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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.
Sixthly, consider this, That from your Birth-day, to your dying day, you have time little enough to carry on the business ⟨p. 65⟩of your salvation, should you live never so long; and therefore you have no cause to put off the call of Jesus Christ. And thus much be spoken by way of satisfaction, to take off the first temptation, that you are too young to give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ: and this I do for the sake of young men, that they may take heed of being ensnared by this delusion of th• Devil.
Sixthly, consider this, That from your Birth-day, to your dying day, you have time little enough to carry on the businesse ⟨p. 65⟩of your salvation, should you live never so long; and therefore you have no cause to put off the cal of Iesus Christ. And thus much be spoken by way of satisfaction, to take off the first temptation, that you are too young to give entertainment to the cal of Iesus Christ: and this I doe for the sake of young men, that they may take heed of being insnar'd by this d•lusion of th• Devil.
2. Sug. 2. Here it may be, the Devil cannot ensnare you in this Gin: Old men will say, this concerns not •e, I am not taken with this temptation, therefore now the Devil comes upon them with this suggestion: Saith the Devil to them, You cannot now give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ, for you have callings in the world to follow; you have a particular calling, and you must provide for Wife, and Children, and Family, and lay up for future times, against old age and sickness, and therefore you cannot be at leisure now to give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ; when I am more at leisure, I may look after my effectual calling: And this also sticks very close to a great many.