Oh! blessed be God that hath chosen me to be of the number of His peculiar people! Many have not the knowledge of God, and others live in the church but are carnal; and for me to be one of His peculiar people, a member of Christ’s mystical body, oh, what a privilege is this! And then what moved Him to all this? Nothing but His own free grace. Therefore, praise the Lord!
— Thomas Manton (1620-1677)