Author: Ambrose Serle

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-05

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9781333485566

Excerpt from The Church of God, or Essays on Various Names and Titles, Given to the Church, in the Holy Scriptures: To Which Are Added, Some Papers on Other Subjects Chosen, yea and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are} that no esh should glory in his presence? There could be no reason for the choice and the calling, but God's Own free grace and determination; for the subjects of his choice were altogether unlikely and nu-i worthy. There is ab a general calling by the word, as there is a general church, to all sorts and of all sorts; but this is not the particular and energetic call, which the Holy Spirit gives, in the use of the word, to his own people, when he graciously quickens them from Spiritual death. The former is appointed to men, who are to go forth into all the world with the unlimited commission of preaching the gospel to every creature, which is their business, without regarding distinction of persons: the latteris reserved in God's own hand, who knoweth whom he hath chosen, and to whom he will effectuate the word preached, distinguishing and selecting them from the mass of the world. Thus many are called; but, few, chosen. 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."