A39669:1977
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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All the teachings of God are agreeable with the written word: the Spirit of God, and the word of God do never jar, Joh. 14. 26. He shall take of mine and show it unto you: When God speaketh unto the heart of man, whether in a way of conviction, consolation or instruction in duty, he always either maketh use of the express words of God in Scripture, or speaks to the heart in language every way consentaneous and agreeable to Scripture: So that the written word becomes the Standard to weigh, and try all divine teachings, Isa. 8. 20. To the law, and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light (or morning) in ⟨p. 400⟩them: whatever is discrepant and jarring with the Scripture, must not pass for an inspiration of God, but a deluding sophism and insinuation of Satan.
All the teachings of God are agreeable with the written word: the Spirit of God, and the word of God do never jarr, Joh. 14. 26. He shall take of mine and shew it unto you: When God speaketh unto the heart of man, whether in a way of conviction, consolation or instruction in duty, he always either maketh use of the express words of God in Scripture, or speaks to the heart in language every way consentaneous and agreeable to Scripture: So that the written word becomes the Standard to weigh, and try all divine teachings, Isa. 8. 20. To the law, and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light (or morning) in