A39669:1453
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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Direction 7.
Associate your selves with serious Christians, get into their acquaintance, and beg their assistance; beseech them to pray for you: and see that you rest not here, but be frequently upon your knees begging of the Lord a new heart, and a new state.
In Conclusion of the whole, let me beseech and beg all the people of God, as upon my knees, to take heed and beware lest by the carelessness, and scandals of their lives, they quench the weak desires beginning to kindle in the hearts of others. You know what the Law of God awards for striking a woman with Child, so that her fruit go from her, Exod. 21. 22, 23. Oh shed not soul blood by stifling the hopeful desires of any after Christ.
In Conclusion of the whole, let me beseech and beg all the people of God, as upon my knees, to take heed and beware lest by the carelesness, and scandals of their lives, they quench the weak desires beginning to kindle in the hearts of others. You know what the Law of God awards for striking a woman with Child, so that her fruit go from her, Exod. 21. 22, 23. Oh shed not soul blood by stifling the hopeful desires of any after Christ.