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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.
2 Thes. 2.13. God from the beginning hath chosen us to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. Now say they, sanctification, and faith is made as the channel, through which election must run, and therefore that is the cause or motive why God did elect them. To this we answer.
2 Thes. 2.13. God from the beginning hath chosen us to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. Now say they, sanctification, and faith is made as the channel, through which el•ction must runne, and therefore that is the cause or motive why God did elect them. To this we answer.
That it is true, God elects men through sanctification and faith, as the end God aims at in elect persons, not as the motive for which he elects them. And this answer Rivet gives. All elect men shall be sanctified, and all elect men shall believe; though it is not for this sanctification and belief that they are elected. It is not for grace, but unto grace they are chosen. This distinction the Scripture gives, 1 Pet. 1.2. Ye are elect according to the foreknowledge of God, through sanctification unto obedience. N•• for, as the motive; but to, as the end.
That it is true, God elects men through sanctification and faith, as the end God aimes at in elect persons, not as the motive for which he elects them. And this answer Rivet gives. All elect men shall be sanctified, and all elect men shall believe; though it is not for this sanctification and belief that they are elect•d. It is not for grace, but unto grace they are chosen. This distinction the Sc•ipture gives,