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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
Q. 3. Is this Election of God made in time, and that according as men use their free will, or from Eternity?
A. Election is an Eternal act of God before the world was, and depends not on Man's using his free-will; as appears from Eph. 1.4. According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy, and without blame before him in love.
Q. 4. Shall all that be Elected, be called, and saved?
A. Yes, the Scripture is full and plain for it. Acts 13.48. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord, and as many as were ordained to eternal life, believed. Rom. 8.30. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called, &c.