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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.
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.
2. Sug. 2. Here it may be, the Devil cannot insnare you in this Gin: Old men wil 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 cal 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 Familie, and lay up for future times, against old age and sicknesse, and therefore you cannot be at leasure now to give entertainment to the cal of Jesus Christ; when I am more at leasure, I may look after my effectual calling: And this also sticks very close to a great many.
And to take off this suggestion of the Devil, I shall lay down six particulars also, by way of Answer. As
And to take off this suggestion of the Devil, I shal lay down six particulars also, by way of Answer. As
First, God never intended that our outward calling should any way hinder us in the work of our conversion. God never intended that our employments upon earth, should jostle out the necessary provision for heaven. But God hath so given out our callings here in the world, that he hath made and ordained them to be subordinate to our general and effectual calling, to the great business of Gods glory and our own salvation.