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...and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. c Thofe that art called t& be Saints are F.lee'r, according to the Fore-knowledge of God the Father, through Sanctification of the Spirit unto .Obedieoce, and fprinkling oft he-Blood of Jefu? Chrift. •f in .Chrift we are buift together, -for...

...salvation, to the Spirit; and they are all to be met with in one passage, i Pet. 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. The same maybe observed in 2 Thess. ii. 13, 14. where God the Father is said...

...befor-'titude of sins. II THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER. CHAP. I. OfGod'smamfoldspmtualgraces. ETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered...throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Eleft according to the fore5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready...

...Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will." "Elect according to the foreknowledt^e of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience, and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ." "Give diligence to make your calling and election sure." Such is the...

...description of their character and state, and with the apostolic benediction : ver. 2, " Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification...Christ : Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." Then, to console them under present sufferings, and in their exile from the earthly land of promise,...

...shall hide a multitude of sins. THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER. CHAP. I. OF GOD'S SPIRITUAL GRACES. PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers...throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto...

...and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. 0 Thefe flat art called to be Saints are clect, according to the Foreknowledge of God the Father, through Sanctification of the Spirit unto Obedience, and Sprinkling of the Blood of Jefus Chrift. «• In Chrift we are built together for an Habitation of God, through...

...content ourselves with saying in the words of St. P«ter, that true Christians are "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 that wherever this " working of the spirit of Christ" can be truly...

...attributed to the Father, redemption to the Son, and sanctification to the Holy Ghost. "Elect ac" cording to the fore-knowledge of God " the Father, through sanctification of " the Spirit unto obedience, and sprink" ling of the blood of Jesus Christ g." In the everlasting covenant the Father appointed all...