BODY OF DIVINITY:

WHEREIN THE

DOCTRINES

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION

ARE EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED.

BEING THЕ

SUBSTANCE of severAL LECTURES

ON

THE ASSEMBLY'S LARGER CATECHISM.

BY THOMAS RIDGLEY, D. D.

WITH NOTES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,
BY JAMES P. WILSON, D. D.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE THIRD EUROPEAN EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

PRINTED BY AND FOR WILLIAM W. WOODWARD, CORNER OF CHESNUT AND SOUTE

SECOND STREETS.

1815.

THE CONTENTS

OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

QUEST. LXV, LXVI. Of the benefits which the invi-

sible church enjoy by Christ.

WHAT these benefits are,

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Union with Christ, and Communion in grace and glory 10

Union with Christ illustrated

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by a conjugal union in particular

The elect united to Christ

In their effectual calling

QUEST. LXVII, LXVIII. Of effectual calling.

The Gospel-call described

Its difference from effectual calling

How far improved without special grace

A note

Not saving without it

Its efficacy depends on the power of God

Its issue and consequence

Offers of grace explained

God's design therein

Effectual calling

A work of almighty power

A work of grace

Wrought by the Spirit

This doctrine does not savour of enthusiasm

Objections answered

. His work internal and super-natural

Objections answered

God's power and grace irresistible

The seasons of effectual calling

The state of man before and after it
The Pelagians' notion of it

Their account of conversion absurd

The nature of human liberty

In what respects the will acts freely

In what not

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