A39669:1506
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.
The first thing to be opened, is the nature of Consolation, 1which is nothing else but the cheeriness of a mans spirit whereby he is upheld, and fortified against all evils felt, or feared. Consolation is to the soul, what health is to the body after wasting sickness, or the reviving Spring to the earth, after a long and hard Winter: and there are three sorts of consolation, or comfort suitable to the disposition and temper of the mind, viz.
The first thing to be opened, is the nature of Consolation, 1which is nothing else but the cheariness of a mans spirit whereby he is upheld, and fortified against all evils felt, or feared. Consolation is to the soul, what health is to the body after wasting sickness, or the reviving Spring to the earth, after a long and hard Winter: and there are three sorts of consolation, or comfort suitable to the disposition and temper of the mind, viz.
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Natural, Sinful and Spiritual.
Natural Comfort is the refreshment of our natural Spirits by the good Creatures of God, Acts. 14. 17. Filling their hearts with food and gladness. Sinful Comfort is the satisfaction ⟨p. 289⟩and pleasure men take in the fulfilling▪ of their lusts, by the abuse of the creatures of God,