A39669:1289
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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Secondly, All your strivings to obey the Commands of God, and live more strictly for time to come, will not obtain mercy, Mat. 5. 20. Except your righteousness shall exceed ⟨p. 243⟩the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Thirdly, Your restitution and reparation of wrongs you have done cannot obtain mercy: Judas restored, and yet was damned: man is repaired, but God is not: remission is the act of God; 'tis he must loose your Consciences from the bond of guilt, or they can never be loosed.
Fourthly, All your cries to God for mercy will not prevail for mercy, if you be out of Christ, Mat. 7. 22. Job 27. 9. A righteous Judge will not reverse the just sentence of the Law, though the Prisoner at the Bar fall upon his knees, and cry, mercy, mercy.
Fourthly, All your cryes to God for mercy will not prevail for mercy, if you be out of Christ, Mat. 7. 22. Job 27. 9. A righteous Judge will not reverse the just sentence of the Law, though the Prisoner at the Bar fall upon his knees, and cry, mercy, mercy.