A39669:2038
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.
Evidence 4.
Where ever the spirit of God dwelleth, he doth in some degree mortify and subdue the evils and corruptions of the soul in which he resides: this spirit lusteth against the flesh, Gal. 5. 17. and believers through the spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, Rom. 8. 13. this is one special part of his sanctifying work. I do not say he so kills and subdues sin in believers, as that it shall never trouble or defile them any more: no, no, that freedom belongs to the perfect state in heaven, but its dominion is taken away, though its life be prolonged for a season: it lives in believers still, but not upon the provision they willingly make to fulfil the Lust of it, Rom. 13. ult. The design of every true believer is co incident with the design of the spirit to destroy, and mortify corruption: they long for the extirpation of it: and are daily in the use of all sanctified means, and instruments, to subdue and destroy it: the workings of their corruptions are the afflictions of their souls: Rom. 7. 24. O wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death? and there is no one thing that sweetens the thoughts of death to believers (except the sight, and full enjoyment of God) more than their expected deliverance from sin doth.
Where ever the spirit of God dwelleth, he doth in some degree mortifie and subdue the evils and corruptions of the soul in which he resides: this spirit lusteth against the flesh,