"We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams, light and heat. Election is a sun, the eyes of eagles cannot see it, yet we may find it in the heat of vocation, in the light of illumination, in the beams of good works."

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Source: Thomas Adams, James Sherman (1848). “An Exposition Upon the Second Epistle General of St. Peter”, p.117

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Thomas Adams was a prominent thinker known for his exploration of freedom and control in society, particularly through his influential writings.

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