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# The Fifth Main Point of Doctrine
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## The Perseverance of the Saints
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## Rejection of the Errors
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7. Who teach that the faith of those who believe only temporarily does not differ from justifying and saving faith except in duration alone.
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For Christ himself in [Matthew 13:20ff](/get-passage/Matthew+13:20). and [Luke 8:13ff](/get-passage/Luke+8:13). clearly defines these further differences between temporary and true believers: he says that the former receive the seed on rocky ground, and the latter receive it in good ground, or a good heart; the former have no root, and the latter are firmly rooted; the former have no fruit, and the latter produce fruit in varying measure, with steadfastness, or perseverance.
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