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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, My counsel shall be to you, that you would set upon searching and examining work. When you have lost any thing, the first thing you do is to look after it, where you have lost it, that you may find it again. If you have lost this precious Jewel of assurance, be thus wise for your selves; O set upon seeking and searching work. The Scripture gives you this hint, Gal. 6.4. Let every man search his own work, and then he shall have rejoicing in himself. This is the way to bring in spiritual joy and spiritual comfort, to be often dealing with your own hearts. David when he lay under some foul distemper, mark how he deals with his own soul: Why art thou troubled, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? he puts his heart upon the trial. And here in your searching work, I would commend five things to your examination.
First, My counsel shall be to you, that you would set upon searching and examining work. When you have lost any thing, the first thing you do is to look after it, where you have lost it, that you may finde it again. If you have lost this precious Jewel of assurance, be thus wise for your selves; O set upon seeking and searching work. The Scripture gives you this hint, Gal. 6.4. Let every man search his own work, and then he shall have rejoycing in himselfe. This is the way to bring in spiritual joy and spiritual comfort, to be often dealing with your own hearts. David when he lay under some foul distemper, mark how he deales with his own soul: Why art thou troubled, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? he puts his heart upon the trial. And here in your searching work, I would commend five things to your examination.
First, Search how you got your assurance.