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A treatise of effectual calling and election. In XVI. sermons, on 2 Pet. 1.10…
A treatise of effectual calling and election. In XVI. sermons, on 2 Pet. 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 Lawrence Jury, London.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1653
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, A man effectually called by Christ, he doth unfeignedly love the word of God, and the Minister that preached that word that God did use as an instrument of his call. First, I say, he will love the word, John 8.47. He that is of God, (that is, he that is called by God) heareth Gods word, therefore you are not of God, because you hear not his word. There the Scripture tells us, that they who are of God, effectually called by him, they hear his word with abundance of delight; and abundance of joy and love. So 1 John 4, 5, 6. He that is of God heareth us, he that is not of God heareth not us. And therefore David, when he would evidence a work of God upon his heart, Psal. 119.14. Thy word, saith he, is as great riches to me. And as if he did not value riches comparable to the word, vers. 72. I love thy word above thousands of gold, and silver. Beloved, if you are converted and called by Jesus Christ, you will love the Word of God, that was an instrument of your Call. Wherefore, all you that spurn against the Gospel, that cannot endure to have the word come with power upon your consciences; all you that are weary of Ordinances, and find no more savour in an Ordinance of God, then (as Job saith) there is taste in the white of an egg; this is an argument you are not yet called. What's the reason one man will rise early, go far, take pains, and many times neglect his own lawful affairs, and all to enjoy the Word: when another man will go by the Church-door, and haply go to a Tavern, and will not go to hear the Word at all? What's the reason? One is called by the Word, and the other not: one is called by the Word, and therefore loves it; another is not called, and that makes him neglect it.
First, A man effectually call'd by Christ, he doth unfainedly love the word of God, and the Minister that preached that word that God did use as an instrument of his call. First, I say, he will love the word, John 8.47. He that is of God, (that is, he that is call'd by God) heareth Gods word, therefore you are not of God, because you heare not his word. There the Scripture tels us, that they who are of God, effectually called by him, they heare his word with abundance of delight; and abundance of joy and love. So