A39669:1139
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 5.
Let all that come to Christ, learn to improve him to the rest and peace of their own souls, in the midst of all the troubles and 1outward distresses they meet with in the world.
- 1Inference 5.
Surely rest may be found in Christ in any condition: he is able to give you peace in the midst of all your troubles here. So he tells you in Joh. 16. ult. These things have I spoken to you, that in me you might have peace; in the world you shall have tribulation: by peace he means not a deliverance from troubles by taking off affliction from them, or taking them away by death from all afflictions; but it is something they enjoy from Christ in the very thick of troubles, and amidst all their afflictions, that quiets and gives them rest, so that troubles cannot hurt them: certainly Believers, you have peace in Christ, when there is little in your own hearts: and your hearts might be filled with peace too, if you would exercise faith upon Christ for that end: 'tis your own fault, if you be without rest in any condition in this world. Set your selves to study the fullness of Christ, and to clear your interest in him, believe what the Scriptures reveal of him, and live as you believe, and you will quickly find the peace of God filling your hearts and minds.