...strength," — " and in returning and rest shall we be saved." ARTICLE XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose...and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ outof mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore...

...affirmed to be by our Lord and Saviour." ARTICLE XVII. OF PREDESTINATION AND ELECTION. " PREDESTINATION h to life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby,...us,' to deliver, from curse and damnation, those whom k he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as...

...will in eternity, " the everlasting purpose of God whereby He hath constantly decreed by His purpose secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation,...to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation" (17th Article). From the act of regeneration, or spiritual birth, springs the vast distinction between...

...kept in mind, is said of predestination to eternal misery, or reprobation. p " Predestination unto life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby, (before...were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel (he hath constantly decreed by his own judgment. Collier, Records, II. 76. From the articles imprinted...

...England," in her excellent Seventeenth Article, speaks all this to the full when proclaiming — " Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose...before the foundations of the world were laid, He hath secretly decreed to us to deliver from curse and damnation those whom He hath chosen in Christ out...

...original guilt, but also for actual sins of men "f*." We shall indeed explain " Predestination to life as the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the...foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly * Article IX. f Article II. decreed, by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation...

...of England is, that ' Predesti' nation to life is, the everlasting purpose of God whereby (be' fore the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly ' decreed by his own counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse ' and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ...

...in the number of those whom the Father in eternity, " before the foundations of the world were laid, constantly decreed by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour." (Article 17 of the...

...everlasting purpose of God, whereby, (2) before the foundations of the world were laid, he hath (3) constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation, (4) those, whom he hath chosen (5) in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting...

...only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith and not for our own deservings. " " Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundation of the world was laid) He hath constantly decreed by His counsel secret to ns, to deliver...