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Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the…
Universal redemption of mankind, by the Lord Jesus Christ stated and cleared by the late learned Mr. Richard Barter [sic] ; whereunto is added a short account of Special redemption, by the same author.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1694
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Which was, that men may know their Election by the Testimony of the Spirit.
To which I answer.
1. The Spirit showeth to us the things given of God, of which Love to Christ is a principal.
1. The Spirit sheweth to us the things given of God, of which Love to Christ is a principal.
2. The Spirit witnesseth our Election mediately and not immediately (that I know of.) 1. By giving those graces that will prove it, and do flow from it. 2. By exciting them. 3. By illuminating us to see them, and try by them. 4. Filling the Soul, with those sweet affections, which are a kind of taste of the Love of God: But all affections are raised mediante intellectu, and therefore knowledge goes before them. Who can know that he rejoiceth Spiritually, and that his Joy is a fruit of Election, that knoweth not why he rejoiceth.
2. The Spirit witnesseth our Election mediately and not immediately (that I know of.) 1. By giving those graces that will prove it, and do flow from it. 2. By exciting them. 3. By illuminating us to see them, and try by them. 4. Filling the Soul, with those sweet affections, which are a kind of tast of the Love of God: But all affections are raised mediante intellectu, and therefore knowledge goes before them. Who can know that he rejoyceth Spiritually, and that his Joy is a fruit of Election, that knoweth not why he rejoiceth.