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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.
Sixthly, Consider this, that from your Birth-day, to your dying day, you have time little enough to carry on the business of your salvation, should you live never so long; and therefore you have no cause to put off the call of Jesus Christ. And thus much be spoken by way of satisfaction, to take off the first temptation, that you are too young to give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ: and this I do ⟨p. 71⟩for the sake of young men, that they may take heed of being insnared by this delusion of the Devil.
Sixthly, Consider this, that from your Birth-day, to your dying day, you have time little enough to carry on the business of your salvation, should you live never so long; and therefore you have no cause to put off the call of Jesus Christ. And thus much be spoken by way of satisfaction, to take off the first temptation, that you are too young to give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ: and this I do ⟨p. 71⟩for the sake of young men, that they may take heed of being insnar'd by this delusion of the Devil.
2. Sug. 2. Here it may be, the Devil cannot ensnare you in this Gin: Old men will say, this concerns not me, I am not taken with this temptation; therefore now the Devil comes upon them with this suggestion: Saith the Devil to them, You cannot now give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ, for you have callings in the world to follow; you have a particular calling, and you must provide for Wife, and Children, and Family, and lay up for future times, against old age and sickness, and therefore you cannot be at leisure now to give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ; when I am more at leisure, I may look after my effectual calling: And this also sticks very close to a great many.
2. Sug. 2. Here it may be, the Devil cannot insnare you in this Gin: Old men will say, this concerns not me, I am not taken with this temptation; therefore now the Devil comes upon them with this suggestion: Saith the Devil to them, You cannot now give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ, for you have callings in the world to follow; you have a particular calling, and you must provide for Wife, and Children, and Familie, and lay up for future times, against old age and sicknesse, and therefore you cannot be at leasure now to give entertainment to the call of Jesus Christ; when I am more at leasure, I may look after my effectual calling: And this also sticks very close to a great many.