QUEST. LXVII. _What is effectual calling?_

ANSW. Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and

grace; whereby, out of his free and special love to his elect, and

from nothing in them moving him thereunto, he doth, in his accepted

time, invite and draw them to Jesus Christ by his word and Spirit,

savingly enlightening their minds, renewing, and powerfully

determining their wills; so as they, although in themselves dead in

sin, are hereby made willing and able, freely to answer his call,

and to accept and embrace the grace offered and conveyed therein.

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