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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, every man that is elected, sooner or later, shall be effectually called, and savingly converted by the power of the word. This the Apostle lays down, 1 Thes. 1.4, 5. Knowing brethren, beloved, your election of God. How should this be known? Vers. 5. For our word came not to you in word only, but ⟨p. 173⟩in power, and in the holy Gh•st: that is, o•• Gospel did not come in word only, to affect you• e•rs, and rest there; but our word came with power, being b••k• with the operation of the Spirit, for your conve••ion. This work all men that are elected, sooner or later must come under, to have the power of the word come with authority upon Conscience, for his effectual calling. So Rom. 8.30. Whom he predestinated, whom he appointed to life, t•e• he called. And therefore, Beloved, who ever you are, if you live and die without having the power of the Word to pass upon your soul, for your effectual Calling, you may lay your h•ar•s under this Conclusion, that you are no elected by God to obtain life and salvation. For, Whom he hath predestinated, them he calls.
First, every man that is elected, sooner or later, shall be effectually called, and savingly converted by the power of the word. This the Apostle laies down, 1 Thes. 1.4, 5. Knowing brethren, beloved, your election of God. How should this be known? Vers. 5. For our word came not to you in word onely, but ⟨p. 173⟩