October
10, 2018
The
Venn diagram above summarizes Chapter 10 of the 1689 CoF. Note its logical
order.
Para
1: describes the effectual calling of ALL the elect. All the elect are
effectually called to eternal life in exactly the same manner, by God,
through His Word and Spirit (note: referring to the Three Persons of the
Truine God) and at God’s appointed and accepted time – whether they are infants
or adults, sound mind or idiots, capable or incapable of being outwardly called
by the ministry of the word.
Para
2: describes all those effectually called elect in Para 1 who do have the
outward gospel call. [i.e. the outward gospel call comes to these elect.]
Para
3: describes all those effectually called elect in Para 1 who do not have the
outward gospel call. [i.e. the outward gospel call fails to come to these
elect.] For various reasons, they are incapable of being outwardly called by
the ministry of the word.
Para
4: describes all those not in Para 1, i.e., those who are not predestinated to
eternal life, but who do get the outward gospel call.
So
simple and plain. The Framers were not only Theologians, but they were also
sound logicians. Many, who claim them as their forefathers, are irrational and
inconsistent.
Any questions, feel free to ask and discuss.
Read
the article here, for a good start to have a proper grasp of the doctrine of the effectual call.
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-effectual-call-as-summarized-in.html