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of grace (‘Calvinism”) which, I believe, all the Protestant 
Reformers held without exception. 
The revelation is clear, that some are ‘chosen in Him (Christ) 
before the foundation of the world” (Eph. i, 4). This is more than 
an invitation, or free grace which calls, setting the will free to 
accept or reject ; it is Sovereign grace which compels. All are not 
compelled ; those who are, must be ‘“ Favourites.” 
I think that “Calvinism” has. suffered in two ways; (1) in 
restricting salvation to those irresistibly called (“ hyper-Calvinism ”) ; 
(2) in restricting God’s plan of salvation to these, and to those others 
called who accept the invitation. ‘‘ Arminianism,” if not as mis- 
chievous in one way as false, “Calvinism” in one direction, is worse 
in another, inasmuch as it leads men to suppose that they can come 
to Christ when they themselves choose, and not when God calls 
them. Both seem to me to narrow the scope of God’s plan by the 
work of Jesus Christ through His Church and His nation ; whereas 
He, through Paul, hints at a vast work extending through the 
Universe ; see 1 Cor. vi, 1-3, and Ephesians i, 1-10. The Bible 
does not say that the case of those not called in this life is hopeless. 
1 Peter ii, 18-22, and iv, 6, hints at a more populous Paradise, but 
not another or wider door. 
I cannot go with one of the speakers in his hints at a Divine 
Democracy. Differences in degree and position are revealed where 
Christ bears rule; and the nearest approach to Democracy will be 
when, after the period known as “the ages of the ages” comes to 
an end, and everything contrary to God’s mind is utterly destroyed 
out of existence, the Lord Jesus hands over the kingdom to God ; 
even the Father. Even then, it is to me unthinkable that Our 
Redeemer should stand no higher than even the highest of His 
Redeemed. 
