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A treatise of effectual calling and election In XVI. sermons, on 2 Peter 1.10.…
A treatise of effectual calling and election In XVI. sermons, on 2 Peter 1.10. Wherein a Christian may discern, whether yet he be effectually called and elected. And what course he ought to take that he may attain the assurance thereof. Preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence Jury, London.A treatise of effectual calling and election In XVI. sermons, on 2 Peter 1.10. Wherein a Christian may discern, whether yet he be effectually called and elected. And what course he ought to take that he may attain the assurance thereof. Preached by that faithfull servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence Jury, London.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1655
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.
Effectual Calling is the fruit of Gods Election, whereby God of his free grace works a wonderful change in the heart of an Elect person, by the inward operation of the Spirit accompanying the outward Ministry of the word; by virtue of which, the soul is brought from under the dominion of sin and Satan into a state of grace, and so made meet for the enjoyment of God in glory. Now I shall not take this apart, but commit it to your memory and judgment to apprehend: Only in this description there are laid down four differences to distinguish effectual Calling from that ordinary or outward Calling that wicked men have by the Ministry of the word. As
Effectual Calling is the fruit of Gods Election, whereby God of his free grace works a wonderful change in the heart of an Elect person, by the inward operation of the Spirit accompanying the outward Ministry of the word; by vertue of which, the soul is brought from under the dominion of sin and Satan into a state of grace, and so made meet for the enjoyment of God in glory. Now I shal not take this apart, but commit it to your memory and judgment to apprehend: Onely in this description there are laid down foure differences to distinguish effectual Calling from that ordinary or outward Calling that wicked men have by the Ministry of the word. As
1. Effectual Calling in the description, is said to be a fruit of Gods Election; but outward or general Calling is a fruit only of common providence. God by an over-ruling providence sends the Gospel among a people, and thereby calls them to an outward compliance and conformity; but effectual Calling is a fruit of Gods Election.
2. It is said in the description, that Effectual Calling, it changes the heart, whereby God works a wonderful change in the heart: but an external Calling no way reacheth the heart, only worketh some kind of civil or common alteration in the life.