CHAPTER XIV: VOCATION.

VOCATION.
§ 1. Scriptural Usage of the Word 639
§ 2. External Call 641
§ 3. Common Grace 654

Lutheran Doctrine. -- Rationalistic Doctrine
657

Proof of the Inward Call of the Spirit as distinct from the Truth 660

This Influence may be without the Word. -- The Work of the Spirit
distinct from Providential Efficiency
665

An Influence of the Spirit Common to all Men. -- Effects of Common
Grace
670
§ 4. Efficacious Grace 675

Why Efficacious. -- Not simply ab eventu. -- Not from its Congruity 677

The Augustinian Doctrine
680

Statement of the Doctrine. -- The Main Principle involved 682

It is the Almighty Power of God. -- Hence 1. It is Mysterious and Peculiar. 2. Distinct from Common Grace. 3. Distinct from Moral Suasion. 4. Acts immediately. In what Sense Physical. 5. It is Irresistible. 6. The Soul is Passive in Regeneration. 7. Regeneration Instantaneous. 8. It is an Act of Sovereign Grace 688 § 5. Proof of the Doctrine 689

1. Common Consent. 2. Analogy. 3. Ephesians iii. 17, 19. 4. General
Teachings of Scripture. 5. Nature of Regeneration. 6. Argument from
related Doctrines. 7. From Experience
706
§ 6. Objections 709
§ 7. History of the Doctrine of Grace 710

Doctrine of the Early Church. -- Pelagian Doctrine. -- Semi-Pelagian. -- Scholastic Period. -- Synergistic Controversy. -- Controversies in the Reformed Church. -- Hypothetical Universalism. -- Supernaturalism and Rationalism 721 __________________________________________________________________

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PART II.
ANTHROPOLOGY
SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
PART II. -- ANTHROPOLOGY.

Having considered the doctrines which concern the nature of God and his relation to the world, we come now to those which concern man; his origin, nature, primitive state, probation, and apostasy; which last subject includes the question as to the nature of sin; and the effects of Adam's first sin upon himself and upon his posterity. These subjects constitute the department of Anthropology. __________________________________________________________________