A88594:619
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.
2 PETER 1.10. Wherefore the rather, Brethren, give all diligence to make your Calling and Election sure.
The last Conclusion or Doctrine drawn from these words, was this, That Christians should put forth a great deal of diligence to make this sure to their souls, that they are eternally elected by God to life and glory. In the prosecution of which I have dispatched several queries. I am now to proceed further in the dispatch of what yet remains to be spoken concerning this subject. A fourth query follows.
THe last Conclusion or Doctrine drawn from these words, was this, That Christians should put forth a great deale of diligence to make this sure to their soules, that they are eternally elected by God to life and glory. In the prosecution of which I have dispatched severall queries. I am now to proceed further in the dispatch of what yet remaines to be spoken concerning this subject. A fourth query followes.
Q. Fourthly, Whether the decree of election, or Gods purpose to save a company of men, being from eternity, and being immutable, whether doth not this give way to man to be secure, and careless in the use of the means of grace, that they take no care to get grace, and to get heaven, while they are in the world? This is a very useful point to insist upon, seeing the Arminians charge us with this, that if we hold election without respect to Gods foresight of works in men, then this lays open a gap for men to live as they list, that they shall say, If God hath determined they shall be saved, they shall be saved; if that they shall be damned, they shall be damned, whether they are holy, or profane; if God hath elected them to life, they shall be saved, let them live as they list. Thus the Arminians plead. This therefore is the query, whether this doctrine of election doth administer any ground for such a cavil as this to be in the minds of men?