A39669:1916
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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Lesson 11.
Eleventhly, All that come to Christ are taught of God, that whatever difficulties they apprehend in Religion, yet they must not upon pain of damnation be discouraged thereby, or return back again to sin. Luke 9. 62. No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God: ploughing work is hard work: a strong and steady hand is required for it: he that ploughs must keep on, and make no balks of the hardest and toughest ground he meets with. Religion also is the running of a Race, 1 Cor. 9. 24. there is no standing still, much less turning back if ever we hope to win the prize.
Eleventhly, All that come to Christ are taught of God, that whatever difficulties they apprehend in Religion, yet they must not upon pain of damnation be discouraged thereby, or return back again to sin. Luke 9. 62. No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God: plowing work is hard work: a strong and steady hand is required for it: he that plows must keep on, and make no balks of the hardest and toughest ground he meets with. Religion also is the running of a Race, 1 Cor. 9. 24. there is no standing still, much less turning back if ever we hope to win the prize.