arapahoepark
Puritan Board Professor
I have tended to come across a fair amount of what I think is preparationism in the Puritans (and notably Edwards), where one must labor to have a better chance of the spirit working in you, if I defined it correctly. The 'laboring' being getting a sense of the misery of sin and the guilt and shame in order to be saved.
While I have undeniably felt this in my life, a really heavy feeling, isn't this gauging someones salvation by experience? Laboring being a work of sort, especially if one doesnt have 'faith'? If one doesnt repent enough initially are they really saved?
What else could be considered preparationism? What is the general view of it here?
While I have undeniably felt this in my life, a really heavy feeling, isn't this gauging someones salvation by experience? Laboring being a work of sort, especially if one doesnt have 'faith'? If one doesnt repent enough initially are they really saved?
What else could be considered preparationism? What is the general view of it here?
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