A39669:1823
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, The Law of God hath an enlightening efficacy upon the minds of men: 'tis eye-salve to the blinded eye, Rev. 3. 18. a light shining in a dark place, 2 Pet. 1. 19. a light shining into the very heart of man, 2 Cor. 4. 6. When the word comes in power, all things appear with another face: the sins that were hid from our eyes, and the danger which was concealed by the policy of Satan from our souls, now lie clear and open before us, Eph. 5. 8.
Secondly, The Law of God hath an enlightning efficacy upon the minds of men: 'tis eye-salve to the blinded eye, Rev. 3. 18. a light shining in a dark place, 2 Pet. 1. 19. a light shining into the very heart of man, 2 Cor. 4. 6. When the word comes in power, all things appear with another face: the sins that were hid from our eyes, and the danger which was concealed by the policy of Satan from our souls, now lie clear and open before us, Eph. 5. 8.
Thirdly, The word of God hath a convincing efficacy: it sets sin in order before the soul, Psal. 50. 21. as an Army is ⟨p. 361⟩drawn up in exact order, so are the sins of nature and practice, the sins of youth and age, even a great and terrible Army is drawn up before the eye of the Conscience; the convictions of the word are clear and full,