A39669:1660
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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Fourthly, Jesus Christ doth not free Believers in this world from inward troubles and exercises of soul upon the account of sin. God may let loose Satan and Conscience too, in the way of terrible accusations, which may greatly distress the soul of a Believer, and woefully eclipse the light of Gods Countenance, and break the peace of their souls. Job, Heman and David were all made free by Christ, yet each of them hath left upon record his bitter complaint upon this account, Job 7. 19, 20. Psal. 88. 14, 15, 16. Psal. 38. unto vers. 11.
Fourthly, Jesus Christ doth not free Believers in this world from inward troubles and exercises of soul upon the account of sin. God may let loose Satan and Conscience too, in the way of terrible accusations, which may greatly distress the soul of a Believer, and wofully eclipse the light of Gods Countenance, and break the peace of their souls. Job, Heman and David were all made free by Christ, yet each of them hath left upon record his bitter complaint upon this account, Job 7. 19, 20. Psal. 88. 14, 15, 16. Psal. 38. unto vers. 11.
Fifthly, Christ hath not freed Believers in this world from the rods of affliction. God in giving us our liberty doth not abridge his own liberty, Psal. 89. 32. all the Children of ⟨p. 326⟩God are made free, yet what Son is there whom the Father chasteneth not?