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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.
2. You are called from a course of sin, to a course of holiness. Before your calling you were the Devils Drudges, and did his work at will; the Devil (in Pauls language to Timothy), had you Captive at his pleasure, but when God calls you, he takes you from under the dominion and reign of sin; and brings you into a course of holiness. 1 Thes. 4.7. You are called, not unto uncleanness, but unto holiness, 2 Pet. 1.3. He hath called us to glory and virtue. Before calling, thou wert the receptacle or common shore of all filth and uncleanness; when called, thou art swept with the besom of Sanctification; yea beautified and adorned as a pleasant palace for thy God to delight in. And this should cause ⟨p. 46⟩you much to magnify grace, that you are brought from being the Devils drudges, to be Gods freemen; from being the Devils slaves, to be Gods servants; from being the Devils taskeman, to pay thee thy wages in hell; to be Gods workman, for which he will give thee thy reward in heaven.
2. You are called from a course of sin, to a course of holinesse. Before your calling you were the Divels Drudges, and did his work at will; the Divel (in Pauls language to Timothy), had you Captive at his pleasure, but when God cals you, he takes you from under the dominion and raign of sin; and brings you into a course of holiness. 1 Thes. 4.7. You are called, not unto uncleanness, but unto holiness, 2 Pet. 1.3. He hath called us to glory and vertue. Before calling, thou wert the receptacle or common shore of all filth and uncleannesse; when called, thou art swept with the besome of Sanctification; yea beautified and adorned as a pleasant palace for thy God to delight in. And this should cause ⟨p. 46⟩you much to magnifie grace, that you are brought from being the Divels drudges, to be Gods freemen; from being the Divels slaves, to be Gods servants; from being the Divels taskeman, to pay thee thy wages in hell; to be Gods workman, for which he wil give thee thy reward in heaven.