A39669:1824
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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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, 1 Cor. 14. 24, 25. the very secrets of a sinners heart are made manifest; his mouth is stopped; his pleas are silenced; his Conscience yields to the charge of guilt, and equity of the sentence of the Law. So that the soul stands mute, and self-condemned at the Bar of Conscience: it hath nothing to say why the wrath of God should not come upon it to the uttermost, Rom. 3. 19.
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, 1 Cor. 14. 24, 25. the very secrets of a sinners heart are made manifest; his mouth is stopt; his pleas are silenced; his Conscience yields to the charge of guilt, and equity of the sentence of the Law. So that the soul stands mute, and self-condemned at the Bar of Conscience: it hath nothing to say why the wrath of God should not come upon it to the uttermost, Rom. 3. 19.