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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.
14. If God hath effectually called you, and you can evince it to your own souls upon the discovery before heard; my last Use is this, that you would live in exalting and magnifying of the grace of God in your calling:2 you are called, saith the Apostle, according to the purpose of his grace; not according to your own works. O live live in magnifying that grace that hath called you.
14. If God hath effectually call'd you, and you can evince it to your own souls upon the discovery before heard; my last Use is this, that you would live in exalting and magnifying of the grace of God in your calling:2 you are called, saith the Apostle, according to the purpose of his grace; not according to your own works. O live live in magnifying that grace that hath called you.
- 1Use 4.Vse 4.
- 21 Tim. 1.9.
And here I might press upon you 7. or 8. Considerations, ⟨p. 41⟩why you should live in magnifying of grace. I shall name them fi•st in general. This exhortation should much sway with you, if you would consider these three things, 1. From what you are called. 2. To what you are called; and 3. For what you are called. I shall put the two first together.