1. Those whom God hath predestinated unto Life, he is pleased in his appointed, and accepted time [Rom 8:30, Rom 11:7, Eph 1:10-11, 2 Thess 3:13-14], effectually to call by his word, and Spirit, out of that state of sin, and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and Salvation [Eph 2:1-6] by Jesus Christ; inlightning their minds, spiritually, and savingly to [Acts 26:18, Eph 1:17-18] understand the things of God; taking away their [Ezek 36:26] heart of stone, and giving unto them an heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and by his Almighty power determining them [Deut 30:6, Ezek 36:27, Eph 1:19] to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; yet so as they come [Psa 110:3] most freely, being made willing by his Grace.
2. This Effectual Call is of God’s free, and special grace alone, [2 Tim 1:9, Eph 2:8] not from any thing at all foreseen in man, nor from any power, or agency in the Creature, coworking with his special Grace, [1 Cor 2:14, Eph 2:5, John 5:25] the Creature being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and trespasses, until being quickned & renewed by the holy Spirit, he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the Grace offered and conveyed in it; and that by no less [Eph 1:19-20] power, then that which raised up Christ from the dead.
Westminster Confession – Chapter 10 (points 1&2)
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