A39669:1540
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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Inference 4.
If Christ be the Consolation of Believers, then let all that desire 1comfort in this world, or in that to come, embrace Jesus Christ, and get real union with him. The same hour you shall be in Christ, you shall also be at the fountain head of all Consolations. Thy soul shall be then a pardoned soul, and a pardoned soul hath all reason in the world to be a joyful soul: in that day thy Conscience shall be sprinkled with the blood of Christ, and a sprinkled Conscience hath all the reason in the world to be a comforting Conscience: in that day you become the Children of your Father in Heaven; and he that hath a Father in Heaven, hath all reason to be the joyfullest man upon earth: in that day you are delivered from the sting and hurt of death; and he that is delivered from the sting of death, hath the best reason to take in the comfort of life. O come to Christ, come to Christ; till you come to Christ, no true comfort can come to you.
If Christ be the Consolation of Believers, then let all that desire 1comfort in this world, or in that to come, imbrace Jesus Christ, and get real union with him. The same hour you shall be in Christ, you shall also be at the fountain head of all Consolations. Thy soul shall be then a pardoned soul, and a pardoned soul hath all reason in the world to be a joyful soul: in that day thy Conscience shall be sprinkled with the blood of Christ, and a sprinkled Conscience hath all the reason in the world to be a comforting Conscience: in that day you become the Children of your Father in Heaven; and he that hath a Father in Heaven, hath all reason to be the joyfullest man upon earth: in that day you are delivered from the sting and hurt of death; and he that is delivered from the sting of death, hath the best reason to take in the comfort of life. O come to Christ, come to Christ; till you come to Christ, no true comfort can come to you.