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The Method of Grace
The method of grace, in bringing home the eternal redemption contrived by the Father, and accomplished by the Son through the effectual application of the spirit unto God's elect, being the second part of Gospel redemption : wherein the great mystery of our union and communion with Christ is opened and applied, unbelievers invited, false pretenders convicted, every mans claim to Christ examined, and the misery of Christless persons discovered and bewailed / by John Flavell ...The method of grace, in bringing home the eternal redemption contrived by the Father, and accomplished by the Son through the effectual application of the spirit unto God's elect, being the second part of Gospel redemption : wherein the great mysterie of our union and communion with Christ is opened and applied, unbelievers invited, false pretenders convicted, every mans claim to Christ examined, and the misery of Christless persons discovered and bewailed / by John Flavell ...
London: printed by M. White for Francis Tyton, 1681
Sermon 9 › Part 1 › Section 2 › Subsection 5: Fifth Counsel.
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Fifth Counsel.
Beware of those things that make your troubles longer than they 1ought to be. There be several errors and mistakes that hold ⟨p. 192⟩poor souls much longer in their fears and terrors than else they might be: And such are,
- 15. Counsel.
First, Ignorance of the nature of saving faith, and the necessity of it: till you come to believe, you cannot have peace, and while you mistake the nature, or apprehend not the necessity of faith, you are not like to fall into that path of peace.
Secondly, Labouring to heal the wounds that the Law hath made upon your consciences by a more strict obedience to it for the future, in the neglect of Christ and his righteousness.