A39669:1895
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, God teaches the soul whom he brings to Christ that deliverance from sin and wrath to come is the greatest, and most important business it hath to do in this world, Acts 16. 30. what must I do to be saved? q. d. O direct me to some effectual way (if there be any) to secure my poor wretched soul from the wrath of God. Sin and the wrath that follows it are things that swallow up the souls, and drink up the very spirit of men: their thoughts never conversed with things of more confessed truth, and awful solemnity: these things float not upon their fancies as matters of mere speculation, but settle upon their hearts day and night as the deepest concernment in all the world: they now know much better than any mere Scholar, the deep sense of that Text, Matth. 16. 26. what is a man profited, if he shall gain ⟨p. 381⟩the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Thirdly, God teaches the soul whom he brings to Christ that deliverance from sin and wrath to come is the greatest, and most important business it hath to do in this world, Acts 16. 30. what must I do to be saved? q. d. O direct me to some effectual way (if there be any) to secure my poor wretched soul from the wrath of God. Sin and the wrath that follows it are things that swallow up the souls, and drink up the very spirit of men: their thoughts never conversed with things of more confessed truth, and awful solemnity: these things float not upon their fancies as matters of meer speculation, but settle upon their hearts day and night as the deepest concernment in all the world: they now know much better than any meer Scholar, the deep sense of that Text, Matth. 16. 26. what is a man profited, if he shall gain ⟨p. 381⟩the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?