...election, as it has been stated and proved. • Of Predestination and Election ; which runs thus : — " Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose...those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, to bring them, by Christ, to everlasting salvation : Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent...

...our strength," — " and in returning and rest shall we be saved." ARTICLE XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to life is the everlasting...and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ outof mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore...

...whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly * Article IX. f Article II. decreed, by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver...to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honor ;" but shall guard the doctrine from abuse, by declaring, that "for curious and carnal persons, lacking...

...affirmed to be by our Lord and Saviour." ARTICLE XVII. OF PREDESTINATION AND ELECTION. " PREDESTINATION h to life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby,...us,' to deliver, from curse and damnation, those whom k he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as...

...Election, then, is God's eternal purpose whereby He constantly decreed, before the foundation of the world, by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse...Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour (see 17th Article). But He who ordained the end hath also ordained the means to that end, and...

...everlasting purpose of God, whereby, before the foundations of the world were laid, He hath secretly decreed to us to deliver from curse and damnation those whom...Christ to everlasting salvation as vessels made to honour ! — As the godly consideration of election and predestination in Christ is full of sweet,...

...will in eternity, " the everlasting purpose of God whereby He hath constantly decreed by His purpose secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation,...to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation" (17th Article). From the act of regeneration, or spiritual birth, springs the vast distinction between...

...attaching to it something sure and certain ; but, employing the words of scripture, it announces — ' Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose...Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's...

...exercise of his sovereignty over the creatures of his hands, and accuse him of injustice, because " before the foundations of the world were laid, he hath constantly...Christ to everlasting salvation as vessels made to honour." (17th Article of the Church of England.) Yea, and Christ hath fore-warned his ministers of...

...as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. PREDESTINATION to life is the everlasting...Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, be called according to God's...