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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.
To the Reader.
Good Reader,
Its a true saying, that the assurance of an eternal life, is the life of this temporal life. The Apostle tells us, that if in this life only we had hope in Christ, we were of all men most miserable. None being exposed to so m•ny troubles and tribulations in this life as the best Christian; And what could sustain and bear us up under them all, but the certain hope and expectation of a better Resurrection? This makes Christians glory in tribulation, despise all the glory of the world, run as swiftly in ways of duty, as the chariots of Aminadab; in a word, to enjoy a Heaven upon earth. They therefore are the greatest enemies of a Christians comfort, that teach a doctrine of doubting; that a Christian must always hang in suspense about his eternal state; and can never arrive to any certainty, whether he shall be saved or no.
ITs a true saying, that the assurance of an eternal life, is the life of this temporal life. The Apostle tells us, that if in this life only we had hope in Christ, we were of all men most miserable. None being exposed to so m•ny troubles and tribulations in this life as the best Christian; And what could sustain and bear us up under them all, but the certain hope and expectation of a better Resurrection? This makes Christians glory in tribulation, despise all the glory of the world, run as swiftly in waies of duty, as the chariots of Aminadab; in a word, to enjoy a Heaven upon earth. They therefore are the greatest enemies of a Christians comfort, that teach a doctrine of doubting; that a Christian must alwaies hang in suspense about his eternal state; and can never arrive to any certainty, whether he shall be saved or no.