A man cannot go to heaven without it. Of trial whether we are effectually called. This we may know by its antecedent and consequent. By the antecedent. Before this effectual call, a humbling work passes upon the soul.
Conviction is the first step in conversion.
By the consequents, which are two. He who is savingly called answers to God's call. Such as are deaf to God's call show they are not called by grace. He who is effectually called stops his ears to all other calls which would call him off from God. As God has his call, so there are other contrary calls.