...calleth things that are not as though they were. 9. This is also plain from those words of St. Paul, ' God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. ' Now, If the saints are chosen to salvation, through believing of the truth,...

...consequence of God's purpose to save them. The Apostle Paul, writing to the Thessalonian Christians, saith, "God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth." In like manner to the Ephesians — "according aa he hath chosen us in him...

...effect ; or as the motive precedes the action produced by it. Here follows the passage : " God hiuh from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." Can any one, who has not previously made up his mind on this subject, entertain...

...is tried he. shall receive the crown^ of life which the Lord hath prepared for them that love him. God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. Soon you shall say, with the triumphant Apostle, / have fought a good Jight,...

...glory of his grace ; wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloveel." To christjans it is said, " God hath, from the beginning, chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." From the beginning, as respects the purposes and exercises of the Divine...

...but to repentance— We are called, not to sin, but to holiness. " But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God kath from the beginning claosen you to salvation through sanctirtcution of the Spirit and belief of...

...every one of you from his iniquities'; from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God f ; because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth8, and through the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ h. For by one offering...

...confirmed, is not eternal. (J. The election spoken of in Scripture is represented as taking place in time. " Because God hath, from the beginning, chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth," 2 Thess. ii. 13. The means which God made use of in choosing them to salvation,...

...confirmed, is not eternal. 6. The election spoken of in Scripture is represented as taking place in time. " Because God hath, from the beginning, chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth," 2 Thess. ii. 13. The means which God made use of in choosing them to salvation,...

...according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy. — God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth. — All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me. — Whom he did foreknow,...