We believe that election is the eternal purpose of God, according to which He graciously regenerated, sanctified, and saved sinners, that being perfectly consistent with the free agency of man, it comprehends all the means in connection with the free agency of man, it is a most glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness, being infinitely free, wise, holy, and unchangeable, that it utterly excludes boasting, and promotes humility, love, prayer, praise, trust in God, and active imitation of his free mercy that it encourages the use of means in the highest degree, that it may be ascertained by its effects in all who truly believe the gospel, that it is the foundation of Christian assurance, and that to ascertain it with regard to ourselves demands and deserves the utmost diligence.