Welchman on Article XVII: Of Predestination and Election

The everlasting Purpose, &c.] The Truth of this whale Article will sufficiently appear from the I exts of Scripture, which | shell here subjoin. But I would desire the Reader to observe, that only the Grace of Election is asserted in it, and that the Severity of Reprobation is left wholly un- touch’d upon. And here I would advise him to stop, and to restrain his Curiosity, For the Doctrine of Predestina- tion is a profound Abyss; in sounding of which, it is but to little Purpose for young Men to busy themselves, Much less does it become Preachers to trouble their Auditors about these deep Mysteries : They should rather set forth God’s Promises in general Terms, as they are propos’d in the holy Scriptures, and as it is our Duty to embrace them.

Before the Foundations, &c.] See Eph. i. 4, 5. According as He hath chosen us in Him, before the Foundation of the I/arId, that we should be holy, and without Blame before

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NoTEes on the XXXIX Articles

Father, inherit the Kingdom ‘prepared for you from the rn of the World. And 2 Tim. i. 4 Who 1200 saved us, and called us with an hay Calling, not according to our Works, but according to his own Purpose and Grace, which was given us in Christ Fesus before the World began.

Sce also Ignatius Ignatius, who is allo called Theopbo- & rs, to the Church of Ephesus in 4/ia, which is blessed in & the Greatness and Fulness of God the Father, and predes- tinated before the World began unto eternal Glory.” — And again, Ignatius, who is also called Theophorus, to the Church among the Trallians in Alia, beloved of God, ce the Father of Jesus Christ, holy elect. — And Clement of Rome. The Church of God which is at Rome, to the Church of God which is at Corinth, called and sanctified te by the Will of God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Deliver from Curse, &c.] See Gal. iii. 10. Christ hath

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Wihem he hath chosen, &c.] See 1 Pet. i. 2. Ele according to the Foreknowledge of God the Father, through San#ification

the Spirit unto Obedience, and Sprinkling of the Blood of

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22 made to Honour] See Rom. viii. 30. Moreover, whom he did predeflinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also ju/tificd ; and whom he justified, them he also glorified. | |

e freely] See Eph. i. 7. In whom we have Re- demption through his Blood, the Forgiveness of Sins, according to the Riches of his Grace.

Made Sons of Gd] See Gal. iv. 4, 5. When the Hoo of Time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a Woman, _— under the Law, that we might receive the Adoption of

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Made like the Image, &c.] See Rom. viii. 29. For whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the Image of his Son, that he might be the Fiystborn ameng many Brethren.

Walk religiously, &c.] See Eph. ii. 10. Fer I are his Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good Morbs, which God hath before ordained, that we should walk in them.

By God’s Mercy obtained, &c.] See Eph. i. 11. In whom also we have obtained an Inheritance, being predestinated ac- cording to the Purpose of Him whe worketh all Things accord- ing to the Counsel of his own Will, And 1 Pet. i. 3, 4, 5

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant Mercy, hath begotten us again untg a lively Hope, by the Resurreftion of Fesus Christ from the Dead, to an Inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in Heaven for you, who are kept by the Power of God through Faith unto Salvation, ready ts be revealed in the last Time. |

Generally set forth! See Fohn iii. 16. God fo loved the World, that he gave his only-begatten Son, that whosoever be- lieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting Life. And in 1 7 im. ii. 4, 6. I ho will have all Men to be saved, end to come to the Knowledge of the Truth : Who gave himself a Ransom for all, to be teslified in due Time. ;

Expressly declared] See Luke x. 25, 26, 27, 28. And behold a certain Lawyer fload up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal Life? He said unte him, I hat is written in the Law? How readesi thuu? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, and with all thy Soul, and with all thy Strength, and with all thy Mind; and thy Neighbour as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right : This do, and thou shalt hve. |

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Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ.