A39669:1717
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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First, That the chief happiness of man consisteth in the 1enjoyment of God: that the creature hath as necessary dependence upon God for happiness, as the stream hath upon the fountain, or the image in the glass upon the face of him that looks into it. Look as the sum of the creatures misery lies in this, depart from me; separation from God is the principal part of damnation: So on the contrary, the chief happiness of the creature consisteth in the enjoyment and blessed vision of God, 1 John 3. 2. Psal. 17. 15. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.
First, That the chief happiness of man consisteth in the 1enjoyment of God: that the creature hath as necessary dependance upon God for happiness, as the stream hath upon the fountain, or the image in the glass upon the face of him that looks into it. Look as the sum of the creatures misery lies in this, depart from me; separation from God is the principal part of damnation: So on the contrary, the chief happiness of the creature consisteth in the enjoyment and blessed vision of God, 1 John 3. 2. Psal. 17. 15. I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.
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Secondly, It implies mans revolt and apostasy from God, 1Ephes. 2. 12