...mercies, #c. 2 Thes. ii. 13, But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, befor«/ of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen...salvation ; through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. Tit. i. 1, Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according...

...truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for yon, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctilication of the spirit, and belief of the truth : 14. Whereunto he called you by our gospel,...

...; for they were all of one heart, and felt the same bond of grateful obligation on their account. " We are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord." And why? How was it that these brethren were cause of such lively thanksgiving ? 1 . As true Christians,...

...precedes the effect ; or us the motive precedes the action produced by it. Here fullows the passage : " God hath from the beginning- chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief- of the truth." Can any one, who has not previously made up his mind on this subject, entertain...

...to the sincerity and firmness with which they adhered to the Christian profession. Again, he says, " God hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth ; whereunto he called you by our Gospel (r) : " the sanctification of the Spirit...

...calleth things that are not as though they were. 9. This is also plain from those words of St. Paul, ' God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth. ' Now, If the saints are chosen to salvation, through believing of the truth,...

...religion by baptism.' • Phil. L 19. " that we should be holy, and without blame before him "in love." "God hath from the beginning, chosen " you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit " and belief of the truth; whereunto he hath called you " by our Gospel, to the obtaining of the glory...

...consequence of God's purpose to save them. The Apostle Paul, writing to the Thessalonian Christians, saith, "God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth." In like manner to the Ephesians — "according aa he hath chosen us in him...

...That they ail migbt be damned \vho believed iiot thé truth, but had pleasure in tinrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beioved of thé Lord, because God hath from thé begiuning chosen you to salvation through sanctification...

...effect ; or as the motive precedes the action produced by it. Here follows the passage : " God hiuh from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." Can any one, who has not previously made up his mind on this subject, entertain...