Calvinism a life-system - pagina 75

CALVINISM AND RELIGION. First,

regards

it

eudaemonistic

not

religion,

God

but for God, and for

an

in

existing

as

sense,

This

dogma

its

is

of

must be

Secondly, in religion there

God's soiivereignty.

or

utilitarian,

the sake of man,

for

alone.

7

no intermediation of any creature between God and the

—

soul;

religion

dogma

of

work of God Himself,

the immediate

is

This

heart.

inner

Thirdly,

the in

religion

all

the

in

the doctrine of Election.

is

not partial but universal;

is

common

— this

And,

or universal grace.

is

finally,

our sinful condition, religion cannot be normal, but

has to be

soteriological

dogma

twofold

—

this

its

is

position

the

in

of the necessity of Regeneration, and of

the necessitas S. Scripturae.

Having

now

to the

Church, as

menal appearance, stages,

Religion

considered

its

its

pheno-

present, in three successive

of the

conception

the Calvinistic

and coming

such,

organized form, or

shall

I

as

the

essence,

manifestation and the purpose of the Church of Christ

upon In

earth.

essence,

its

the

for

Calvinist,

at

present,

action,

its

e,,

He

the

starting-point

:

God

created the

Cosmos

This

nature,

on

this

all

earth,

a

for is

its

to be

Cosmos on kingdoms man, upon

the divisions of the to

culminate in

whom,

as the bearer of His image

secrate

the

Cosmos

is

geocentrically,

placed the spiritual centre of this

our planet, and caused -of

and

not upon earth, but in heaven.

understood thus i.

centre,

Church

the

heaven and earth, but having

spiritual organism, including

to His glory.

He

called to con-

In God's creation,

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