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A Divine Cordial
A divine cordial, or, The transcendent privilege of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1663
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.
CHAP. XI. Concerning Effectual Calling.
The second Qualification of the persons to whom this privilege in the Text belongs,§2 is, They are the called of God: All things shall work for good [Greek or Hebrew], to them who are called. Though this word [called] be placed in order after loving of God, yet in nature it goes before it: Love is first named, but not first wrought; we must be called of God, before we can love God.
THe second Qualification of the persons to whom this priviledge in the Text belongs,§2 is, They are the called of God: All things shall work for good 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, to them who are called. Though this word [called] be placed in order after loving of God, yet in nature it goes before it: Love is first named, but not first wrought; we must be called of God, before we can love God.
Calling, is made in the 30. verse of this Chapter, the middle link of the golden chain of Salvation; it is placed between Predestination and Glorification; and if we have this middle link fast, we are sure of the two other ends of the Chain. For the clearer illustration of this, there are six things observable.