{"id":"17.2","chapter":17,"number":2,"text":"This Perseverance of the Saints, depends not upon their own free Will, but upon the immutability of the Decree of Election, flowing from the free and unchangeable Love of God the Father, upon the efficacy of the Merit and Intercession of Jesus Christ and Union with him, the Oath of God, the abiding of his Spirit, and the Seed of God within them, and the Nature of the Covenant of Grace; from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallability thereof.","segments":[{"text":"This Perseverance of the Saints, depends not upon their own free Will, but upon the immutability of the Decree of Election, flowing from the free and unchangeable Love of God the Father, upon the efficacy of the Merit and Intercession of Jesus Christ","proofs":["Romans 8:30","9:11, 16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 8:30","osis":["Rom.8.30"]},{"printed":"9:11, 16","osis":["Rom.9.11","Rom.9.16"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and Union with him, the","proofs":["Romans 5:9–10","John 14:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 5:9–10","osis":["Rom.5.9-Rom.5.10"]},{"printed":"John 14:19","osis":["John.14.19"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Oath of God, the abiding of his Spirit, and the","proofs":["Hebrews 6:17–18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 6:17–18","osis":["Heb.6.17-Heb.6.18"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Seed of God within them, and the Nature of the","proofs":["1 John 3:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 3:9","osis":["1John.3.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"Covenant of Grace; from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallability thereof.","proofs":["Jeremiah 32:40"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 32:40","osis":["Jer.32.40"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["17.2"],"lbcf1689-modernized":["17.2"],"phila1742":["17.2"],"savoy1658":["17.2"],"wcf1646":["17.2"]},"diffs":[{"source":"wcf1646","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"and Union with him, the Oath of God,","position":null},{"text":"his","position":2}]},{"source":"savoy1658","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"flowing","position":null}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"and","position":4}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}