A39669:1084
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Art thou a burdened and heavy laden soul? If so, thy case is not in that, or any other Scripture exempted from mercy: 1for the unpardonable sin is always found in an impenitent heart: as that sin finds no pardon with God, so neither is it followed with contrition and sorrow in the soul that commits it.
Art thou a burdened and heavy laden soul? If so, thy case is not in that, or any other Scripture exempted from mercy: 1for the unpardonable sin is alwayes found in an impenitent heart: as that sin finds no pardon with God, so neither is it followed with contrition and sorrow in the soul that commits it.
- 1Sol.
But if I am not guilty of that sin, I am certainly guilty of many 1great and heinous abominations of another kind, too great for me to expect mercy for, and therefore I dare not go to Christ.
- 1Object. 2.
The greater your sins have been, the more need you have to go to Jesus Christ. Let not a Motive to Christ, be made 1an Obstacle in your way to him. Great sinners are expressly called