thee shall surely die.
[340] Psalm 89:31-32. If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandment
s; Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity wi
th stripes. 1 Corinthians 11:32. But when we are judged, we are chastened of
the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
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【在 C****i 的大作中提到】
: 第十七章 论圣徒的坚守
: 一、凡神在他爱子里收纳，并用他的灵有效地召选而成为圣洁的人，虽不能完全，
: 也不能至终从恩典的地位中堕落；反要保守这地位，一直到底，永远得救1。
: 二、圣徒的这种坚守到底，并非由于他们自己的自由意志，乃在乎从父神白白而不
: 变之爱所流出之拣选预旨的不变性2；也在乎耶稣的功德和代求的效力3；由于圣灵的同
: 在和神的种子在他们里面4，并由于恩典之约的本质5。从此也生出耐久的确实性与无谬
: 性6。
: 三、然而圣徒由于撒但和世界的试探，在他们心中仍存的败坏优势，并忽视他们坚
: 守的方法，可能陷入大罪之中7，并一时在其中继续8。因此触犯神的怒气9，令圣灵担忧
: 10，剥夺了所受的恩慈和安慰11，使心变为顽固12，良心受伤13，损害并毁谤他人14，
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