A39669:1629
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 3.
Let no Believer be dejected at the contempts and slightings of 1men, so long as they stand in the grace and favour of God: it is the lot of the best men to have the worst usage in this world: those of whom the world was not worthy, are not thought 2worthy to live in the world, Heb. 11. 38. Paul and his Companions were men of choice and excellent spirits, yet saith he, 1 Cor 4. 13. Being defamed we entreat, we are made as the filth of the world, and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day: they are words signifying the basest, contemptiblest and most abhorred things among men. How is Heaven and Earth divided in their Judgements and estimations of the Saints! those whom men call filth and dirt, God calls a peculiar Treasure, a Crown of Glory, a Royal Diadem. But trouble not thy self Believer for the unjust censures of the blind world, they speak evil of the things they know not: he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man, 1 Cor. 2. 14. You can discern the earthliness and baseness of their spirits, they want a faculty to discern the excellency and choiceness of your spirits. He that carries a dark Lantern in the night, can discern him that comes against him, and yet is not discerned by him: a Courtier regards not a slight in the Country, so long as he hath the ear and favour of his Prince.
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