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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.
And that you may understand the answer hereto, I must lay down this distinction; That there is a twofold calling of Christ:
And that you may understand the answer hereto, I must lay down this distinction; That there is a twofold callng of Christ:
A Significative calling, and an Operative calling.
First, a Significative calling, which is such a calling whereby Christ in the Ministry of the word, signifies and declares what he would have men to do: Now this kind of call, wicked men may resist; this call, I say, and this revealed will of God, in declaring what grace he would have men act, and what sin he would have men forbear: Therefore we read, Acts 7.5. You ⟨p. 59⟩stiff-necked people, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you have always resisted the Holy Ghost; meaning the Preaching of the word, by the Ministry of his Apostles. So Prov. 1.24. I have called, and ye have refused, &c.
First, a Significative calling, which is such a calling whereby Christ in the Ministry of the word, signifies and declares what he would have men to do: Now this kind of cal, wicked men may resist; this cal, I say, and this revealed will of God, in declaring what grace he would have men act, and what sin he would have men forbear: Therefore we read, Acts 7.5. You ⟨p. 59⟩