A39669:1879
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.
Of the necessity of Divine teaching in order to believing, 1the Apostle speaks in Eph. 4. 20, 21. but ye have not so learned Christ, if so be that you have heard him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, (i. e.) your faith must needs be effectual both to the reformation of your lives, and your perseverance in the ways of holiness, if it be such a faith as is begotten and introduced into your hearts by divine teachings. Now in the Explication of this point I shall speak distinctly to the following enquiries.
Of the necessity of Divine teaching in order to believing, 1the Apostle speaks in Eph. 4. 20, 21. but ye have not so learned Christ, if so be that you have heard him, and been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, (i. e.) your faith must needs be effectual both to the reformation of your lives, and your perseverance in the wayes of holiness, if it be such a faith as is begotten and introduced into your hearts by divine teachings. Now in the Explication of this point I shall speak distinctly to the following enquiries.
- 1Qui credunt praedicatore forinsecus insonante, intus à patre audiunt, atque dis•unt: qui autem non credunt, for is audiunt, intus non audiunt. Aug. de praedest. cap. 8.
1. How doth God teach men, or what is imported in our being taught of God? 2. What those special lessons are, which all believers do hear, and are taught of God? 3. In what manner doth God teach these things to men in the day of their conversion to Christ. 4. What Influence Gods teaching hath upon our believing? 5. Why it is impossible for any man to believe or come to Christ without the Fathers teachings.