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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
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Secondly, Grant this should be true; yet consider, that this sorrow that godly people have, it is such a sorrow, that they shall have no cause to repent thereof, but it is a foundation of future joy to them, 2 Cor. 7.9, 10. I rejoice (saith the Apostle) in that I have made you sorrowful. What, rejoice to see them a sad people? Yes, for the sorrow I made you sorrowful with, was a sorrow never to be repented of, you will never repent of that sorrow; and therefore Paul would do it, because it was a sorrow, never to be sorrowed for; nay,1 it is not such a sorrow as is not to be repented of, but it is a sorrow that lays a foundation to a great deal of future joy, They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. But now all the joy of wicked men, is a joy to be repented of. They must repent of all their jovial bouts, and repent of all their merry pastimes, this will be sadness to their remembrance; whereas the sorrow of the godly is never to be sorrowed for.
Secondly, Grant this should be true; yet consider, that this sorrow that godly people have, it is such a sorrow, that they shal have no cause to repent thereof, but it is a foundation of future joy to them, 2 Cor. 7.9, 10. I rejoyce (saith the Apostle) in that I have made you sorrowful. What, rejoyce to see them a sad people? Yes, for the sorrow I made you sorrowful with, was a sorrow never to be repented of, you wil never repent of that sorrow; and therefore Paul would do it, because it was a sorrow, never to be sorrowed for; nay,1 it is not such a sorrow as is not to be repented of, but it is a sorrow that laies a foundation to a great deal of future joy, They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. But now al the joy of wicked men, is a joy to be repented of. They must repent of all their jovial bouts, and repent of all their merry pastimes, this wil be sadnesse to their remembrance; whereas the sorrow of the godly is never to be sorrowed for.