A39669:1785
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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6. Sixthly, Mens comparing themselves with those that are more profane and grossly wicked than themselves, serves notably to quiet and hush the Conscience asleep; God, I thank thee, said the Pharisee, I am not as other men, or as this Publican. O what a Saint did he seem to himself, when he stood by those that were more externally wicked!
6. Sixthly, Mens comparing themselves with those that are more prophane and grosly wicked than themselves, serves notably to quiet and hush the Conscience asleep; God, I thank thee, said the Pharisee, I am not as other men, or as this Publican. O what a Saint did he seem to himself, when he stood by those that were more externally wicked!
7. Seventhly and Lastly, The policy of Satan to manage all these things to the blinding and ruining of the souls of men, is another great reason they live so securely and pleasantly as they do, in a state of so much danger and misery, 2 Cor. 4. 3, 4. The God of this world blinds the eyes of them that believe not.
Thirdly, You have seen what the life of the unregenerate is, and what maintains that life: in the next place I shall 1give you evidence that this is the life the generality of the world do live: a life of carnal security, vain hope and false joy: this will evidently appear, if we consider,
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