Excerpt from Six Discourses Concerning I. Election and Reprobation, II. Extent of Christ's Redemption, III. The Grace of God, IV. Liberty of the Will, V. Defectibility of the Saints, Vi. Answer to Three Objections What ahfoliite elcelion doth import; and that the ele ion mentioned in fcripture, i, it not of particular perroux, 'but of whole churches and nations. Adly'. That it imports rather an elcelion to enjoy the means of grace tendered in the gofpel, than to acertainty of his ation by thofc means. That it is a conditional eleetion to be made {are by good works, See'tion i. This is proved, from the import of the word throughout 'the whole Old Tr ament, Seelion e. From the places where the word is iil'cd in the New Te ament, 3. 'lhc import of the words t and that they do not prove an abl'olute eleetion. $6310 4. Ari nnfwer to all the other places produced to prove it, as mg. All that the Father giveth vie [hall come to me, John Vi. 37, 39. Scftion 5. Adly. 4: many a: were ordained to eternal life believed, ar5 Xlll. 48. Seetion 6. 340. That all that love God are called accordmg to hi: purpofe, Ju r ed and gla td, Ron. Vlli. 28, 29, 30. Scam!) 7 o athlyj'hat bod hnoweth who are hu, Settion 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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