A39669:1812
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.
That there is a mighty efficacy in the Word or Law 1of God to kill vain Confidence and quench carnal Mirth in the hearts of men, when God sets it home upon their Consciences.
- 1Doct. 2.
The weapons of the word are not carnal but mighty 1through God; to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. In the opening of this point I shall
THe weapons of the word are not carnal but mighty 1through God; to the pulling down of strong holds, casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. In the opening of this point I shall
1. Demonstrate the efficacy of the word or Law of God. 2. Show wherein the efficacy thereof lies. 3. From whence it hath all this mighty power and efficacy.