A39669:2014
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.
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Now the only Use I shall make of this point shall be that which lieth directly both in the eye of the Text, and of the design for which it was chosen: namely, by it to try, and examine the truth of our interest, and the validity of our claim to Jesus Christ. In pursuance of which design I shall first lay down some general rules, and then propose some particular trials.
Now the only Use I shall make of this point shall be that which lyeth directly both in the eye of the Text, and of the design for which it was chosen: namely, by it to try, and examine the truth of our interest, and the validity of our claim to Jesus Christ. In pursuance of which design I shall first lay down some general rules, and then propose some particular tryals.
First, I shall lay down some general rules for the due information of our minds in this point upon which so great a weight hangs.