A39669:1690
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.
How suitable and well-becoming is a free spirit in Believers to 1their state of liberty and freedom? Christ hath made your condition free. O let the temper and frame of your hearts be free also, do all that you do for God with a spirit of freedom: not by constraint but willingly. Methinks, Christians, the new nature that is in you should stand for a command, and be instead of all arguments that use to work upon the hopes and fears of other men: See how all creatures work according to the principle of their natures: you need not command a Mother to draw forth her breasts to a sucking Child: nature it self teaches and prompts to that: you need ⟨p. 333⟩not bid the Sea ebb or flow at the stated hours. O Christian, why should thy heart need any other argument than its own spiritual inclination to keep its stated times and seasons of communion with God? Let none of Gods commandments be grievous to you: let not thine heart need dragging and forcing to its own benefit and advantage. Whatever you do for God do it cheerfully, and whatever you suffer for God suffer it cheerfully: it was a brave spirit which acted holy Paul, I am ready, saith he, not only to be bound, but also to dye at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus, Acts 21. 13.
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