{"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; the abiding of the Spirit, and of the seed of God within them; and the nature of the Covenant of Grace: from all which, ariseth also the certainty, and infallibility 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;","proofs":["2 Timothy 2:18–19","Jeremiah 31:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Timothy 2:18–19","osis":["2Tim.2.18-2Tim.2.19"]},{"printed":"Jeremiah 31:3","osis":["Jer.31.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"upon the efficacy of the merit, and intercession of Jesus Christ;","proofs":["Hebrews 10:10","Hebrews 10:14","Hebrews 13:20–21","Hebrews 9:12–15","Romans 8:33–39","John 17:11","John 17:24","Luke 22:32","Hebrews 7:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 10:10","osis":["Heb.10.10"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 10:14","osis":["Heb.10.14"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 13:20–21","osis":["Heb.13.20-Heb.13.21"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 9:12–15","osis":["Heb.9.12-Heb.9.15"]},{"printed":"Romans 8:33–39","osis":["Rom.8.33-Rom.8.39"]},{"printed":"John 17:11","osis":["John.17.11"]},{"printed":"John 17:24","osis":["John.17.24"]},{"printed":"Luke 22:32","osis":["Luke.22.32"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 7:25","osis":["Heb.7.25"]}],"note":null},{"text":"the abiding of the Spirit, and of the seed of God within them;","proofs":["John 14:16–17","1 John 2:27","1 John 3:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 14:16–17","osis":["John.14.16-John.14.17"]},{"printed":"1 John 2:27","osis":["1John.2.27"]},{"printed":"1 John 3:9","osis":["1John.3.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and the nature of the Covenant of Grace:","proofs":["Jeremiah 32:40"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 32:40","osis":["Jer.32.40"]}],"note":null},{"text":"from all which, ariseth also the certainty, and infallibility thereof.","proofs":["John 10:28","2 Thessalonians 3:3","1 John 2:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 10:28","osis":["John.10.28"]},{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 3:3","osis":["2Thess.3.3"]},{"printed":"1 John 2:19","osis":["1John.2.19"]}],"note":null}],"relations":{"lbcf1677":["17.2"],"lbcf1689":["17.2"],"savoy1658":["17.2"],"wcf1646-modernized":["17.2"]},"diffs":[{"source":"lbcf1689","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"the","position":11},{"text":"of","position":8}]},{"source":"savoy1658","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"flowing","position":null},{"text":"the","position":11}]},{"source":"lbcf1677","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"the","position":11},{"text":"and of","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}