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A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice
A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice, or, With who, and who not, I can hold church-fellowship, or the communion of saints
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1672
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A Confession of my Faith; and a reason of my practice in worship, &c. › Of Calling.
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.
3. In effectual calling, there is also a sanctifying virtue; And hence we are said to be called with an holy calling, with an heavenly calling: Called to glory and virtue. But ye are a chosen Generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Heb. 3.1. 1 Thes. 4 7. 1 Pet. 1.8, 9. Yea effectual calling hath annexed to it, as its unseparable companion, the promise of through sanctification. Faithful is he that hath ⟨p. 36⟩called you, who also will do it. 1 Thes. 5 22 23, 24.
3. In effectual calling, there is also a sanctifying vertue; And hence we are said to be called with an holy calling, with an heavenly calling: Called to glory and vertue. But ye are a chosen Generation, a royall priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. Heb. 3.1. 1 Thes. 4 7. 1 Pet. 1.8, 9. Yea effectual calling hath annexed to it, as its unseparable companion, the promise of through sanctification. Faithfull is he that hath ⟨p. 36⟩called you, who also will do it. 1 Thes. 5 22 23, 24.