The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 383

XXVIII.

The Coming

of the Called. " That the purpose of

God according

to election might stand, not of

works, but of

— Rom. The

Him

that calleth."

ix. II.

whether the elect cooperate in the call. call is no call, in the fullest sense of the word, unless the called one can hear and hears so distinctly that it impresses him, causes him to rise and to obey God. For this rea-

We

question

say,

is,

Yes; for the

son our fathers, for the sake of clearness, used to distinguish be-

tween the ordinary

call

and the

effectual call.

does not go forth to the elect alone.

The Lord Jesus Many are called, few are chosen." And the issue shows that masses of men die unconverted, altho called by the outward, orGod's

call

said: "

dinary

call.

Nor should this outward tant; for by it the judgment the day of judgment:

you had been done

" If

call

of

be slighted or esteemed unimpor-

many

shall

be made the heavier in

the mighty works which have been done

Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented Therefore it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you " " And the servant which knew the Lord's will and did not according to His will shall be beaten with many stripes." Moreover, the effect of this outward call reaches sometimes much deeper than is generally supposed, and brings one sometimes to the very point of real conversion. in

in

long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

;

The unregenerate are not so insensible to the truth as never to it. The decisive words of Heb. vi., concerning the apparently converted who have even tasted of the heavenly gift, be touched by

prove the contrary. St. Peter speaks of sows which were washed and then returned to the wallowing in the mire. One can be persuaded to be almost a Christian. But for the selling of his goods the rich

young

ruler

would have been won

for Christ.

Wherefore

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