A39669:1988
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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And thus you see that no man can come to Christ without the application of the Law, and the teachings of the Father: which being considered, may be very useful to convince us (which indeed is the design of it) that among the multitudes of men and women, living under the Ordinances of God, and the general profession of Religion; there are but few, very few to be found, who have effectually received the Lord Jesus Christ by saving faith.
And now, Reader, I suppose by this time thou art desirous to know by what signs and evidences thy union with Christ by faith may be cleared up and made evident to thee: and how that great question whether thou hast yet effectually ⟨p. 402⟩applied Christ to thy soul or no may be clearly decided, which brings me to the third general Use of the whole, viz.
The Examination of our Interest in Christ. By 1. The donation of the Spirit, from 1 Joh. 3. 24. 2. The new Creation, from 2 Cor. 5. 17. 3. The mortification of sin, from Gal. 5. 24. 4. The imitation of Christ, from 1 Joh. 2. 6.