How is Article XVII of the Articles of Religion defended by Arminians?
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We are elected “in Christ”, as both the article and Ephesians 1 affirm. In the OT, Israel were the elect people of God with God choosing them to show his love to the rest of the world and to be an example of a Godly society. This did not guarantee the salvation of every Israelite. If a non-Jew wanted to be part of the elect people of God, s/he could by their own free choice decide to become a proselyte, whereby all the blessings of election are conferred.
Being elected 'in Christ' means that God has predestined the members of Christ's body to show forth his love to the world and to be an example of a Godly society. He also chooses that these people will have life eternal. By declaring and living in allegiance to Christ one is made part of this 'new Israel', and thereby one gains both the benefits of salvation (as pre-destined by God that we should), and also the task of witnessing to God's glory by word and action, as God also has chosen for us.
I am fairly certain that the above free-will view was not what the author(s) of Article 17 intended, but they do seem to have left the back door open to those who do not believe that everything is predetermined and that we are mere puppets in God's play. I will gladly walk in through that back door and give myself to the task of evangelism (a task which is undermined by such Augustinianism and Calvinism).
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