...approved characters, and consequently saved. • § 12. JEROME is very explicit on the same point. '"In whom also we have obtained an ' inheritance,...predestinated according to ' the purpose of him, who workcth all things ' after the counsel of his own will.' ' It is to ' be considered, that predestination...

...And in the llth verse, the Apostle speaks of an inheritance to which the saved were predestinated. " In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being...predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." Now it is evident, beyond all controversy, that...

...together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth : even in him, in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being...that we should be to the praise of his glory, who lirst trusted in Christ." Here it will be seen that the moral excellence of Christians is the effect...

...together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in Him. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being...will; that we should be to the praise of His glory. — For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, WHICH GOD HATH BEFORE ORDAINED...

...being the divine instrument of regeneration. " Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth." "That we should be to the praise of his glory who...after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation." And facts accord with Scripture statement. The Apostle faul was ц benevolent,...

...chosen ; it was sovereignty the most adorable which pointed out the objects of this choice. " They were predestinated according to the purpose of him who...all things after the counsel of his own will ; that they should be to the praise of his glory." 3. This purpose of election is unaltera-ble. Having loved...

...together in one all things In Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him: in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being...predestinated according to the purpose of him, who workcth all things according to fhe counsel of his own will." The apostle here represents the gospel...

...himself. i. 10, That he might gather together in one all things in (or by) Christ. i. 11, In whom (Christ) also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him (God) who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. i. 17, That the God of our Lord Jesus...

...things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him. Ver. 11. In whom a'so we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him whoworketh all thingsafterthe counsel oflns own will. b 2 Thcss. ii. 13. But we are bound to give thanks...

...pleasure ot his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace." And again, ver. 11. " In whom luso we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketb. all things after the counsel of his own will." Believers are said to be " culled according...