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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.
Reas. 7 7. Because the more diligent you are in matters pertaining to the soul, the nearer resemblance and conformity you carry to Jesus Christ: you read of Christ, that he went about always doing good: And when his father and mother mist him, and went three days sorrowing to seek him, and having found him, asked him, where hast thou been? Wot ye not, saith Christ, I was about my fathers business? As if he should say; I was not about any evil work, but to glorify my God, and promote the honour of my father: this was my work. And elsewhere he tells us, it was his meat and drink to do the will of his father: Here was a diligent person indeed. Why, the more industrious you are, and the more diligent you are in matters of the soul, the more like you are to Jesus Christ. And where can there be a better pattern for you to resemble, or a better Copy for you to write by?
Reas. 7 7. Because the more diligent you are in matters pertaining to the soul, the nearer resemblance and conformitie you carry to Jesus Christ: you read of Christ, that he went about alwaies doing good: And when his father and mother mist him, and went three daies sorrowing to seek him, and having found him, askt him, where hast thou been? Wot ye not, saith Christ, I was about my fathers businesse? As if he should say; I was not about any evill work, but to glorifie my God, and promote the honour of my father: this was my work. And elsewhere he tels us, it was his meat and drink to doe the wil of his father: Here was a diligent person indeed. Why, the more industrious you are, and the more diligent you are in matters of the soul, the more like you are to Jesus Christ. And where can there be a better pattern for you to resemble, or a better Copie for you to write by?
Reas. 8 8. Because the more diligent you are in this employment, the more peace, and the more profit will accrue to your own souls. The more peace will accrue, the more industrious you are. 2. Pet. 3.14. Be you diligent, saith the Apostle; for what? that you may be found of Christ in peace without spot, and blameless. So