A39669:1694
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 5.
How careful should Christians be to maintain their spiritual liberty 1in all, and every point thereof? Stand fast (saith Paul) in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free; and be not again entangled in the yoke of bondage, Gal. 5. 1. and again, Ye are bought with a price, be not ye the servants of men. It's ⟨p. 334⟩Christs prerogative to prescribe the rules of his own house; he hath given no man dominion over your faith, 2 Cor. 1. 24, one man is no rule to another, but the word of Christ a rule to all: follow not the holiest of men one step farther than they follow Christ, 1 Cor. 11. 4. Man is an ambitious creature, naturally affecting dominion: and dominion over the mind rather than over the body: to give law to others feeds pride in himself: so far as any man brings the word of Christ to warrant his injunctions, so far we are to obey, and no farther: Christ is your Lord and Lawgiver.
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