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There is a massive new biography of Spurgeon by Tom Nettles, Living by Revealed Truth. It is well worth reading as it touches upon every aspect of the Great Man's life and theology.
Nettles reveals Spurgeon as an entirely orthodox Calvinist. He believed absolutely in Particular Redemption, but he also believed, in common with the early Particular Baptists like Keach and Bunyan, that the sinner's warrant to come to Christ is not that he believes that he is elect, but that he is a sinner and Christ saves such and bids them come to Him.

One of his favourite verses was John 6:37. 'The one who cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.'Therefore he would bid all and sundry to come to Christ, assuring them that He would not turn them away. But at the same time he understood and preached that all those who came were those whom the Father had given to the Son in eternity and drawn to Him in time.

If the Nettles book is too vast and forbidding, The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray is very good and much shorter (and cheaper).