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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.
5. That a man may be elected by God from all eternity, and yet he may live a long time in a course of sin, before he call him, and yet before he dies, he shall be called. John ⟨p. 60⟩10.16. I lay down my life for my sheep; and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold under one shepherd, &c. The meaning is this; Christ told them, his converted ones were his sheep; and these are not all; but I have others that are not converted, yet I will convert them, and bring them to the same fold also. So that Christ hath his sheep among them that are not yet converted and called; and though many times you you may go a long time in a course of sin, yet before you die, you shall be effectually called, and brought home to the sheepfold of Jesus Christ.
5. That a man may be elected by God from all eternity, and yet he may live a long time in a course of sin, before he call him, and yet before he dies, he shall be called. John ⟨p. 60⟩10.16. I laie down my life for my sheep; and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold under one shepherd, &c. The meaning is this; Christ told them, his converted ones were his sheep; and these are not all; but I have others that are not converted, yet I will convert them, and bring them to the same fold also. So that Christ hath his sheep among them that are not yet converted and called; and though many times you you may go a long time in a course of sin, yet before you die, you shall be effectually called, and brought home to the sheepfold of Iesus Christ.