A39669:1081
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
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If sin-burdened souls are solemnly invited to come to 1Christ, Then it follows, that whatever guilt lye upon the Conscience of a poor humbled sinner, 'tis no presumption, but his duty to come to Christ notwithstanding his own apprehended vileness and great unworthiness.
If sin-burthened souls are solemnly invited to come to 1Christ, Then it follows, that whatever guilt lye upon the Conscience of a poor humbled sinner, 'tis no presumption, but his duty to come to Christ notwithstanding his own apprehended vileness and great unworthiness.
- 1Inference 1.
Let it be carefully observed how happily that universal particle all is inserted in Christs invitation for the encouragement of sinners. Come unto me [All] ye that labour: q. d. let no broken-hearted sinner exclude himself, whenas he is not by me excluded from mercy: my grace is my own, I may bestow it where I will, and upon whom I will. 'Tis not I, but Satan that impales and encloses my mercy from humbled souls that are made willing to come unto me: he calls that your presumption, which my invitation makes your Duty.
Let it be carefully observed how happily that universal particle all is inserted in Christs invitation for the encouragement of sinners. Come unto me [All] ye that labour: q. d. let no broken-hearted sinner exclude himself, whenas he is not by me excluded from mercy: my grace is my own, I may bestow it where I will, and upon whom I will. 'Tis not I, but Satan that impales and incloses my mercy from humbled souls that are made willing to come unto me: he calls that your presumption, which my invitation makes your Duty.