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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.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence:] The word in the Greek is more emphatical,1 and signifies to do a thing enough, not agere, but sat agere, not in an overly and careless way, but to do a thing with industry, vigilancy, and unweariednesse of spirit: it should not be matter of constraint, but free and voluntary: Give diligence. And the diligence you should use is in matters of the soul. Give diligence: In what? To make your Calling and Election sure. First, I must show you ⟨p. 4⟩what is meant by Calling; then by Election: and then show you why Calling is set before Election, when in order of time Election is before Calling.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence:] The word in the Greek is more emphatical,1 and signifies to do a thing enough, not agere, but sat agere, not in an overly and carelesse way, but to do a thing with industry, vigilancy, and unweariednesse of spirit: it should not be matter of constraint, but free and voluntary: Give diligence. And the diligence you should use is in matters of the soul. Give diligence: In what? To make your Calling and Election sure. First, I must shew you ⟨p. 4⟩what is meant by Calling; then by Election: and then shew you why Calling is set before Election, when in order of time Election is before Calling.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
1. What is meant by Calling; which, that you may understand; you must know there is a twofold Calling: an external, and an internal Calling.