_Luke 14:23_—“_Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain them to come in, that my house may be filled_”; _Rom. 1:7_—“_to all that are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lord Jesus Christ_”; _8:30_—“_whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified_”; _11:29_—“_For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of_”; _1 Cor. 1:23, 24_—“_but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness; but unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God_”; _26_—“_For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called_”; _Phil. 3:14_—“_I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high_ [marg. ‘_upward_’] _calling of God in Christ Jesus_”; _Eph. 1:18_—“_that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints_”; _1 Thess. 2:12_—“_to the end that ye should walk worthily of God, who calleth you into his own kingdom and glory_”; _2 Thess. 2:14_—“_whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ_”; _2 Tim. 1:9_—“_who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal_”; _Heb. 3:1_—“_holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling_”; _2 Pet. 1:10_—“_Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure._” Two questions only need special consideration: A. Is God’s general call sincere? This is denied, upon the ground that such sincerity is incompatible, first, with the inability of the sinner to obey; and secondly, with the design of God to bestow only upon the elect the special grace without which they will not obey. (_a_) To the first objection we reply that, since this inability is not a physical but a moral inability, consisting simply in the settled perversity of an evil will, there can be no insincerity in offering salvation to all, especially when the offer is in itself a proper motive to obedience.