A39669:1746
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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How much are all Believers obliged in point of interest to follow Jesus Christ whithersoever he goes! Thus are the Saints described, Rev. 14. 4. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth: these were redeemed from among men being the first-fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. If it be the design of Christ to bring us to God, then certainly it is our duty to follow Christ in all the paths of active and passive obedience through which he now leads us, as ever we expect to be brought home to God at last: We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end, Heb. 3. 14. If we have followed him through many sufferings and troubles, and shall turn away from him at last, we lose all that we have wrought and suffered in Religion, and shall never reach home to God at ⟨p. 345⟩last: the Crown of life belongs only to them who are faithful to the death.
How much are all Believers obliged in point of interest to follow Jesus Christ whithersoever he goes! Thus are the Saints described, Rev. 14. 4. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth: these were redeemed from among men being the first-fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. If it be the design of Christ to bring us to God, then certainly it is our duty to follow Christ in all the paths of active and passive obedience through which he now leads us, as ever we expect to be brought home to God at last: We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end, Heb. 3. 14. If we have followed him through many sufferings and troubles, and shall turn away from him at last, we lose all that we have wrought and suffered in Religion, and shall never reach home to God at ⟨p. 345⟩last: the Crown of life belongs only to them who are faithful to the death.