Of Election and his foundation of it.
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Of Election and his foundation of it.
Predestination hath two parts.1 1. Election. 2. Reprobation, 1 Thes. 5. 9.
- 1Election.
Election is the decree of God, concerning the salvation of some men, to the praise of the glory of his grace, Eph. 1. 4. 5. 6.
This decree of God is the book of life wherein the names of the Elect are written, Rev. 20. 12. 2 Tim. 2. 19.
The execution of this decree is1 Gods effectual working of all those things which he purposed for the salvation of the Elect, by the same means with which he purposed to do it, Rom. 18. 29. 30.