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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.
THE point of Doctrine I am yet upon in the prosecution of these words, is this: That Christians ought to put forth a great deal of diligence to make this sure to their souls, that they are effectually called by Jesus Christ. In the handling of which I have gone over many particulars, and resolved several cases of conscience. I have yet two cases more to resolve, and then shall wind up all in a general use. Therefore
THE point of Doctrine I am yet upon in the prosecution of these words, is this: That Christians ought to put forth a great deal of diligence to make this sure to th•ir soules, that they are effectually called by Jesus Christ. In the handling of which I have gone over many particulars, and resolved several cases of conscience. I have yet two cases more to resolve, and then shall winde up all in a general use. Therefore
Fourthly, When, or at what time doth God fill the souls of his people most with the assurance of their effectual calling? And then
Fifthly, Wherein lies the difference between that assurance a godly man hath of his effectual calling, and those presumptuous persuasions that wicked men have, ⟨p. 118⟩that the• are called effectually, when they are not.
Fifthly, Wherein lies the difference between that assurance a godly man hath of his effectual calling, and those presumptuous perswasions that wicked men have, ⟨p. 118⟩that the• are called effectually, when they are not.