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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.
Fourthly, Submit thy self to the approbation of others, and be willing to have them pass a verdict upon thee. When thou art asleep or in a swoon, then thou canst not tell thy self what thou dost, but others must tell thee; So it may fall out with the godly; they may be in such a spiritual swoon, that they are not fit judges of their own condition; in this case submit to the judgment of others, they may see grace in thee, when thou thy self canst not see it; so Mr. Throgmorton was comforted by the testimony of a company of godly Ministers.
Fourthly, Submit thy selfe to the approbation of others, and be willing to have them passe a verdict upon thee. When thou art asleep or in a swoun, then thou canst not tell thy self what thou dost, but others must tell thee; So it may fall out with the godly; they may be in such a spiritual swoun, that they are not fit judges of their own condition; in this case submi• to the judgment of others, they may see grace in thee, when thou thy self canst not see it; so Mr. Throgmorton was comforted by the testimony of a company of godly Ministers.
Fifthly, live in the daily improvement of grace, and that's the way to get assurance. And this means the Holy Ghost lays down in the Chapter out of which my Text is taken, Add grace to grace. And I remember that Beza upon this Text doth write, that in the Greek Translations these words are put in, Give diligence by good works to make your calling sure: whether it be so or no, I cannot affirm, but this I am sure of, and the context will clearly prove it, that the way to make your calling sure, is to add grace to grace. For after the Apostle had spoken of adding grace to grace, he comes in with this, Give diligence to make your calling sure: Implying, that the more you live in the actings of grace, the more you shall live in the enjoyment of comforts. Isa. 32.17. The works of righteousness shall be peace. Not the habit, but the work; if you act righteousness, and live in the workings and thrivings in grace, this shall be peace, and the effect of it quietness and assurance for ever. So