ELECTION and Holiness

揀選與聖潔
No man can prove that he is a child of God without showing the family likeness.

一個人沒有上帝家庭的共同點怎能證明自己是上帝兒女。
The calling of God never leaves men where it finds them.

Joseph Hall

上帝的呼召不會把人留在當初找到他的地方。
None can know their election but by their conformity to Christ; for all that are chosen are chosen to sanctification.

Matthew Henry

除了藉著順服基督以外沒有人知道自己蒙揀選；因為所有蒙揀選的人都是被揀選過聖潔生活。
Holiness is the only evidence of election.

Charles Hodge

聖潔是揀選的唯一證據。
The doctrines of grace humble a man without degrading him and exalt a man without inflating him.

Charles Hodge

恩典的教義讓人謙卑卻不使人降級，高舉人卻不使人自我膨脹。
The proof of our election is always and only to be found in a holy life.

William S. Plumer

我們蒙揀選的證據只有在聖潔生活中才能找得到。
The names and number of the elect are a secret thing, no doubt...But if there is one thing clearly and plainly laid down about election, it is this - that elect men and women may be known and distinguished by holy lives.

J. C. Ryle

無庸質疑的，被揀選人的名字及數目是個秘密...然而關於揀選，有一件事情卻是清楚明白的，那就是蒙揀選的男女可以藉著他們的聖潔生活區分出來。
It is idle to seek assurance of election outside of holiness of life.

Benjamin B. Warfield

想在聖潔生活之外尋找揀選的確據根本是徒勞無功的。
We can never know that we are elected of God to eternal life except by manifesting in our lives the fruits of election.

Benjamin B. Warfield

除了在我們生活中彰顯揀選的果實，我們無法知道我們是被上帝揀選得著永恆生命的。
Sanctification is the earmark of Christ's elect sheep.

Thomas Watson

聖潔是基督揀選羊群的記號。