A treatise of effectual calling and election. In XVI. sermons, on 2 Pet. 1.10…

Thus having finished these seven comfortable Conclusions, because I would have no deluded sinner nuzzled up in presumptuous persuasions of his own blessedness, when he is a Cursed man, and designed for hell; I have two or three sad conclusions to lay down, for all you that harbour groundless and presumptuous persuasions of your effectual calling, when you are not. As,

Thus having finished these seven comfortable Conclusions, because I would have no deluded sinner nuzled up in presumptuous perswasions of his owne blessednesse, when he is a Cursed man, and designed for hell; I have two or three sad conclusions to lay down, for all you that harbour groundlesse and presumptuous perswasions of your effectuall calling, when you are not. As,

First, You that nourish presumptuous persuasions of your effectual calling, when you are not, take this conclusion to dread your hearts, That it is likely you shall never be effectually called by Jesus Christ. There is no man so unlikely to be truly called by Christ, as that man that thinks he is called when he is not. Math. 9. I came not to call the Righteous, but sinners to repentance. Righteous men i.e. that thought they were righteous, and in their own eye thought they had grace and were as good as the best, I came not, saith Christ, to call them, but sinners, i.e. sinners, that see their sin, and see their need of a Saviour, and are sensible of their lost and undone condition without Christ, Christ came to save them, and to call them to repentance: Of all men in the world, you are most unlikely to be called that nourish ungrounded persuasions of your effectual calling.

First, You that nourish presumptuous perswasions of your effectuall calling, when you are not, take this conclusion to dread your hearts, That it is likely you shall never be effectually called by Jesus Christ. There is no man so unlikely to be truely called by Christ, as that man that thinkes he is called when he is not. Math. 9. I came not to call the Righteous, but sinners to repentance. Righteous men i.e. that thought they were righteous, and in their owne eye thought they had grace and were as good as the best, I came not, saith Christ, to call them, but sinners, i.e. sinners, that see their sinne, and see their need of a Saviour, and are sensible of their lost and undone condition without Christ, Christ came to save them, and to call them to repentance: Of all men in the world, you are most unlikely to be called that nourish ungrounded perswasions of your effectuall calling.