A39669:1797
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Inference 2.
If this be the life of the unregenerate world, what deadly enemies 1are they that nourish and strengthen the groundless confidences and vain hopes of salvation in men! This the Scripture calls the healing of the hurt of souls slightly, by crying peace, peace, when there is no peace, Jer. 6. 14. the sowing of Pillows under their arm holes, Ezech. 13. 18. that they may lye soft and easy under the Ministry: and this is the Doctrine which the people love, but O what will the end of these things be! and what an account have those men to give to God for the blood of those souls by them betrayed to the everlasting burnings! Such flattery is the greatest cruelty: those whom you bless upon earth will curse you in Hell, and the day in which they trusted their souls to your conduct.
If this be the life of the unregenerate world, what deadly enemies 1are they that nourish and strengthen the groundless confidences and vain hopes of salvation in men! This the Scripture calls the healing of the hurt of souls slightly, by crying peace, peace, when there is no peace, Jer. 6. 14. the sowing of Pillows under their arm holes, Ezech. 13. 18. that they may lye soft and easie under the Ministry: and this is the Doctrine which the people love, but O what will the end of these things be! and what an account have those men to give to God for the blood of those souls by them betrayed to the everlasting burnings! Such flattery is the greatest cruelty: those whom you bless upon earth will curse you in Hell, and the day in which they trusted their souls to your conduct.