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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.
What are the Characters or discoveries, whereby my soul may be assured that I a• effectually called by Jesus Christ? And in the dispatch of this, I shall resolve it only by these two general heads.
What are the Characters or discoveries, whereby my soul may be assured that I a• eff•ctually called by Jesus Christ? And in the dispatch of this, I shall resolve it onely by these two general heads.
First, You may be assured of your effectual calling, if God hath •aken that method with your souls, which he doth ordinarily take with those whom he doth effectually call.
Secondly, If the Lord hath wrought in you those saving effects or concomitants, which do ordinarily accompany those that are thus effectually called: if these two things be done, you may have a seal and assurance in your own hearts that you also are effectually called. Beloved, it is not for Ministers to flatter you: there are among many in the world but few that are called; among many that are called but few that are elected; and therefore do not flatter your selves. If upon trial you find you are not in the number of Gods called ones, go home and bewail your unregenerate and unconverted estate. But before I can speak of this method, I must first lay down some mistakes that are held by erroneous minds about the method God takes in calling a sinner home to himself.
Secondly, If the Lord hath wrought in you those saving effects or concomitants, which do ordinarily accompany those that are thus effectually called: if these two things be done, you may have a seal and assurance in your own hearts that you also are effectually called. Beloved, it is not for Ministers to flatter you: there are among many in the world but few that are called; among many that are called but few that are elected; and therefore do not flatter your selves. If upon tryal you finde you are not in the number of Gods called ones, go home and bewail your unregenerate and unconverted estate. But before I can speak of this method, I must first lay downe some mistakes that are held by erroneous mindes about the method God takes in calling a sinner home to himself.