A39669:1176
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.
Secondly, As sin is the disease of the Saints, so also is Sorrow. The best of Saints must pass through the valley of ⟨p. 222⟩1Bacha to Heaven. How many tears fall from the Eyes of the Saints upon the account of outward, as well as inward troubles; even after their reconciliation with God? Through much tribulation we must enter into the Kingdom of God, Acts 14. 22. It would be too great a digression in this place, to note but the more general heads, under which almost infinite particulars of troubles and afflictions are found. It shall suffice only to show, that whatever distress or trouble any poor soul is in upon any account whatsoever; if that soul belong to Jesus Christ, he will take care of it for present, and deliver it at last by a complete cure.
Secondly, As sin is the disease of the Saints, so also is Sorrow. The best of Saints must pass through the vally of ⟨p. 222⟩1Bacha to Heaven. How many tears fall from the Eyes of the Saints upon the account of outward, as well as inward troubles; even after their reconciliation with God? Through much tribulation we must enter into the Kingdom of God, Acts 14. 22. It would be too great a digression in this place, to note but the more general heads, under which almost infinite particulars of troubles and afflictions are found. It shall suffice only to shew, that whatever distress or trouble any poor soul is in upon any account whatsoever; if that soul belong to Jesus Christ, he will take care of it for present, and deliver it at last by a compleat cure.
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