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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.
First, when, or at what time doth God give to his people most and strongest assurance of their effectual calling? And here in answer to this, I shall comprise all I have to say under four heads; that in four cases or times God doth usually give to his people most strong assurance.
First, when, or at what time doth God give to his people most and strongest assurance of their effectuall calling? And here in answer to this, I shall comprize all I have to say under four heads; that in four cases or times God doth usually give to his people most strong assurance.
First, After the Lord hath greatly humbled the hearts of his people, a•d broken them for sin, then doth he usually give in most assurance of a mans effectual calling, and of the happiness of his future condition. When you can say as David did, Psal. •8.3, There is no rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. When you can say as the Psalmist doth Psal. 51.8. Let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice. Then is the time for God to make you break forth with joy, when he hath broken your hearts with sorrow. God had broken Davids heart under the sense of that uncleanness he had committed: O saith David, Thou hast broken my heart, now let my broken spirit rejoice; and God gave him comfort, and did restore the joy of his salvation to him. You have a phrase, Psal. 34.18. The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart, to save them that are of a contrite spirit. The Lord is nigh to them. Nigh, what to do? not only to give them deliverance from outward trouble, but from inward sorrows; to give them inward joy, and inward comforts, that the bones which he hath broken might rejoice. The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken spirit, to give them comfort. Luke 4.18. It's said there, that the Spirit of the Lord was upon Christ, what to do? It was to bind up the broken in heart, and to comfort those that mourn. So