Lord’s Day 12, Chapter 7: Atoned For The Elect (2)

It is for the elect, too, that the Lord prays in His sacerdotal intercession. Very clear this is from the Lord's high priestly prayer as it is preserved for us in John 17. Expressly He declares there: "I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine." It is true, that in the narrowest sense and in the first instance these words have reference to the disciples. But this does not alter the fact that, according to Jesus' own words "the world" is...