A39669:1806
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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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.
Thirdly, If ever such as you be saved, new conditions must be set to all the promises: for there is no condition of any special promise found in any unregenerate person. Compare your hearts with these Scriptures, Mat. 5. 3, 4, 5, 6. Psal. 24. 4. Psal. 84. 11. Gen. 17. 1, 2.