A39669:1987
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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Secondly, Let all those that have heard the voice of God, and are come to Christ in the virtue of his teachings, admire the wonderful condescension of God to them. O that God should speak to thy soul and be silent to others! there be many thousands living at this day under Ordinances, to whom the Lord hath not given an ear to hear, or an heart to obey, Deut. 29. 4. To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given, Mat. 13. 11. and I beseech you walk as men and women that have been taught of God. When Satan and your corruptions tempt you to sin, and to walk in the ways of the carnal and careless world; remember then that Scripture, Eph. 4. 20, 21. But ye have not so learned Christ, if so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus. To conclude, see that you be exceeding humble and lowly in Spirit: humility qualifies you for divine teachings, Psal. 25. 9. The humble he will teach: and the more ye are taught of God, the more humble you will still be.
Secondly, Let all those that have heard the voice of God, and are come to Christ in the vertue of his teachings, admire the wonderful condescension of God to them. O that God should speak to thy soul and be silent to others! there be many thousands living at this day under Ordinances, to whom the Lord hath not given an ear to hear, or an heart to obey, Deut. 29. 4. To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given, Mat. 13. 11. and I beseech you walk as men and women that have been taught of God. When Satan and your corruptions tempt you to sin, and to walk in the wayes of the carnal and careless world; remember then that Scripture, Eph. 4. 20, 21. But ye have not so learned Christ, if so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus. To conclude, see that you be exceeding humble and lowly in Spirit: humility qualifies you for divine teachings,