A39669:1693
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.
Let no man wonder at the enmity and opposition of Satan to the 1preaching of the Gospel: For by the Gospel it is that souls are recovered out of his power, Acts 26. 18. 'tis the express work of Ministers to turn men from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God. Satan (as one faith) is a great and jealous Prince: he will never endure to have liberty proclaimed by the Ministers of Christ within his dominions: and indeed what is it less when the Gospel is preached in power, but as it were by beat of Drum and sound of Trumpet to proclaim liberty, liberty, spiritual sweet and everlasting liberty, to every soul that is made sensible of the bondage of corruption and cruel servitude of Satan, and will now come over to Jesus Christ? and oh what numbers and multitudes of prisoners have broken loose from Satan at one proclamation of Christs, Acts 2. 41. but Satan owes the servants of Christ a spite for this, and will be sure to pay them if ever they come within his reach: persecution is the Genius of the Gospel, and follows it as the shadow doth the body.
- 1Inference 4.