Of Effectual Calling
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) Chapter X I. All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, He is pleased, in His appointed time, effectually to call , [1] by His Word and Spirit, [2] out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature to grace and salvation, by Jesus Christ; [3] enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God, [4] taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them an heart of flesh; [5] renewing their wills, and, by His almighty power, determining them to that which is good, [6] and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ: [7] yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by His grace. [8] II. This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man , [9] who is altogether passive therein, until, being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit, [10] he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered