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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.
4. A gracious heart, if he hath or can find that he hath a real interest in Christ, though he wants much in the world, he thinks he wants nothing: but he hath all things in having a Christ; nor will he complain of poverty, when endowed with riches of heaven. Luke 22.25. And Christ said unto them, when I sent you without purse, and without scrip, and shoes, lacked you any thing? Mark the question. Now, if a carnal man had been to answer this, what would he have said? What? send a man without a purse, then he wants money; send him without a scrip, he wants meat; send him without shoes, a man is a poor man indeed, that hath no shoes to his feet; a carnal man would have said, Yes Lord, we want money, and we want meat, and we want shoes; but ask the Disciples, wanted you any thing? They said Nothing. And why was this? Because the Disciples knew they had a grounded interest in Jesus Christ, and a right to Jesus Christ, and though they wanted these poor outward comforts, they did not want Christs comfort, and Christs graces; and therefore when they had neither purse, scrip, nor shoes, they wanted nothing. Why, O Beloved, if you were of the temper of these gracious Disciples, you would say so too; that if you can find a grounded and real interest in Christ, though you want many of the comforts of this world, you will say you want nothing. Wanted you any thing? and they said Nothing.
4. A gracious heart, if he hath or can finde that he hath a real interest in Christ, though he wants much in the world, he thinks he wants nothing: but he hath all things in having a Christ; nor wil he complain of poverty, when endowed with riches of heaven. Luke 22.25. And Christ said unto them, when I sent you without purse, and without scripe, and shooes, lacked you any thing? Mark the question. Now, if a carnal man had been to answer this, what would he have said? What? send a man without a purse, then he wants money; send him without a scrip, he wants meat; send him without shooes, a man is a poor man indeed, that hath no shooes to his feet; a carnal man would have said, Yes Lord, we want mony, and we want meat, and we want shooes; but ask the Disciples, wanted you any thing? They said Nothing. And why was this? Because the Disciples knew they had a grounded interest in Jesus Christ, and a right to Jesus Christ, and though they wanted these poor outward comforts, they did not want Christs comfort, and Christs graces; and therefore when they had neither purse, scrip, nor shooes, they wanted nothing. Why, O Beloved, if you were of the temper of these gracious Disciples, you would say so too; that if you can finde a grounded and real interest in Christ, though you want many of the comforts of this world, you will say you want nothing. Wanted you any thing? and they said Nothing.