A39669:1944
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.
Eighthly, To conclude, the teachings of God are transforming teachings, 2 Cor. 3. 18. they change the soul into the same image: God casts them whom he teacheth into the very mould of those truths which they learn from him, Rom. 6. 17. These are the teachings of God, and thus he instructeth those that come to Christ.
Secondly, Next let us see what influences divine teachings▪ have upon souls in bringing them to Christ: and we shall find 1a threefold influence in them.
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1. They have an influence upon the external means by which they come to Christ. 2. They have influence upon the mind to remove what hindered it from Christ. 3. They have influence upon the will to allure and draw it to Christ.