A39669:1425
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.
4th Use for Exhortation.
In the fourth place, let me exhort and persuade all to 1make Jesus Christ the desire and choice of their souls. And here I fall in with the main scope and design of the Gospel: and Oh that I could effectually press home this Exhortation upon your hearts. Let me offer some moving Considerations to you, and the Lord accompany them to your hearts.
In the fourth place, let me exhort and perswade all to 1make Jesus Christ the desire and choice of their souls. And here I fall in with the main scope and design of the Gospel: and Oh that I could effectually press home this Exhortation upon your hearts. Let me offer some moving Considerations to you, and the Lord accompany them to your hearts.
- 1Use 4.
First, Every Creature naturally desires its own preservation, do not you desire the preservation of your precious and immortal souls? If you do, then make Christ your desire and choice, without whom they can never be preserved, Jude vers. 1.