1. All those whom God has predestined to life, and only those, he is pleased to effectually call at his appointed and accepted time, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to come to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ. In this call, he enlightens their minds spiritually, in a way effective to salvation, so that they understand the things of God. He takes away their heart of stone and gives to them a heart of flesh; he renews their wills; and by his almighty power he makes them determined to do what is good. This effectually draws them to Jesus Christ, yet in such a way that they come completely freely, being made willing by his grace.

2. This effectual call comes entirely from God’s free and special grace, not from anything at all foreseen in the person, who is completely passive in it until, being made alive and renewed by the Holy Spirit, he is enabled by it to answer the call and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it.

3. Infants whom God chooses, who die in infancy, are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit, who works when, where, and how he pleases. The same is true for are all other people God chooses who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word.

4. Others not chosen by God may be called by the ministry of the Word and may have some common experiences of the Spirit, but they never truly come to Christ and therefore cannot be saved. Much less can people not professing the Christian religion be saved in any other way, even if they are diligent to orient their lives according to the light of nature and the laws of the religion they profess. To assert and maintain that they may is very pernicious, and to be detested.