Shall I not.

Herman Witsius has written:

“Here then is the meditation of one who is thus fully persuaded, and this is his language to his God,

“Didst thou, O Lord, from eternity, entertain thoughts of glorifying me, a miserable wretch, who am less than nothing; and shall I not again carry thee for ever in my eyes, and always in my bosom? Shall I not delight in meditating on thee? Shall I not cry out, how precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! Psal. cxxxix. 17. Shall I not, with the most sincere repentance, bewail that time, in which so many hours, days, weeks, months, and years, have passed over my head, without one single holy and pleasing thought of thee? Didst thou, out of mere love, choose me to salvation? And shall not I again choose thee for my Lord, my king, my husband, for the portion of my soul, for my chief, or rather my only delight? Didst thou choose me from among so many others who being left to themselves, have eternal destruction abiding them? And shall not I exert myself to the utmost, to excel others in love, in thy worship, and in all the duties of holiness? Didst thou predestinate me to holiness, which is so amiable in itself, and so necessary for me, that without it there can be no salvation? And shall not I walk therein? Shall I presume to cavil with thee, thou brightest teacher of truth; that separating the end from the means, I should securely promise myself the end, as being predestinated thereto, in a neglect of the means, to which I was no less predestinated? Is thy purpose concerning my salvation, fixed and unchangeable? And shall I change every hour; at one time, giving my service to thee, and another time to the devil? Shall I not rather cleave to thee with such a firm purpose, as sooner to choose a thousand deaths rather than perfidiously forsake thee? Shall I not be steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as I know, my labour shall not be in vain in the Lord? 1 Cor. xv. 58. Wilt thou by thy Sprit, assure me of thy love, which passeth all understanding? And I not love thee again with all my heart, all my mind, and all my strength? Wilt thou give me the assurance of my salvation? And shall not I having this hope, purify myself as thou art pure?” 1 John iii. 2.

Who, that understand these things, can deny, that the doctrine of Election, as we have explained it, affords ample matter to a pious soul for these and such like meditations? And who also can deny that in the practice of these meditation consists the very kernel of piety and holiness.”

(Witsius, Herman, The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man, Volume 1, Kingsburg, CA: den Dulk, Christian Foundation, 1990, pp. 342-343.)