66 MODEL PREACHER,' ""INFANCY AND MANHOOD OF CHRISTIAN LIFE," 66 CHRISTIAN ADVENTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA," ETC., ETC. "Give diligence to make your calling and election sure."-St. Peter. PREFACE. READER, this is not a book that may, with profit, be opened at the middle, and read either way. Read the first chapter, and ponder the high origin, relationships, and end of thy being. Read the second chapter, and contemplate God's "eternal purpose" concerning thee, and His provisions of mercy for thee. Read on, and see the way out of a labyrinth of human speculations, and find the key to unlock the meaning of all the Scripture terms pertaining to "Election," "Predestination," "Fore-ordination," "Reprobation," and "Foreknow ledge." Read again, and find out who "the elect" are, and whether or not thou art one of them. |