A39669:1772
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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Of these briefly in their order.
First, There is in unregenerate men a great deal of carnal security, they dread no danger, Luke 11. 21. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: there is generally a great stillness and silence in the Consciences of such men: when others (in a better condition) are watching and trembling, they sleep securely, so they live, and so oft-times they dye, Psal. 73. 4. they have no bonds in their death; Hebrew, no knots, no difficulties that puzzle them: 'tis true, the Consciences of few men are so perfectly stupefied, but that sometime or other they twinge and gird them, but it seldom works at that height, or continues with them so long as to give any considerable interruption to their carnal peace and quietness.
First, There is in unregenerate men a great deal of carnal security, they dread no danger, Luke 11. 21. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: there is generally a great stillness and silence in the Consciences of such men: when others (in a better condition) are watching and trembling, they sleep securely, so they live, and so oft-times they dye, Psal. 73. 4. they have no bonds in their death; Hebrew, no knots, no difficulties that puzzle them: 'tis true, the Consciences of few men are so perfectly stupified, but that sometime or other they twinge and gird them, but it seldom works at that height, or continues with them so long as to give any considerable interruption to their carnal peace and quietness.