Assurance: Defined and Promised

From the age of the Puritans we have the following statement on Assurance. “Can true believers be infallibly assured that they are in the state of grace, and that they shall persevere therein unto salvation? Answer: Such as truly believe in Christ, and endeavor to walk in all good conscience before Him (I John 2:3), may, without extraordinary revelation, by faith grounded upon the truth of God’s promises, and by the Spirit enabling them to discern in themselves those graces to which the...