A39669:1805
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, Such hopes and confidences as yours are directly contradictory to the established order of the Gospel, which requires repentance, Acts 5. 31. faith, Acts 13. 39. and regeneration, John 3. 3. in all that shall be saved: and this order shall never be altered for any mans sake.
Secondly, If such as you be saved, all the threatenings in Scripture must be reversed, which lie in full opposition to ⟨p. 357⟩your vain hopes, Mark 16. 16. John 3. 16. Rom. 3. 8, 9. either the truth of God in these threatenings must fail, or your vain hopes must fail.
Secondly, If such as you be saved, all the threatnings in Scripture must be reversed, which lie in full opposition to ⟨p. 357⟩your vain hopes, Mark 16. 16. John 3. 16. Rom. 3. 8, 9. either the truth of God in these threatnings must fail, or your vain hopes must fail.