A39669:1130
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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Inference 2.
Hence also it follows, That unbelief is the true reason of all that disquietness and trouble, by which the minds of poor sinners are 1so racked and tortured.
Hence also it follows, That unbelief is the true reason of all that disquietness and trouble, by which the minds of poor sinners are 1so rackt and tortured.
- 1Inference 2.
If you will not believe, you cannot be established: till you come to Christ, peace cannot come to you: Christ and peace are undivided. Good souls consider this, you have tried all other ways, you have tried duties, and no rest comes; you have tried reformation, restitution, and a stricter course of life, yet your wounds are still open and fresh bleeding: these things, I grant, are in their places both good and necessary, but of themselves, without Christ, utterly insufficient to give what you expect from them: why will you not try the way of faith? why will you not carry your burden to Christ? O that you would be persuaded to it, how soon would you find what so long you have been seeking in vain! how long will you thus oppose your own good! how long will you keep your selves upon the rack of Conscience! is it easy to go under the throbs and wounds of an accusing and condemning Conscience? You know it is not: you look for peace, but no good comes, for a time of healing, and behold trouble: alas, it must and will be so still, until you fall into the way of faith, which is the true and only method to obtain rest.