...ashamed to call th«m brethren." St. Peter calls believers, to whom he wrote, " Elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus," observing that they had " purified their souls, in obeying the...

...Peter, which seem to have influenced the mind of your inquirer : 1 Pet. i. 2. " Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience." The verse should be read thus, " Chosen to obedience, by means of the sanctifying influence of the...

...of sacrifice» under the law ; in allusion to which it in callta tA* Head of sprinkling. knowledge of God the Father) through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you. 3 Blessed be the God and Father...

...good pleasure. One apostle therefore represents believers as elect according to the fore-knoivledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Another apostle prays in behalf of his hearers that " their hearts might...

...of Jesus Christ. See the second verse of the first chapter of his first Epistle. "Elect according Jo the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ." In the next verse he says, 'God hath begotten us again unto a lively...

...informs his pious readers (whom in the introduction of this Episile he had called, "elect, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ;" and "who have obtained like precious faith with us,") that this second...

...: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." St< Paul. " Elect according to the fore knowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ." St. Peter. Election of both Calvinisms. " The decrees were not formed...

...effects. 7. The same sentiment is inculcated by the Apostle Peter, 1 Epistle i. 2. " Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.'' In these words the Apostle declares the election, of God's foreknowledge,...

...those to whom hp writes this, with the foregoing epistle, whom he describes as elect, according to the fore-knowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, and as having been begotten again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection...

...the privilege, and security, and glory of each heir of salvation, that he is " elected according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ ;" and that once elected, and sanctified, and justified, he shall be infallibly...