<OL TYPE="1"><LI>the act of picking out, choosing<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of the act of God's free will by which before the foundation of the world he decreed his blessings to certain persons<LI>the decree made from choice by which he determined to bless certain persons through Christ by grace alone</OL><LI>a thing or person chosen<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of persons: God's elect</OL></OL>