A88594:30
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. What is meant by Calling; which, that you may understand, you must know there is a twofold Calling, an external, and an internal Calling.
The External Calling is that general invitation, which by the preaching of the Gospel, is made unto men, to invite them to come in to Jesus Christ: and most in the world are called by this call, both good and bad.
2. The Internal Calling, when the Spirit of God accompanies the outward administration of the word, to call a man from ignorance to knowledge, and from a state of nature ⟨p. 5⟩to a state of grace; and of this Calling my Text means. Make your Calling sure; that is, you that live under the preaching of the Gospel, be sure you be called thereby.
2. The Internal Calling, when the Spirit of God accompanies the outward administration of the word, to call a man from ignorance to knowledg, and from a state of nature ⟨p. 5⟩to a state of grace; and of this Calling my Text means. Make your Calling sure; that is, you that live under the preaching of the Gospel, be sure you be called thereby.