A65285:1069
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Effectual Calling.
ROM. 8.30. Them he also called.
Quest. XX. What is effectual Calling?
Quest. XX. WHat is effectual Calling?
Answ. It is a gracious work of the Spirit, whereby he causeth us to embrace Christ freely offered to us in the Gospel.
In this Verse is a golden Chain of Salvation, made up of four Links; this is one Vocation, Them he also called. Calling is nova Creatio, a new Creation, the first Resurrection.—There is a twofold Call: 1. An extrinsic or outward Call; 2. An intrinsic or inward effectual Call.
In this Verse is a golden Chain of Salvation, made up of four Links; this is one Vocation, Them he also called. Calling is nova Creatio, a new Creation, the first Resurrection.—There is a twofold Call: 1. An extrinsick or outward Call; 2. An intrinsick or inward effectual Call.