A39669:2069
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.
viz. 1. The great question to be determined, if any man be in Christ. 2. The Rule by which it may be determined, viz. he is a new Creature. 3. This general rule more particularly explained, old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.
First, We have here the great question to be determined, Whether a man be in Christ? a question upon the determination 1whereof we must stand or fall for ever: by [being in Christ] the Apostle doth not here mean the general profession of Christianity which gives a man the reputation of an interest in him: but by being in Christ he means an interest in him by vital union with his person, and real participation of his benefits: now this is the question to be determined, the matter to be tried, than which nothing can be more solemn, and important in the whole world.
First, We have here the great question to be determined, Whether a man be in Christ? a question upon the determination 1whereof we must stand or fall for ever: by [being in Christ] the Apostle doth not here mean the general profession of Christianity which gives a man the reputation of an interest in him: but by being in Christ he means an interest in him by vital union with his person, and real participation of his benefits: now this is the question to be determined, the matter to be tryed, than which nothing can be more solemn, and important in the whole world.
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Secondly, The rule by which this great question may be