A39669:1940
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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Fourthly, The teachings of God are infallible teachings, the wisest and holiest of men may mistake, and lead others into the same mistakes with themselves; but it is not so in the teachings of God: if we can be sure that God teacheth ⟨image 216⟩us, we may be as sure of the truth of what he teacheth •r his spirit guideth us into all truth, Joh. 16▪ […]. and into nothing but truth.
Fourthly, The teachings of God are infallible teachings, the wisest and holiest of men may mistake, and lead others into the same mistakes with themselves; but it is not so in the teachings of God: if we can be sure that God teacheth ⟨image 216⟩us, we may be as sure of the truth of what he teacheth •r his spirit guideth us into all truth, Joh. 16▪ 〈…〉. and into nothing but truth.
Fifthly, The teachings of God are abiding teachings, they make everlasting impressions upon the soul, Psal. 119. 98. they are ever with it: the words of men vanish from us; but the words of God stick by us: what God teacheth he writeth upon the heart, Jer. 31. 33. and that will abide: littera scripta manet. 'Tis usual with souls whose understandings have been opened by the Lord, many years afterward to say, I shall never forget such a scripture that once convinced me, such a promise that once encouraged me.