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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.
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.
The external Calling is that general invitation, which by the Preaching of the Gospel is made unto men, to invite them to come in to Jesus Christ: and most in the world are called by this call, both good and bad.
2. The internal Calling, when the spirit of God accompanies the outward administration of the word, to call a man from ignorance to knowledge, and from a state of nature to a state of grace; and of this Calling my Text means. Make your Calling sure; that is, you that live under the Preaching of the Gospel, be sure you be called thereby.
Your Calling and Election:] Election is an act of God, whereby from all eternity he doth purpose within himself, of his own pleasure and will, to bring a certain number of men unto salvation by Jesus Christ.