CD First Head Art. XIII

*Of Divine Predestination*

The sense and certainty of this election afford to the children of God additional matter for daily humiliation before him, for adoring the depth of his mercies, and rendering grateful returns of ardent love to him who first manifested so great love towards them. The consideration of this doctrine of election is so far from encouraging remissness in the observance of the divine commands or from sinking men into carnal security, that these, in the just judgment of God, are the usual effects of rash presumption or of idle and wanton trifling with the grace of election, in those who refuse to walk in the ways of the elect.

Edges

• part_of source-manifest/cd
• precedes confession-article/cd-01-14

Source

• source-manifest/cd — Canons of Dort (1619) (PD, Schaff/RPDC 1840)
• evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook