A39669:1639
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 8.
Lastly, Let this persuade all men to accept Jesus Christ, as 1ever they expect to be accepted with the Lord themselves. It is a fearful case for a mans person and duties to be rejected of God: to cry and not be heard: and much more terrible to be denied audience in the great and terrible day. Yet as sure as the Scriptures are the sealed and faithful sayings 2of God, this is no more than what every Christless person must expect in that day, Mat. 7. 22. Luke 13. 26. Trace the history of all times, even as high as Abel, and you shall find that none but Believers did ever find acceptance with God: all experience confirms this great truth, that they that are in the flesh cannot please God. Reader, if this be thy condition let me beg thee to ponder the misery of it in a few sad thoughts.
Lastly, Let this perswade all men to accept Jesus Christ, as 1ever they expect to be accepted with the Lord themselves. It is a fearful case for a mans person and duties to be rejected of God: to cry and not be heard: and much more terrible to be denied audience in the great and terrible day. Yet as sure as the Scriptures are the sealed and faithful sayings 2of God, this is no more than what every Christless person must expect in that day,