...persons for whom this rest is designed, whom the text calls ' the people of God,' are ' chosen of God before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before him in love.' That they are but a small part of mankind is too apparent in Scrip ture and experience....

...Gentiles." The apostle says, of all the redeemed, Eph. i. 4, that the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ hath chosen them in him before the foundation of the...that they should be holy and without blame before him in love. Grace laid the first slum. in the spiritual temple, and the last shall be brought forth...

...spirit \h that there is a remnant according to the election of grace,* whom God hath chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before thee in love, having predestinated them to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ, unto thyself,...

...love were determined upon, and the peculiar objects of it were selected. They were " chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world," that " they should be holy, and without blame, before him in love;"— " they were predestinated to the adoption of children, by Jesus Christ to himself,...

...and at all events. 'For it is expressly declared in scripture, that he " hath chosen them in Christ, before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without btame before him in love :" And that he hath " chosen them to salvation, through sanctification of...

...first person of the adorable Trinity, had compassion upon sinners, whom " he chose in Christ Jesus, before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love." Those whom he thus chose were given to his Son the second person of the Trinity, who...

...called " the faith of God's elect,"** because none ever have it but those whom "he hath chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love."ft It is also expressly said of the same faith, that it " worketh by love." JJ It is not...

...are not so, seek to be so ; you that are so in part, labour to be more so. God hath chosen his people before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love: and if you live and die in sin, it is a proof that whoever he may have chosen to salvation,...

...began. 2 Tim. i, 9. Those who obtain its blessings are also described by St. Paul, as chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy and without blame before him in love. Ephes. i, 4. Here we see all the parties in this covenant brought to our view at once....

...and at all events. For it is expressly declared in scripture, that he " hath choseathem in Christ, before the foundation of the world, that they should be holy, and without blame before him in love:" And that he hath " chosen them to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and...