Charnock on faith as a condition

"The covenant of grace doth NOT run, 'I will be your God, IF you will be my people; 'BUT 'I will be their God, and they SHALL be my people;' 'I will betroth thee to me forever; I will betroth thee to me forever; I will say, Thou art my people, and they shall say, Thou art my God.' His everlasting purpose is to write his laws in the hearts of the elect. He puts a CONDITION to his covenant of grace, the CONDITION OF FAITH, and he resolves to work that CONDITION in the hearts of the elect; and, therefore, believers have two immutable pillars for their support...these are election, or the standing counsel of God, and the covenant of grace. He will not revoke the covenant, and blot the names of his elect out of the book of life" (Stephen Charnock, Existence and Attributes of God). [Capital letter emphasis mine--CD.]

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Vacuous Visions

"Man hath a power to do otherwise than that which God foreknows he will do." (Charnock)

W.G.T. Shedd on Romans 9:18

"But what if the foreknowledge of God, and the liberty of the will, cannot be fully reconciled by man?" (Charnock)