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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.
1. To show you the scope, and dependence of the words.
1. To shew you the scope, and dependance of the words.
2. The sense and meaning.
3. To draw out those practical Observations which naturally flow from them: And then apply the Observations deduced.
For the scope and dependence of these words: you may discern it lies thus: Peter, who is called an Apostle of the Circumcision, that is, an Apostle whose work and Office it was to preach to the Circumcised Jews (as it was Paul's Office to preach to the uncircumcised Gentiles), he writ this Epistle to the dispersed Jews, that were scattered throughout the world, through Pontus, Asia, Cappadocia, Galatia and Bithynia: Whence observe, Gods people are a scattered people. And to them he writes, that though they were persons living in different places, yet they had the same faith: Simon Peter a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith. So that you see, the Spirit of God, where it works in men, though they live in different places, yet they shall all believe