CHAPTER V.
THE INSTRUMENTAL MEANS OF PERFECTION.
S. Paul says: "We know that to them that love God all things work together unto good to such as, according to His purpose, are called to be Saints. For whom He foreknew He also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of His son, that He might be the first-born amongst many brethren. And whom He predestinated, them He also called. And whom He called, them He also justified. And whom He justified, them He also glorified:"[1] that is, He laid upon them the glory of the adoption as sons of God. Such is the end of our predestination as Christians; and the means to that end are vocation, justification, and adoption. And these means, with the graces of the Holy Ghost that are attached to them, are proportionate and adequate to the attainment of conformity to the Son of God, both in this life and in eternity. The works of God never fail
- ↑ 1 Rom. viii 28-30.
